The weight of expectations weighs on Holger Rune

Holger Rune’s growth has almost stopped in the last year and a half. The young Danish talent had a lot of problems after winning the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy in 2022, although he had achieved prestigious results in the first half of 2023. Fans surely remember the finals reached in the Masters 1000 of Monte Carlo and Rome, which had allowed him to climb up to number 4 in the world ranking.

The feeling is that this level was still too high for Holger, who failed to maintain the right mental solidity and has fallen into a serious crisis. The former Top 5 has changed several coaches in the last year and he has not been able to find his certainties, even when he was next to Patrick Mouratoglou.

Rune is still very young and has plenty of time to get back up, but he will have to be patient and proceed with the right calmness. The Danish player will play the ‘Six Kings Slam‘ in Saudi Arabia this week, a prestigious exhibition where the winner will earn the whopping 6 million.

Among the six players attending this event, Holger is the only one who has never won a Grand Slam title yet, but he was invited by the organizers because it is one of the brightest prospects on the professional tour. Rune will face Carlos Alcaraz today and the winner of this match awaits Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.

Rune must react

The 2022 Paris-Bercy champion has the talent to join the fight between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who won all four Majors played this year. A period of huge changes for Holger Rune, who after a year below expectations, has changed the coach for the umpteenth time.

A real “waltzer’ of coaches for Danish talent in recent years: Lars Christensen, Patrick Mouratoglou, Boris Becker, Severin Luthi, again Patrick Mouratoglou, Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Rezayeh, Kenneth Carlsen and now the return to the first coach Christensen. This week’s “Six…