Speaking about disaster is now a should; Holger Rune can now not discover constructive outcomes and his tennis would not appear to be sufficient, contemplating how his two younger rivals Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are reaching success and glory. And the transition from clay to grass was not as he anticipated. Rune was defeated already within the first spherical of the ATP 500 on the Queen’s Membership, overwhelmed by the Australian Jordan Thompson 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3.
On the press convention, the Dane criticized the match board, speaking in regards to the hazard of the quite unstable courts.
“It was very slippery, to inform the reality. I slipped 3 times and a type of slips was crucial, however there is not any level in blaming the court docket, I am the one answerable for the defeat. It is like that for each of us, and he managed to not slip,” he defined.
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Holger suffered three falls in the course of the match, with out bodily penalties, however one among these within the third set price him the break and in the end the match. The season of the 21 12 months outdated has been fairly disappointing up to now. At Roland Garros he confirmed encouraging indicators of restoration, placing finalist Alexander Zverev on the ropes. He’ll now attempt to do higher at Wimbledon, the place final 12 months he stopped within the quarter-finals.
The Danish tennis participant was not the one one to expertise these issues. Yesterday, different colleagues of his had issues with the upkeep of the fields, additionally reporting extra severe issues. That is the case of Frances Tiafoe, who following a fall was compelled to withdraw from he match towards Rinky Hijikata. The American reported a hip downside. Nevertheless it did not finish there, the match between Alejando Tabilo and Alejando Davidovich Fokina was additionally interrupted attributable to excessive humidity.
holger rune 💚pic.twitter.com/9PKwMe2vBH
— giorgia (@noccioline_) June 18, 2024
Essential win for Aussie Jordan Thompson, upsetting 2023 Wimbledon quarter-finalist Holger Rune at Queens on a day when fellow Aussie Rinky Hijikata additionally had success 🇦🇺🎾💪 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/0oTLPdYAV1
— John Casey (@JohnCasey2880) June 17, 2024
