Paris [France], June 2 (ANI): Casper Ruud created a new pathway for Norway on Wednesday as he became the first tennis player from the nation to reach the semi-final of a Grand Slam, defeating Holger Rune to secure his place in the French Open 2022 quarter-finals.
Munich [Germany], May 2 (ANI): Holger Rune claimed his first ATP Tour title after his opponent Botic van de Zandschulp was forced to retire in the final of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich on Sunday.
Munich [Germany], April 28 (ANI): Holger Rune on Wednesday defeated top-seed Alexander Zverev in Munich at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships.
Monte Carlo [Monaco], April 13 (ANI): Sebastian Korda earned the biggest win of his season Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Masters, edging Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 6-3 to reach the third round.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Denmark Davis Cup captain Frederik Nielsen said that his team is confident about playing India and not worried about their higher ranking.
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Hosts India have been handed a huge advantage going into their Davis Cup World Group Playoff I tie against Denmark next week, as the World No. 90 and the visiting side's top-ranked player, Holger Rune, has confirmed his unavailability for the two-day rubber on the grass courts of the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) here.
New Delhi Feb 23 PTI India were on Wednesday handed a huge advantage ahead of their Davis Cup World Group I play-off tie against Denmark here next week after the visiting sides top-ranked player Holger Rune pulled out of the two-day rubber The March 4-5 tie will be played on the fast grass courts of the Delhi Gymkhana Club DGC here inside a strict bio-secure bubble World no 90 Rune the winner of the 2019 French Open boys singles title was expected to spearhead the Danish challenge against India but in his absence seasoned doubles player Frederik Nielsen will take the responsibility Nielsen has achieved a career-high ranking of 17 in doubles Denmark team is still more than capable of doing well despite its top player missing out on the action We need to focus on our strengths and that will be our strategy going forward Indias non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal said in a release Coach Zeeshan Ali too echoed similar views We will stick to our plan and basics and will not underestimate the Danes in any manner whatsoever I am sure Denmark will still prove to be tough competitors on court Except for Rune no other player from Denmark is ranked inside the Top-200 of the ATP world rankings The presence of the ITF Junior champion 2019 Rune would have spiced up the proceedings at the DGC with some exciting contest expected between him and Indias singles players Prajnesh Gunneswaran Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri Rune also holds the distinction of being the second youngest male player after Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz to have featured in the Top-100 Squads India Prajnesh Gunneswaran Yuki Bhambri Rohan Bopanna Ramkumar Ramanathan Divij Sharan Reserves Saketh Myneni and Digvijay Pratap Singh Denmark Mikael Torpegaard ranked 210 Johannes Ingildsen ranked 805 Christian Sigsgaard ranked 833 Elmer Moller ranked 1708 Frederik Lochte Nielsen captain PTI PDS PDS SSC SSC
New York [USA], September 1 (ANI): Novak Djokovic brushed aside resistance of Holger Rune in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night as he defeated teenager by 6-1, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1, to start his charge for a perfect Grand Slam season at US Open.