Holger Rune faced Gijs Brouwer a few days ago in the second round of the Rotterdam tournament. After losing the first set 6-4, he was forced to withdraw from the match at 4-0 in the second set due to wrist pain. The injury immediately alerted the young Danish talent, who already suffered a similar injury last January, when in the third round match of the Australian Open against Hugo Humbert, he injured the same part of his body, falling to the ground.
Now the problem seems to have reproduced itself, and his concern for the long season ahead of him is palpable: “I’m going to have to do tests. I have to get checked again, because obviously it shouldn’t hurt at my age,” Rune told TV 2 Sport microphones, stressing that injuries like this shouldn’t persist for so long for someone of his age.
Rune said afterwards that he did everything he could to endure the match, but that the pain was too much to bear towards the end. “I played in some pain, but on Thursday it hurt more and more as the game went on, and I eventually gave up because it hurt too much.
I tried all possible methods to hold on,” said the world number 9. Former tennis player Kenneth Carlsen was concerned about the injury suffered by his compatriot, to the point of questioning his participation in the next tournaments: “I’m worried.
I want to see if it will start next week. It has a difficult calendar with important tournaments ahead. The participation of the champion of Paris Bercy in the tournaments of Indian Wells and Miami, in March, is far from certain”.
Rune won his maiden ATP Masters series event in 2022
Holger Rune recently revealed the reason he thinks he was throwing tantrums on court. “I use my energy on court. And I have a really good family around me”. Rune was recently made aware of the importance of good nutrition.
“Also, it is important to eat well and sleep enough during the season. Because if I have no energy, the engine will burn out. I have a nutrition plan now so I know I get what I need. We found out I did not get half of the sugar and salt I needed [for matches], that is why I had meltdown and cramps.
I really did not know [things like these] could make so much difference… My coach says that a Ferrari with no fuel is useless. He is right. So I am much more aware now of what I eat… even though I love pepperoni pizza and ice cream”.
