Still a teenager, he is returning to Auckland in January having lived up to his potential as one of the brightest talents on the ATP Tour. The Dane is ranked ...
But the recruitment process has been held up by Tennis Australia's delays in finalising the format and venues for the new ATP and WTA joint venture, United Cup, to be held from late December into the first week of January. Rune lost to Ruud in an ill-tempered French Open quarter-final, raising the prospect of a rematch in Auckland with both players in the field. The entry cut-off for the women's tournament is November 21. There are quite a few discussions going on at the moment," Lamperin said. "I'm sure people would love to see that rematch after what happened in Paris. He won his first two career titles this year, on clay in Palermo and Munich, before reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros in June.
Already ranked 27 in the world, one of the brightest prospects in men's tennis has confirmed he will be coming to Auckland this summer.
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Danish teenager Holger Rune is the latest young tennis talent to sign on for the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland in the New Year.
He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Roland Garros and was also a quarterfinalist in the 1000s tournament in Monte Carlo. "Holger is arguably the best tennis product to come out of Denmark and is proving an exciting young player on the rise. Rune turned professional in 2020 and won five times on the ITF Tour and five times on the ATP Challenger before pushing into the top-100 on the ATP Tour in January.
19-year-old Holger Rune is already ranked 27th and joins Casper Ruud and Cam Norrie as confirmed signings for the January event.
Rune has already climbed to 26th on the ATP World Rankings and is currently the highest rated Danish player since ranking began 50 years ago.
"Holger is arguably the best tennis product to come out of Denmark and is proving an exciting young player on the rise. He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Roland Garros earlier this year as well. It comes after Coco Gauff and US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez also confirmed their entries in the women's draw earlier this year.
Seventh seed Holger Rune defeats Brazil's Thiago Monteiro on Monday at the ATP 250 event in Stockholm.
The American will next face top seed [Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview) in what will be the Greek's opening match. Garin also advanced on Monday with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Aussie [Jason Kubler](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jason-kubler/kb95/overview). [Cristian Garin](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-garin/gd64/overview) in the second round. [Lorenzo Musetti](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview) for third place with a deep run in Stockholm โ though the Italian is competing in Naples this week. Making his debut at the ATP 250 in Sweden, the #NextGenATP Dane scored a 7-5, 6-2 win against [Thiago Monteiro](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-monteiro/mj08/overview). He secured his third break late in the second set before serving out the match to love, finishing with a 86 per cent (31/35) win rate on first serve.
Holger Rune progressed to the round of 16, having scored a routine win over Brazil's Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 6-2 in the first round in Stockholm. The Dane entered ...
Holger Rune leads 1-0 in the head-to-head against Cristian Garin. 17 at the start of the 2022 season to his current ranking of World No. Rune also reached a career-high of World No. Holger Rune progressed to the round of 16, having scored a routine win over Brazilโs Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 6-2 in the first round in Stockholm. Rune has had mixed results this season with a win-loss record of 25-23. 27 Holger Rune will square off against World No.
Holger Rune is undoubtedly one of the real revelations of this tennis 2022. The very young born in 2003 has climbed the rankings dramatically, won an ATP ...
Here is the video published on the official Twitter page of Tennis Tv: The very young born in 2003 has climbed the rankings dramatically, won an ATP title in Munich and is currently number 27 in the world ranking. ATP Stockholm: Holger Rune wins tournament point!
Holger Rune beat Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 6-2 on Monday and will play Chilean Cristian Garin in the next round.
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Holger Rune maintained his impressive form by beating Thiago Monteiro in straight sets to reach the second round of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday (AEDT).
The Danish teenager, who last week announced Patrick Mouratoglou had joined his team for the rest of this season, defeated Monteiro 7-5 6-2 on his debut in the Swedish capital. Rune was beaten by Marc-Andrea Huesler in the final of the last tournament he entered in Sofia following a quarter-final appearance in Metz. [WATCH the ATP Tour LIVE on beIN SPORTS
Teenage Dane Holger Rune showed his prowess on an indoor hard court once again, reaching the second round in Stockholm.