Holger Rune is 'going to win Grand Slams', claims Mats Wilander after Dane reaches French Open quarter-finals

06.06.2023 - 18:25 eurosport.com

Mats Wilander believes Holger Rune will win Grand Slam tournaments in the future. The world No. 6's career has gone from strength to strength since the start of 2022.

The Dane began January last year No. 99 in the world and has shot up the rankings. Ad The 20-year-old won the Paris Masters last year and reached the finals of Monte Carlo and the Italian Open this year.

He has now reached the quarter-finals at the French Open for the second year running after a dramatic five-set win against in-form Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.

Roland-GarrosFrench Open order of play, Day 10 — Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Djokovic in quarter-final action33 MINUTES AGO Ahead of Rune's quarter-final match against Casper Ruud, who he played at the same stage of the Grand Slam last year, Wilander claimed he can win multiple Slams in the future. «I'm very impressed with his problem solving skills for sure,» Wilander told Eurosport. «Obviously you're always a little bit concerned when you're playing a five setter in this, at this time of the tournament, especially losing the fourth set, 6-1.

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Casper Ruud will play Alexander Zverev in the French Open semi-finals after the Norwegian fourth seed beat Denmark's Holger Rune 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday. Ruud, who lost last year's Roland Garros final to Rafael Nadal, defeated sixth-ranked Rune for the fifth time in six matches and avenged his loss in the semi-finals at Rome in May. "I kind of looked at it as though he was the favourite - he won the last time we played and he's had a better year than me so far," said Ruud. "I was feeling like the underdog even though I was seeded number four and he was seeded number six."

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French Open: Holger Rune 'needs a bit of that Kyrgios’, says Mats Wilander after slow start against Casper Ruud

Holger Rune “needs mayhem” to produce his best tennis, according to Eurosport expert Mats Wilander. The 20-year-old Dane crashed out of the French Open to Casper Ruud at the quarter-final stage – just like he did last year – after producing a timid display against his Scandinavian rival.