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Holger Rune insists he is not the 'bad boy' of tennis ahead of the Italian Open. The Dane was caught up in controversy at the Madrid Open which saw him get reprimanded by umpire Carlos Bernardes. Ad He has also had a running dispute with Stan Wawrinka which began at the end of last year.
Andy Murray has been handed a tricky first-round clash at the Italian Open against home favourite Fabio Fognini. Murray won his first title in almost four years with a comeback victory over Tommy Paul at Open Aix-en-Provence on Sunday. Ad But he has lost two of his last three meetings against Fognini, including when they met most recently in Shanghai in 2019.
Todd Woodbridge believes Holger Rune deserves to be included in tennis’ “new big three” alongside Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. The 22-time major doubles champion has insisted that Rune has been unfairly treated compared to the current focus on Alcaraz and Sinner and that the Dane should be in the conversation as one of the sport’s leading players.
John McEnroe believes Holger Rune is «developing a reputation» with some of his behaviour, but the Dane is a «threat» to challenge at the French Open. The 20-year-old incurred the wrath of the crowd in the Spanish capital after a controversial line call and the events which followed. Ad Davidovich Fokina disagreed with a call made by the electronic line call and disputed the decision with umpire Carlos Bernardes and an ATP supervisor.
Carlos Alcaraz claimed his third title of the season by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas to retain the Barcelona Open crown.
STUTTGART: Top-ranked Iga Swiatek returned from a rib injury with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 win over Zheng Qinwen to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday as Coco Gauff suffered an upset loss to Anastasia Potapova.
BARCELONA: Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz opened his title defense at the Barcelona Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over Nuno Borges on Tuesday.
STUTTGART, Germany: Jelena Ostapenko swept past Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 at the indoor clay Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday for the British player’s second consecutive first-round loss.