Alex Corretja, Tim Henman praise 'amazing' Holger Rune after Stefanos Tsitsipas win at French Open

Alex Corretja declared a “star is born” after seeing Holger Rune shock Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open. World No. 4 Tsitsipas made the final in Paris last year and was fancied for another deep run after landing on the opposite half of the draw to Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

Ad/> However, his chances of a maiden Grand Slam win were ended in the fourth round by 19-year-old Rune, who won in four sets to set up a meeting with Casper Ruud. /> Roland-Garros'What a bullet!' — Rune breaks Tsitsipas in style in French Open clashAN HOUR AGO Rune is playing in only his third Grand Slam and had not won a match in his previous two attempts. “A star is born,” said two-time French Open finalist Corretja on Eurosport.

“He was playing extremely well, hitting the ball as hard as he good, serving well, and his backhand down the line…it amazed me the way he was just playing and dealing with the whole situation. Everybody was watching and he was enjoying it. Rune upsets Tsitsipas to reach quarter-finals Djokovic v Nadal confirmed for Tuesday evening “We have the new generation with no fear, they have fun on the court, they go for it, and beating Tsitsipas at Roland-Garros, you have to be super good and I think he is.

“He had so much confidence in his game, his forehand was big, his backhand was perfect and his serve, it’s very deep, it comes very high to the opponent. For Tsitsipas it was killing him on his backhand side.” Rune came into the match against Tsitsipas full of confidence after not dropping a set in his previous three matches, including beating 14th seed Denis Shapovalov in the first round. But former British No.