'It's not good for his soul' - Reaction to war of words between Holger Rune and Casper Ruud at French Open

Eurosport experts Mats Wilander and Alex Corretja have given their reactions to the ongoing spat between Holger Rune and Casper Ruud at the French Open. Rune slammed Ruud for apparently showing him a lack of respect following their fiery quarter-final match at Roland-Garros, as a war of words between the two Scandinavian tennis stars also embroiled their parents. Ad/> Rune claimed that Ruud gloated in his face after winning 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 on the night, with the Norwegian now taking on Marin Cilic in the semi-finals on Friday.

The match also featured a frosty handshake between the two men. /> Roland-Garros'We have to trust Rune' — Wilander on 'fiery and emotional' exchanges with Ruud2 HOURS AGO «The team is really nice and sweet, but then he [Ruud] goes straight to me and shouts 'JAAA' straight up in my face,” Rune told Ekstra Bladet. “I thought ‘what the hell are you doing?’.

You just do not do that. You can cheer as much as you want on the court, I do it myself when I win. But that's just a lack of class.

He should have had more respect.” Rune’s claims have since been denied by Ruud’s camp, with his father Christian telling Eurosport: “It is a simply a lie from Holger. It is nothing more to talk about because it is a pure lie. Our focus is now on the match on Friday against Cilic.” In response, Rune's mother Aneke told BT: „The father was not there when it happened, he had left.

It was only the physical trainer or therapist. It was while Holger was waiting for doping control, so the father can not comment on that. One thing is that you shout in my son's face.