Mats Wilander excited for Caroline Wozniacki return and Olympic partnership with Holger Rune

Eurosport tennis expert Mats Wilander is eager to see the Danish pairing of Holger Rune and Caroline Wozniacki at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. Wozniacki, 33, hopes to team up with Rune following her anticipated return to singles tennis after retiring after the Australian Open in 2020. Ad After twice giving birth, Wozniacki is preparing for her comeback and is set to compete in her first Grand Slam at the US Open.

WimbledonWimbledon 2023: Day 8 Order of Play and schedule – When are Alcaraz, Sabalenka and Djokovic playing?YESTERDAY AT 19:39 It is understood she has made an offer to compatriot Rune to play in the mixed doubles together in next year's Olympics, an offer Wilander believes Rune cannot refuse. “I’m not sure you can call that an offer — that’s a decision!” Wilander said. “‘Holger [Rune], you’re playing mixed doubled with me in the Olympics and you can not say no!’ “Of course, there’s no way he’s not going to say yes, I mean how cool would that be to see that Danish pair team up in the Olympics? “So for Holger Rune, there’s a lot of pressure there because obviously Caroline Wozniacki has had a huge impact on his passion for the sport and he would have seen tennis on TV, solely because of Caroline Wozniacki back home in Denmark.

“That is something I really look forward to.” Wilander thinks Wozniacki’s return is “great for the sport” and that it will be interesting to see if she will be successful or not. “Obviously, it depends a little bit on how she does. We’ve had people, players come back after starting a family or whatever, and it’s not always a success story.