Tennis News: Young ball player is able to play after receiving coaching from GOAT and Alexander Bublik Holger Rune
Holger Rune, a gifted player, will turn 21 in April, but he has yet to make that one big breakthrough.
Rune’s junior by just one week, Carlos Alcaraz, holds the top rank on the ATP tour, and he has witnessed two Grand Slams. Rune might eventually get to that point, but for the time being it appears like he is still a very skilled young player who is still figuring out how to use his abilities to the utmost.
Rune might not even be at his current level of success (he consistently ranks in the ATP top 10) without the help of Novak Djokovic, who is largely considered as the greatest player of all time.
In a recent interview with Punto de Break, the Dane spoke at length about his tennis career prior to competing in Challenger events, revealing which players helped him and which did not quite as much.
Djokovic was one player who appeared to go above and above in providing Rune with advice.
Rune said, He has taught me a lot. He has always treated me with such kindness. We used to train here about five years ago, before I started playing Challengers.
He provided me advice, showed a genuine interest in what I was doing, and even opened up to me about his professional life. That’s important considering his age as a player.
Holger Rune showing some love to Novak Djokovic, and Alexander Bublik having a good time.
This is one of the less well-known things about Djokovic and tennis. Many tennis fans don’t think highly of the Serb, despite the fact that they believe Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to be kinder than the Serb due to their seeming friendliness.
This appears to be a myth, though, as Rune and other players dispute the idea that Djokovic is reserved.
At least to a certain extent. Rune did point out that since he has already defeated Djokovic on the ATP a few times, the Serb isn’t giving him any more advice.
Rune said, My relationship with Novak is different now that we are competing. I’ve defeated him twice, so he no longer gives me advice. He is a decent individual.
Continuing with the theme of goodness, Alexander Bublik made an intriguingly comical play during this past weekend’s live match.
Borna Coric was comfortably winning Bublik’s first-round match at the Monte-Carlo Masters.
Nevertheless, Bublik’s unconventional approach and sporadic underhanded serves give his matches a special edge.
However, Bublik reasoned that he might as well give his racket to a ball kid who was nearby and let them play since the score in the second set was 1-6 and 0-1.
In between points, Bublik approached the ball child and handed him his racket. The toddler was clearly confused, as any of us would have been. Still, it was better than what I would have done in the same situation.
Bublik encouraged the young player, and they went to the service line where they served two balls that ended up in the net. All in good humor, the chair umpire awarded it a point without docking Bublik.
