"Don't know what he does from here": Holger Rune coaching situation puzzling and screams 'unorganised' says Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick criticized the disorganization of Holger Rune following his split with Boris Becker and Severin Luthi in just one week. The Danish tennis player brought Becker on board a few months ago, after an abrupt separation from Patrick Mouratoglou in August 2023.

Rune was only with Becker since October and with Luthi since December, yet both exited the team after Rune's disappointing loss at the 2024 Australian Open to Arthur Cazaux.

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During his time in Melbourne, Becker chose not to accompany Rune in the tournament and instead opted to participate as a commentator for television broadcasts in Australia.

Recently, on the "Served with Andy Roddick" podcast, the former world No. 1 shared his impressions on Rune's difficulty in maintaining his coaching team and hinted at a lack of organization on the part of the Danish player and his team: "With Rune, it just feels like it's unorganized, and Severin Luthi too. The focus is going to be on Boris, but Severin was Roger's guy," he said.

"I don't know what he does from here. I don't know who he's interviewing. But also, if you're a great coach right now, and you're entertaining this, that has to be factored in right? The fact that he's had 3 or 4 different coaches in 4-5 months, it tells you that there's something that's difficult behind the scenes," Roddick added.

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More changes in Rune's team

The 20-year-old tennis player not only faced the loss of his two coaches in just one week but, as recently announced, his mother Aneke stepped down as Rune's press manager. Rune decided to transfer the responsibility of his communications to the International Management Group (IMG), which also handles the press for players like Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu, and Iga Swiatek, among others.

IMG shared the news on social media, and later, Aneke clarified on TV 2 Sports that she has other responsibilities:

"It's no secret that there's increasing attention around Holger, and we love that, but there are so many other things I need to attend to, and I have several projects that require my focus," Aneke said.