"I don't want to end at #6": Rune not satisfied with ranking despite stating previously Grand Slam over World Number One

Denmark’s Holger Rune has stated that he is looking to improve his rankings and is working overtime to achieve that.

The 20-year-old is currently the world number six, that too despite never playing in the semifinal or beyond at any Grand Slam.

Rune was quoted in a report where he expressed his desire to improve his rankings.

“I'm happy to be No. 6, but I'm not satisfied,” he said. “And I don't want to end at No. 6. I want to be No. 1, it's no secret. Right now I'm also trying to work 10 times harder than I did in the beginning of the year. So hopefully, everything will come together.”

“I just really told myself, ‘Okay, I don't want to be No. 30 in the world and just stay here. I feel like I can be better and do better things, and I don't want to waste my potential. So I worked really hard.”

Talking about his rivalry with a player like Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Rune expressed optimism that it will help him become a better player.

“I do really enjoy it. And I think why rivalries are so important for the sport is because it grows it bigger,” he said. “It gets more interest in the sport and if you only have one great player, of course, it's nice for that one good player.

"But it's not as competitive [as] if you have many. I think what Roger, Rafa and Novak did and also Borg, McEnroe, they [brought] tennis to another level and another dimension, and hopefully we can do that also.”

Rune will be hoping to improve his performance in the US Open where his best outing to date was playing in the third round and suffered a defeat to Britain’s Cameron Norrie in straight sets with a score of 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.