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"If your attitude isn’t right, you don’t really need to play tennis": Boris Becker had to adjust Holger Rune's attitude on working with rising Dane
ATPSunday, 26 November 2023 at 06:30
Former world number one Boris Becker has admitted that Denmark’s Holger Rune requires an immediate attitude adjustment.
The 56-year-old is currently working in the coaching staff of the current world number eight. Becker, who ended up winning six Grand Slam titles in his career, was recently quoted in a report where he admitted that Rune needs some adjustment before taking the next steps in his career.
“The start was very intense because Holger’s participation at the ATP Finals in Turin was on the line,” he said. “To put it clearly, he had a very bad summer in which he was eliminated eight times in the first round and once in the second round at nine tournaments.
“With a set and a break down in the first round in Basel, everyone thought it would be another difficult one. But he showed fighting qualities and was keen to win. We discussed in the preparation why he had lost the matches. Was it because of his forehand or backhand or was it because of his attitude? If your attitude isn’t right, you don’t really need to play tennis.
“It got better from match to match – his attitude anyway, but also his style of play. He lost the semi-final in Basel outright. That wasn’t a good match either. Things were much better again in Paris.”
Rune had a difficult second phase of the season but ended the year on a bit of a high where he eventually ended up participating in the ATP Finals in Turin.
In that competition, the Gentofte-born ended up suffering two defeats out of the three matches. Those defeats came against the current world number one Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and the world number four Italy’s Jannik Sinner which ended his hopes of playing in the last four. However, both of those defeats came in closely fought contests which lasted three sets.
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