Holger Rune compared himself to the Swiss legend after his scandal at Roland Garros with his mother in the middle of a match.
Already in the middle of the grass tour of the ATP circuit, Holger Rune He referred to the great controversy with his mother during the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and he excused himself by comparing himself with nothing more and nothing less than Roger Federer.
In the middle of his match against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (eventual tournament finalist), Rune began to yell at his mother to leave the mythical Court Phillipe-Chartier, central court of the grand slam played in the French capital. After the match, the 19-year-old Dane explained that it was just a moment of frustration and that it had already happened in his previous match.
“I love my mother very much, I did not kick her out of the stadium. When I’m frustrated I need to be left, I can’t be listening to my mother and my coach. He was not looking for him to leave, in the match with Stefanos he also left. She knows how to give me peace”Rune commented.
Twenty days after that curious incident, the tennis player who occupies the 28th place in the ATP Ranking spoke about the fact again and compared himself to a young Roger Federerwho called “40 times worse than him“.
“I am very sorry for this sport, I have a lot of passion and sometimes I show it too much. I am 19 years old and still young. I work every day to get the positive out of my attitude, and that is a process. If you saw Roger Federer when he was young, he may have been 40 times worse than me.and he is one of the most beloved tennis players on the circuit, so, like him, I think I have a lot of time to improve my image”pointed out Rune, who lost for the second consecutive time in the first round in the tournaments that precede the big event in the All-England.
The moment Holger Rune kicked his mother out of the Court Philippe-Chartier
Holger Rune’s awkward moment at Roland Garros: he kicked his mother out of the stadium
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