Holger Rune's mother Aneke expresses pride in son's impressive Davis Cup outing for Denmark against India
Holger Rune was extremely pleased to be able to represent Denmark in the Davis Cup in front of a packed home crowd earlier this week. The world No. 9 led his team to victory, giving Denmark all three points against India, and his performance drew a proud reaction from his mother Aneke.
Rune was part of three of the five matches in Denmark's home World Group play-off tie against India at Hilleroed and won all those matches to give his team the winning edge and thus earn promotion to the World Group 1 in the 2023 Davis Cup.
The 19-year-old expressed his happiness at being part of a highly successful weekend at the prestigious world team tournament in front of his compatriots.
"A true pleasure playing for my country and my Danish fans this weekend. With the win yesterday we are now in world group 1," Holger Rune wrote on Instagram.
Reacting to the same, Rune's mother Aneke was proud of her son's achievement.
"Bravo," Aneke Rune wrote on her Instagram Stories.
Rune beat Yuki Bhambri in straight sets to hand Denmark a 1-0 lead. Later, in a crucial doubles tie with the overall score at 1-1, he teamed up with Johannes Ingildsen to beat the pairing of Bhambri and India's doubles veteran Rohan Bopanna to give Denmark another lead. Rune then beat former India no. 1 Sumit Nagal 7-5, 6-3 to secure victory for Denmark.
Holger Rune enters the Open Sud de France in Montpellier as the top seed
Despite a hectic start to the season in which he has already played in three tournaments, Holger Rune will return to action this upcoming week at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier. Seeded No. 1 in Montpellier, Rune will start his campaign in the Round of 16 against either Marc-Andrea Huesler or Luca Van Assche.
Sixth seed Alexander Bublik is a potential quarterfinal opponent for Rune, while third seed Borna Coric is also placed in the same half of the draw, as is 7th seed Emil Ruusuvuori. A final between Rune and second seed Jannik Sinner is also on the cards and is a highly-anticipated clash among tennis fans.
Before his fourth-round loss to Rublev at the Australian Open, Rune won all of his previous matches in straight sets, against Filip Krajinovic, Maxime Cressy, and Ugo Humbert, respectively.