Rune, after training with Agassi: "It's nice to meet people who love tennis as much as I do"

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Holger Rune has carried out an unexpected revolution. The Dane, who is seeing his generation's peers, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, leaving him behind in both game and results, aims to catch up in time to perhaps establish a new Big 3. Although it is still far from happening, the 22-year-old is going all out, hence he has started a collaboration with Andre Agassi and has hired Marco Panichi as his physio, who spent several years with Novak Djokovic and a month ago ended his brief relationship with Sinner. These are two top-tier signings for a Rune who is seeking to make the definitive leap to catch up with the Spanish and the Italian.

To achieve this, this North American hard-court tour is crucial if he wants to climb in the rankings, provided his physical condition is up to par. His debut was planned at the ATP Washington, where he trained with Agassi, but back issues made him take caution, and he is now in Toronto, where he will have his first major opportunity, with the absences of Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, and Draper, to demonstrate that he has the tennis to compete for the most important titles.

Overshadowed by Agassi's wisdom

As expected, the world number nine's 'media day' revolved around the collaboration with Andre Agassi: "It was a great experience sharing the court with him for a couple of days in Washington. I learned a lot about how he sees the game, and how he sees my tennis, and we tried to figure out how to make my tennis easier," he stated in remarks collected by Ziggo Sport.

Rune expressed surprise and gratitude for encountering the eight-time Grand Slam champion on his path: "He gives very good advice on how to return, he was an incredible returner, as I am too, so we can share information and that's great. His passion for tennis is spectacular. It's wonderful to meet people who love tennis as much as I do. I think it's very important to share your thoughts, and Agassi knows how to listen and gives very good advice. I am very grateful to have spent these days with him."

Moreover, he took the opportunity to reveal the details of his tennis that Agassi believes he should change to elevate his game: "What he tried to explain to me is that he wanted my tennis to be a bit slower and he thinks I can do things much easier with my power and quality in my shots and believes I should do more things than I usually do. Essentially, it's about finding balance, and that's what we have been working on. He surprised me with some things he explained in training sessions and also about how to play tiebreaks. I won't share the secrets he gave me, but I was amazed by his perspective on tennis and playing".

Before concluding the interview, the Dane was asked about the addition of Marco Panichi to his team as a physio, a month after being dismissed by Jannik Sinner for admitting in some interviews that the Italian spent fifteen minutes crying in the locker room after the Roland Garros final. The Dane saw an opportunity in him and went for it: "At that moment, I didn't have any physio, I tried with him for a couple of days in Monaco and it was a challenge for me with the exercises he made me do. He focuses a lot on coordination and biomechanics, and I think he challenges me in certain ways that I had never been challenged before. Additionally, with his experience working for so many years with Djokovic and his brief time with Sinner, I have seen that he can connect fitness with tennis and I believe he has a spectacular talent for it, and I am very excited to work with him," concludes a determined Rune who is going all out on this hard-court tour hand in hand with Agassi and Panichi. We will see if finally the results start to bear fruit or if it turns into another failure for the Dane.
 

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