Rune is inspired by Federer after his injury: "I want to come back like him"
After overcoming a serious injury to his Achilles tendon, the Danish tennis player has set his sights on the Swiss and his serious knee injury in 2017.
Holger Rune smiles again. Almost a year after his serious Achilles tendon injury, the Danish tennis player has returned to the circuit and has achieved his first victories at the ATP level in Basel, and in the lead-up to the Stockholm tournament, he has revealed that his goals are even greater than before the injury. Furthermore, the former world number 4 compared his recovery to what Roger Federer experienced with his knee in 2017, using it as motivation to come back stronger.
In 2016, Federer suffered a serious setback with a severe injury that kept him away for a large part of the season. He underwent surgery and, despite being 35 years old, returned in 2017 to dominate everyone, winning the Australian Open against Rafael Nadal after an epic final, achieving the 'Sunshine Double' in Indian Wells and Miami and lifting another Grand Slam at Wimbledon. At just 23 years old, Rune has taken him as inspiration to do something similar to what he accomplished back then, and is determined to come back stronger than before.
“I have looked to Roger Federer as an example of what he was capable of doing when he injured his knee and returned in 2017, completely dominating the ATP circuit. I have thought a lot about that, and that’s who I want to be when I come back. I want to return like him, dominating everyone. Now my goal is to play as many matches as possible before the Australian Open, so I hope to perform well in Stockholm and then work hard to be in peak form in Australia. It requires a lot of effort, but I have to give my best,” he stated in an interview with 'SpilXperten'.
Rune wants to be number 1 in the world and win Grand Slams
Before his injury, Rune was going through a rough patch that had distanced him from the top positions in the ATP ranking, but he has always declared that he sees himself sitting at the same table as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz when he reaches his potential. Well, this injury has not changed his mind, his mentality remains the same, and he has his objectives quite clear.
“My main goal is to become the number one in the world and win Grand Slams. The aim is to be even better than I was before, and within that goal lies the one mentioned earlier. That’s what I want. I don’t believe anything is unattainable. I believe everything is possible,” he concluded. It is true that now he will have to take it step by step, but the quality of the Dane is undeniable, and if he can regain his best version and make the right decisions with his wide array of shots, he can be a threat to anyone.
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