“When it enters the rhythm, it can defeat anyone”

Holger Rune suddenly ended on Sunday, April 20, the series of nine victories of Carlos Alcaraz on the European slag, in the Barcelona tournament, where the Danish obtained its first title of the season.

Favorite 6, he prevailed with 7-6 (6), 6-2 in a final full of emotions and won his fifth ATP trophy, the first of 2023. Rune returned from a break at the start of the match and then converted to the fourth set of set. He broke up decisively in the second act, refusing to Alcaraz, who took a medical break, any way to return.

Holger Rune: “I had to breathe a lot and find my pace.”

“It means enormously, it was such a beautiful match,” said Rune. “At first, I was a little stressed, Carlos obviously plays a high -class tennis. I had to breathe a lot and find my pace. After breaking me, I entered the match more and played my tennis. The first set was a big battle, it was very important to win it and to take. I am very proud of myself, “he said shortly after the end of the final.

He followed the traditional plunger in the pool with the balls of balls, reserved every year to the champions in Barcelona, ​​simple and double.

With this triumph, Rune returned to the top 10, on the 9th place, where it had not been exactly a year, from April 2024. What about this success to open to the Danish?

“He beat the best slag player in the world, and the game he showed in the quarters, in the semifinals and certainly in the final he demonstrates that he is among the three best players in the world. It was a top performance of a solid Holger, which at any time left Alcaraz to enter the match“, Told Ekstra Bladet Peter Bastiansen (62 years old), an expert of the TV2 channel and former Danish player, an important member of the Davis Cup team in the 1980s.

Holger Rune and the jump in the pool in Barcelona, ​​along with the children of photo balls: Imago Images

The tournament in Barcelona had to be actually only a training for Holger, who had to retire to Monte Carlo a week before due to stomach problems.

“He left Monte Carlo relatively quickly and I think that was fine. Had ten more days to train on the slag and it is clear that this is the surface on which most matches will win, because it is fantastic on the slag”Bastiansen believes.

“When he enters his pace, with confidence, he can beat anyone,” he said.

Summary of Barcelona Holger Rune – Carlos Alcaraz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzh5q73px6a

Carlos Alcaraz lost his breath in the second set, and during the course he had to receive the help of the physiotherapist for an embarrassment at the right thigh. The final scored the tenth match in twelve days played by the Spanish. Peter Bastiansen thinks it's a bad planning from his team.

“He was finished at the end, especially since he lost the first set. That should not take anything to Holger's merits, because he made Alcaraz get tired and look tired, because he doesn't make any mistake,” explains TV 2.

5 ATP titlesHolger Rune in his career conquered, three in 2022 (Munich, Stockholm, Paris), one in 2023 (Munich) and 2025 (Barcelona). He also disputed 6 finals, three of whom in Masters 1000 tournaments

Pronostic for Rune: “It will be among the favorites when the Roland Garros will be played”

This is why, if the Danish wants to continue to hope for success in the slag season, he should not proceed like his Spanish opponent. “Together with his team, you need to ensure that he does not exhaust and do not play too many matches and tournaments in a too short time. Holger's general goal is the Grand Slam tournament in Paris.

But will he get resounding results on the slag? “It can do it easily. We will see Holger among the first eight series heads in next tournaments, and that means he will have a lighter draw. And if it maintains this level, it will be among the favorites when the Roland Garros will be played”, Concluded Peter Bastiansen.