By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday January 13, 2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas has had an up shut and private view of Holger Rune lately, because the pair each prepare on the Moratoglou Academy within the South of France. The Greek is mightily impressed by what Rune brings to the desk, and predicts large issues for the 19-year-old in 2023.
“He has matured fairly quick, I might say, in his sport,” Tsitsipas stated. “However, after all, that comes with loads of arduous work. I’ve seen him on the academy working hours and hours.”
Tsitsipas says that Rune has a one-track thoughts in the case of the game. He’s pushed to succeed and can work himself to the bone within the title of bettering his sport.
“He is obsessive about tennis,” Tsitsipas stated of the Danish teen, who enters the Australian Open ranked tenth on the planet. “You may see how obsessed he’s with the game. He lives, breathes and simply thinks tennis on a regular basis, which it is each good, however it may also have some downsides as a result of you need to produce other issues in your life that excite you and brings pleasure.”
Tsitsipas says that Rune must be cautious to not burn himself out.
“Tennis is a vital a part of your life,” he stated, earlier than including: “However I am simply apprehensive about him burning out. It is loads of tennis.”
He additionally believes that the oft-temperamental Rune might be extra disciplined on courtroom.
“In fact, there’s loads of [room for] enchancment for him,” he stated. “I imagine typically in how he behaves on courtroom. He is a terrific athlete. He is ready to beat anybody. He is a really, , disciplined man when he performs matches. However, , he jogs my memory slightly of myself after I was youthful at his age. Simply getting began. I do not know a lot concerning the ATP Tour. I am attempting to find alongside the best way, get to know the gamers higher, the tour higher.”
Tsitsipas clearly believes that Rune, who reached his first main quarterfinal and received his maiden Masters 1000 title final yr, will proceed to ascend.
“If I needed to make a prediction, I might make a prediction of him that he will have an excellent 2023,” he stated.
