MELBOURNE : Holger Rune heads into the Australian Open as the last man to beat favourite Novak Djokovic and the Danish teenager is ready to take the fight to the established order at the year's first Grand Slam, which starts on Monday.The 19-year-old won three titles in 2022 including his first ATP Master
MELBOURNE : Holger Rune heads into the Australian Open as the last man to beat favourite Novak Djokovic and the Danish teenager is ready to take the fight to the established order at the year's first Grand Slam, which starts on Monday.
"Winning gave me a huge confidence boost. Winning against him and in a final was even bigger, so it was a great tournament and probably one of the best matches of my career." "I've honestly been dealing with it all my life," Rune said."Playing juniors, I was number one at the Under-14, 16 and 18 so I'm used to playing as the one who has to win.
"I'll take the fight, for sure. I'm not afraid," Rune said."I'm just going to go out there and play my tennis but now it's just the first match I have to focus on.
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