Holger Rune defeated Mariano Navone in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid by comeback. The Danish tennis player won in three sets over the Argentine and thus earned the right to continue his adventure on the red clay of the Spanish capital. What was talked about, however, was not the success suffered with the score of 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4, but theyet another controversy staged by the 20 year old, usually over the top.
The world number 12 has indeed the organizer of the event was accused on the Iberian crushed brick. At the end of the decisive set, in fact, the 20-year-old said to the chair umpire: “The tournament is trying to cheat me, they didn’t put a string on my racket“. Holger Rune is certainly not new to certain gestures and certain controversies, he too recently had objections after the defeat with Jannik Sinner in Monte Carlo.
On that occasion he wrote on his social profiles: “They didn’t put me in the best conditions, they didn’t give me enough rest. And the umpire missed a crucial call“. At the 2023 US Open he instead declared: “Strange to see the world number four confined to Court 5“. In a match against Djokovic he outdid himself, shouting at the chair umpire: “Jokes? Do they pay you to make mistakes?“. In the next round the challenge to the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor.
