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Fast questions with Holger Rune: Particular emotions & Montreal poutine

Dane speaks to ATPTour.com after first-round win in Montreal

August 07, 2024

Many followers lined the exit of Court docket Central Tuesday night in Montreal shouting Holger Rune’s title. Some needed an autograph, others requested for a photograph. There was enthusiastic help for the 21-year-old from Denmark, who had simply defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 within the first spherical of the Omnium Banque Nationwide presente par Rogers.

Rune, who reached a career-high No. 4 within the PIF ATP Rankings final 12 months, is competing in Montreal for simply the second time. However he felt like a crowd favorite when he battled into the second spherical.

ATPTour.com caught up with the thirteenth seed, who will subsequent play one other Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta, for a spherical of fast questions with the Dane.

It was fairly cool listening to once they had been yelling ‘Holger! Holger! Holger!’ Do you bear in mind the primary time any followers had been cheering your title?
Yeah, it was a few years in the past. And it is nice. It feels excellent with the help. It is a particular feeling. Having the ability to journey everywhere in the world and listening to my title, it is actually cool. Enjoying the primary spherical right here on centre courtroom means loads, and it was a special day. I am simply completely happy I may reveal ok tennis to get via.

Did you ever watch a primetime match once you had been a child within the stands?
Thousands and thousands, hundreds of thousands. Effectively, not so many within the stands, however undoubtedly nearly each primetime match on TV. Even the non-primetime matches, I nonetheless was watching. So I used to be watching nearly from Court docket 14 to centre courtroom, nearly each tennis match.

But in addition, I used to be privileged sufficient to journey to some tournaments with my household. I went to the Stockholm Open after I was a child. It is cool to have these reminiscences within the bag, and now to be there as a participant.

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Does any match stand out from Stockholm?
Yeah, I used to be watching… I am fairly positive it was really [Gael] Monfils towards [Milos] Raonic, which is kind of humorous, as a result of I used to be speculated to play Milos tonight. I am very, very younger, and so they’re nonetheless on the Tour, so it is fairly cool to have the ability to share these moments with these gamers.

You are off tomorrow. What does a day without work in Montreal appear like for Holger Rune?
We’ll go and eat a poutine. It is a Canadian specialty meals, which is seemingly very, excellent. I’ve heard that I ought to undoubtedly eat that, however not on the match day, it is too heavy. But it surely’s the identical, actually. Get up, eat breakfast, do some physio work, mobility, prevention, practise, settle down, prepare for the subsequent day. So it is boring, however cool.