At a time when Holger Rune looked on top of his game, the Danish sensation suffered a massive downfall. Months after reaching a career-high ranking of 4, the 20-year-old is struggling to get his foot going this season. Further, hours ago, Boris Becker announced his split with Rune, ending their successful partnership. Is it because Rune ‘is no longer worth’ paying attention to?

In the recently concluded Australian Open, he bowed out in the second round, suffering a disappointing defeat against Arthur Cazaux of France. The news of Becker’s separation with Rune comes at a time when he is having a turbulent time on the court. A tennis bigwig later revealed the actual reason behind this.

Why did Holger Rune and Boris Becker split?

While the Danish star is having a bad time on the court, stars like Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have gone ahead of him. While Sinner won the Australian Open this year, Alcaraz already has a couple of Grand Slam titles to his name. Recently, Jose Moron, the director of a renowned publication opened up about this situation.

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He said, “I have been contacting people around the Dane about his current situation, after the departure of Becker and Luthi. What they tell me is that Holger (not his mother) is a little “obsessed” to see that Alcaraz shines with quite a few weeks of N1 and two Grand Slams, while he remains stagnant.”

Further, he went on to add, “He has changed from Tennium to IMG these days, and that’s where Luthi and Becker’s goodbye shots can go. That is to say, Holger, after the disaster in Australia (he lost in 2R), is no longer worth what he thought in November and is looking for something new. Hence, neither Luthi nor Becker wanted to participate in Rune’s new idea for his career.” (Translated using Google Translate)

This is not the first time Holger Rune has faced a surprising split with his coach. A few days ago, he lost another renowned coach, who also happened to be Roger Federer’s ex-coach. Subsequently, Rune’s mother revealed her regrets about hiring such legendary coaches.

Rune’s mother gets candid about her son’s coaching situation

Last week, Severin Luthi announced his split with Holger Rune in the backdrop of the Danish sensation’s poor Australian Open campaign. However, Rune’s mother felt that they were ‘naive’ to hire such renowned coaches in the first place.

She said, “Maybe also we were a little naive and also a little you know, starstruck, like saying, oh, Roger 20 grand slams, it’s not a problem to bring in a new coach. Clearly, this was naive. But, you know, as I said, you can always be wise looking back.” 

It remains to be seen how Holger Rune adapts to such massive changes in his support staff. Can he come back stronger in the upcoming tournaments? Let us know your views in the comments below.

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