Holger Rune shouted 'leave' a couple of times in succession and shortly afterwards his mother was stopped leaving her seat at the stadium.
Aneke Rune has been with Holger since he started his tennis journey travelling with him to pretty much any event. She is always in the stands watching her son play but last night she left after Rune was spotted shouting leave a couple of times. He denied it was directed to his mother after the match:
"First of all, I didn’t tell my mother to leave the stadium," he said. "That’s not why. It was another person. So that’s wrong. I love my mother and I don’t send her away. When I’m frustrated it can help that either my mother or coach leaves so I don’t have two people to refer to. She also left at some point against Stefanos [Tsitsipas]. To give me ease. She controls it, not me."
He did confirm his frustration with the match:
"It’s of course frustrating to be in my first Grand Slam quarter-final and play so much below my usual level, especially in the first set. I didn’t hit the balls properly at all. That’s frustrating when you want it as bad as I want it."
His mother confirmed the story to the media as well:
"I also slipped away during the match against Stefanos Tsitsipas at one point. When Holger turns too much off the field, it is sometimes easier that there is only one reference person, the coach, he can apply to. The same thing I chose to do today to give him some peace of mind. He was obviously tired, it was late and I considered it could help him."
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