Boris Becker took over as the coach of Holger Rune recently, and according to the former ATP player, attitude was the issue.
Rune has been a fabulous tennis player for a while now. He had an incredibly strong first half of the year but then struggled to find any kind of form over the summer.
Some changes needed to be made, and Rune hired Becker as his coach, with improvement following not long after. The Dane ultimately finished the year on a high note, which should give him confidence heading into next year, which is going to be a huge one.
The efforts by Becker were praised by Rune as the duo agreed to continue next year as well. In a recent chat with Eurosport, Becker spoke about his work with Rune, pinpointing attitude as the issue that held Rune back over the summer.
It's something that improved with every match, which helped him find his tennis again.
The start was very intense because Holger’s participation at the ATP Finals in Turin was on the line. “To put it clearly, he had a very bad summer in which he was eliminated eight times in the first round and once in the second round at nine tournaments.
With a set and a break down in the first round in Basel, everyone thought it would be another difficult one. But he showed fighting qualities and was keen to win. We discussed in the preparation why he had lost the matches. Was it because of his forehand or backhand or was it because of his attitude? If your attitude isn’t right, you don’t really need to play tennis.
We'll see what happens next year when the duo continues to work together. He had a good start with Patrick Mouratoglou as well, but eventually, things fell apart.
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