Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Casper Ruud played an exciting all-Scandinavian French Open quarter on Wednesday. It was Ruud to win in 4 sets, but unfortunately the epilogue wasn’t great.
After displaying extremely erratic behavior, Holger Rune gave a cold handshake to Casper Ruud who was utterly unimpressed. According to reports, the Norwegian player was extremely tough with Rune in the locker room urging him to “grow up.”
During the match, Rune was always caught shouting at his mother to leave the player’s box.
Holger’s behavior was also not very appreciated on social media with many negative comments as follows.
I'm happy Ruud won, he's a fair and square dude! Rune is just a spoiled brat like you can see in the end…
— Chris F (@Chrisz75) June 2, 2022
Rune is a whirlwind of talent but he needs to grow up, shut up and be more gracious. Tennis doesn’t need another kyrgios.
Well done Casper!— Sidneychidgey (@sidneychidgey) June 1, 2022
And the little Casper shake of the head. Rune is maturing compared to a year ago but he'll look back and regret the Petulant behaviour in the future
— Paul Denton 🇺🇦 (@Denton79) June 1, 2022
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Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in 2022
At the moment ranked no.40 (career-high), the Dane played his last match on the 1st of June when he surrendered to world no.8 Casper Ruud 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the quarter in French Open (draw).
Currently, during this year Rune has managed to achieve a 27-14 record. Rune has won 2 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger and in Munich.
Ruud at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2022
LWLWLLLLWL Now the world no.8, Casper has managed to achieve a composed 29-9 match record in 2022. Ruud is now competing at the French Open where he bested Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-76 7-64 6-2 7-60, Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3 6-4 6-2, Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-73 1-6 6-4 6-3, Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-1 4-6 7-62 6-3.
Casper Ruud will face the world no.23 Marin Cilic in the semifinal. Their current record is 2-0 for Ruud.
The Norwegian has won 2 titles in 2022 in Buenos Aires and in Geneva. Casper was the runner-up in Miami (Miami Open).
Casper won 8 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 7 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Casper Ruud played each other 4 times. Their current record is 4-0 for Ruud. The last time they locked horns, Casper Ruud won 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the quarter in Paris (French Open) on the 1st of June 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
