Holger Rune is having a fantastic end of the season. The 19-year-old is currently playing in the semifinals of the ATP 1000 tournament in Paris and if he wins the title, he will break into the top 10.

During a lovely interview with Tennis Majors, Holger’s mother, Aneke talked about his path to success. Aneke said that Holger was a sort of a freak in Denmark, where people could not understand his dream of becoming a top tennis player like Roger Federer. Therefore, in order to follow his dream, they had to go to places like the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy, where there were people with similar dreams.

“It’s difficult to be the only one in Denmark with that big dream. And no one around him understands what is going on. So, he’s a freak in Denmark. He’s not like the others. He doesn’t want to be like the others. When we have been home for a week, he’s like: ‘When do we leave? Now I’ve been enough in Denmark,” revealed Aneke.

“I want to go back to where I belong.’ He sees himself in the tennis world. He likes being in an environment where there are people like him. And being in London or being at the Mouratoglou Academy then, he’s not a freak anymore

. Then, he’s one of the guys. ”

Rune in Paris, ranking, and results in 2022

Ranked world no.

18 (career-high), Holger has managed to achieve a compiled 48-27 record in 2022. The Dane is currently having a run in Paris where he defeated the world no.153 Stan Wawrinka 4-6 7-5 7-6³, the world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 6-1, the world no.9 Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-5 and the world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-6 ret..

Holger Rune will take on the world no.8 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Their head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime.

Holger has won 3 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger, in Munich and in Stockholm. The Dane got to the final in Sofia (Sofia Open) and in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel).