Holger Rune ended the 2022 season on a rather high note after conquering the ATP1000 event in Paris, beating the great Novak Djokovic in the final. The Danish player appears to be set on continuing his stellar form into the new season.Holger has just won an exhibition in Caen after demolishing Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-0 6-4.
After the match, Holger commented: “I had a great time here in Caen. I played a great final and I congratulate Roberto for his season. It’s important to believe in yourself, my goal is to be world No 1 in 2023.”
Holger will kick-start the new season by playing in 3 tournaments in January in Adelaide, Auckland, and the Australian Open.
@OpenCaen 🏆 #1 #winningteam 🐆 pic.twitter.com/9Bxf7IwwQy
— Holger Rune (@holgerrune2003) December 14, 2022
Holger Rune in 2022
LWWWWLWWWL Ranked world no.11, the Dane played his last match on the 6th of November when he beat world no.5 Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the final in Paris to win his 3rd career title.
Currently, during this season the Dane has a compiled 50-27 record. Rune clinched 4 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger, Munich, Stockholm and Paris. The Dane reached the final in Sofia and Basel.
Roberto Bautista Agut in 2022
Currently the world no.21, Roberto played his last match on the 23rd of November when he lost to world no.26 Borna Coric 6-4 7-6(4) in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup (draw).
During this season Roberto has achieved a composed 39-20 record. Roberto clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Doha and Kitzbuhel. Roberto got to the final in Mallorca.
Holger Rune and Roberto Bautista Agut played each other only once. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Rune. When they played, Holger Rune won 7-6(1) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel) on the 29th of October 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
