Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune had a fantastic clash in Paris last season when the youngster won the prestigious ATP 1000 final against the Serbian sensation. During a recent interview, Rune’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, said that, in his opinion Novak Djokovic is the best returner of all time.
“Novak has the greatest return of all times. Even some of the best servers in the world have terrible statistics on his serve when they had to play him,” the Patrick hello yes away Pakistan match said on social media said.
Novak Djokovic in 2023
LWWWWWWLWW Currently the world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 3rd of March when he capitulated to world no.7 Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai (draw).
Presently, during this year Djokovic has managed to achieve a 15-1 match record. Djokovic has won 2 titles in 2023 in Adelaide and Australian Open.
He is also scheduled to play in Miami (Miami Open) after Indian Wells. The main draw will start on the 8th of March.
Rune in Acapulco, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWLWWWLLL Now ranked no.10, Holger owns an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2023. The Dane is participating in Acapulco where he defeated the world no.41 Ben Shelton 6-77 6-4 6-2, the world no.85 Nuno Borges 6-0 6-2 and the world no.24 Matteo Berrettini 6-0 1-0 ret..
Holger Rune will play the world no.22 Alex De Minaur in the semifinal on Friday at 9:30 pm on ESTADIO. Their current head to head is 2-0 for Rune.
He is also scheduled to play in Miami (Miami Open) after Indian Wells. The main draw will start on the 8th of March.
Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune clashed against each other just twice. Their head to head is 1-1. The last time they fought against each other, Holger Rune won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the final in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) in November 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
