Holger Rune and Roger Federer’s former coach, Severin Luthi, announced their split less than two months later, according to Aneke, the Dane’s mother. Aneke Rune clarified that the scheduling with Severin was not right and that the problem was Luthi’s availability to travel to events with her son.
In addition to tennis legend Boris Becker, who joined in October, Rune revealed in December that Luthi would be joining him for the 2024 campaign.
Not only did Luthi captain Switzerland in the 2014 Davis Cup victory, but he also coached Roger Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam champion, from 2007 until his retirement in 2022. Rune’s mother revealed in an interview that her son would no longer be working with Luthi.
Earlier, Rune expressed his admiration for Luthi and seemed thrilled about the potential addition of the Swiss player to his squad during the Australian Open.
Rune expressed his remarks earlier after adding Luthi to his team: “Roger was my childhood idol. It’s great to have something from him in my box. Great energy, great advice—talking from a lot of experience for sure. It’s cool to have him around, with Boris as well. It’s cool to have stability around me and people that I believe in so that means a lot.”
Rune’s mother informed the media in an interview about this change and said: “I just want to inform you that from now on, Holger will only have Boris and Kenneth on his coaching staff. I don’t want to make a big deal out of it, but the timing with Severin was not right. It would be too few weeks for Severin to be able to cover the continuity that Holger needs.”
Holger Rune in 2024
Ranked no.7, Rune played his last match on the 18th of January when he capitulated to world no.83 Arthur Cazaux 7-6(4) 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round of the Australian Open (draw).
Presently, during this year the Dane has achieved a compiled 5-2 win-loss record. Holger Rune’s most significant result of the current year was reaching the final in Brisbane.
Rune is scheduled to play next in Rotterdam (ABN AMRO Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 12th of February.
Holger Rune |
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