WATCH: Australian youngster Li Tu sobs uncontrollably post winning maiden ATP title weeks after losing his mother to cancer
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Li Tu won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title in Seoul
Australian youngster Li Tu fought back tears as he won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title in Seoul on Sunday, only a few weeks after losing his mother to a cancer battle.
In an emotional Instagram post, 26-year-old Tu revealed that he had continued training in recent months only after his mother assured him about recovering and getting better.
Watch how emotion overcame the qualifier after he won the title in South Korea below. As a result of the win, Tu climbed over 100 places in the rankings to a career-high World No.190!
When upcoming star Holger Rune was accused of shouting at his mother
World No. 40 Holger Rune had a great run at the French Open this year where the 19-year old in his debut at the major reached the quarter-finals in the very first attempt. During the run, he defeated Denis Shapovalov in the first round in straight sets, then beat last year’s runner-up and heavy title contender Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round in one of the biggest tournament upsets.
Rune then clashed with World No. 8 Casper Ruud in what became the first all-Scandavanian quarter-final at the French Open and despite the best efforts of Rune, he could not withstand the challenge of the 23-year old Norwegian who took the win in 4-sets and qualified for his first-ever Grand Slam semi-final.
The match however remained marred with controversies which emerged afterwards. The drama started with Rune giving a cold handshake at the net to Ruud who was stunned by the reaction. Later Holger accused Casper of screaming in his face and taunting him in the locker room with both players and their parents too being involved in a battle of words calling each other liars.
Rune’s mother Aneke is a constant presence in his players’ box as she was also one of his first coaches. However, in this case she was spotted mid-match heading towards the exit. Upon looking it was found that Holger had a mid-match altercation being frustrated with his position of losing in the match and screaming towards his box and it was assumed that his words were directed towards his mother. The youngster, however, cleared the air around the speculation.
“I love my mother very much, I did not kick her off the track. When I’m frustrated I need to be left, I can’t be listening to my mother and my coach. I wasn’t specifically looking for her to leave, in the match with Stefanos also she left. She knows how to give me peace”, Rune then told AFP.
With the ugly scenes overshadowing the youngster’s incredible run, it was nevertheless a good learning for him as he looks destined for greater things.
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