WATCH: Holger Rune gets mistaken for Casper Ruud by the chair umpire in Swiss Indoors during the Dane’s quarter-finals 

Holger Rune gets mistaken for Casper Ruud by the chair umpire at the Swiss Indoors 2023.

WATCH: Holger Rune gets mistaken for Casper Ruud by the chair umpire in Swiss Indoors during the Dane’s quarter-finals 

Chair Umpire and Holger Rune (Via X)

The 2023 Swiss Indoors is at the business end with its quarter-final matches and the top 8 just got reduced to the best 4 of the tournament. Holger Rune, the top-seeded player of the tournament has managed to fight his way through the quarterfinals. However, during the game, the Dane found himself as the center of attraction as he was caught being in an argument with the chair umpire. 

During the quarter-final game against Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry, the chair umpire had mistaken the Dane’s name and called him Casper by mistake. This hilarious footage was posted on Twitter ( now known as X) by a fan and it shows Rune exchanging a few words with the chair umpire during the break and that’s when the umpire called his Casper. 

“ Most of the time you are good, Casper,” said the umpire, and to this Casper replied with “ I’m not Casper”.

The quarterfinal match between the two was an exciting one as both the players played well to take the game to the third set. The first set was won pretty easily by Rune but the Argentine came back to win the second set to take the game to the decider set. This was one of the closest deciders as both the players did not give an inch and took the game deep where Rune prevailed and managed to secure his spot in the top 4.

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Holger Rune’s mother reveals the reason behind her son not wearing his cap

In a recent interview, Aneke Rune, the mother of Holger revealed the reason behind her son not wearing his trademark cap and necklace. “Holger has tinkered with it every now and then, but Boris himself felt that way when he was playing, that the less things that interfered, the better, So no caps, necklaces, and so on. Maybe Holger could nod in recognition of that,” revealed his mother. 

Holger Rune
Holger Rune (Via Reuters)

With Boris Becker as the new coach, Holger Rune has done well in the tournament and has reached the semi-finals. The German former tennis player and coach has pure intentions behind coaching Rune and has revealed that he wants to train the Dane in such a way that makes him a worthy contender for Grand Slams. Rune has done reasonably well to up his rankings but not good enough to win many titles or Grand Slams. Can he change that curse? Only time will tell.

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