Working again into type with no second to spare, defending champion Holger Rune has given himself the prospect to reprise his gorgeous win over Novak Djokovic final yr on the Rolex Paris Masters and enhance his probabilities of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals after a key win Thursday night time.
The 20-year-old Dane produced a convincing 6-3, 6-3 win over German Daniel Altmaier to cost into the quarter-finals and set one other assembly with the World No. 1, whom he denied a seventh Paris title in final yr’s closing.
Rune’s title run final yr left him one place outdoors the reduce for the Nitto ATP Finals, the place he served because the alternate. This yr he’s making an attempt to hold onto the eighth and closing place within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Race To Turin.
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Along with his 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Djokovic in final yr’s closing, the World No. 7 defeated the Serbian in three units within the Rome quarter-finals earlier this yr to take a 2-1 lead within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence.
In opposition to Altmaier, Rune hit 21 winners to simply 13 unforced errors. He has not dropped a set this week and has prolonged his profitable streak to eight matches on the match, the place final yr he claimed 5 consecutive High 10 victories to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title.
After a scorching begin to the yr that elevated him to a career-high No. 4 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, Rune had gained simply 4 matches since Wimbledon coming into Paris. However with Boris Becker added to his teaching crew, Rune confirmed promising indicators with a run to the Basel semi-finals final week.
