Former coach Boris Becker also expressed sympathy after tennis professional Holger Rune’s serious injury.
The Dane had to give up in the semi-finals of the ATP tournament in Stockholm on Saturday; both he and his mother Aneke spoke of a torn left Achilles tendon. The doctors could see this with the naked eye, his mother and manager explained in a message to Danish Radio, among others. Rune himself said he could hear the crack.
The 22-year-old had to give up against the Frenchman Ugo Humbert when the score was 6:4, 2:2. He then cried on his bench and was only able to leave the pitch supported by a supervisor.
“I wish him a complete and speedy recovery,” Becker wrote on X. The German tennis idol had temporarily looked after the current eleventh in the world rankings. An examination on Sunday should provide more detailed information about the injury. In any case, Rune will be out for several months.