Wawrinka to Rune: "Don't act like a baby!"
After his bitter defeat against Holger Rune at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy, Stan Wawrinka still had one piece of advice for his conqueror.
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last edit: Nov 02, 2022, 04:50 pm
Stan Wawrinka was unable to use three match points in his defeat in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy against Holger Rune. No wonder that the Swiss were deeply disappointed. His opponent's behavior must have been pretty frustrating as well. Because Wawrinka still had a few selected words for the teenager from Denmark when saying goodbye to the net.
"My advice to you is," the three-time Major Champion began. "Don't act like a baby on the court." So he said, shaking Rune's hand and leaving him a bit perplexed.
Wawrinka isn't the first opponent of Rune's to have a problem with his behavior on the pitch. In Roland Garros, for example, Casper Ruud was not only irritated, he also put it into words.
Rune loses his composure in Basel
In the summer, on the other hand, Holger Rune seemed to have gone into himself a little. At least he announced that he would reconsider his overall appearance. That went very well in sporting terms with the tournament victory in Stockholm and the finals in Basel, but Rune lost his composure again in Switzerland and took on chair umpire Mohamed Layahni.
However, Rune did not comment on the scene with Stan Wawrinka. Rather, he paid Wawrinka nothing but respect on Twitter.