This year’s Paris Olympics will go ahead without yet another big name and it’s Holger Rune who also announced his withdrawal from the Olympic Games.
A few high-ranked players opted to skip this year’s Olympics weeks ago, but these past two days have seen some really unfortunate late withdrawals as well. Jannik Sinner announced his withdrawal from the Games due to tonsillitis, and now Rune has announced his withdrawal due to an injury as well. Unfortunately, neither are shocking because there were rumblings of both withdrawing for a while. That’s especially true for the young Dane, who withdrew from his last match in Hamburg due to a knee problem.
Then his mother announced that Rune was battling a wrist problem as well, and it was actually the wrist that was giving the team more concern ahead of the Olympics. With both the wrist and knee seemingly injured, very few genuinely believed that Rune would make it to Paris. He announced the withdrawal himself on social media, confirming that, ultimately, the wrist is what prevented him from playing.
“I am really sorry that I will be unable to play the Olympics. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to playing and being a part of. I have played with pain in my wrist throughout both the clay and grass season, so I have to take the medical recommendations seriously. I will follow the Olympics from home and cheer on all the Danish athletes and I hope and believe that we can bring home many medals from Paris. Come on Denmark.”