Rune was forced to retire his Hamburg quarterfinal to Arthur Fils.
Holger Rune took to Instagram to explain to his fans what caused his mid-match retirement in Hamburg, revealing that he was impacted in a big way by the knee injury that occurred during his opening match at the tournament.
On Friday, No. 2 seed Rune wasn’t looking good on the court at all and fifth-seeded Arthur Fils had a comfortable 6-4 4-1 lead in their Hamburg quarterfinal match. And after falling down by a set and two breaks, the 21-year-old Dane decided that he had enough for the day and walked up to the net and shook Fills’ hand.
“So sorry guys. My knee had caused problems since the incident in the first match. Yesterday was bad. Today I tried but it wasn’t good,” Rune wrote on his Instagram Story after his run at an ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg came to an end in an unfortunate way.
Rune suffers a setback just before the Paris Olympics
On Tuesday, Rune sustained a knee injury and required a medical timeout during his first-round match against Fabian Marozsan. While the No. 2 seed was able to finish the match and eventually seal a 6-4 6-4 win over Marozsan, he indicated after the match that he had certain concerns over the injury.
“The knee is not ideal, let’s see how I feel tomorrow,” Rune said afterward.
Two days later, Rune returned to action and enjoyed a victorious day at the office again after beating Marco Trungelitti 6-4 6-3. But on Friday, the 21-year-old wasn’t that lucky as the pain and discomfort in his knee seemingly became unbearable.
Next Friday, the Paris Olympics are scheduled to start and Rune is slated to make his Olympic debut there. While Rune will certainly do everything he can to be as ready as possible for the Olympics, dealing with a knee injury just days before the start of the event is certainly something that the 21-year-old would prefer to have avoided.
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