He's young (19 years old, six days apart from Carlos Alcaraz), he's tall, he's blond under his cap and he hits anything that moves... Dane Holger Rune is in the final of the Rolex Paris Masters after his victory authoritarian against Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime (6-4, 6-2), who remained on sixteen successes in a row, three tournaments won, and had beaten him last Sunday in Basel (Sui).
The world No. 18 took the Canadian by the throat from the first exchanges to make a success of the break in the 3rd game. And he never loosened his grip against an opponent a little less precise than usual and visibly blunt.
1. Incredible @holgerrune2003!
The young Dane 🇩🇰 ended Félix Auger-Aliassime's series of victories to offer himself a...
➡️ 1st final in Masters 1000
➡️ 4th consecutive final on the ATP circuit
➡️ 8th victory against a Top 10 (the 4th this week) pic.twitter.com/jIDSSyw1BA
— Game, Set and Maths (@JeuSetMaths) November 5, 2022
After winning the first set, Rune confirmed with a break at the start of the second set.
The protege of Patrick Mouratoglou, who has been following him for a few weeks, seems sealed off from all fatigue.
However, he too remains on a hell of a series.
Before his lost final in Basel against FAA, the teenager from Gentofte won the ATP 250 tournament in Stockholm against Tsitsipas and missed Sofia's last meeting against the Swiss Huesler.
So here he is for the fourth time in five weeks invited to the Sunday duel after having notably dismissed world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals (6-3, 6-6 ab).
His first in Masters 1000 for his seventh appearance in this category of events.
It will be against Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas, who face each other in the other semi-final on Saturday afternoon.