{"id":4414,"date":"2024-11-01T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2024-11-01T03:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:18:52","slug":"i-was-like-rafael-nadal-shouldnt-retire-holger-rune-opens-up-about-how-practice-session-with-spaniard-at-six-kings-slam-inspired-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4414","title":{"rendered":"“I was like, ‘Rafael Nadal shouldn’t retire'” – Holger Rune opens up about how practice session with Spaniard at Six Kings Slam inspired him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Danish tennis player Holger Rune recently reflected on an intense practice session with soon-retiring Rafael Nadal. Rune claimed of being astonished by the level the Spaniard produced even at 38 years old.<\/p>\n

Nadal is set to call it a day after the Davis Cup knockouts, which is scheduled to run from November 19-24 in Malaga, Spain.<\/p>\n

Rune, on the other hand, is in the spring of his tennis career, having turned pro in 2020. He, however, was challenged hard by the 22-time Grand Slam champion in a training session at the Six Kings Slam \u2014 an exhibition held mid-October in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old revealed the same while talking to\u00a0Tennis Channel<\/em>\u00a0on the sidelines of the 2024 Paris Masters. He talked about drawing inspiration from Nadal and Novak Djokovic as well (at 2:51):<\/p>\n

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“I think inspiration is very good. But I\u2019m just trying to be a beast, you know when I\u2019m practising. I\u2019m trying to push the limits as much as I can but definitely players like Djokovic and Rafa as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I remember I was practising with Rafa in Riyadh and I was just surprised that the guy’s almost retired and his intensity is still up there. I was like, \u2018[He] Shouldn\u2019t retire!,'” the Dane added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 2022\u00a0Paris Masters\u00a0champion continued:<\/p>\n

“He’s had an unbelievable career, incredible. He has done so many things but you know, there\u2019s a reason why he’s Rafa, there’s a reason why he’s Novak, they just bring the effort everyday.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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