{"id":297954,"date":"2023-11-30T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297954"},"modified":"2023-11-30T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:54:17","slug":"boris-becker-tells-holger-rune-he-will-keep-firing-harsh-comments-at-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/boris-becker-tells-holger-rune-he-will-keep-firing-harsh-comments-at-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Becker tells Holger Rune he will keep firing harsh comments at him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boris Becker has told his new student Holger Rune that he will continue to fire harsh comments at the Dane to get the best out of him. Rune, who reached the quarter-finals of this year\u2019s French Open and Wimbledon, appointed Becker as his new coach in October.<\/p>\n

Rune reached this year\u2019s ATP Finals but failed to make it to the last four after losing to Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner in the group stages. And following the player\u2019s defeat to the Serbian, Becker came up with the ultimate put-down as he said: \u201cRune and Djokovic are like night and day. The biggest challenge is getting closer to Novak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rune, who is currently ranked at No 8 in the world, will be looking to make his mark on the ATP Tour once again throughout 2024 when the new season gets underway. And Becker has insisted he has no plans to go easy on the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have permission to say to him, \u2018you really played like garbage today\u2019,\u201d Becker told Serbian outlet Sport. \u201cAnd I’ll tell you why. Without it, I can’t work at all. He has to live with it and put up with it because it’s the only way to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Becker is certainly a man who knows a thing or two about winning matches. The 56-year-old lifted six Grand Slam titles as a player and won Wimbledon on three occasions. And he has admitted Rune\u2019s attitude needs to be right if he wants to reach the top of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked during the preparations about why he was losing matches\u201d, the German added. \u201cIs it because of his forehand or backhand, or maybe his stance? If your attitude isn’t right for you, then you shouldn’t be playing tennis at all. He improved from match to match, both his attitude and his style of play.\u201d<\/p>\n