Holger Rune seems to like the conditions at Indian Wells very much and has played a great tournament so far, but he has no intention of stopping there. The young Dane who has had several problems in recent seasons and has moved away from the top positions of the ATP ranking has not forgotten how tennis is played and reached the semifinals in California.
The 2022 Paris Masters champion eliminated Tallon Griekspoor in the quarterfinals, reacting in the best possible way after losing the first set. The current world number 13 dominated the next two sets and showed that he was well on his way back to his best level.
"I was good at finding the right solutions as the minutes went by, I didn't want to lose to the same player three times in a row" - confessed Rune during his press conference.
Mental strength allowed Holger to be very competitive in the first Masters 1000 of the season, an expectation on which the Danish star worked hard together with his team.
In recent months, he had lost too many matches because of his attitude and could not afford to continue like that if he wanted to return to compete at the highest level.
"I never gave up during this tournament, even when things weren't going the way I wanted. I'm referring above all to the matches against Griekspoor and Humbert, in which I had to use all my energy to be able to prevail" he explained.
Rune will face Medvedev
His opponent in the semifinals will be Daniil Medvedev, who seems to have overcome the darkest period of his career.
The finalist of the last two editions defeated Arthur Fils at the end of the most spectacular match of the tournament, celebrating his victory with a celebration that went viral on social media.
Although the Russian ace is clearly recovering, Rune is ready for this challenge: "I faced him here last year and I know he is playing very well this week.
I think it will be a very tough match and I am looking forward to playing."
