Stockholm
Rune guidelines the danger: Dane rides 59 winners into Stockholm SFs
Former champ Rune faces Humbert in Saturday’s semi-final
October 17, 2025
Viktor Enbacka
2022 champion Holger Rune improves to a 7-1 document in Stockholm.
By Jerome Coombe
Holger Rune delivered a masterclass in excessive danger, excessive reward tennis on Friday on the BNP Paribas Nordic Open, the place he stormed again into the semi-finals in Stockholm.
The highest seed and 2022 champion overshadowed his error-strewn begin — and a late harm scare — with a scintillating end to defeat Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 on the indoor hard-court ATP 250 occasion.
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Regardless of tallying 19 unforced errors within the first set alone and requiring a medical timeout for his left thigh within the decider, Rune blasted 59 winners en path to his third semi-final of the season.
“Not so good, truthfully,” Rune mentioned when requested how he was. “However I’m very joyful that I used to be capable of end the match. I couldn’t have accomplished it with out all you nice followers. I used to be actually battling my left leg, however the power was very particular.”
With the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin heating up, Rune strengthened his push to return to the Nitto ATP Finals for the primary time since 2023. The Dane now sits eleventh within the standings, although Casper Ruud might reclaim the spot if he beats Sebastian Korda in a while Friday.
Rune appeared in hassle after shedding three straight video games from 3-0 within the deciding set and taking a medical timeout to have his thigh closely taped. However he roared again with fearless ballstriking to outmuscle the affected person Etcheverry and deny him a primary hard-court semi-final.
The 22-year-old, who lifted his second ATP Tour trophy in Stockholm in 2022, now boasts a 7-1 document on the occasion, in response to Infosys ATP Stats. He subsequent faces fourth seed Ugo Humbert, who earlier rallied previous Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-3.
Humbert has now gained 13 of his previous 14 matches on indoor courts, highlighted by his run to the ultimate on the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris final yr and his Marseille title in February. Rune leads their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection 5-0.
