Lorenzo Musetti shares how the rest of the ATP Tour felt about Holger Rune’s Achilles injury

Holger Rune has enjoyed a superb return to the Stockholm Open, where he ruptured his Achilles last year.

A former champion of the ATP tournament in Sweden, Rune was sidelined for 11 months because of the injury. He is now back in action and indeed flying high at the Stockholm Open, where the Dane is into the quarterfinals.

Rune has a very tricky Stockholm draw, and that continues now against top seed Taylor Fritz. Should he win that match, the 23-year-old could meet Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinals. Ahead of that possible tie, the Italian has issued a heartfelt message to his fellow player following his injury nightmare.

Lorenzo Musetti claims ATP players struggled after Holger Rune’s injury

Speaking to SpilXperten, Musetti said of Rune: “It has been a tough year for him. I know he worked a lot on the rehabilitation and tried to get back in shape as soon as possible and I’m happy for him. He’s such a hard worker and I know everyone was struggling on the tour when he had that bad injury, so it’s really nice to see him smile again and get a win, so I wish him the best.”

Their ATP rival Zizou Bergs has also given his verdict on Rune, speaking after losing 6-3, 6-4 to the Denmark ace in the first round of the ATP 250 tournament. The Belgian said: “I’m happy for Holger that his comeback was pretty successful, that he did a great job from the beginning until now to play some good tennis, and yeah, happy for him.”

And discussing the Stockholm crowd’s support of Rune, he added: “Yeah of course it’s nothing against me, he’s closer to home so it’s pretty normal. In the end it’s just fun to be on the big stages, and of course yeah you want to have the crowd preferably for you, but even if the crowd’s for him it’s just great to be playing in front of a lot of people. So yeah, pretty cool.”

Holger Rune learns possible United Cup opponents

It is certainly fantastic to see Rune back on the court and playing well, although that isn’t exactly welcome news for Fritz. American star Fritz has a tough Stockholm Open draw too, but he overcame Cameron Norrie in straight sets in his opener.

Meanwhile, Rune has also knocked out Miomir Kecmanovic, and is now preparing for a reunion with Fritz. They have met three times throughout their ATP careers, with the American claiming two wins.

Holger Rune vs Taylor Fritz H2H

While all of his focus will be on that tricky challenge, the Dane also has the United Cup to look forward to. He will represent his nation at the team tournament in January, for which the draw has just been confirmed.

Playing in Perth at the very beginning of 2027, Denmark have been drawn in Group C alongside Canada and Italy. Felix Auger-Aliassime will be representing the former, with Flavio Cobolli confirmed for the latter. Elmer Moller and Johannes Ingildsen are the other Danish ATP players set to be involved.

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