By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, September 14, 2025
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have mixed to comb the final eight Grand Slam championships.
Put together for an additional star to crash the key occasion in 2026, says Alex Corretja.
Talking to Nicholas Albeck of SpilXperten throughout Davis Cup weekend, former French Open finalist Corretja says Holger Rune can grasp a significant title in 2026.
“I actually hope he succeeds, as a result of I genuinely like him. He brings implausible qualities to tennis – he’s truly actually vital for the game – however he nonetheless wants to search out his method to obtain higher outcomes.”
“However I see completely zero the explanation why Holger can’t win a Grand Slam subsequent yr – and compete for these sorts of titles for a few years to return,” Corretja informed Nicholas Albeck of SpilXperten .
The 22-year-old Rune, who has been mentored by Andre Agassi, toppled Alcaraz to win Barcelona in April. Nevertheless, Rune struggled to within the final three majors of the season.
Rune, who misplaced to Sinner within the Australian Open spherical of 16, fell to Nicolas Jarry in his Wimbledon opener was defeated by Jan-Lennard Struff in a punishing US Open second rounder that went the five-set distance.
Former No. 2 Corretja mentioned the important thing for Rune to unlock his Grand Slam potential is each establishing his id as a participant and studying easy methods to exploit opponents’ weaknesses.
Proper now, I believe for Holger Rune it’s about when he’ll handle to place the ultimate items of the puzzle collectively. He wants to determine easy methods to act each on and off the courtroom.”
“He wants a greater understanding of his personal sport, but in addition of his opponents’ video games,” Corretja mentioned. “I don’t suppose there’s any cause to match him to different gamers like Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.”
Corretja asserts Rune has the potential to be a Slam winner and factors to his triumph on the 2022 Paris Masters Indoors as an indication he can beat the most effective.
Holger has his personal persona – a really robust persona, in truth. He’s a implausible competitor, and he works so arduous. He’s somebody I actually hope will discover his path in the absolute best method.”
“I imply, he has already discovered his path – he’s been within the prime 10, so it’s not like he’s not good, and he’s additionally gained a Masters 1000 title – however in fact, I nonetheless really feel he can do a lot better,” Corretja mentioned.
