{"id":46071,"date":"2024-02-16T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1993947"},"modified":"2024-02-16T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:31:09","slug":"tim-henman-expects-holger-rune-to-be-next-maiden-grand-slam-winner","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tim-henman-expects-holger-rune-to-be-next-maiden-grand-slam-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Henman expects Holger Rune to be next maiden Grand Slam winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

RadioTimes.com caught up with Tim Henman for an exclusive chat following the launch of Sky Sports Tennis. <\/p>

By Michael Potts\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 16 February 2024 at 15:07 PM<\/p>

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Tim Henman believes Holger Rune will be the next maiden Grand Slam winner on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

Henman, who will provide expert analysis across tournaments on the newly-launched Sky Sports Tennis<\/a> channel, thinks Rune could follow Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in overtaking other top stars to claim a major title very soon.<\/p>\n

Sinner won his first Grand Slam earlier this year in the Australian Open, while Alcaraz has wowed the crowds with triumphs in the US Open and Wimbledon during the last 18 months.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive chat with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Henman said: \u201cHolger Rune is going to be knocking on the door pretty soon. There are still areas that he needs to improve on, but there are plenty of good stories on the men\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s certainly been a few knocking on the door. [Alexander] Zverev and [Stefanos] Tsitsipas, and [Andrey] Rublev has won big tournaments now, but I wonder whether Holger Rune will overtake them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that\u2019s kind of happened with Sinner and Alcaraz. Zverev has done very well to get back after that terrible injury. I think Tsitsipas has slightly stagnated. His game, his backhand, people have kind of worked that out a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cRublev is playing well and competes well, but is he a little bit one-dimensional? Maybe so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next man to win a maiden Slam, I think might be Holger Rune at some stage. His athletic ability, his ball striking off both wings, and I think his confidence and his belief.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he can perhaps rub people up the wrong way at times, but I think that\u2019s because he\u2019s got that desire to make it happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll definitely be one I\u2019ll be looking out for. If it doesn\u2019t happen in 2024, then I think there\u2019s every chance it could happen in 2025.\u201d<\/p>

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