L'Oeil du Coach #71: Holger Rune montre ses émotions et cela crée du lien avec les foules

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Dans l’épisode #71 de L’Oeil du Coach, Patrick Mouratoglou analyse le positif et le négatif de la nature passionnée du Danois Holger Rune.   Holger Rune a vécu un printemps animé sur terre battue – et de multiples façons. Tout d’abord, le Danois a gagné de grands matches. Il a atteint sa deuxième finale en Masters 1000 à Monte-Carlo, où il a successivement battu Dominic Thiem, Matteo Berrettini, Daniil Medvedev et Jannik Sinner avant de s’incliner face à Andrey Rublev en finale. Ensuite, il est parvenu à défendre son titre à Munich en sauvant quatre balles de match face à Botic van de Zandschulp lors d’un match en mode thriller.  Rune a suscité le débat tout autant par son style de jeu électrique et la puissance de ses coups que par sa propension à jouer avec les nerfs du public. Il n’a pas peur de provoquer l’assistance, alors Rune laisse souvent libre cours à ses émotions sur le court, ce qui produit souvent une atmosphère assez spectaculaire pendant ses matches.  Est-ce une bonne chose ou un problème pour le prometteur Danois ?  Dans l’épisode #71 de L’Oeil du Coach, Patrick Mouratoglou discute de cette dynamique fascinante que Rune développe avec ceux qui paient pour le voir.

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00:00 When you have players like Holger who are full of emotions

00:03 and who share that emotions,

00:04 again it creates connection with the crowd

00:06 and it's something's happening on the court.

00:08 The first thing I want to say about Holger's emotion

00:13 on the court is to say that everybody's different.

00:16 And I think it's great to have different kind of players,

00:18 different, some that are very keeping everything inside,

00:21 some that are much more taking their emotion out.

00:24 I personally like players who are giving emotion.

00:27 It's not always positive emotion,

00:29 but you know when you play a tennis match,

00:30 you go through so many emotions.

00:32 There are moments you are down, moments you are excited,

00:34 moments you are angry.

00:36 And to share that with the crowd in a way,

00:38 because you express it,

00:39 it helps also people connect with you

00:42 in a good or in a bad way, but they connect

00:44 and makes the stadium alive.

00:46 And that's why those guys in general,

00:48 they are guys who really fill up the stadiums.

00:50 And they fill up the stadiums because the game,

00:52 and we love the game,

00:53 I love the tennis game more than anything,

00:55 but it's not only about hitting a tennis ball

00:57 on the other side of the court.

00:58 It's also about giving emotion to the people who watch.

01:01 I personally like it.

01:02 I understand people don't like it,

01:04 and it's totally fine.

01:05 I personally like it.

01:06 As a tennis coach, I don't always like it.

01:08 Just for one reason,

01:09 it's because sometimes it can affect the player's performance.

01:12 For Holger, I don't think he does all the time.

01:14 In Monte Carlo, in a few matches,

01:16 he's been able to take a lot of emotion out,

01:19 but not in a way that would affect his game.

01:21 And in a way, play with the crowd

01:23 and have the crowd lift him up.

01:25 And I think it was a big asset for him.

01:26 Sometimes it can be negative for him,

01:29 and this is what we work on

01:30 to try to get this out of the way.

01:32 And I think he's doing well,

01:33 and he's improving a lot there.

01:34 So I love the fact that he's so passionate on the court,

01:37 and it's great.

01:38 And I think it's great also for the crowd.

01:40 And I love the fact that he's trying to channel himself

01:43 to be as efficient as he can during a match,

01:45 because when the emotion is too big, too high,

01:49 it also consumes the player.

01:51 And at some point, the tank can be empty when you need it.

01:55 And this is what happened,

01:56 maybe in the final against Andrei Rublev.

01:59 (upbeat music)

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