Holger Rune has claimed that he “ought to’ve pulled out” of the Miami Open after being destroyed by Fabian Marozsan in his opening match. The world No. 57 dispatched the sixth seed 6-1 6-1 and Rune has now defined why he wasn’t anyplace close to his finest stage.
Rune’s time on the Miami Open was nearly over earlier than it started as he lasted simply 59 minutes on court docket. The 20-year-old obtained a bye straight into the second spherical as one of many prime seeds and got here up towards Marozsan, who made his debut on the match within the first spherical.
The 24-year-old was no stranger to an upset, having defeated Carlos Alcaraz finally 12 months’s Italian Open. And he earned one other large scalp as he obliterated the world No. 7 for the lack of simply two video games. Rune received lower than half of the factors on his personal serve whereas Marozsan fired down 4 aces en path to a 6-1 6-1 victory.
The Dane has now addressed his alarming defeat, explaining that he wasn’t feeling properly forward of the match. “Sadly this was the top of @MiamiOpen. I knew I wasn’t feeling 100% properly right now however I didn’t think about my power stage can be so low,” he wrote on X (previously referred to as Twitter).
And Rune confessed that he shouldn’t have even competed in Miami, including: “Wanting again I ought to’ve pulled out. However it’s all the time troublesome as a result of I had been getting ready and desirous to play for every week. Time to return to Europe. Thanks for the assist Miami.”
Whereas the 20-year-old will now attempt to put together for the clay season, Marozsan shall be centered on his third-round assembly with Alexei Popyrin. The Hungarian loved a optimistic week in Indian Wells, reaching the spherical of 16, and has carried his momentum straight into Miami.