Russian tennis star Anna Kalinskaya couldn\u2019t help but laugh as she claimed she ignored 10 messages from Denmark\u2019s Holger Rune. <\/p>\n
During an interview with the\u00a0First&Red channel<\/a> on Tuesday, Kalinskaya claimed that Rune was one of \u201ca couple\u201d tennis players she ignored advances from because he \u201cthinks too much of himself.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cTennis players \u2014 more often before,\u201d Kalinskaya, 26, who previously dated Italy\u2019s Jannik Sinner, said of players asking her on dates. \u201cNow I\u2019m older. I don\u2019t know, for some, it\u2019s just no chance at all. No need to write. Someone wrote like 10 times and then gave up.<\/p>\n Ha ha ha. We might have cultural differences that make Anna read a comment on a story as an invitation to a date \ud83d\ude1c if I want to go on a date, I ask for a date . Don\u2019t worry<\/p>\n \u2014 Holger Rune (@holgerrune2003) September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll say it now, but Holger Rune. He writes to everyone. He deserves all this. Thinks too much of himself. But he\u2019s not the only one. A couple [more].\u201d<\/p>\n The World No. 11 Rune replied to the interview clip \u2014 which had one million views on Tuesday \u2014 saying Kalinskaya took things out of context. <\/p>\n Russian tennis star Anna Kalinskaya said she ignored 10 messages from Denmark\u2019s Holger Rune. YouTube<\/p>\n \u201cHa ha ha. We might have cultural differences that make Anna read a comment on a story as an invitation to a date,\u201d Rune, 22, wrote<\/a>, adding a winking emoji. \u201cIf I want to go on a date, I ask for a date . Don\u2019t worry.\u201d <\/p>\n The Russian interview was translated by Pro Football Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n Holger Rune of Denmark reacts against Botic van De Zandschulp of the Netherlands during their Men\u2019s Singles First Round match at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 25, 2025 in the Flushing. Getty Images<\/p>\n Sinner, runner-up to the 2025 U.S. Open champion Carlos Alvaraz, confirmed his split from Kalinskaya during a press conference at the Italian Open in May.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time Rune had been accused of sliding in a fellow player\u2019s DMs. <\/p>\n Anna Kalinskaya, of Russia, returns a shot against Iga Swiatek, of Poland, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Saturday, August 30, 2025, in New York. AP<\/p>\n Last month, Russia\u2019s Veronika Kudermetova said she shut down a text from Rune.<\/a><\/p>\n