Holger Rune has claimed that he knows he \u201ccan beat\u201d leading ATP Tour stars Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner despite admitting to \u201cconsistency\u201d issues within his game.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> and Sinner<\/a> have been the dominant forces in the men\u2019s game for two years, sweeping the last eight Grand Slam titles up for grabs between them, and meeting in the final of the last five tournaments in which both have competed<\/a>.<\/p>\n World No 11 Rune<\/a>, who is just a handful of days older than Alcaraz, and has known the Spaniard since childhood, has long been recognised as one of the brightest talents on the ATP Tour \u2014 and beat Alcaraz in the Barcelona Open final back in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, after winning the Paris Indoors Masters 1000 title in November 2022 and reaching a career-high of world No 4 in 2023, the Dane has struggled to kick on.<\/p>\n While Alcaraz and Sinner are six and four-time Grand Slam singles champions, respectively, Rune is yet to make it past the quarter-final stage of a major, and was beaten in the opening round of Wimbledon and round two of the US Open this summer.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old has not reached the quarter-final of a Grand Slam since Wimbledon in 2023 and, after ending his two-year title drought in Barcelona, has failed to reach another final since then.<\/p>\n Speaking to BolaVip<\/a> ahead of Denmark\u2019s Davis Cup tie against Spain this weekend, Rune admitted that he was still trying to discover his \u201cidentity\u201d as a player \u2014 though still believed he could pose a threat to the world\u2019s two best players.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019m lacking some consistency in my identity as a tennis player,\u201d said Rune.<\/p>\n Tennis News<\/p>\n How Jannik Sinner can learn from Carlos Alcaraz as he plots his next step<\/a><\/p>\n