A week after his lost Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo final against Andrey Rublev, the 19-year-old Dane took his revenge by retaining his title in Munich, where he won his first tournament last year against the same opponent, which allowed him to enter the Top 50. In great difficulty in the decisive set, Rune finally managed a masterful comeback and confirmed his current form on clay, five weeks before a very open Roland-Garros due to uncertainties about the presence of world No.1 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
After breaking the Dutchman from the start, the Dane, who had never lost a set in Munich, pocketed the first set before collapsing in the second, where he appeared nervous, complaining about his racket. Despite discomfort in the right shoulder and then in the right ankle, Rune managed to snatch a tie-break in the decisive set, to win his fourth title of his young career after three coronations in 2022 in Munich, Stockholm and at the Masters 1000 from Paris-Bercy.
