ROME, Italy—Though he has lived through much of Carlos Alcaraz’s rise to tennis stardom, Holger Rune still found time to watch his former junior rival’s new documentary, giving Carlos Alcaraz: My Way high marks at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
“I actually talked to him a little bit about it in the locker rooms,” Rune confirmed after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Francisco Comesana in his first match since retiring from the Mutua Madrid Open due to a knee injury.
“I think it’s good. I think it’s nice for tennis fans, and—I said basically the same thing after the Netflix thing I did with the rest of the players—I think it’s great for the tennis fans to see more of what’s behind the scenes. It’s cool, because we’re all human.”
Rune famously shared an episode with Alcaraz in the second season of Break Point, and while the Dane appeared reluctant to invite cameras back into his life, he enjoyed his own behind-the-scenes look at a player he’s known since their junior days.