Holger Rune has hired Boris Becker as his permanent coach. Lars Christensen has left the Rune team and will work with Clara Tauson. It was Christensen’s decision to leave Rune as he didn’t want to be part of a big coaching team where his influence would be diluted. After a successful trial run at the end of 2023, Rune and Becker will continue to work together in in 2024.

Rune split with Patrick Mouratoglou in September after poor results. Becker was recently released from jail for tax evasion and is not allowed to enter the UK until 2024.

After months of poor performance, Rune reached the semifinals at Basel. He reached the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters where he lost a competitive match to eventual winner and world number one, Novak Djokovic. Rune appears to have turned a corner and the initial impressions are that the partnership is working well for Rune.

Becker was part of Novak Djokovic’s coaching team and has experience coaching top players. It remains to be seen if Becker can help Holger Rune win a grand slam.

Belinda Bencic announced on Instagram that she is pregnant. She shared the news with a picture of her and her boyfriend holding baby shoes with the caption, “Expecting our little miracle soon! ✨🍼 We can’t wait to meet you”.

Bencic has been dating Martin Hromkovic since 2018. Hromkovic is also her trainer and is 15 years older than Bencic. Like Bencic, he is of Slovak descent. He played soccer for OFC Russel Gabčíkovo and retired in 2019.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won the gold medal in singles and a silver medal in doubles. She reached the semifinals at the US Open in 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of world number 4 in 2020. She has won 8 WTA titles in her career.