{"id":295281,"date":"2023-10-29T08:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295281"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:13:01","slug":"boris-becker-forces-rune-to-stop-wearing-caps-and-necklaces-in-unusual-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/boris-becker-forces-rune-to-stop-wearing-caps-and-necklaces-in-unusual-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Becker forces Rune to ‘stop wearing caps and necklaces’ in unusual move"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holger Rune\u2019s mum has revealed that Boris Becker is behind Holger Rune\u2019s decision to stop wearing his cap and necklaces on court. The pair started working together earlier this month and are already seeing immediate results, with the 20-year-old winning back-to-back matches for the first time since July. Rune has also caught attention at this week\u2019s Swiss Indoors as he has been without his trademark cap, and it seems that it\u2019s all part of Becker\u2019s unusual coaching methods.<\/p>\n

Becker recently took on his first coaching job since being released from prison last December and he is now working with world No 6 Rune. The Dane had been struggling for form after a positive start to the season and between Wimbledon and this week\u2019s Swiss Indoors, he went 1-6 in matches.<\/p>\n

The six-time Grand Slam champion\u2019s influence already seems to be working as Rune is now through to the quarter-final after winning his first two matches in Basel. But there has been another talking point about the top seed\u2019s run this week. That’s because he took off his cap during his opening match and hasn\u2019t worn it since.<\/p>\n

While Rune brushed it off and said it was too hot to wear a hat inside, his mother and agent Aneke said that the 20-year-old should actually credit Becker for the change. \u201cHolger has tinkered with it every now and then, but Boris himself felt that way when he was playing, that the less things that interfered, the better,\u201d she told BT.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo no caps, necklaces and so on. Maybe Holger could nod in recognition to that.\u201d It\u2019s an unusual coaching method but one that is having the desired effect, with Rune recording his best result since reaching the Wimbledon quarter-final more than three months ago.<\/p>\n

The four-time title winner had a slightly different explanation for his decision not to wear a cap, however, also joking that he still wanted to have hair when he was older. \u201cIt\u2019s a good question,\u201d Rune smiled when he was asked where his cap had gone.<\/p>\n