Novak Djokovic reacts to Holger Rune 'stealing' his special locker room in Shanghai
Novak Djokovic responded to Holger Rune’s revelation that he was allocated a locker room at the Shanghai Masters, which had traditionally been reserved solely for Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Rune, a 20-year-old making his debut in Shanghai this week, shared this development.
When Rune arrived in Shanghai, he took to social media to reveal the privilege he was given by the tournament organizers. “How cool is this locker room,” Rune captioned his post on X. Djokovic responded by asking Rune: “You stole my locker room!??”
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Rune set to play Shanghai, Djokovic skipping the entire Asian swing
Last week, Rune kicked off his Asian swing in Beijing, where he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime before Grigor Dimitrov handed him a 6-3 7-5 loss in the round-of-16. “Yeah, started not very well today, unfortunately.
Managed to start playing some decent tennis from Love-4 in the first set. Then, yeah, I never really found my level. Probably playing around 20% of what I can. But, yeah, that’s how it is sometimes. I haven’t played many matches in the past also.
Trying to get the rhythm back. And, yeah, congrats to Grigor,” Rune said after his Beijing exit. After a Beijing round-of-16 result, Rune is hoping to do better in Shanghai and potentially win the title. “I mean, always have hopes to go all the way.
