The rune double bounce technique was famously used by a French tennis player, Yannick Noah, during the French Open in 1983. This unique technique involves hitting the ball twice within the boundaries of the court before it bounces for the first time. Noah's implementation of this technique shocked his opponents and became a talking point of that tournament. It requires exceptional hand-eye coordination and timing, as well as quick reflexes. The double bounce adds unpredictability to the shot, making it difficult for opponents to respond effectively. Since then, the rune double bounce has become a part of tennis folklore, with many players attempting to replicate Noah's feat.
Since then, the rune double bounce has become a part of tennis folklore, with many players attempting to replicate Noah's feat. However, due to its difficulty and rarity, it remains a rare sight in professional tennis. Nonetheless, the rune double bounce is a testament to the creativity and innovation that players bring to the game, pushing the boundaries of what is possible on the court.
‘Sorry . That’s life’: Holger Rune booed over blatant double bounce drama — Wrap
Holger Rune and Beatriz Haddad Maia triumphed in marathon French Open epics which took almost eight hours to complete on Monday while Iga Swiatek required just 31 minutes to move into the quarter-finals.
World number six Rune reached a second successive quarter-final in Paris with his first ever five-set win.
The 20-year-old Dane claimed a four-hour 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) victory against Francisco Cerundolo and will face 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud in a repeat of last year’s bad-tempered quarter-final.
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Rune was jeered by the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd for hitting the ball on a double bounce in the fourth game of the third set.
His 23rd seeded Argentine opponent stopped playing, expecting the umpire to call the point for him.
Play continued and Cerundolo, who was called for hindrance when he halted, dropped serve.
“This is sports,” Rune said after the match.
“When I was hitting the ball, I just ran for it. But then obviously when I saw it, after he did call it, I saw it after the next point on the TV, and I saw it was a double bounce.
“But the point already happened and he called the score.
“So I felt sorry. Sorry for him. But this is tennis. This is sports. Some umpires, they make mistakes. Some for me; some for him. That’s life.”
Cerundolo, playing in the second week of a Slam for the first time, had the crowd on its feet when he hit back to level the match.
In a dramatic decider, Rune survived being 3-4, 0-40 to hold and then break. He served for the match at 5-4 but the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires hit back to level for 5-5 and held for 6-5 before the match went to a knife-edge super-tiebreak.
Rune finished the match with 48 winners and 73 unforced errors. “What a sport,” tweeted Cerundolo.
Haddad Maia won the third longest ever women’s match at Roland Garros to become the first Brazilian woman in the last eight of a Slam since 1968.
Haddad Maia battled from a set and 3-0 down to defeat Sara Sorribes Tormo in three hours and 51 minutes.
BRAZIL BREAKTHROUGH
The 27-year-old left-hander came through 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 7-5 against her 132nd-ranked Spanish opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the venue also for the Rune-Cerundolo clash later in the afternoon.
The match was just 16 minutes short of the record four hours and seven minutes it took Virginie Buisson to beat French compatriot Noelle van Lottum in the first round in 1995.
Haddad Maia is the first Brazilian woman in a Slam quarter-final since seven-time major winner Maria Bueno in 1968.
She will face world number seven Ons Jabeur of Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals.
“I am very happy and very proud that I didn’t give up and I think that is why I deserved this victory,” said Haddad Maia.
Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia celebrates her victory over Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo during their women's singles match on day nine of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Suzanne-Lenglen in Paris on June 5, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) Source: AFP
Haddad Maia, ranked 14, who saved a match point in her previous round against Ekaterina Alexandrova, is no stranger to energy-sapping duels.
In Rome last month, she dropped a three-hour 41-minute quarter-final to Anhelina Kalinina -- now the second longest women’s match of 2023.
- Swiatek v Gauff -
Defending champion and world number one Swiatek set-up a quarter-final with Coco Gauff after Lesia Tsurenko retired from their last-16 clash through illness after just 31 minutes.
Swiatek was leading 5-1 when the 66th-ranked Tsurenko, who had called the doctor after experiencing dizziness and shortness of breath, decided not to continue.
In her last round, Swiatek was on court for just 51 minutes in a 6-0, 6-0 blitz of China’s Wang Xinyu.
Gauff, 19, reached the quarter-finals for a third successive year with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.
Last year Swiatek defeated Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final to win the title for a second time.
She holds a 6-0 lead over the American in head-to-head meetings. “Finals have kind of different rules,” said Swiatek.
“Sometimes these matches are a little bit different than the other rounds that we play during the tournament because of the pressure and everything that’s going on around.” Jabeur powered into the quarter-finals for the first time with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Bernarda Pera, breaking the American’s serve eight times.
'Brutal' hit on ballkid ends in tears | 00:19Jabeur, a Wimbledon and US Open runner-up last year, has now reached at least the quarter-finals of all four Slams.
Fourth-ranked Ruud, the runner-up to Rafael Nadal a year ago, beat in-form Nicolas Jarry of Chile 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-5.
The Norwegian saved 14 of 17 break points and now has a tour-leading 85 clay court wins since 2020.
“It was three very, very difficult sets. How long would it have been if we had gone to a fifth set?” said the 24-year-old after a three-hour 20-minute battle.
Two-time semi-finalist Alexander Zverev made the quarter-finals for the fifth time in six years with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 over Grigor Dimitrov.
The German will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry after the 49th-ranked Argentine booked a place in a Slam quarter-final for the first time thanks to a 7-6 (10/8), 6-0, 6-1 win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka
“This is sports,” Rune said after the match.
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