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“You need to be a little bit crazy to do crazy things in sports”: Danish tennis superstar Holger Rune is on a quest to be world number one

By Allyson Shiffman

Photo: ATP Tour

The highest-ranked male Danish player of all-time, 20-year-old Holger Rune has a very clear mission: to be the very best. We call up Rune in Melbourne, where he’s currently competing at the Australian Open, to chat about his grand plans, his on-court looks and his not-so-Danish attitude