{"id":18694,"date":"2024-02-06T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/boris-becker-steps-down-as-coach-for-no-7-holger-rune\/06\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:40:50","slug":"boris-becker-steps-down-as-coach-for-no-7-holger-rune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/boris-becker-steps-down-as-coach-for-no-7-holger-rune\/06\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Becker steps down as coach for No. 7 Holger Rune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Six-time major winner Boris Becker said he has stepped down as coach of Denmark’s world No. 7 Holger Rune<\/a>, effective immediately, due to “private and professional responsibilities.”<\/p>\n

Becker returned to the tennis circuit last October to coach Rune, who went on to compete in the eight-player ATP Finals in Turin where his debut in the season-ending championship ended in the group stage.<\/p>\n

“We started this partnership with the initial goal to reach the ATP Finals (at the) end of last year but moving forward I realized that in order for this to be successful, I would need to be available for Holger much more than I can,” Becker wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Due to professional and private responsibilities, I can’t give Holger what he needs now. I wish him only the very best and I’m always going to be his n.1 fan. I truly appreciated this journey together.”<\/p>\n

Becker, 56, was released from a British prison in December 2022 after having served eight months of a 2\u00bd-year sentence for hiding financial assets after he was declared bankrupt.<\/p>\n

The three-time Wimbledon champion, who coached Novak Djokovic<\/a> from 2013 to 2016, is barred from entering the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Six-time major winner Boris Becker said he has stepped down as coach of Denmark’s world No. 7 Holger Rune, effective immediately, due