Patrick Muratoglu is sitting on Simona Halep’s doping ban for good reason, as the French coach is having a great run with his new pupil Holger Rooney.

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Patrick Muratoglu’s student Holger Roon in the ATP Basel final

The Norwegian won the Stockholm Tour (ATP 250) last week (beating the likes of Thiago Monteiro, Christian Garin, Cameron Norrie, Alex De Minaur and Stefanos Tsitsipas) and has now qualified for the final in Basel (ATP 500).

Trained by Muratoglu, Rune (19 years – 25 ATP) outlasted the experimental Roberto Bautista Agut (6th seed) in the semi-finals in two tie-breaks (7-1, 8-6) and in the grand final on Sunday (from 16:00: 00) will come across Felix Auger Aliassime (the Canadian made a surprise by knocking out Carlos Alcaraz, the world leader).

The result of the match Rune – Bautista Agut

Video source: Eurosport