Rune, dressed in black, couldn’t help but bring out his mega-watt smile while feeling the rhythm. Tsitsipas, fresh off traveling from Berlin, was laser focused in his contrasting white Ralph Lauren fit.
Both competitors will look to drum up momentum as the 2024 season approaches its final stages. Their appearances at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships lead into the Rolex Shanghai Masters, before both plan to maximize the European indoor swing (Tsitsipas signed up for Antwerp, Rune committed to Stockholm).