Overview
- Rune restarted competitive play with two Davis Cup singles wins for Denmark before making his ATP Tour comeback in Tokyo where he lost to Kyrian Jacquet, 6-3, 6-1.
- His lengthy absence for surgery after an October 2025 ruptured Achilles has dropped him to about world No.188, leaving him unseeded and exposed to tough early draws.
- Jacquet entered the match on a run that included a Hangzhou semi-final and a top-100 debut, and he asked the crowd to acknowledge Rune’s return after the win.
- Rune is entered at the Shanghai Masters, Basel, Paris and the Stockholm Open and will be defending 200 points from last year’s Shanghai performance that could further affect his ranking.
- After the loss Rune posted an apology saying he ‘froze’ on court, and his immediate priorities are restoring match fitness and building rhythm rather than chasing quick results.