Stockholm, Day 4: A precaution for Rune before facing Fritz, the semifinals are set

UTS Team November 13, 2026

Holger Rune will not play the semi-finals of the Bybit Stockholm Open. The Dane withdrew minutes before his quarter-final against top seed Taylor Fritz on Thursday, after feeling his hamstring during his second-round win over Miomir Kecmanovic the day before. His camp, though, was quick to reassure.

“It is nothing dramatic, but on the other hand there is no reason to take any risks at the moment,” his mother and manager, Aneke Rune, told SpilXperten.

A choice of caution

Rune explained his decision himself on Instagram. “I had a minor hamstring injury yesterday, and I don’t want to risk anything by playing today,” he wrote. “I want to start next season healthy.”

The 2022 Stockholm champion leaves the tournament having beaten eighth seed Zizou Bergs in the first round, then came back from a set and 4-1 down against Kecmanovic, winning 12 of the last 17 games to reach the 40th tour-level quarter-final of his career.

In the UTS Gothenburg draw, the next big tennis event in Sweden this winter, Rune opens against Alexander Bublik in the quarter-finals, at the Scandinavium on December 12 and 13. The other quarter-finals are Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Leo Borg, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Luciano Darderi and Brandon Nakashima vs Andrey Rublev.

Semi-finals set: Fritz vs Musetti, Tabilo vs Tirante

In Stockholm, Fritz, a double runner-up at UTS events, goes through to the semi-finals without playing and will face Lorenzo Musetti, semifinalit at UTS Frankfurt in 2024. The third seed came back after losing the second set to beat the 2024 UTS Frankfirt finalist Ugo Humbert 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 in 2 hours 29 minutes, and became the first Italian to reach the last four in Stockholm since Fabio Fognini in 2018.

In the other semi-final, fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo beat Alex Michelsen 7-5, 7-6 (2), saving six of the seven break points he faced. He will play Thiago Agustin Tirante, who ended qualifier Aleksandr Shevchenko’s run 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3.