Holger Rune shares what he said to his coach about Jack Draper immediately after losing the Indian Wells final to him

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Holger Rune has reflected on his straight sets defeat to Jack Draper in the Indian Wells final.

Draper beat Rune, 6-2 6-2, to win the biggest title of his career so far and is now inside the ATP top 10 for the first time in his career.

After winning his first ATP Masters 1000 title, Draper is now looking to close the gap on the likes of Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.

While on the other hand, this is the third successive Masters 1000 final that Rune has lost, and he has now detailed what he told his coach Lars Christensen after the match.

Holger Rune shares what he said about Jack Draper after the Indian Wells final

Rune made 20 unforced errors against Draper, compared to hitting just seven winners.

Despite this, Rune actually suggested that he was not aggressive enough and pinpointed his lack of break point opportunities when speaking in his post-match press conference.

“No, I actually just spoke to my coach after the match, and we got things evaluated quite quickly, which is always a nice feeling,” said Rune.

“We spoke about obviously Jack played an amazing tournament, and he deserved to win today. You know, he was serving amazing, for sure. But I think I could have done my part better. Like the opportunities I had to play aggressive just weren’t good enough.

“I think it’s a matter of fact that I haven’t committed — I mean, I have been playing well in this tournament, been playing tactically very wisely, but I haven’t played, like, fully committed to my aggressive game still.

“I think that’s what was the reason why I lost today, because when I had to take — like, how can I explain the best way? Jack was playing extremely well, but the few chances I had to make it difficult for him, I didn’t quite take them, because I wasn’t really trusting every shot of my game today.”

Jack Draper achieves Indian Wells record last bettered by Roger Federer

After emphatically beating Rune, Draper has put himself in the history books in another way.

The final between the two young ATP stars lasted just 70 minutes, which is the shortest final since when Roger Federer beat the Tim Henman in 2004.

This was the first of three consecutive Indian Wells title for Federer, who saw his run end in 2007 in shocking fashion.

Coincidentally, Henman is a big advocate of Draper’s and has backed him to go onto achieve bigger and better things going forward from winning Indian Wells.

Draper will now look to continue his momentum at the Miami Open, where he is yet to surpass the third round in his three previous appearances.