Holger Rune drew attention this weekend in the Davis Cup after a tense environment in Denmark's loss to Pedro Martínez. The Dane refused to shake the chair umpire's hand after the match, following a tense atmosphere with the Marbella crowd, who interrupted Rune several times.

The world No. 11 had a chance to close out the series for Denmark and eliminate the Spaniards, who were missing their top singles players Carlos Alcaraz and Alejandro Davidovich. Denmark led the series 2-1, and Rune was set to face Martínez (No. 67), who had not been considered for the singles matches the previous day. The Spanish No. 5 came in to replace Jaume Munar, who had suffered a disappointing loss in his debut against Moller.

Rune was the clear favorite but began by losing the first set 1-6, playing far belo

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