Married Wimbledon champion reveals young tennis hotshot tried to pick her up

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Holger Rune served one up and had it smashed right back at him – and he wasn’t even on the court.

According to Veronika Kudermetova, the 22-year-old Dane apparently tried to pick up the 2025 women’s doubles Wimbledon champ and was quickly shot down.

The Russian tennis star made the claim during a recent appearance on compatriot Elena Vesnina’s podcast that No. 9-ranked men’s player in the world had messaged her and revealed her reply.

“Rune recently texted me,” Kudermetova said, according to U.K. outlet Express.

“I told him, ‘Boy, I’m probably too old for you. If you looked at my Instagram, you’d see I have a husband.’ He replied, ‘Oh, sorry.’

“Since then, he doesn’t even say hello to me anymore.”

The 28-year-old Kudermetova has been married to her coach, Sergey Demekhine, since 2017 and he has been featured on her Instagram feed several times.

He was featured in a snap from July at the Wimbledon Champions’ Dinner alongside Kudermetova, who won the women’s doubles alongside Belgian partner Elise Mertens. It was the Russian’s first Grand Slam doubles win.

“When I finish (sic) the match, I mean, was so emotional. I even start to cry a little bit, but then I saw Elise. She cry, (so) OK, I have to hold my emotion!” she exclaimed after defeating Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei in the final at the All-England Club.

While both Kudermetova and Rune currently are competing at the National Bank Open, the pair are competing in different cities with the women’s event taking place in Montreal and the men’s tournament in Toronto.

However, that didn’t stop commentators from mentioning the hot gossip during Kudermetova’s match vs. Coco Gauff.

“I don’t know if you’ve heard about this tea, this is totally not tennis related, but there was news that Holger Rune apparently texted Kudermetova, and she said she was too old for him and married,” the commentator said.

“Just supporting her tennis,” the other commentator responded with a slight laugh.

While Kudermetova fell to Gauff in their singles match, the Russian and Mertens reached the Round of 16 in the doubles tournament with a win on Friday over Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund.

As for Rune, his next match is set for Saturday in the Round of 16 against Australia’s Alexei Popyrin – who is defending his title from last year’s event.