“ Honestly, man…I might skip the clay season next year. F— clay. ” This was a quote making the rounds, supposedly from Daniil Medvedev . Except it wasn’t. A parody account had cooked it up, but it spread fast enough to fool even former American tennis star Coco Vandeweghe during the French Open. It’s not the first time fake news accounts have played with tennis headlines. One of the most notorious is “Tennis Cental,” a parody account that has made a habit of creating fictional stories. Recently, Holger Rune became their latest target, and he wasn’t amused.

The spark came from an interview on a podcast hosted by former doubles partners Elena Vesnina and Veronika Kudermetova . Kudermetova shared a lighthearted story about Rune that quickly caught fire online. She said, “ Run

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