India, July 30 -- Danish tennis star Holger Rune found himself on the wrong end of a slightly embarrassing but nonetheless harmful and funny story, as Russian WTA player Veronika Kudermetova revealed that the ATP talent tried sliding into her DMs on Instagram, only to be turned away by the fact that Kudermetova is happily married.

Speaking on former Russian player Elena Vesnina's podcast, 2025 Wimbledon women's doubles champion Kudermetova revealed that the Danish top 10 player is one player who approached her, but she had to let him down with grace, on the counts of having a partner and also being six years older than the men's star.

"Rune recently texted me. I told him, 'Boy, I'm probably too old for you. If you looked at my Instagram...