"It's never his fault, it's gotta be somebody else's" - Jimmy Arias on the 'strange' circumstances surrounding Holger Rune-Boris Becker split

Former World No. 5 Jimmy Arias recently expressed his thoughts on Holger Rune parting ways with Boris Becker. The American believes that the Dane may have split with the German in haste and out of desperation to reach the top of men's tennis.

The partnership between Rune and Becker came to a premature end on Tuesday (February 6). The German legend wrote in a social media post that he couldn't fulfill his duties as the Dane's coach due to "professional and private responsibilities."

Rune has also ended his association with Roger Federer's former coach, Severin Luthi, as the latter couldn't accompany him to pro-tour events throughout the season. Becker and Luthi's departure from Rune's team has come on the heels of the 20-year-old ending his partnerships with Patrick Mouratoglou and childhood coach Lars Christensen last year.

Former player-turned-Tennis Channel commentator Jimmy Arias tried to unpack Holger Rune's frequent coaching changes on Wednesday. The American claimed that the Dane has such high expectations from himself that he can't stay grounded and see the process of improving his game through.

Arias added that Rune could possibly be assigning blame to his coaches for his setbacks - which the American feels is a common theme among all pros.

"What's happening for me is Holger Rune wants to be No. 1 in the world... he wants it right now, this moment, and all of a sudden things have gotten a little bit difficult for him, and he's searching for somebody to give him the answers," Jimmy Arias said on the TC Live Podcast (2:14). "It's never his fault, it's gotta be someone else's fault."

"And this is not just Rune... this is all tennis players that I'm talking about. What's strange is no one really has this coaching care so you gotta do it at the end of the season. Suddenly, we're all doing this in the first couple of weeks," Arias added.

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Holger Rune has not enjoyed great results since his runner-up finish at Brisbane International 2024

Holger Rune with the runner-up trophy at the 2024 Brisbane International: Day 8

Holger Rune had a positive start to his 2024 ATP tour season, finishing as the runner-up to former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov at the Brisbane International in January.

The 20-year-old, however, failed to back up that result at the Australian Open, losing in four sets to the unheralded Arthur Cazaux in the second round.

Rune then traveled to the Montpellier Open, winning his first two matches in straight sets to reach the semifinals. However, the World No. 7's streak of bad fortune struck again, as he was forced to retire against Borna Coric in their last-four encounter due to an arm injury.

Incidentally, Holger Rune also came undone by a back injury midway through last year. The Dane failed to win a pro-tour match between Wimbledon and the US Open, following which he enlisted Becker's services.

While he seems in better shape now, the World No. 7's recent string of poor results has raised a few concerns about his immediate future.