20-Year-Old ?Mystery Trader? Holger Rune Springs Up a Surprise by Posing With Idol Roger Federer?s Long-Time Coach Severin Luthi at a Sponsor Event

Believe it or not, Roger Federer seemed to have a lot of connections with the recently concluded online trading tournament – the FlowBank Championship. Swiss online bank Flowbank conducted a first-of-its-kind month-long financial trading competition with its grand finale being held in Zurich just a few days back. One of the hosts of this event was Severin Luthi, the current ambassador of FlowBank and a former coach of the Swiss Maestro Roger Federer.

But the event’s Roger Federer connection doesn’t end here. A certain 20-year-old Danish ATP star and a self-proclaimed Roger Federer fanboy – Holger Rune, was also revealed to be a part of the FlowBank Championships.

Holger Rune attends FlowBank Championships with the former coach of idol Roger Federer

A total of nine sports celebrities took part in the event – F1 racing driver Pierre Gasly, tennis star Alexander Zverev, soccer player Kevin Mbabu, UFC fighter Jan Blachowicz, table tennis champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Olympian fencer Rossella Fiamingo, racing driver Amna Al Qubaisi along with another mystery athlete. The 9th ‘mystery’ athlete to be part of the championships was later revealed to be the young tennis sensation Holger Rune. Rune attended the event’s grand finale in Zurich along with Severin Luthi, the former coach of his idol Roger Federer.?

In his recent Instagram post, Luthi shared a picture of himself along with Holger Rune and the other participant athletes and guests. “Such a nice gala dinner this week in Zurich with the?@flowbank community! It was great to meet these amazing athletes, friends and partners!”, he captioned the image.

The first-ever FlowBank Championships had a unique format – a month-long online trading competition between renowned athletes, with a view to promote financial markets and make them accessible to more people.

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Rune, Luthi and other athletes spend gala time during the event finale

All the participant athletes and other guests enjoyed their time during the championship’s concluding ceremony in Zurich over the weekend. When the competition results were announced – F1 driver Pierre Gasly emerged victorious. German ATP ace Alexander Zverev secured a 3rd place in the competition. With Holger Rune and former coach of Roger Federer, Severin Luthi, present there to give Alexander Zverev company, it sort of became a mini tennis reunion!

Both Holger Rune and Alexander Zverev had pretty decent runs at the French Open – Rune reached the quarterfinals while Zverev made the semis, with both losing to Norwegian Casper Ruud. Participating in an event like the FlowBank championships might serve as the perfect opportunity to regroup and act as a much-needed breather for them as Wimbledon is right around the corner.

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