Aaaand he's gone. Still suspect he's just being very cautious now, I doubt this injury is long term.And he's really good!
Meanwhile Dimitrov winning Brisbane after going without a title for 5.5 years is awesome
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Aaaand he's gone. Still suspect he's just being very cautious now, I doubt this injury is long term.And he's really good!
Yeah, one match at 3 hours, and he gets a tear. I suspect he will play some clay matches, and then finish his career at Roland Garros. The level looked to be there in the first two matches but then he was much worse Friday and his body apparently couldn't handle playing a long match.Aaaand he's gone. Still suspect he's just being very cautious now, I doubt this injury is long term.
Meanwhile Dimitrov winning Brisbane after going without a title for 5.5 years is awesome
Olympics are at Roland Garros, so that seems like the most obvious finishing point to me. Alcaraz really wants to play doubles, and on clay I think they could be very dangerous, so even if he's finished as a singles player he could have something to aim for to finish it all off.Yeah, one match at 3 hours, and he gets a tear. I suspect he will play some clay matches, and then finish his career at Roland Garros. The level looked to be there in the first two matches but then he was much worse Friday and his body apparently couldn't handle playing a long match.
Yeah, it was even more than 6 years. He has been really good the last few months, though, nice to see that trend continue in 2024.
Sure, I forgot about that.Olympics are at Roland Garros, so that seems like the most obvious finishing point to me. Alcaraz really wants to play doubles, and on clay I think they could be very dangerous, so even if he's finished as a singles player he could have something to aim for to finish it all off.
Classic first week shithousing by Djokovic.
Last USO he went down 0-2 in sets to Djere in the 3rd round. He has a habit of having one early round match that gets weirdly tight for a moment, though this one was more intense than usual. He had a somewhat similar scoreline vs Rune at the 2021 USO.Is it? It's the first time ever he spent more than 4 hours in a R1 at a Grand Slam tournament.
I'm playing catch-up, but it's fun to watch all these young bucks trying to dethrone Djoko and almost getting there, but not quite yet. (I might have mentioned earlier that Djoko is hard not to like, but that is on the court only. Off the court... well, better just stick to his play on the court. Felt like I needed to clarify that.)Last USO he went down 0-2 in sets to Djere in the 3rd round. He has a habit of having one early round match that gets weirdly tight for a moment, though this one was more intense than usual. He had a somewhat similar scoreline vs Rune at the 2021 USO.
In fact, while both Nadal (4x) and Federer (2x) won Grand Slams without dropping a set, Djokovic has never done so
Ruud and Zverev doing random 5sets in 1st week isn't that out there. Neither is Rune losing early. I admit I never heard of Cazaux before either, but apparently he's been injured like half the year every year and all the French consider him their biggest talent. I saw the 3 minute highlights and he seems technically amazing.This must have been one of the craziest days of a week one in a Grand Slam ever.
Swiatek pushed to the absolute limit, wins in over three hours.
Ruud and Zverev playing and winning match tie breaks at the same time.
Rune losing against an unknown Frenchman (sorry if I'm being oblivious but I never heard of Arthur Cazaux before).
Rybakina losing 20-22 (!!!) in the match tie break.
Raducanu losing after three hours (okay, maybe not that crazy).
Medvedev coming back from two sets down to close the day out at 3:41 am.
Yes, and if those things stood alone, it wouldn't be much.Ruud and Zverev doing random 5sets in 1st week isn't that out there. Neither is Rune losing early. I admit I never heard of Cazaux before either, but apparently he's been injured like half the year every year and all the French consider him their biggest talent. I saw the 3 minute highlights and he seems technically amazing.
Raducanu losing in 3 hours is shocking considering she normally retires after 2.
Grigorius giveth a sliver of hope. And Grigorius taketh all away
People stopped calling him baby Fed a long time ago. And his career is definitely better than Gasquet.Once he was broken back in the 4th you just knew he would crumble. Wish people would stop calling him ‘baby Federer.’ He’s not even ‘baby Gasquet.’
People stopped calling him baby Fed a long time ago. And his career is definitely better than Gasquet.
Grigorius giveth a sliver of hope. And Grigorius taketh all away
That’s debatable
Pretty boss stat to have only once finished in the top 10 of the year, yet won the Tour Finals that one time!I reckon peak Dimitrov is greater than peak Gasquet. Slight edge.
Dimitrov:
- Career high ranking: 3
- ATP titles: 9 with 1 ATP Tour Finals win and 1 Masters 1000 win (1 other Masters 1000 final)
- Grand Slam: 3 SF and 3 QF
- 1 year finished in the world top 10
Gasquet:
- Career high ranking: 7
- ATP titles: 16 with 0 ATP Tour Finals win and 0 Masters 1000 win (3 Masters 1000 final)
- Grand Slam: 3 SF and 2 QF
- 4 years finished in the world top 10
Seems very tough logistically to do that as you get deeper into the tournament.Yeah, that was quite disappointing.
Mannarino's tequila-fuelled run came to an abrupt end against Djokovic. He looked like he was set to suffer a triple 6-0 defeat but fortunately got a few games in the third.
I wonder if he managed to not find out about his opponent before he met him in the corridor this time.
Pretty boss stat to have only once finished in the top 10 of the year, yet won the Tour Finals that one time!
Yeah, I have thought this as well. It seems quite bizarre to put it mildly to not wanting to know the opponent.Seems very tough logistically to do that as you get deeper into the tournament.
Imagine you make the final of a Grand Slam. Literally everyone is gone then. You're like "I wonder who I play next, it may be this junior player, or that doubles specialist who didn't even enter singles, or could it be Novak Djokovic?"
Pretty boss stat to have only once finished in the top 10 of the year, yet won the Tour Finals that one time!