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Have to give Borges credit, he's playing an excellent match. He's hitting with incredible rally tolerance, barely making an unforced error, and forcing Kouame to hit through him, which the Frenchman has been unable to do so far. And Nuno is hitting his spots on serve too.
Borges did not play a good match against Molcan in the final round of qualifying. For Kouame, who just won the title in Brest last week, beating some tough competition like Gaston, Virtanen, and Damm...this feels like a real chance in similar conditions, in his home country!
Wow. On an indoor hard court, with the margins so small, Martin Damm cannot double-fault three times in a game, like he just did at *4-4 in the first against Kouame. He just gifted the Frenchman a chance to serve for the first set...
Cobolli has done a great job of taking advantage of an extremely down ATP Tour this year...however, if anyone think he was getting NEAR those results 5-10 years ago with his level this season, then you weren't a fan of the sport back then. His level doesn't match his results.
I've got to say, you watch a match like Alvarez Valdes-Oetzbach, you understand how CRAZY good you have to be to make it to the top of the game, as this is just a an ITF 25k. Oetzbech is World No. 549, yet his rally tolerance is INSANE, fitness, incredible, excellent depth on his
Awful. What’s wrong with the ATP’s leadership?
Ahora sí. Es inminente el anuncio oficial (sería en el ATP Finals de Turín o, incluso, antes). El ATP 250 de #BuenosAires (@iebmasargopen) dejará el polvo de ladrillo y cambiará a superficie dura desde 2028.
No está contemplado, al menos por ahora, un upgrade a categoría 500.
I do think, for guys like Griekspoor/Wu, they probably feel like the gap between them and Zverev is not that big, so it's frustrating to see him with 2 Slams + closing in on World No. 1. If that's the case, then they only have themselves to blame.. Zverev just took the chance.
Isn't this the guy who is looking to cut out best-of-five in part of the Australian Open, as well? Glad to see he's invested in the sport!
Australian Open’s new tournament director is excited to welcome “JACOB” Sinner and “ROBAKINA” in 2027!
Via @TheFirstServeAU
That has to be at least seven or eight unforced errors from Blinkova in the last two games alone...very hard to win that way.
We have had some PHYSICAL matches in Las Vegas this week. Reasco Gonzalez and Pace are currently in a WAR from the baseline, with Reasco Gonzalez winning 7-6(7), *3-5. EVERY point is such a battle!
I just want to say...Francesca Mattioli is INCREDIBLE physically. After an absolute WAR from the baseline last night against Soke in the ITF 35k in Las Vegas where she won after well over four hours...she's back out there now and is up 2-1* in the third after nearly 2.5 hours!
Mattioli's fitness and ability to continue to play with a high level of controlled aggression despite the physical toll of playing such physically-taxing matches is unbelievable. Kudos to Francesca, win or lose today.
That Boscardin Dias-Torres match came down to who could more effectively spread the court and play with controlled aggression from the baseline. And, ultimately, it was the Brazilian who continued his good form from last week and beat an erratic Torres. Often, the Argentine was
ahead in the rallies, but he just struggled to finish points off from advantageous positions in the rallies, showing his lack of recent matches. I did think Torres used his drop shot effectively, but he was struggling to hit winners from the baseline otherwise.
That was a shocking tiebreak from De Minaur from a consistency standpoint. For someone who is normally a wall from the baseline like the Aussie, he was shockingly erratic in that tiebreak. Unforced error after unforced error and he gifts Djokovic the crucial opening set.