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don_budge
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Ruud has really showed what he is made of vs Struff. Struff routined, the demon, and has been very hot this tournament. He has always had a very big game, but one of those who has never been able to keep it going throughout a tournament. He was up 6-1, 5-2, vs Ruud and really just pushing him around out there. Ruud has fought back, now going into 2nd set tiebreaker.
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Sinner a winner…don_budge
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Lorenzo Musetti the Novak Slayer !
Just looked at the score. Novak's historically had troubles in the wind, perhaps that was it.
I heard Musetti had really beefed up his serve and here: Max 136 MPH, ave 116. But, hey, serve velocity is meaningless, I read somewhere -- unless one is trying to return it.
Wait a minute> Djoko got thumped on second serve points? Musetti won 51% (23/45) on his second vs Djoko's 39% (12/31). Well since that "always" shows who has the better groundstrokes so clearly the 21 yo Italian's one hander must have dominated <g>. UFEs say so, too. Musetti won the plus-minus with 28 winners vs 6 UFEs, while Djoko had a dismal 23 and 23 for net zero.
Djokovic came to the net 42 times? What the hey? I may have to get out the popcorn and watch this later, rubbing hand in gleefully in my imagination as I type that.
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I watched the match. Novak was coming in way too much because he was feeling the pressure from his opponent. Musetti did ourserve Novak as you pointed out. Novak was basically hitting 2 second serves it seemed to me. Musetti does have a beautiful game, but he tends a la Gasquet to drop back too deep in rallies. I like the way Rune tries to stay on the baseline.
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Originally posted by stroke View PostI watched the match. Novak was coming in way too much because he was feeling the pressure from his opponent. Musetti did ourserve Novak as you pointed out. Novak was basically hitting 2 second serves it seemed to me. Musetti does have a beautiful game, but he tends a la Gasquet to drop back too deep in rallies. I like the way Rune tries to stay on the baseline.
Seems like Djoko isn't winning long backhand crosscourt rallies like he used to, nor changing directions off that wing like he used to ?
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Sinner pulled it out. Always tough to move from hard courts to clay, but he survived a good test.
From ATP: The seventh-seeded Italian trailed Hurkacz by a set and a break at 3-6, 1-2 but rallied to a 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 triumph at the clay-court ATP Masters 1000 event. Even after recovering his early deficit in the second set, Sinner was on the brink of defeat when trailing 5/6 in the second-set tie-break. Yet he reeled off three points in a row to save the match point and clinch the second set before dominating the decider on Court Rainier III.
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The Sasha Zverev of old was back, serving bombs, up to 149 mph, he served to win the match in two sets and -- hit his one double fault and got broken.
5-5 in the second. Can "Hard Court Specialist" Medvedev take it?Last edited by jimlosaltos; 04-13-2023, 11:44 AM.
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Originally posted by jimlosaltos View PostSinner pulled it out. Always tough to move from hard courts to clay, but he survived a good test.
From ATP: The seventh-seeded Italian trailed Hurkacz by a set and a break at 3-6, 1-2 but rallied to a 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 triumph at the clay-court ATP Masters 1000 event. Even after recovering his early deficit in the second set, Sinner was on the brink of defeat when trailing 5/6 in the second-set tie-break. Yet he reeled off three points in a row to save the match point and clinch the second set before dominating the decider on Court Rainier III.
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Originally posted by jimlosaltos View PostThe Sasha Zverev of old was back, serving bombs, up to 149 mph, he served to win the match in two sets and -- hit his one double fault and got broken.
5-5 in the second. Can "Hard Court Specialist" Medvedev take it?
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