Most of the top ATP players are in Montreal for the Canadian Open, but the weather played spoilsport on Day 1. Off the court, Roger Federer, who turned a year older on August 8, took to social media to thank his legion of fans for their tremendous support and wishes. The event is being organized by the US Open. Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and plenty of other big names have signed up for an exhibition to benefit people affected by the war in Ukraine. We haven't seen him deal with any problems, because he hasn't faced any yet.From L-R: Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff and Roger Federer. Previous round was all sunshine and roses for Matteo. When the shots are suddenly not landing on the lines, but couple inches out, then you are forced to deal with some adversity. Especially when another opponent starts to throw different things at you and force you to adjust. But as I already mentioned above, those type of performances are difficult to re-create day after day. Obviously, the linemakers were still under the impression of Berrettini's great match against Kyrgios. Odds were opened pretty close when talking about the money line market. Related: Get ATP Moneyline Picks for today's matches Hewill bring more balls back into the court and really test Berrettini. But he is more consistent and patient from the baseline. Khachanov has enough power and shotmaking ability to get into a similar type of match. Pulling the trigger at every opportunity given, going for the winners. That previous match looked more like a showdown between two cowboys. Especially when we take into consideration that Khachanov is a different type of opponent then Nick. It is just not possible for a player to keep winning 80%+ points behind his serve and offer 0 break opportunities while doing so. He managed to revenge one of his losses this year in Sofia, defeating Karen in 3 sets.ĭespite looking brilliant in the first round, problem for Matteo here will be repeating that type of numbers from the match against Kyrgios. But Berrettini worked hard, waited for his opportunity and grabbed it with both hands when it came. Also broke onto the ATP scene much sooner. It seems he was the more talented player growing up because he also had higher ranking then Berrettini as a junior. Both meetings were very lopsided with Khachanov taking the wins. They've met a couple of times, still being juniors in 2013. He had a very good Roland Garros, with a quarterfinal appearance and it seems like those issues with the equipment and the racket changes are behind him now.īeing born in the same year, these two guys obviously know each other really well.
But looking at some short term history, it seems like his form is finally trending upwards. Still, we have to approach it with a dose of caution, with him making its debut in Stuttgart and not really having a great season so far. The sample size is not very big, but winning over 70% of his matches on grass courts is pretty impressive. He will be playing another very strong player in Karen Khachanov, who is #2 seed here, which means he had a bye in the first round. Related: Get Expert ATP Picks for today's matches Was that a sign that he is finding a way to win in faster conditions, or was it just a very good day on the shooting range? We are going to find that out in the next round. It was a very clean performance by the Italian in every segment of the match.
He won 82 percent of the points when serving, not offering a single break opportunity to his opponent in the entire match. And his serve was just as good if not better then his return game. It didn't work, because he ended up winning only 40% of the points behind his second serve. He hit numerous winners from those, forcing Aussie to do something else with that shot. He was extremely aggressive with his return game, jumping on every opportunity that Nick offered him (talking about slower second serves). And those 130mph second serves were actually provoked by the Italian. For the majority of the match, he was focused and in my opinion even happy to accept a challenge from another brilliant ball-striker in Berrettini, but most often then not, he was coming up short in those exchanges. But that's all part of Kyrgios' usual performance. I mean sure, he had a couple of head-scratching decisions like serving 130mph second serve. And it didn't really seem that was the case yesterday.
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Nick Kyrgios is someone who can be a tough nut to crack on grass court, even when having an off day. Coming into the match, he was not viewed as someone that has much of a shot at the upset. Great performance by Berrettini yesterday.
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