If Sinner doesn't wilt under the pressure of playing for his first grand slam title, I think he wins it relatively easily. The discrepancy in time on court this early in the season will be a huge hill for Med to climb.Sinner/Medvedev career H2H is interesting, Medvedev won the first six meetings and Sinner has won the last three (with a lot of very close sets).
Maybe, but Medvedev is incredibly fit, and he does have a full day to recover. Sinner is more skilled , if Sinner plays his best game he should win. But Medvedev has won a lot of matches in his career where the other guy is arguably more skilled.If Sinner doesn't wilt under the pressure of playing for his first grand slam title, I think he wins it relatively easily. The discrepancy in time on court this early in the season will be a huge hill for Med to climb.
Oh I dont think this is a slam dunk, because I do think the pressure of a first slam final is a very real thing. But I think the time discrepancy on court is the main reason Sinner is like -250 to win per a few betting sites, which has a implied probability of a notch about 70%.Maybe, but Medvedev is incredibly fit, and he does have a full day to recover. Sinner is more skilled , if Sinner plays his best game he should win. But Medvedev has won a lot of matches in his career where the other guy is arguably more skilled.
Yes, exactly, Sinner is better, younger, much better rested and Medvedev almost took him out, but Sinner regained his composure and form.Wow. What a forehand to end it. Really happy for Sinner but legit feel bad for Med…put in a ton of overtime this tourney, came out with really smart tactics in this one…but wasn’t quite enough.
Interestingly enough yes - I recruited a kid from Maine who hit two one-handed forehands but he ended up at Bates (which is a relatively middling D3 program for reference). I grew up playing with a kid who wasnt quite this ambidextrous...but he would serve lefty (always a slight advantage) and then switch to his right hand for the rest of the point. And could hit overheads with either. He ended up at UMass Amherst. Finally, one of the biggest legends in New England Tennis (juniors and adults) hit two handed from each side, but when necessary could hit one handed slices from each side when on the run.A clip of a young player who is ambidextrous and switches the racket between hands to only hit forehands (he’s the player at the top). Have you ever seen someone do this before, @jezza1918 ?
View: https://twitter.com/wearetennis/status/1752242884114305499?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g
Nardi is a lucky loser too and plays Tommy Paul nextDjokovic loses to the unseeded Italian Nardi, prompting this very amusing factoid:
Djokovic since the start of 2023:
Against non-Italians: 62-5
Against Italians: 2-5
There are permanent courts outside the stadium. The court inside the stadium is just the temporary main court for the tournament.Must be nice to be able to put tennis courts inside the Miami football stadium. Guess Florida doesn't want a full time tennis center