This will also be the third grand slam meeting with Berrettini this year. They met in the QF at Roland Garros and obviously the final at Wimbledon.Novak had a pretty easy road through Wimbledon, but he is going to earn this title if he gets it, Berrettini next, then probably Zverev and then a likely well rested Medvedev.
Assuming his condition was deteriorating, he wasn’t going to win the match. He was wise not to risk serious injury.Yeah that is just plain shocking. Kid knows his body best, and he wasn't playing his best tonight, but part of the problem of being 18, is you don't know how rare your opportunity is. He might be the next star in the game, or he may never reach this point again.
It's unbelievable how bad he is, I have said it here a lot over the years but it seems like he is still getting worse. In one match, there was a 15-15 point that went one way, and he said if it had gone the other way, it would have been a break point. Um.Really bad job by McEnroe. In the post-match analysis, Gilbert used analytics to show that Alcaraz’s serve velocity was down, and FAA smelled the blood in the water and was creeping up and taking the ball early on his returns. This is the sort of thing a commentator is supposed to notice, provided he’s not too busy smoking his own exhaust to notice.
Two matches away...Raducanu looked very much like an 18 year old opening few games. And then, she did not. Not sure her second serve or first backhand had any business going in on match point, but what a win.Wow! Osaka and Kerber and Svitolina in a row, it does not get easier next against the winner of Sabalenka/Krejcicova but it is the semis, so it shouldn't be easy.
Three matches away from Fernandez/Raducanu 18 year old final.
She lost the opening 3 games of her last match too, and then rattled off I think 11 in a row. She seems to have an excellent ability to problem solve after the first few games and figure out her opponents game.Two matches away...Raducanu looked very much like an 18 year old opening few games. And then, she did not. Not sure her second serve or first backhand had any business going in on match point, but what a win.
Small quibble in that I think the bulk of her slow start is more due to nerves than solving her opponents game, but either way she's overcoming something and it's remarkable to watch.She lost the opening 3 games of her last match too, and then rattled off I think 11 in a row. She seems to have an excellent ability to problem solve after the first few games and figure out her opponents game.
Edit: That win takes her up to 51 in the world, and also now the highest ranked Brit.
That cross court winner was incredibleThese two are playing fantastic tennis so far, Berrettini just broke to go up 6-5, first break of the set.
As she goes down 0-40 in her next service gameSabalenka is in full on beast mode to start in this match against Leylah. It's only up a break at 4-2, but Sabelenka's 3 service games have been absolutely outstanding