Destroyed my draw, too! We were all wondering why he even went to Geneva last week. Was that so hard to see? Side note on Argentines: I keep pulling for Comesaña, but he betrays me. Etcheverry was a disappointment, too, though I saw little of that match. I thought that was a tough 1st round draw for the Greek.
Norrie's been playing well, and Medvedev hasn't. I don't think that's a shock. That's why I got up so early. And it DID go 5.Meddy crashed and burned against Norrie of all folk.
Only in the last month or so. Prior to that he struggled mightily. Look at his ranking.
Yes, I think he's still suffering a hangover from that choke job in Geneva. Looks baffled and has no answers for Fonz
I don't want to over-state this win as Hurkacz isn't great on clay and a couple years removed from the top 10, but...Hurkacz is still a very good player, reached the QF of Rome, and is probably the second best player that Fonseca has beaten (after Rublev). But more importantly, it broke that "post-hype" mini slump he was in...not really a slump, but more a coming down from the feeling that he was going to supernova. This match reminded us (or me, at least) that the elite talent is there and isn't far from the surface. In truth, it surfaced today. All that's between him now and elite status (i.e. top 5) is experience and building up stamina (and points). All that's between him and greatness is time and a bit of luck/health. He's really that good.
