No, there was only one match point in the match and shapo made it.
Not much pep in the Shapo step today and he fumbled away a break lead in the 2nd. I'm now seeing what you're talking about with the mental side. First serve had little punch today.
Banner year, so anything really a bonus from here on out for the Demon.
His 2nd serve game is crap. His 2nd serve is cream puff and his returning position will never get you anywhere.He's got a ways to go if he's going to let Millman tire him out.
Shapo stats are weird now because they retooled his serve post Wimbledon and though showing sings of paying off his serve was quite weak today. His return has been a notch better this Summer which I view as critical and much more important. Of course if his serve game stays depressed well he's going to be disappointing to say the least.
I'm amazed at how long its took him to come back and still not at Auz Open levels. He's about where he was last year when he won Milan.
Not sure if I'm love with any of these, but Gulbis v Shapo should be a spectacle.Lots of Good matches Thursday:
Lacko v Fognini
Verdasco v Coolschreiber
Isner v Klahn
Gulbis v Shaps
Cheers
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Some potentially decents QFs: Tsitsi waiting for Fiasco/Kohly, Shapo v Sock, and Fognini (NextGen slayer), vs Chung. Yeah the recovery took way too long. But the length of that injury is the very reason that he's still not back at AO level. It's difficult to make up for the loss in match practice and proper training.
As you know his odd technique makes it much worse. Maybe he'll be ready to defend his Auz Open excellence.
Sneaks through to the QFs...
18 shot rally goes the way of the Latvian as Denis finally fires the forehand wide. Double break, 5-2.
Shapo being schooled on power tennis by the master so far. 5-2
