You talk about him like he’s a seasoned player. yeah, he has to develop, but there is plenty to be excited about. It’s unlikely he’ll break through this year, but I’m confident it’ll come.
This was his 7th Slam. He‘s made the 2nd round, 3rd round, 2nd round, quarter final, 3rd round, quarter final and 4th round. So two quarter finals for a kid barely 19 with a lot of develop and improvement to come, I’d say that’s pretty good.
For comparison Novak made the 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, 3rd round, 1st round, quarter final and 4th round In his first slams. You write as he was performing way better at that age, which is clearly not correct.
I think the issue is we have half the forum who hype him way too much, desperate for a new name to rise to the top and we have half the forum who don‘t like him an applaud every defeat, then take pleasure in trying to put him down, every time he loses. However this is tennis and player lose a lot, even the ATG’s.