ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 2023

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Medvedev's section suddenly seems a lot less daunting if he's going to play like that. Doesn't change anything about the winner of Djokovic/Sinner being the likely favorite for the tournament, but that was a bit of a statement win for the rest of his contemporaries that would normally be favored over him on clay.
 
Fritz won the 1st Set and leads 4-2 in 2nd, and Wawrinka looks full of confidence :-D
 
MeatTornado said:
Medvedev's section suddenly seems a lot less daunting if he's going to play like that. Doesn't change anything about the winner of Djokovic/Sinner being the likely favorite for the tournament, but that was a bit of a statement win for the rest of his contemporaries that would normally be favored over him on clay.
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Didn't get to see it, stats are interesting 57% first serves, 90% first serves won but only 2 aces... He was serving big and getting a lot of plus one's maybe? Looks like he was at the net a lot 14/22 which seems to be a good sign. Did he not have trouble with the limited amount of space behind the baseline in that stadium?
 
Localfoc said:
Very entertaining first set between Stan and Fritz. Some big shots and some big serves. I think Stan needed to win that set to have a chance, but let's see.

There's a toughness to Fritz's character that is isn't obvious at first. I'm very impressed.
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Yeah, he can be tenacious. And serve big under pressure. He took a big step up from where he was last year IMO.
 
Localfoc said:
This side of the draw is pretty favourable too, I can see him making a run at this thing.
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That would be great to see. People acted like he got crushed by Alcaraz,...IW semis I think,...but he gave that first set away with a DF and two UEs, then outplayed Carlos the rest of the set. 2nd set not so much but what I saw in the 1st made me think he can hang with the top tier. Maybe. Hopefully.
 
Fritz made the quarters at this tournament last year and lost a tough 3 setter to Fokina he isnt bad on this surface. He would have done more damage on clay last year but got hurt.
 
kayapit said:
Didn't get to see it, stats are interesting 57% first serves, 90% first serves won but only 2 aces... He was serving big and getting a lot of plus one's maybe? Looks like he was at the net a lot 14/22 which seems to be a good sign. Did he not have trouble with the limited amount of space behind the baseline in that stadium?
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Yeah he was absolutely cruising on serve today despite that. Sonego kept fighting hard to hold his own and then Med would hold in about a minute.

It was very strange to see him standing closer to the baseline and moving forward more here than he does on hard courts. I think he truly loathes getting into long rallies on clay for some reason and just wants to end these points ASAP. It's such a bizarre dichotomy with his hard court game where he's the slowest point constructor on the planet.
 
MeatTornado said:
It was very strange to see him standing closer to the baseline and moving forward more here than he does on hard courts.
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I will be looking forward to watching this. And I'm glad to hear it, because he's a bit of a stubborn guy. Good to know he's open to changing his approach. I think he alluded to this at the desk interview after Miami though. Very interesting.
 
The Tsitsipas brothers lost in the doubles today. I didn't even know they were a thing. Anyway, I watched a little bit and Petros has an almost identical serve style to his brother, and also has a one handed backhand.

I wonder if they'll ever come across the Speical Ks (Kyrgios and Kokkinakis) on Tour?
That could make for a spicy encounter.
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Cerundolo battles back from 0-5 down vs Berrettini to get things back on serve at 4-5. Berrettini was rolling to start, aided by some inexplicable errors from the Argentine, but Francisco is really starting to control things from the baseline.
 
Six games in a row now for Cerundolo as Berrettini implodes. At 5-5 he had a 30-0 lead, before throwing in a double fault and three forehand errors on the first ball of each rally. He looks lost after a strong start.
 
MeatTornado said:
Some slightly encouraging signs for both Thiem and Rune today.
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I'm curious what the encouraging signs were from Domi today. I thought his body language was absolutely disgraceful throughout the whole match. He out-Murray'ed Muzz's negativity. Constantly whining to his box after every missed shot, looking at his racket as if there's a hole in it and being miserable. It was sad to see Thiem so reduced in shot tolerance and without any power on his FH anymore. He's fallen off a cliff from his former level.
 
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