Not saying he should jack it in, but when you've been the best, it takes a certain mindset to continue when you know you're nowhere near the best anymore. For example, you won't see many elite footballers dropping down the leagues. You'll never see Kevin De Bruyne turning out for Barnsley at 40 just because he could cut it.
It's a pretty incredible run that she went on firstly at Wimbledon and then at the US Open so it's expected to be honest. Murray still gets the attention and so did Konta when she was at her peak but there just aren't many top British players to follow the closely. It's only Andy Murray and Dan Evans in R2 for the mens singles and Raducanu and Watson (who had her spotlight at one point) in R2 for the women.
Yeah it must be frustrating when he can see how Fed, Nadal and Djokovic's bodies have held out in comparison. As others have said though, he's still a top 20 or so level player and able to get to a tour final. Hingis came back as a doubles player and Navratilova carried on way past her prime for the love of the sport.
Agreed
I'm just a casual fan but isnt it expected?
It's been the Rafa of the last year or so. Erratic groundstrokes, fair amount of errors and very poorly played big points. He'll have to massively step up in level if he does make it far enough to play Zverev.
Yep, looks like she can't change her grip, so she's a bit stuffed on what to do on the forehand.
I think the most bizarre thing about Dimitrov's loss was that it was to Paire. Assuming Medvedev can see off Kyrgios he'll have Van de Zandschulp next and either Cressy or O'Connell in R4 to make the QFs. His draw on paper was nice but think the way things are going he has to be such a strong favourite.
From what I've seen, she's doing well under the circumstances.
The man has his moments. He dumped Federer out of the USO as well.
This might actually be a difficult game gives his unorthodox style of play and he's been in form pre AO.
I think you're right about Cressy causing him a bit of trouble as I don't think Medvedev likes playing against the serve and volley play but Cressy seems to serve on volley on every singly service point so would expect him to figure his way out of it even if he has some early trouble.
She looks like she's going to win to me
She had a blister so was slicing the forehand for most of the match and it obviously took the edge off her serve but Kovinic still did well to get through.
Yeah, she had blisters on her hand... she was struggling with it from the first set but did very well to make it as close as she did.
Cheers! Obviously going out isn't great but maybe under these circumstances not the worst thing for her, also takes a bit of hype pressure off her for the next tournaments.
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