Many surprises during this tournament, since all favourites (top players) are out now...
Only Medvedev (3) is still on route for the title...
Sinner is out due hip injury/pain will not play against FAA.
Personally I think this was a very easy match for him... nice chance for FAA to try to reach the final of this ATP 1000.
I hope I will have the chance to see him play in Roma
during Internazionali...
Is there a chance Sinner is taking a precautionary measure to withdraw here to minimise the
risk of getting injured before Rome?
I heard him being interviewed during the week and he said that the Hip thing is something he
has had for a while, sometimes its worse than other days.
Nice parachute into the semi final against either Medvedev or Lehecka, TBH I dont know who
to pick for a win of this match, maybe n over 22.5 bet here.
Big day yesterday for Nadal!
Lehecka won in 2 sets. The match was high level with fantastic tennis from both.
After the match there was a tribute to Nadal as it was his last Madrid tournament.
The surprise of the day for me was Felix AA getting past Ruud, the canadian is playing
fantastic tennis ATM, its kind of out of the blue though and is rewarded with a match
against Sinner!
Yes it is hard to predict who might come out on top of this tournament. I thought that Alcaraz would never have such a thriller against Struff and I thought Ruud would be playing better than that. It's weird, it is back and forth for Ruud. Gets destroyed in the Monte Carlo Masters final against Tsitsipas on clay, then destroys Tsitsipas in the Barcelona final on clay. Now as the Barcelona winner loses the game against Felix AA. Tennis became much more unpredictable ever since the three GOATS have either retired or reduced the number of tournaments they play.
We will have to be patient to find out whether there is another GOAT in the making, but even Alcaraz had his bad moments already. As of now, the 24 GS titles of Djokovic seem to be impossible to reach for everyone who is around at the moment.
On Ruud, TBH I dont think he is at the same level as Sinner or Alcaraz even on clay.
It also does look like things are becoming a little more unpredictable compared to
even 2 or 3 years ago.