I am not convinced, I still think he is bad in mental aspect. He has awful body language and bitches about all kind of details when results are not favoring him. That is part that irritates me most, he complained about everything yesterday to the ref "somebody took a picture", "somebody sneezed before my serve", "they are too loud"....
My thesis is that he has improved his game so much that his mental aspect does not get tested in 99% of matches. That is why I am waiting for his match against Djokovic or maybe even this back in form Nadal will be enough to show me the real state of things.
Đoković was the one that fell apart mentally in the US open final. He lost the game in the first set - it was really weird considering how strong he usually is mentally.
I agree with you regarding Medvedev though. As I said in my 1st post - he is mentally weak. I just think that wins like these help - he will need his head in the game in an expected final against Nadal.
Well it is closer now to finding out how Medvedev will cope against one of the
"Top 3". Nadal came through in 4 sets against Berrettini in what looks like easy enough
terms, just dropping 1 set.
Medvedev is by far my favourite player ATM but I agree with you all, he has changed
his game over the last year or so where he seems to have controlled his emotions a lot
but I do get that he does seem at difficult times to be on the verge of losing that control.
If he gets to the final no doubt the crowd will be with Nadal so there will be immense
pressure there.
For Nadal, the goal is so real now and the chance to go to "21" is so close. This is something
I commented on last week, with Djokovic out of the AO the reward of that 21st GS is an
bigger target for him, and look ... he is in the final!
Women's semifinals today:
Barty vs Keys and Collins vs Swiatek, I picked overs on these two matches.
My pics for the semis are Barty and Collins.
If Keys wins over Barty, then my money's on Keys as I feel she can best Collins as well as Swiatek who I feel will be out this round.
You're correct, who went to the final is Barty vs Collins, for these two matches it was very unattractive Keys and Swiatek did not showing an impressive thing and honestly a little disappointed not because lose the bet but their performance did not display the thing like a semi-final match.
For final Barty is favorites and I betting on her in ML.
I was a bit surprised with the Collins v Swiatek match, I had a bet on Swiatek to
win 1 set, I knew she was struggling with performance but I really thought she would
take at least a set from Collins.
