ATP Paris Masters, I'm sure no one expected Carlos Alcaraz to defeat Roman Safiulin even if it happened in two straight sets, I was behind watching this match but seeing Alcaraz lose to the qualifier was quite surprising and he has to throw away his dream of taking over the 1st ranking from Djokovic because he stated his target closed this year is to become the number 1st ranking player, and his defeat reduces one competitor for Djokovic in this tournament.
It is also quite surprising to see Djokovic play doubles with his compatriot Miomir Kecmanović because it is a rare thing that Djokovic wants to play doubles in an important Masters tournament because he usually only focuses on singles.
Surprising alright to see Alcaraz going out of the tournament in round 2. Maybe
he underestimated Safiullin or maybe he wasnt mentally ready.
Djokovic playing doubles is actually not that surprising, he has done it a few times this year,
I think he uses the doubles as another way to prepare for the singles matches.
I'm not really acquainted with the Tennis League but I'm quite familiar with the names and scores of these players. Jeffrey John Wolf versus Mackenzie McDonald, a fierce competition and only the best will take the lead by accumulating higher points. Watching two inconsistent players meeting each other, who would you place a wager on? Probably its our entire choice to make whatever decisions and thoroughly selects our player with full confidence. They both have their weaknesses and strong spot, it's left for them to employed good tactics among each other.
Mackenzie McDonald managed to win the match by scoring points in the second and third sets quite absolutely, even though in the first set he lost to Jeffrey John Wolf without any heated competition, but in the next set Mackenzie McDonald really looked aggressive.
I thought Mackenzie McDonald would lose this match but it turned out that that assumption was wrong and he proved that losing in the first set was just gift for Jeffrey John Wolf because after that there was no mercy for him.
Tomorrow Mackenzie McDonald will compete against Jannik Sinner who is one of the great young tennis players who has even been ranked as one of the top 8 players in the ATP.
From this match it looks like Mackenzie McDonald will experience difficulties.
Even though Jannik Sinner is the seed in this match, it is also possible that he will lose because there are quite a lot of cases where the seeded player actually loses to player ranked below him.
IMO I dont think Sinner is going to lose today, I think he is mentally strong ATM because
he is performing well and getting the results, he is up to world ranking #4.
The odds for today are Sinner 1.08 - 7.0 McDonald
The interesting match of the day is Tsitsipas v Felix AA the odds are even enough because
of Felix' tournament win at Basel.