Not to forget Felix Auger-Aliassime. His defeats this year are a common thread throughout this period. He has only been able to celebrate very few successes. Now he did reach the final of the last 8 in Tokyo and won against Vukic and Ofner in the games before.
My opinion is that he should change a few members in his team. But so far I do not see any changes.
With Felix AA it's a bit different story imho. His biggest mistake was hiring Tony Nadal. Tony destroyed him when he refused to sit in his box at a match vs Rafa. I know that was a clause in their contract but anyway. Knowing your coach is actually cheering for your opponent is painful. After that incident Felix's career started to fade.
Never thought about it that way but it makes sense. In an individual sport like Tennis
its of the utmost importance that a coach and player have an extremely good bond and
that there is full belief by both that particular goals or targets are set.
Hurkacz played today against Zhang in a round of 32 and got beaten over 3 sets.
I'm not sure of the odds before the match but I guess he was favourite after his
win at the Shanghai Masters. With most players its tricky to bet on them directly
after a big tournament win. This was Hurkacz' first match since that win!