19ᵉ US Open for Ritchie...

Isn't that beautiful? This is the first for Fabian Marozsan. Why give him a little free set? It's not the kind of house 😋

Ritchie at the USOP is 63% wins (30/18). It's a half in 2013, a quarter in 2015, and 6 first rounds. Last year he passed Daniel then Kecma before losing against Nadal. It's not his best grand slam in terms of results (he does better at Wimbledon), but he loves conditions as he says in his biography. Recently, he proved that he still has a physical body by stringing together matches in the Italian heat before losing against Benoit Paire in the final. He's also coming off of a huge fight against Korda in Winston Salem, which may be a blessing in disguise given how hot it was. We all know Richard by heart, this match is within his reach. Within his reach because he has crazy experience, and Fabian Marozsan is playing on hard court again after 6 months on clay. His classic strategy of scoring points on a surface has paid off and he will have to start tackling the transition now that he is rather well established in the top 100. On the game side, we obviously remember his victory in Rome where he had surpassed Alcaraz in 2 sets thanks to an anthology of royally touched amortizations and winning forehands. A match to be taken very seriously for the French. He is tricky, especially since the Hungarian has absolutely nothing to lose! Small flat, he withdrew on August 11 in the half of the Challenger of Banja Luka because of an injury to the left leg. He hasn't played since! Is he picking up his check for $81,500???