Happy birthday Jackub!

18 years old today… He grabs his first ATP point in March 2022. As of September 1, 2023, he is ranked 146ᵉ in the world. You're on your ass too, aren't you?! 😅

Already a very good tournament for Jakub, surely the best of his career. He has already won 5 matches and is getting dangerously close to the top 100, a place that would allow him direct access to the main draws of Grand Slams. Against Droguet I didn't find him brilliant on serve with a low % of 1ʳᵉ ball. On the other hand, when it passes, it is solid behind. I really liked his flat two-handed backhand along the line. A beautiful weapon. Physical level, we stay on 5 matches in 12 days. It's hot and humid sometimes, but at 18, on recovery day, you don't experience it the same 😉. On the Fritz side, not much to say about his previous match. They will surely be played on a big stadium, and the experience of the American will play even more. I had played Roddick myself on the Grand Stadium, the bleachers are dizzying and the court is big, you tend to step back a little behind your line naturally. Small trap for Mensik ... We are not immune to a Fritz who drops a service game and therefore why not a set. Even if indeed he seems to have returned to his tournament very well...