“Sebbie, would you marry me!”
Barely 2 wins in a row and here I am again in love with Sebbie Korda. This composure, this wisdom almost, and then this tennis... My god. Can he lose against the finalist and local of the stage? He is given as a loser by the bookmakers in any case, let's take a closer look.
Today's two opponents delivered a great performance against players in great shape on the surface. But here we are in the Masters 500, in preparation for Wim: the level is increasing. Sebbie often got ahead of the recent winner in Stuttgart. Tiafoe's slight physical decline perhaps, but we had never seen him so without solutions last week when he beat Lehecka, Musetti, Fucso and Struff, super solid guys on grass.
As for Cameron, true to himself. Great mental resources and a gradual increase in his level of play over the course of the game to end up as the boss.
So the question remains: how can fish and chips beat Uncle Sam by playing worse tennis?
- Their match up: 2-1 for Korda, including a good thrashing at the OA 2022. Norrie's only victory was gleaned 7/6 in the 3rd set
- Their stats here this year: 14 aces and 90% of points won after his first serve for Korda. 85% of break points saved for Norrie.
Finally it's business as usual. Norrie will do everything to bring Korda into a very mental match with a lot of tension. Move him around a lot by taking control of the exchange. Fight like a lion when he takes the lightning. And make him doubt. Because Korda is not unshakeable. It is not rare to see him "sabotage" himself while he has the match in hand.
