Surfing in the U.S.A.

“Yeah, everyone’s gone surfing!”. This Tommy Paul has such a cool vibe that we naturally appreciate it. I even have a little compassion for him because poor guy, he has a third boring profile in a row...

Martinez, Virtanen, Bublik... in turn they wear out Paul who we saw going into shift with Florent Serra. But here, against Bublik, I'm a little afraid. The Kazak won their only match on grass, and all their matches were close. Paul's ML at 1.41, we automatically eliminate! Another thing that scares me about Tommy Paul is the sequence. From memory, he had already paid the price at the US Open 2023. On paper, we say that he had a week between his victory at Queen's and the start of Wim, but the match ups here are making him suffer I think. He who likes to be in rhythm to express his game, Bublik will do everything not to give him any. If he plays like Queen's with a huge level, he passes, but why didn't he show this level in his two previous rounds? He will arrive at least warned against Bublik, you tell me. But even trailing 2 sets to 0, the Kazak is a mite. He can put himself in dream defense mode during his return games, and in frank attack mode during his service games. He's going to break Tommy's game, he's going to do everything to make him spin. The confidence Tommy has built up will be a big help to him. He won't get excited if he's pushed around. We are therefore in the presence of an equation with several unknowns here. Also, don't take Bublik's recent grass results into account, he admitted to being injured and forcing himself to play because grass is his best surface... His what? Its best surface ;).