A Huge Battle in the Heat?

Will Munar continue to grind his opponents down?

Well, let's go through Munar's first two matches really quickly. Fucsovics was lying down on the court in the third set, saying, "I'm dying" in the first round. Cobolli in the second round, where someone on X commented: "I've seen fentanyl junkies strung out to the gills in Kensington with a better look than Cobolli today. He was gassed." Facing Munar in these conditions is an absolute nightmare, especially when you lack weapons to hit through him... or you can match him physically in a long battle, which is tough! So, what about contender no. 3? Will Nishioka become another quote? Well, despite his small size, Nishioka can attack pretty decently on these courts. He is hitting especially his forehand with a lot of confidence into corners, and even if it's not a direct winner, he can follow up at the net, where he is actually very good! In these conditions, it's a huge advantage if you can be the one who dictates, cause running side to side chasing balls here is tough! And that's what Nishioka has been able to do... against a Vukic who was physically spent and then Shevchenko and Rublev. No offense, but not the best defenders or the ones with the highest tennis IQ, and Nishioka took advantage of that! It's going to be interesting to see if Nishioka will manage to work his way through Munar here, because it won't be easy. Nishioka has been returning great, neutralizing his opponent straight away and taking away the +1 opportunities, but now he faces a player who is not so dependent on this. Yoshi's attitude has been really good this week, but things have also gone really well (except first set against Rublev). If things start to get tough, we know he is not a stranger to "throwing in the towel"...