What's the point?

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Does Sweeny have a chance? Yes, one chance in a thousand! This is the perfect case of a guy who (almost) came out of nowhere (ranked 700th in the world a year ago), who didn’t really believe much anymore in his chances of making a living from professional tennis. But here he is, getting a wild card in Brisbane and beating Fearnley and O’Connell, then qualifying for the main draw of the 2026 AO. That was already a waking dream, but he plays a Monfils who isn’t 100% physically in the first round, and now he’s propelled to 148th in the world with 225,000 AUD in his pocket. Hard to have that killer instinct when he’s about to face Shelton’s cannonballs, isn’t it? He has to savor the moment, enjoy it, give it everything of course. But the nice story is unfortunately going to end here. Or rather, it’s going to start here! Because with this ranking, he’ll now be able to enter the qualifying draw at all the Grand Slams, and all it takes is one solid little run at a 250 and he’s top 100. Just a small point about the match-up: we saw him really get pushed around by Opelka in Brisbane. Playing Shelton in a best-of-five format isn’t just a mountain, it’s an entire mountain range...