Flip flip !

5 sets without a winner?

Sonego has found his form again, and it's at a Grand Slam, no surprise there. He's now playing his game at the level we know he can. Nothing unexpected.

Diallo is a bit similar at the moment, even if we know a bit less about what he’s going to pull out of the hat. I expected him to get back to a decent level and to playing aggressive tennis lately, and when you see how he started his match against Bonzi, it’s scary. But after that, he never dropped his arms. Even down 2 sets to 0, he was still going all in like on the first point. And he raised his level. As if he knew, as if he’d understood something, and saw that things were going to get better soon.

In terms of match-up, we’ve got two guys who rely a lot on their serving quality of course. In rallies, Sonego will look to do damage more often than Diallo. The Canadian prefers to construct. He holds up pretty well in the rallies for his size, and waits for the right moment to pull the trigger, very often on the forehand side. We were wondering whether Sonego would hold up physically and mentally against Etcheverry. And the answer is yes. No significant dip in level over 4 sets against a grinder. It’s hard to picture a three-set match then, taking into account the Canadian’s tenacity. And if I had to pick a winner, Diallo has shown me more lately. But we know Sonego in Grand Slams, he’s more clutch than the Canadian...