Congratulations Jaime!

The Portoss are making Cinci happy!

Jaime Faria just barely got rid of a Walton who wasn’t killer enough. The Australian was up 6/4 4-1, and there you go… Well, Faria also started playing again. He says he hasn’t slept for two days, that he’s super stressed by the pressure of going far (need to remember the guy is good but has still been stuck in qualies all the time—well, that was before ;)). Stressed about wanting to do Portugal proud, and maybe about cashing in his +$100k too ;). He even finished the match with cramps on top of that!

Well, he’ll probably sleep better now and recover a bit. But against Musetti, that won’t be “Jaime” enough ;). Honestly, even a 100% Faria, I don’t like his chances against Loré. The Italian defends like steel, makes you play, mixes it up, throws in lobs… Whereas Faria hits big and racks up a lot of winners / unforced errors.

Honestly, I don’t want to rush this analysis, but to me we don’t really need to go much further.