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Originally Posted by krunic
Trip report imminent
It wasn't very exciting tennis quality wise lol, all ended in straight sets as well
Gulbis managed to lose the first 14 points of the match. But it was impressive to see Nishikori play, he wouldn't give Gulbis any breathing room. Just effortless ballstriking and putting defensive balls back near the baseline. Davydenko-esque Playstation tennis.
Fucsovics was the second most impressive player, but he said he was feeling a bit tired after reaching a final on Sunday, so we'll see how he holds up
He lost to Medvedev in that final, who actually looked tired but was playing a Verdasco in full Spanish soap opera mode, cursing and yelling after every other point. Will be interesting to see how he will be able to cope with his defensive playing style in a 1.98m frame, will probably have to be more aggressive to stand a chance winning the bigger titles.
Tsonga looked a bit tired as well, but after a high quality first set Griekspoor played like his ranking in the second
Glad Dzumhur got the win, Kukushkin might be the blandest player in the top 100. Dzumhur tilted Tsitsipas in R1, who cried about Dzumhur just putting everything back into play and how Dzumhur didn't beat him but he beat himself lol. Bit of misplaced arrogance there, not every match is on his racket and there is such a thing as players who make you play bad (see chapter Gilles Simon)