From the Serena point of view: Aside from dominating their head-to-head, she’s never lost to Azarenka at a Slam. But the crowd energy that she seems to feed on will obviously be missing—and while her pre-Open playing was wildly inconsistent, her play in Flushing has been something approaching steady. We’re calling this one almost too unstable to predict—though likely a far closer match than the mere numbers and stats would seem to indicate. (Given the way the Open has shaken out so far, though, it might be worth a long shot bet on Brady over Azarenka in the final in straight sets.)
For the men tomorrow, a similar set of pairings, with unseeded Pablo Carreño Busta—the benefactor of Djokovic’s shocking default—seemingly a fairly big underdog against fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev. But if Carreño Busta’s improbable dismantling of 12th-seeded Denis Shapovalov was any indication, he came to the Open prepared to defy odds. Carreño Busta simply outmaneuvered, outlasted, and out-strategized Shapovalov, who seemed to possess a far more formidable arsenal of shots. This one could be close—though Zverev has seemed to be playing a notch or two above what Shapovalov brought to the court.
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