“It’s happened and it’s going to happen again,” warned Australian Open director, Craig Tileywho boasted that moving the tournament to Sunday, adding another day, would make it easier to schedule matches on busy early days.
He qualified his speech when championing Aryna Sabalenka He started his fight at 11:30 pm, ending his passage at dawn. Tiley points out the fact that nothing is expected Novak Djokovic It took four hours to beat the young Croatian Dino Prizmac.
It happened at Rod Laver Arena. Just a taste of what happened this Monday Margaret Court Arena, second stadium of Melbourne Park, scene of this Grand Slam.
The clock showed 01:40 local Canadian morning Felix Auger-Aliassime repulsed the Austrian attempt to return Dominic Thiem in a dramatic battle 4h.59′.
The resolution was in the American’s hands between sets, but he let a 5-2 lead slip away in the tiebreak of the third. He changed it to the fifth, more complete physically, by 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 5-7 and 6-3.
Two top tennis players who fell into a slump recently, needing breakthroughs. A nightmare. Relief for ward of Frederic Fontang and Tony Nadal (it doesn’t have one in Melbourne), a Auger-Aliassime conditioned by injuries as he is the hero of the 2022 Davis Cup.
At 23 years old, he lost strength in the ranking, which was 30th. He ended a four-game losing streak in Grand Slam matches.
The test remains for Dominic Thiem, finalist of the 2020 Australian Open, champion of the 2021 US Open. At 30 years old, 92nd in the ATP, victim of wrist surgery that removed him from the elite. He can’t go back to her. This new brutal defeat will not help.
The ATP and the WTAnot the Grand Slams, advocated for a new rule preventing matches starting after 11 pm, limiting the accumulation of matches on the same court.
Australia is governed by its own will, and evening sessions are good because of the extra box office, often higher prices, the price of broadcasting rights and the general business it generates. Another thing is the needs of athletes.
Auger-Aliassime and Thiemhowever, they did not break any records in this event. Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis They closed their rivalry with 2088 at 04:33 am. Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal They spent 5h53′ in their 2012 finale.
Source: La Verdad
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