He is the highest ranked player remaining in Stockholm after top seed Jannik Sinner crashed out of the tournament earlier this week. I served great today. I had to save a few break points, but in general I was always comfortable in my service games. I moved well and I mixed up the ball speeds and heights. The court suits me well here.
The first set stayed on serve until when the Canadian had two chances to break and managed to get the first break of serve to take a lead. That was enough to serve out the first set. The second set was also very competitive with both players doing a good job holding serve.
At it was the Montreal native who broke serve and serving out the match in style to book his spot in the final four. Being able to win matches in my career is special, so hopefully there are more milestones in the years to come. Denis Shapovalov, who is the defending champion this week in the Swedish capital, managed to fight back from a set down against the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech to beat him , , The Toronto native found himself down in the opening set but managed to get a break of serve back.
The second set was way more of a battle and it stayed on serve until when the world number 18 broke serve before closing out the second set to send it to a decider. The third set also stayed on serve until when again the Canadian pushed hard putting immense pressure on the Frenchman serve. He managed to get the breakthrough and served out the match. Shapovalov will face his Canadian compatriot in the semifinals on Friday. It is Auger Aliassime who currently leads their head-to-head with their last meeting coming this year in Barcelona with the Montreal native winning in straight sets.
Baez hit 27 winners and broke Gaston four times. Gaston earned an early break in the first game to take a lead. Baez broke straight back to draw level to Both players traded breaks in the fifth and sixth games. Baez earned two mini-breaks to close out the tie-break Baez earned a break in the third game.
Gaston saved a break point in the fifth game to hold serve on the deciding point before Baez served it out on his first set point. Gaston saved a break point in the first game, but Baez broke in the third game to win the third set. It is not just for me, but my team as well.
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So he had to play a 2nd served even though he was probably disturbed by the crowd. Questionned about Nadal and Djokovic's mood during this match, he says that of course they were nervous, but they are great players, they play fair, respect each other, there was no problem when I was asked to check the marks.
Even though they wated to win that match, they are friends. A Grand Slam final isn't much trouble for an umpire because you have the best court, best line umpires, best ballboys, Questionned about the heat, he confirms that the weather was very very hot. According to him, both players were suffering from the heat but maybe Novak a bit more. They really suffered from the heat at different times so the level of the match wasn't the same from the beginning to the end.
According to him, Rafa ended up in a better shape than Novak today but maybe it will be different next time. Roland-Garros - Novak Djokovic : "Je ne pense pas qu'il existe un champion autre que Rafael Nadal qui peut gagner autant de fois ce tournoi de Roland-Garros".
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