Do we finally have a legitimate contender to turn the Sincaraz Duopoly into a more interesting New Big 3?
Potential is there, will it be fulfilled. Raphael Jodar, 19 yo and fresh off an upset of the only other teen in the ATP Top 100, Joao Fonseca often dictated play vs Jannik Sinner, before falling in two sets, endling in a tiebreak. Jodar was in Jannik's service games most of the match, until Sinner pulled away at the end end, winning the last 11 points including the concluding tiebreak 6-0,
I hope we have video of both Jodar's groundstrokes soon. The forehand averaged over 80 MPH in Madrid (his home base) and was often in 90-109 MPH range, with 3,200 RPMs. But, as Sinner said "He's got easy power".
And the backhand - in beating Fonseca Jodar was frequently leaping inside the baseline to take second serve kicks early and hit outright winners DTL or sharply angled.
Sinner, BTW, won by IMHO bringing out all that variety he promised to add to his game after losing at the US Open. He can check that off his to-do list.
Here is Tennis TV's highlight video. If you watch just one point, then scoll to 2:20 minutes, with Sinner serving at love-30, a crucial point. to Jannik win by taking a volley in no-person's land with Jodar at the net and delicately put it away with a soft, angled volley.
Video here:
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Can we do GIFs now? Let's try. What do y'all think of this stroke? Blurry AniGIF from social. Hmm. Isn't playing inline. Don't know if it will play if you drag it out and open in your browser.
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Potential is there, will it be fulfilled. Raphael Jodar, 19 yo and fresh off an upset of the only other teen in the ATP Top 100, Joao Fonseca often dictated play vs Jannik Sinner, before falling in two sets, endling in a tiebreak. Jodar was in Jannik's service games most of the match, until Sinner pulled away at the end end, winning the last 11 points including the concluding tiebreak 6-0,
I hope we have video of both Jodar's groundstrokes soon. The forehand averaged over 80 MPH in Madrid (his home base) and was often in 90-109 MPH range, with 3,200 RPMs. But, as Sinner said "He's got easy power".
And the backhand - in beating Fonseca Jodar was frequently leaping inside the baseline to take second serve kicks early and hit outright winners DTL or sharply angled.
Sinner, BTW, won by IMHO bringing out all that variety he promised to add to his game after losing at the US Open. He can check that off his to-do list.
Here is Tennis TV's highlight video. If you watch just one point, then scoll to 2:20 minutes, with Sinner serving at love-30, a crucial point. to Jannik win by taking a volley in no-person's land with Jodar at the net and delicately put it away with a soft, angled volley.
Video here:
Shot stats
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Can we do GIFs now? Let's try. What do y'all think of this stroke? Blurry AniGIF from social. Hmm. Isn't playing inline. Don't know if it will play if you drag it out and open in your browser.
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