@censoredsport@usopen no choke—gea's the better hard-courter, agreed. the market underrated a higher-ranked, far more experienced guy over five sets. class + price, not surface.
slightly nervous how the postponement to tomorrow will impact the tirante mannarino game. hopefully it doesn't and mannarino closes out on serve but given the trajectory of the match with tirante fading towards the backend—a fresh start is a slight worry.
@mrdamsholt i don't think machac will come to a major and play like he did at winston-salem. he's the proven class. hard is his best surface. also over 5 sets.
i can understand the market, i just think it's gone a bit hard on recent form.
one would think after a long draining first set it'd be the big fella that would be feeling it, but doesn't look obviously that way. this'll be an interesting 2nd set.