It's always difficult to meet the demands others put on you. I recall at least a few examples of "next Federer" or "next Nadal" a few times. Carlos Boluda is a former tennis player that was the next Nadal and never reached its "potential". Same with Dimitrov, always the next Federer but he won the tour finals and never peaked as "it should be". Sometimes labels and "potential" are only pressure from illusion more than the reality itself. We have Alcaraz that has always been the "real deal" and imagine he never wins a GS. It's not a bad career, most players dream to win a 1000 or a GS so I don't think it's a bad career but people will always want to have the next Seles or Sanchez Vicario and sometimes you need to keep the expectation where it belong: in the present work. I wish Raducanu starts from scratch and tries to build from there physical and emotionally. Will she win another major title? Who knows, but we should stop expecting teenagers to become magically the best player of all time. That simply happens once every 10 million.
Glad to see him back. I hope to watch some of his big tennis early next year. Something different and always refreshing.
For me Halle, Queen's and recently Mallorca are good tournaments to see what's going on in grass season. There's so many differences between grass and clay that it's a complete scenario. The only constant is Djokovic obliterating everyone hahahah
This was his first match in like forever right? It's good to see Nick back on court back It'll take a while for him to be in the level he was last season (if that's possible). Will he be seeded for Wimbledon?