Just an awful loss for jerzy. This novikov guy doesnt even have a win over a top 500 player this year
jerzy came back from 1-6 down in the tiebreak to 6-6 then lost it 8-6. Then he gets ahead 3-1 in the 4th set and loses the last 5 games hardly winning points in the process
Exciting result for the 18 year old. Looks like the Americans finally have a kid worth getting excited about even if they had to get him from Russia. It will be interesting to find out if this was down to Novikov playing well or Jankowicz being useless again.
I've seen a lot of ridiculous losses over the years on Grand Slams, but this one takes the cake. How can a Top 100 player lose to someone who is ranked 1098, who can't buy a win in a futures tournament and who was never a great junior (just #30 back in early 2011) is beyond me.
It had to be some Polish headcase to accomplish such "achievement"! :lol:
This win is big for Novikov and will give him confidence, however this confidence will go to hell when Benneteau or Rochus crushes him like a bug in the next round. Two experienced baseliners with good variety are exactly the kind of player someone like Novikov can't do nothing against at this point.
He did have a top 500 win, he beat Matteo Marrai in 2011. Nobody has seen the match so it's not fair to jump to any conclusions. Of course Jerzy should have had enough experience to beat him but for all we know, Novikov is an undiscovered talent.
The difference is that Sock was reaching QF's in challengers prior to the US Open with wins over solid journeymen like Phau or De Voest. Plus he was a good junior and won the Junior US Open in 2010.
Novikov didn't do anything close to Sock was doing last year.
Until today, the highest ranked player Novikov had beaten this year was Reid Carleton at 761. In fact he's only ever had one win against a top 500 player (Matteo Marrai) so this was a huge upset.
Yeah, let's see how well he does against Benneteau or Rochus. A second win and entering Top 500 could be extremely good morale for him, although Occam's Razor suggests it's a one off.
The difference is that Sock was reaching QF's in challengers prior to the US Open with wins over solid journeymen like Phau or De Voest. Plus he was a good junior and won the Junior US Open in 2010.
Novikov didn't do anything close to Sock was doing last year.
Maybe college did him wonders. Great win for Dennis even if Janowicz didn't play well. Good luck to him in the next round, but I think his journey will end there.
I Still don't get why he can't cash-in the pay-check...
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