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Not bad for a BO5 debut in a Slam (and in 5 sets), Ymer!
Soeda started playing solid tennis and was mentally into the match from the third set until the end.
Ymer really had occasions to win this match in 3 or 4, but he clearly lacks maturity. His impatience and lack of experience were clearly major factors in this loss. Otherwise, he's got an excellent and efficient arsenal of shots (his forehand particularly); they look absolutely effortless and powerful. His serve needs extra weight on it, but that will come with time and muscular strengthening.
It's obviously not the first time I watch him play, but it's the first time we all could see him in a MD of a Grand Slam - where it all matters. And I am more than satisfied (even though he lost). Really, give him 3 or 4 years to be ripe, and he will be a contender for slams and will certainly be into the Top 20, if not Top 10. In my opinion, Ymer is the real deal, the young gun to watch. Tennis has got a bright future!
Ymer really had occasions to win this match in 3 or 4, but he clearly lacks maturity. His impatience and lack of experience were clearly major factors in this loss. Otherwise, he's got an excellent and efficient arsenal of shots (his forehand particularly); they look absolutely effortless and powerful. His serve needs extra weight on it, but that will come with time and muscular strengthening.
It's obviously not the first time I watch him play, but it's the first time we all could see him in a MD of a Grand Slam - where it all matters. And I am more than satisfied (even though he lost). Really, give him 3 or 4 years to be ripe, and he will be a contender for slams and will certainly be into the Top 20, if not Top 10. In my opinion, Ymer is the real deal, the young gun to watch. Tennis has got a bright future!