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What a classic. Best match after the break. Insane rallies. It's a shame one of them had to lose.
Rome SF: [8] Diego Sebastián Schwartzman def. [12] Denis Shapovalov 6-4 5-7 7-6(4)
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Great to see Diego follow up the win against Nadal with another fierce performance.
Will be tough against Nole after so many hours on court though.
Will be tough against Nole after so many hours on court though.
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Spectators back, quality back. Hope tournaments will learn from this.
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That’s what mattered most to you, right? Not the super tennis they played... oh dear...
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Match of the tournament.
To be honest, neither player deserved to lose this match, Denis didn't quite hold together mentally when trying to serve out the match, but... they way he played today was truly inspired. A very mature performance, time and time again he waited and waited for his opportunity and then successfully pulled the trigger. He was rock solid off his backhand too. Truly great stuff from Denis. I hope he does damage in RG.
As for Diego, what grit. He hung in there, refused to lie down when he could have easily done so several times. His level wasn't quite as good as yesterday, but he was still hitting the ball fine from the baseline and hit some passing shot screamers. Also makes sense that he reaches the final here since he took out Nadal after all.
I just hope he's not too exhausted now, and can give Novak a fight tomorrow.
To be honest, neither player deserved to lose this match, Denis didn't quite hold together mentally when trying to serve out the match, but... they way he played today was truly inspired. A very mature performance, time and time again he waited and waited for his opportunity and then successfully pulled the trigger. He was rock solid off his backhand too. Truly great stuff from Denis. I hope he does damage in RG.
As for Diego, what grit. He hung in there, refused to lie down when he could have easily done so several times. His level wasn't quite as good as yesterday, but he was still hitting the ball fine from the baseline and hit some passing shot screamers. Also makes sense that he reaches the final here since he took out Nadal after all.
I just hope he's not too exhausted now, and can give Novak a fight tomorrow.
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So happy for Diego!!!
He is the only good opponent Nole will face this week and he will be dead like hell after this. What a giftet title vor Novak.
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In short, perfect opportunity for the vulture 😋
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Some glorious shotmaking
match of the year
match of the year
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Personally sad result for Shapo, but overall it's a great match so no complaints. Schwartzman was solid and really trying to control the baseline, but Shapo in his default mode has shown he can rally well too. Problem is it can be a bit hit or miss when Shapo does pull in the trigger but most of the time Shapo was actually pretty smart in constructing. Even if it was a breakfest (12 breaks throughout the match) it didn't feel like they were bad breaks, although you could argue Shapo getting broken was mostly due to his errors although Schwartzman's hustle made it hard for Shapo at times. Quite a back and forth with Shapo having a break lead twice in the 3rd Set but cannot capitalize, especially when serving for the match. I had a bad feeling in the TB with how Shapo's decision making has been in the latter games, and at the end Schwartzman's consistency won it. I agree it seems to be the match since the tour return and I do also think Schwartzman could have a chance at this.
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A beautiful mess
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