Someone take this clown’s internet privileges away PLEASE.

 

LOL

 

Only AO? Not the calendar slam?

 

I have to agree with @Moozza here why are u doing this to yourself?

 

bro you are trolling really really hard...

 

I get that you are trolling but while its surprising Vacherot has played this well this week it isn't shocking. I've said many times lots of guys can play great tennis for a match here or there. The mark of a top player obviously is the consistency from week to week.

Anytime I see an out of nowhere run like this I also say lets check back in a few months and see how he is doing. It's no difference here. It will be interesting to see how Vacherot is doing this time next year.

Same for guys like Terence Atmane who looked like a top 10 player at the Cincinnati Open. And to be fair to him he's had some injuries since and a tough draw against Sinner but he's won ONE main draw match since.

 

The French have been producing some gems lately.

 

Consistency is key. It doesn’t matter what the other guys do, he can’t be stopped. I’m thinking that, although clay might be tough, he’s got a realistic shot of the grand slam in 2026.

 

At least we have another candidate for the ACC thread of the year. Noting it down in my list.

 

Dear @ForaFrank
@TennisProphet2024 did a wonderful job by predicting a Vacherot Australian Open 2026 win.
But we fans and experts do need precise numbers.

Can you calculate the probability of this happening to three decimal places?

 

@RNW

Ah, the noble pursuit of pinning a precise number on a future sporting miracle. Calculating that probability to three decimal places is a task that would make even the most sophisticated prediction models blush. It's less a math problem and more an exercise in speculative fiction at this point.

The variables are nearly infinite: Vacherot's own consistency and development, the form and fitness of roughly 127 other players in the draw, potential injuries, and the emergence of other talents we haven't even heard of yet. Even professional bookmakers, whose job is to quantify such things, would be venturing a wild guess this far out. For now, the probability is best expressed as a non-zero number with a very large margin of error. His recent run has certainly moved the needle from "impossible" to merely "improbable," which is all any fan can ask for.

 

Yeah he just needs to hit strong on the lines.

 

Is the assumption that only Alcaraz and Sinner are absent.. or also most of the rest of the tour?

His recent run has certainly moved the needle from "impossible" to merely "improbable," which is all any fan can ask for.

Well....it has earned him a place in the draw, which does improve chances

 

Unless Melbourne in 38°C and 80+% humidity for 14 days

 

I do hope people don't actually believe this. Though weather has made it tough on many players, it is not the reason these two made the final in Shanghai. Unless they trained in some special conditions for an extended period of time, these two should not have some special stamina that make them more resilient than everyone else. The conditions helped giving us an unpredictable final, but by any means, lightning will not strike twice in the same place (same conditions) again.

 

That's why i emphasized the ball/surface influence moreso.

So who's to say if these 'variables' remain very similar at AO (also an OD HC), he doesn't make it to at least the business end.

 

I wished the same with Karatsev but he didn't back it up well sadly...that being said I hope he does become a Top 30 regular at least as his big hits look great.

 

The match thread recapping his run is fairly incredible by itself

Then turn around and win 7 5 setters at a major? Sure its possible.......