Jack at 4 all in the final set from a set down. Fighting well against a tough Spanish opponent

I thought Jack did well to take it to a third set.
Shame to end on a DF.
Onwards Jack!

It wasn't that there were tons of errors from Jack, just that there were errors on really really straightforward shots

It killed him in points, and completely got udner his skin - at one point he hit three basic forehands out, one after the other

I sort of gave up at that point

I watched on my (tiny) mobile phone toward the end of the 2nd set and when there was a 5 minute comfort break I heard the umpire call for the restringer to come and collect 2 of Jack's racquets and have a new tension (of 56 as it happens). Is this usual?

Watched most of the match and Jack simply had a poor day at the office - no wonder he was frustrated as ADF didnt play well at all either. 48% first serve percentage wasnt even close to where it needs to be (15% off at least), but he was actually missing by many feet on his first serve as well, so his timing or ball toss must have been out of kilter. And his forehand was incredibly error prone, which was very different from his previous match. And finally his returns were awesome last round, but he wasnt hitting his returns deep enough against ADF today - who wasnt exactly firing serves in himself. Backhand excellent and very reliable, movement pretty decent. If Jack played even 80% of his level compared to Tuesday it would have been more than enough, but thats testament to his improvement that he played so poorly yet still it was a close match against a former finalist in Monte Carlo. The coaches will nail it - wonder what the problem was TBH. Onwards

Anyone see this - Berrettini and Zverev played a 48 shot rally in MC

www.youtube.com/watch

And here is Tennis Abstracts analysis of it

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/

Interestingly, once a rally goes beyond the first few shots, the returner has odds in their favour (based on historical analysis) on clay to win the rally. Extract of Jeff's analysis below:

Here is how the returners odds look at each stage of the rally, based on clay-court matches since 2020 in the Match Charting Project. The table shows the returners win rate when he puts each shot in play:

Shot # Point W%
2 (vs 1st sv) 44.9%
2 (vs 2nd sv) 52.5%
4 52.7%
6 54.5%
8 55.1%
10+ 56.6%
Short version: The longer you last, the better your chances. That 56.6% for shot number ten (and beyond) really means something more like 50/50. A pro who has just put the ball in play has a better chance of winning simply because he hasnt just made an error, and the other guy might. In a very long, evenly-balanced point, the odds will bounce between 60% and 40% in favor of the guy who just landed his last shot.