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Coup Droit wrote:
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wales1994 wrote:

Fonseca is so fun to watch - I'd love to see him win it all!

 If Fonseca and Jodar can really break into the top whilst Sinner and Alcaraz are at the top of their games, we could be in for a fun few years to see how tennis starts to unfold!

 Landaluce very very nearly won too - same age - same Grand Slam juniors champion pedigree 

 Indeed and he did well on clay in one or two of the Masters events - Rome QF and also Miam QF before that - so definitely should be on my list above also!

Others as trailed in previous posts could of course come through and look exciting. If you look at the Next Gen leaderboard, it is these three and then Kouame, Budkov Kjaer, and they all will be names to follow over the next couple of years



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Tiafoe and Arnaldi have reached 4 hours 40 mins and are 1 all fifth set, its now 0020 am over in Paris.

Another long battle - there have been so many in the mens. Come on Frances!

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Frances has played 3 straight 5 setters after a 4 set opener. He will have played 19 sets in 4 rounds.

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JonH wrote:

Tiafoe and Arnaldi have reached 4 hours 40 mins and are 1 all fifth set, its now 0020 am over in Paris.

Another long battle - there have been so many in the mens. Come on Frances!

 He gets broken to love to go 2-3* down in the 5th set.



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Some of the rallies in this match after 5 and a half hours. And 1.07am now

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Tiafoe (19/WR 22) succumbs to Arnaldi (WR 104) by 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(3) 4-6 in five hours & 26 minutes at 01.08 Paris time!  Lunacy!  no



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Arnaldi wins , came into this ranked 104. Maybe the last direct acceptance? Three Italians in last 8, all same half and Arnaldi plays Berrettini. No Sinner amongst them!

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Beeb profile of Jódar (so stress on the first syllable), the player it's dubbed "the new Rafa".  Better looking, too...  wink 



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JonH wrote:

Arnaldi wins , came into this ranked 104. Maybe the last direct acceptance? Three Italians in last 8, all same half and Arnaldi plays Berrettini. No Sinner amongst them!

Arnaldi was the 3rd last direct acceptance with an entry ranking of 105. The last direct acceptance was Wawinka 107 who lost in R1 to the eventual 1st alt de Jong ( who got into the MD as a LL and made the L16 ).



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Can Zverev or Berretini actually add a Slam title for the 90s borns. I am not quite sure where the 90s terrible total currently stands at?



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Can Zverev or Berretini actually add a Slam title for the 90s borns. I am not quite sure where the 90s terrible total currently stands at?

 Just Thiem and Medvedev with one each. I'd love Berrettini to join them but I'd rather he saved himself for Wimbledon, obviously I'd rather the tally remained at 2 otherwise. 



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Berrettini will have to come through Wimbledon qualifying as it stands at the moment

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Berrettini will have to come through Wimbledon qualifying as it stands at the moment

 Wonderful for everyone who bought quali tickets yesterday 



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Berrettini will have to come through Wimbledon qualifying as it stands at the moment

 I hadnt realised that - if he makes the semis here, as a past finalist at Wimbledon , hed also be one to discuss for a wildcard. With Dimi and Monfils, theres quite a lot to unpack there. 



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JonH wrote:
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Berrettini will have to come through Wimbledon qualifying as it stands at the moment

 I hadnt realised that - if he makes the semis here, as a past finalist at Wimbledon , hed also be one to discuss for a wildcard. With Dimi and Monfils, theres quite a lot to unpack there. 

 And what if Arnaldi reaches the final in Paris? That would make him hard to ignore, or is he into wimbledon MD? 

They cant find room for all of them but it could be a major headache coming the wild card committees way 



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