The various and unpredictable tennis of the left-handed Castellanza can hurt at the number 6 ATP, out of the top-10 and not at ease on the fast
Medvedev beaten, why not hope to replicate against Tsitsipas? The mouth water comes, in front of the atypical and electrifying tennis of Mattia Bellucci. And then below with another former Next Gen who has been a bit lost, just like Daniil: reaching the semifinal in the 500 of Rotterdam is not Utopia, for a boy who has already shown that he can be a rebus for many, when he hit the right day. Tsitsipas managed to eliminate the uncomfortable heel Griekspoor, landlord and naughty of Berrettini, as well as an opponent always insidious on indoor concrete: the Greek won 7-5 in the third set, after losing the first partial. A proof of character from a player who too often, in recent years, has appeared resigned, apathetic, not very inclined to enter the struggle and dirty his hands of mud. Hence the exit from the top-10, elite in which Tsitsipas could return thanks to an important path to Rotterdam: the Greek is officially number 12 but has already gained a virtual position, even if there are Holger Rune and Ben Shelton at the heels , still in the race between the 500 Dutch and the Dallaneo of Dallas.
chance
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Ranking reasoning that, at the moment, leave the time they find. Surely, Bellucci admired against Medvedev can beat this Tsitsipas. And the Tsitsipas of recent times can lose against an inspired Bellucci. Communicating vessels that add pepper to an intriguing challenge already for the characteristics of the two players: on the one hand a left -handed, on the other a right with a hand in a hand. We do not bother the Federer-Nadal rivalry, but certainly in the somewhat standardized tennis of our days it is a interlocking that intrigues. And Mattia, with his rock game ‘n Roll and unpredictable, can bother the Greek: the diagonal mancina, in particular, can be the key to the game. Bellucci will push towards the backhand of Tsitsipas, Stefanos’s weak point from the dawn of the times and blow with which the Greek often loses field fields, especially on fast surfaces such as Rotterdam. And if it is true that the start of tournament was good for Tsitsipas (victory in two sets against the number 138 of the world, Harold Mayot, before success on Griekspoor), is also true that it is early to understand if Stefanos is finding the street. It should not be forgotten that at the Australian Open the Greek did not even exceed the first round, surprised by the bottom barrels of the young Alex Michelsen, born in 2004 and therefore of three years younger than Bellucci. Mattia is from 2001, he is coming late compared to others (obviously Sinner, but also Musetti, Cobolli, Arnaldi) but there is no wonder: the boy from Castellanza (province of Varese) had to deal with various problems of nature Physics and has never neglected her studies, since she attended a linguistic high school, therefore with the possibility of training only in the afternoon. If we add a tennis out of the patterns, anarchist and creative … already carving out its own space in the 2025 tennis is great news.
Fragility
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The fragility – including mental ones – of Tsitsipas can be exasperated by the unpredictability of Bellucci, one who does not compromise. It serves from below because “I feel it”, without being too much to think about it. Medvedev, a spoiled player with less and less certainties, has not understood anything and unleashed us, also making mistakes trivial shots. Mattia will try to explore the Greek weaknesses: he has already said herself of the reverse, but also on the game out of position Stefanos loses certainties. For Bellucci, surely, it will be an important maturity test: in his career he had never beat a top-20 before Medvedev, now he will have to eliminate two in a row. Impossible? Not for Mattia, capable of everything and perhaps also of its opposite: surely, a tennis player to follow to the end. And that, playing like Daniil, can really dream.
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