Probably the expected result, but I'm actually really encouraged by what I saw out of Milos. During many stretches that was the best I've seen him hit off the ground. He blasted so many return winners during one game that he had Roger cursing. Assuming those weren't just flukey shots, bashing the return back could be what he needs to get some much needed breaks and avoid having to play tiebreakers every single set.
Fed is likely to pass Lendl on the wins list, but Connors is just too damn far away...he has more match wins than Roger has matches. I was amazed to learn Jimmy was still on tour as late as 1996, at 43 years old. Roger will not let himself become a journeyman ranked outside the top 20, so I doubt he goes for it. Then again nobody ever thought he'd still be top 2 at age 33 either.
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