2025 Tennis thread

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Denis breaks Joao to avoid an opening set tie-break as he wins set 1 7-5

Edit: Going to a 3rd set as Joao takes set 2 6-4. Pretty good level from both guys today and the crowd (heavily rooting for Fonseca) is playing their part as well. Shapo has maintained his composure very well thus far today.

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MTO for Fonseca as he is about to serve at 3-2 in set 3. He has played a lot of tennis in the last couple of weeks.

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Fonseca beats Shapo for the 2nd week in a row 5-7 6-4 6-3. The young kid from Brazil played very well and was much cleaner than Denis today. Shapo had two more winners in the match, but also 12 more unforced errors. Ultimately, that was where the match was won and lost.

[Inglewood Jack]

Shapo was that teenager once...

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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

Shapo was that teenager once...

Right beside each other in the live rankings after today's match...

[Inglewood Jack]

I was not even expecting to find Shapo there at 23, huh.

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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

I was not even expecting to find Shapo there at 23, huh.

Yeah, over the last 13 months, Shapo has won 3 tourneys (2 250's and a 500), so he's done a nice job rebuilding his ranking.

[Erick Estrada]

This is probably where Shapo will be for the rest of his career. Dropping in and out of the top 30. He's hit that age where he's a finished product unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

This is probably where Shapo will be for the rest of his career. Dropping in and out of the top 30. He's hit that age where he's a finished product unfortunately.

Yeah, I don't see him getting back into the top 10 either, but I can see him cracking the top 20 and still winning the occasional 250 or 500 tourney. He's won a little over $14 million in career earnings and if he keeps playing for another five years or so, he could get close to the 20 million mark.

That knee injury that kept him on the sidelines for about 9 months was pretty serious and even Denis says he wasn't sure if he would be able to continue playing. He's a married man now and seems to be very content with his life away from the court which is great to see.

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Cam Norrie just sent Carlitos packing 4-6 6-3 6-4. Charlie recorded 54 unforced errors in the match (wowza).