💥 = Beatdown

🤕 = Injury

‼️ = Upset



Featured matches:



Djokovic d Polansky 6-3, 6-4



Novak never had to get out of 2nd gear in this match. The Serb knew that as long as he worked his way into the points on Polansky's serve he'd get enough mistakes from the Canadian. Djokovic struggled a little on the backhand, especially when trying to change direction down the line, but excelled with his crosscourt forehands and serve. He finished with 83% 1st serve points won and 57% 2nd serve points won. His serving performances have been, and continue to be, brilliant since the beginning of the grass court season.



Nadal d Paire 6-2, 6-3



A really entertaining, if at times calamitous, match which see-sawed between sublime shotmaking and bizarre errors from both guys. Rafa played a solid first set, exploiting Paire's forehand and serving well (88% 1st serve points won). What happened next was... interesting: 7(!) consecutive breaks of serve occurred in the middle of the the 2nd set with both guys consistently donating serve back and forth. Rafa won an astonishingly low 25% of 1st serve points (or 4/16) in the 2nd set (which may be a record low for Rafa). Benoit didn't fare much better, winning only 21% of his 2nd serve points (or 4/19). Probably surprising to read, but there were some encouraging signs for Rafa in between the madness.



Wawrinka d Fucsovics 1-6, 7-6)2), 6-6(10)



I feel like if Stan had shown some of the grit/application he has shown in his past two matches, more consistently pre-injury, he would have many more titles to his name. Another big win for Wawrinka's confidence which saw him recover from a break down, and then 4 match points down, in the final set. Stan found 1st serves and controlled aggression at crucial times late in the 3rd, especially in the tiebreaker, to make the difference. Another big step forward.



Stan Saves 4 Match Points: Video



Also:



Shapovalov d Fognini: 6-3, 7-5

A. Zverev d Klahn: 6-4, 6-4

Schwarzmann d Querrey: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Anderson d Donskoy: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(0)

Medvedev d Auger-Aliassime: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7)

Haase d Youzhny: 7-5, 6-2

Khachanov d Carreno Busta: 6-4, 7-6(3)

Isner d Herbert: 7-6(3), 6-2

Tiafoe d Raonic: 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1

Ivashka d R Harrison: 7-6(5), 6-4

Tsitsipas d Thiem: 6-3, 7-6(6)