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'Body blow' that could've crippled Aussie tennis - CtrlF.XYZ

'Body blow' that could've crippled Aussie tennis

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The contiguous aboriginal of Australian tennis remains bright, contempt the caller retirements of expansive slam champions Ash Barty and Dylan Alcott.

That's the presumption of erstwhile expansive slam semi finalist Wally Masur, who hailed the 2022 performances of Nick Kyrgios and Ajla Tomljanovic.

When Barty retired conscionable weeks aft claiming the Australian Open, it followed blistery connected the heels of Alcott's departure from the sport. Barty bowed retired having conscionable claimed her 3rd singles expansive slam title, portion Alcott had 15.

In the archetypal week of May, Alex de Minaur astatine fig 22 was the lone Australian antheral oregon pistillate ranked successful the world's apical 60.

While Kyrgios skipped Roland-Garros, a tourney helium hasn't played since 2017, helium made the last astatine Wimbledon and the 4th finals astatine the US Open, portion besides winning an ATP tourney successful Washington. Despite not receiving rankings points for Wimbledon, he's present Australia's apical ranked subordinate astatine No.20.

Tomljanovic was conscionable arsenic impressive, making a tally to the 4th finals astatine Wimbledon for the 2nd consecutive year, and besides reaching the last 8 successful New York, wherever she ended the vocation of Serena Williams.

Speaking connected Stan Sport's Grand Slam Daily, Masur said it was large to spot some players basal up.

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"We were each a small spot worried," helium explained.

"Obviously astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth Ash wins the Australian Open and announces her status - that's a assemblage stroke to Australian tennis - arsenic did Dylan Alcott, aft an unthinkable palmy tally astatine the slams.

"You're benignant of scratching your head, going wherever is our adjacent expansive slam champion going to travel from?"

Had Kyrgios received rankings points for Wimbledon, he'd beryllium wrong the top-15 successful the world, an awesome feat for a subordinate who lone played 4 tournaments successful the archetypal 5 months of the year.

"Nick had had a agelong clip off, and we each cognize the endowment he's got, but helium delivered astatine Wimbledon, and helium truly backed it up present (at the US Open)," Masur noted.

"The Russians were not astatine Wimbledon, but it was the Russians that were his undoing here. He played an awesome lucifer against satellite No.1 Daniil Medvedev, takes attraction of him successful 4 sets.

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"But who's waiting successful the adjacent round? Six ft six Karen Khachanov. Got him successful five. He played truly good and helium was besides playing that truly breathtaking marque of tennis, helium wasn't conscionable relying connected the powerfulness of the service and forehand, helium was truly mixing it up well."

For de Minaur, it was a solid, if unspectacular year, with 4th circular appearances successful Melbourne and astatine Wimbledon tempered by a archetypal circular nonaccomplishment astatine Roland-Garros.

He reached the 3rd circular successful New York, lone to autumn successful a 4th acceptable tiebreaker to Pablo Carreno Busta.

"I've ever felt similar de Minaur has got that quality to propulsion heavy successful a major, and helium was coming against Carreno Busta, helium mislaid astir apt the unluckiest lucifer constituent you're going to lose," Masur said.

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Masur noted Tomljanovic's effort to marque the last 8 successful New York, the 3rd clip successful the past six slams she's reached that stage.

She was beaten successful the 4th finals by 5th seed, and eventual finalist, Ons Jabeur.

"Ajla backed up her Wimbledon 4th final," Masur said.

"That was outstanding, what she did against Serena Williams, due to the fact that the unit indispensable person been enormous, 25-thousand fans, and 99.9 per cent of them were going for Serena.

"It was similar a partition of sound against her, but she performed truthful good connected the court, successful the match, successful the post-match interview, she's got a batch of poise.

"Then she played a large lucifer against Ons Jabeur, she wasn't excessively acold distant there.

"Two top-eight finishes this twelvemonth successful slams, she's lone getting better.

"She's successful her prime."

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