Well done to Dimi, continuing his great run of form from the end of last year. He showed great skills, good point construction, terrific athleticism and agility, and some eye-catching 1hbhs (his bh seems much better than Tshits). Importantly, he was also
very cool and focused out there. There was 1 game that lasted 17+ minutes. I like Rune, but I'm glad Dimi finally won something again. I'm sure Courty would agree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfGTh5SZ4g

Some other observations. This left-handed Chinese teenager, Jerry Shang, is an exciting talent and a helluva ball striker. He lost to Rublev in three, but showed a lot of promise in his tourney. He's another young player worth keeping an eye on. I think
he also beat Shelton 2 times last year. With Q Zheng, it looks like the Chinese have a lot to look forward to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEjKI9LiZw

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On 7/01/2024 9:10 pm, grif wrote:

Well done to Dimi, continuing his great run of form from the end of last year. He showed great skills, good point construction, terrific
athleticism and agility, and some eye-catching 1hbhs (his bh seems much better than Tshits). Importantly, he was also very cool and focused out there. There was 1 game that lasted 17+ minutes. I like Rune, but I'm
glad Dimi finally won something again. I'm sure Courty would agree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfGTh5SZ4g

Some other observations. This left-handed Chinese teenager, Jerry Shang,
is an exciting talent and a helluva ball striker. He lost to Rublev in
three, but showed a lot of promise in his tourney. He's another young
player worth keeping an eye on. I think he also beat Shelton 2 times
last year. With Q Zheng, it looks like the Chinese have a lot to look
forward to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEjKI9LiZw

I can never root for Dimi, just been an underachiever way too long for
me to ever respect him. Rune should have a big year, maybe get top 5
and outside chance at a slam.

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On 07/01/2024 10:10, grif wrote:

Well done to Dimi, continuing his great run of form from the end of last year. He showed great skills, good point construction, terrific athleticism and agility, and some eye-catching 1hbhs (his bh seems much better than Tshits). Importantly, he was

also very cool and focused out there. There was 1 game that lasted 17+ minutes. I like Rune, but I'm glad Dimi finally won something again. I'm sure Courty would agree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfGTh5SZ4g

Some other observations. This left-handed Chinese teenager, Jerry Shang, is an exciting talent and a helluva ball striker. He lost to Rublev in three, but showed a lot of promise in his tourney. He's another young player worth keeping an eye on. I

think he also beat Shelton 2 times last year. With Q Zheng, it looks like the Chinese have a lot to look forward to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEjKI9LiZw

Very interesting that Rios was coaching Shang for a bit before it got called off.
https://athletistic.com/tennis/60358.html

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