2025 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wow
Canadian LL Diallo comes back from a set down to defeat Dimitrov 57 76(7) 64, he does have an impressive serve,, moves well for a tall player, good at the net, also had a MTO, hedaved 3 MPs though he held his nerve and served out the match!
Diallo is into his first Masters 1000 QF!

 

[El Dude]

Perhaps an end of an era! Novak had a nice run in Miami, looking as if he was ahead of schedule going into clay season! WTF happened? Three more losses in a row! I've been saying today's players are a lot more competitive than past generations w/ most on auto-pilot just bashing the #ell out of the ball! I'm gonna give Novak grace thru Wimbledon as he proved us all FOOLS getting to Wimbl. final, then completing his trophy case w/ OGM in Paris! Edberg & Becker burned out early since their success was unpecedented as teenagers! Becker won 2 Wimbledons, while Edberg had already won a Jr. GS & OGM B4 turning 19! Novak has already done the "Old Man Agassi" yrs., banned from 2 majors & needing the practice in qualifying for YEC in '22 going to places like Astana & Tele Viv! He just was more successful at it than Andre taking 2 more YEC's setting new rec. w/ 7, 3 more majors in '23, & wrapping it all up w/ OGM in '24! We'll see if this NG of Sincaraz can represent half as well!

Early success for Edberg and Becker might have had a hand in their relatively early decline. Certainly, Borg and Wilander were burnt out and/or done as elite players by age 25 and 24, respectively, and they were elite guys at 17 years old. But...we have Rafa, who was elite at 18 (like Alcaraz, now), but won his last Slam around his 36th birthday. Going way back, Ken Rosewall won his first Slam at 18, his last at 37 - still the longest Slam-winning span of years (20 seasons).

My point was more that the Big Three are exceptions, in terms of the latter half of their careers. Mere mortal greats are mostly done as elite players by their early 30s, often in their late 20s. But even Roger started a very slow decline at age 26, with 2008 being a big drop-off from 2004-07. Novak was great in 2018-23, but stats aside, maybe not as great as he was in 2011-16. Similarly with Rafa in 2017-22 vs. his earlier peak of 2008-13. All three rose back to a higher level than anyone other than each other (and Andy) - partially because a fall-off from their very best was still very high, but also partially because of being followed by two of the weakest generations of the Open Era.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Updated News,
Alcaraz abductor injury has healed well, and he feels no pain at the moment.His decision will be made this weekend and if he plays he will travel to Rome on Tuesday
( source marca.com.tenis/2025/04)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In the Estoril challenger,
Jesper de Jong defeated Fonseca 62 75

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lorenzo forget about the marriage proposal in your match, keep your focus in this match. Grazie

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lorenzo Forza! one of the best matches you have played, in this tournament 64 62 over de Minaur, extending your H2H 3-1 with this win! you show cased all your shots well!
BTW you can keep the all white for Wimbledon as well

 

[Moxie]

Lorenzo Forza! one of the best matches you have played, in this tournament 64 62 over de Minaur, extending your H2H 3-1 with this win! you show cased all your shots well!
BTW you can keep the all white for Wimbledon as well

Musetti looked terrific today! And he's up to #9 in the live rankings. CH.

 

[kskate2]

In the Estoril challenger,
Jesper de Jong defeated Fonseca 62 75

who da heck is that?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Musetti looked terrific today! And he's up to #9 in the live rankings. CH.

I have been waiting for him to keep his head together for starters, and displayed his tennis shots he did that today against Alex, best match from him all tournament so far

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

who da heck is that?

De Jong is a 24 yr old Dutch player, currently ranked 93, he has won 3 singles and 7 doubles titles on the challenger tour
I was surprised he won against Fonseca.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP1000 Madrid,
QFs Thursday May 1,
Starting at 1pm local time,
Medvedev (9) vs Ruud (14) Medvedev leads their H2H 3-0 this is their first meeting on clay

Not before 3.00pm local time,
F.Cerundolo (20) vs Mensik (22) Cerundolo leads their H2H 1-0 this is their first meeting on clay

Followed by,
Draper (5) vs Arnaldi First meeting

Not before 8pm local time,
Musetti (10) vs LL Diallo Their H2H is 1 all this is their first meeting on clay

 

[Moxie]

Wow
Canadian LL Diallo comes back from a set down to defeat Dimitrov 57 76(7) 64, he does have an impressive serve,, moves well for a tall player, good at the net, also had a MTO, hedaved 3 MPs though he held his nerve and served out the match!
Diallo is into his first Masters 1000 QF!

Today was the first time I watched him play. He's a cool character, given what he was up against.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Today was the first time I watched him play. He's a cool character, given what he was up against.

I have watched him a bit before, this was the first time I watched his full match, he held his own when he was serving for the match, good focus

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Even then, Edberg and Becker were still very good during their age 28 seasons. Edberg won 3 titles, had 60 match wins, and finished the year ranked #7 in 1994. Becker won 5 titles (including the Australian Open), had a 42-14 record, and finished the year ranked #6 in 1996. Their drop off didn't happen until very late in their 20s/early 30s.

 

[Jelenafan]

Perhaps an end of an era! Novak had a nice run in Miami, looking as if he was ahead of schedule going into clay season! WTF happened? Three more losses in a row! I've been saying today's players are a lot more competitive than past generations w/ most on auto-pilot just bashing the #ell out of the ball! I'm gonna give Novak grace thru Wimbledon as he proved us all FOOLS getting to Wimbl. final, then completing his trophy case w/ OGM in Paris! Edberg & Becker burned out early since their success was unpecedented as teenagers! Becker won 2 Wimbledons, while Edberg had already won a Jr. GS & OGM B4 turning 19! Novak has already done the "Old Man Agassi" yrs., banned from 2 majors & needing the practice in qualifying for YEC in '22 going to places like Astana & Tele Viv! He just was more successful at it than Andre taking 2 more YEC's setting new rec. w/ 7, 3 more majors in '23, & wrapping it all up w/ OGM in '24! We'll see if this NG of Sincaraz can represent half as well!

Well said Fiero.

It’s going to be so strange when the last of the Big 3 is gone.

Can you imagine an era in another sport where, say, Michael Jordan, LeBron James & Oscar Robertson were all playing at the same time ?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Moxie
I forget to post this earlier,,
The only other players who could pass Musetti in the ATP Live rankings are Medvedev and Ruud who will compete against reach other in the QFs, with one of them falling out of contention, this ensures Musetti will ascend inside the Top Ten next week

 

[Moxie]

ATP1000 Madrid,
QFs Thursday May 1,
Starting at 1pm local time,
Medvedev (9) vs Ruud (14) Medvedev leads their H2H 3-0 this is their first meeting on clay

Not before 3.00pm local time,
F.Cerundolo (20) vs Mensik (22) Cerundolo leads their H2H 1-0 this is their first meeting on clay

Followed by,
Draper (5) vs Arnaldi First meeting

Not before 8pm local time,
Musetti (10) vs LL Diallo Their H2H is 1 all this is their first meeting on clay

I'll be rooting for Ruud, Cerundolo, Arnaldi and Musetti.

 

[Moxie]

Nice win for Ruud, first over Medvedev.

 

[mrzz]

Nice win for Ruud, first over Medvedev.

One out of four. We are rooting for the exact same players (look at us on the same side!). But be warned, 25% of positive results is already way above my recent average...

 

[mrzz]

In the Estoril challenger,
Jesper de Jong defeated Fonseca 62 75

For everyone surprised by this, one thing that Fonseca never had, not even in his junior career, is consistency. I mean, given his talent and hard work he would always produce the results with a decent frequency, but he was always prone for the unexpected loss. Last year, while he was climbing up the rankings, he lost his fait share of matches everyone expected him to win.

Part of that is explained by the quality of the tour. People tend to dismiss players who are not making headlines. Reality on court is different.

Also, Fonseca is around #60, the other guy is around #90. Nothing spectacular there.

But I guess in part there is still something to be worked on regarding week to week consistency. Or, he will never get there. A possible future scenario is that he could sweep a major (hopefully) , and then lose in the first week of the ver next tournament....