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Jun 21, 2021Liked by Matthew Willis

It's so implicit that you didn't need to mention it, but I will: Berrettini will be more vunerable should he come up against a player such as you describe, or even slightly weaker, and *not* have a solid serving day. One never knows...

I wonder if the grass is different between Queens and Wimbledon. It's a shame tennis does not have something like golf's Stimpmeter, by which the golf tours measure the speed of the greens. (Perhaps the ITF has it and we're not aware of it, in which case I'll suggest it should be made more well known.)

One other thing: it's a good thing Berrettini sports a beard. See him in person and imagine him without it and you'd think he was a 6'5" toddler. Such a baby face raining down serve bombs.

Great post, thanks.

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Thanks Skip. Yeah think a lot will depend on his draw and whether he can still be raining down serve bombs if he makes it to week two when the grass will be a little less helpful for his game

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Jun 20, 2021Liked by Matthew Willis

Great content per usual. Any chance with the level of tournaments we have this week we will get some sort of power ranking from your for Wimbledon on both tours?

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Thanks Joseph, and sure thing. Will do a Wimbledon draw issue including power rankings

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Jun 20, 2021Liked by Matthew Willis

Wld like Matteo to succeed but Norrie showed the Italian’s vulnerabilities on BH, FH under pressure and TB nerves. Yes, a fav, but not a given

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Yeah think it'll depend a lot on his draw. Some of the better returners can do damage to Berrettini on grass, but not sure many of them are really in form right now. Could be one of the better Wimbledon opportunities in recent years with the players listed above not exactly hitting the grass ground running

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Ugo also played very well, returned brilliantly and had a far better BH than Matteo. I hope you saw him

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I watched a bit of it, and am a big fan of Humbert, although am planning on rewatching it properly later. Not surprised about the backhand tho!

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Jun 20, 2021Liked by Matthew Willis

Admittedly Rublev’s serve gradually got exposed….

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