It was a tactical move that left Jannik Sinner and many tennis pundits “shocked.”
Daniil Medvedev, a human brick wall with a remarkable ability to prolong rallies to marathon length, decided to, as Jim Courier branded it, go “nuclear” with his aggressiveness from the start.
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“A couple of matches ago against Hubert Hurkacz he stood in close, which is different for him,” Jim Courier told Nine.
“Normally he is five metres deep on the first serve and three on the second, he is standing close and taking this on.
“He’s gone nuclear on his returns.”
Courier’s remark echoed what recently-retired Australian tennis star John Millman picked up on when he hit with Medvedev prior to the final.
According to BBC commentator David Law, Millman claimed Medvedev “was…
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