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Jurgen Melzer had to be next to Edouard Roger-Vasselin He takes a narrow opening loss at the start of the 2020 ATP Finals. But the veteran doesn’t want to bury his head in the sand.
by Nikolaus Fink
Last edit: November 17, 2020, 7:58 am
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With three sensational points in a row, Jürgen Melzer proved primarily responsible for winning the first set against Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares in the first round tiebreaker. After that, the Austrian from Edouard Roger-Vasselin’s side didn’t have much to gain, the world number one won with 6: 7 (6), 6: 1 and 10: 4.
“The disappointment is great. At the beginning of the second set we escaped too quickly. Unfortunately, we could not maintain the mini-break early in the championship tie-breaker. They played solidly and won deservedly,” Melzer said after the match. fair loser.
Two victories are (almost) essential
The starting position before the last two remaining group games is now clear to the 39-year-old: “We have to win the last two games if we want to go to the semi-finals.” The game against John Peers and Michael Venus on Wednesday is therefore more than a preliminary decision. “I’m looking forward to it,” Melzer said.
It’s very tight with the scoring format.
Jurgen Melzer
The fact that the Austrian can play one last time in the ATP Finals before the end of his career is also “special” for him. “I try to enjoy it. But it’s only good when you win. I’d like to do that in the next two games,” said Melzer, who perceives the entire double competition as extremely balanced: “Here are the top eight teams and with the scoring format it’s very tight “.
Melzer wants to keep best-of-five mode
It could be a bit tighter in the future for individual Grand Slam tournaments. That’s when Novak Djokovic’s proposal to host the majors in the best-of-three format is well received in the tennis circus. Melzer doesn’t like the idea very much: “I’m not Novak’s opinion.”
Melzer is in favor of keeping the current mode: “It just has a certain tradition and you can see over and over again that these tournaments consistently produce epic matches. Anyway, it’s only four a year. I think everyone should achieve that. “.
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