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There were only two round of 16. “But these are matches that are worth at least one semi-final in every tournament, or even one final,” said reporter Oliver Fassnacht at the beginning.
Penalty on TV
In the first match, Fassnacht couldn’t help but make the match between Japan’s Naomi Osaka (23) and Spain’s Garbine Muguruza (27) a task for television fans.
Anyone struggling to play tennis from Australia at night wants to be entertained and not constantly taught and talked about.
Sure, Fassnacht is the number one voice of tennis at Eurosport. Plus the expert Boris Becker, who had to stay in Munich this time!
Nonsense, crazy idea, nonsense
The tennis instructor, philosopher, purist, acrobat of the language, psychologist, coach and critic did not like that at the beginning – as in all matches – the percentage of probabilities of winning was shown: 71:29 for Osaka.
Fassnacht: “That is nonsense.” And then he got very angry: “If they applaud here, that would be silly.” And of course, the artificial atmosphere was created for most of the spots in the empty stadium. Fassnacht: “It’s a crazy idea and it breaks the game. Nonsense because it distorts the real situation. We have a blockage here, so we have to live with it. “
Collected every point
Even the first sentence would have been enough for half a book. Osaka, number 3 of the tournament, led 2-0 and 4: 3, but had to give up the set 4-6 in the 31st minute. Actually, we were already tired because Fassnacht kept pounding numbers and collecting almost every point down to the smallest detail.
In the second sentence he kept talking about Plan A in Osaka (“I thought about it more!”). Without sound you could have enjoyed the big game. The Asian was 0-2 behind, but took the set 6-4 in the 33rd minute.
Fassnacht: “I warn you …”
Before the decisive ruling, Fassnacht suddenly thought of the next match: ‘I warn you not to expect too much from Williams and Sabalenka. That it will be a game that will leave us speechless! “
So amidst the tension and question of the winner in the ongoing drama. Well Osaka, who sometimes acted like a stranger, was 2: 4 and 3: 5 behind. But Muguruza’s nerves were too weak and Osaka made almost no mistakes. At 3:08 am and 57 minutes he used the third match point to make the 7: 5.
Hsieh Su-wei in
Osaka’s first quarter-finalist and rival was already decided on Monday with the unstable Hsieh Su-wei (35) of Taiwan. And what did Fassnacht say when they briefly switched to this game after the first set (6: 4): “There will be something more from Marketa Vondrousova!” Banal forecast (as he himself says): nothing else came. Only the defeat of the second set for the Czech with 2: 6 …
Fassnacht like he’s changed
When the long-awaited generational duel between Williams (39) and Sabalenka (22) began at 03:32, it was again the night on the microphone. OMG, but luckily nothing came out of the expected school lesson for beginners and advanced students.
Suddenly, Fassnacht contained himself comfortably. And we were surprised by the power of tennis and the serve thriller with too many errors.
Will Sabalenka soon be number 3?
The Belarusian is on his way to the top, having won three of the last four tournaments in a row and 17 of the last 18 matches. “I hope it will be third in the world rankings by the end of the year!” For once no banal forecast …
Serena Williams, who continues to aim for Margaret Court’s 24th victory, suffered, struggled and ran. Fassnacht praised Serena’s great balls with the words: “Not of this world, how she looks for the balls and then distributes them!”
The first set was 6-4 for Williams. Then it was too fast for the American: 0: 3, 1: 5, 2: 6. Fassnacht remained calm, saying “crazy” from time to time.
Scream in the night
We were surprised by the great “old” tennis queen. She was ahead in the third set 4.1 and had to accept the 4: 4 against the Belarusian who was now screaming through the empty arena at every point. Williams staggered but didn’t fall.
Fassnacht after 6: 4 for Serena: “This match once again showed her mental strength. No one can match the power and the overall view like Serena. “
Now the former world number 1, Romanian Simona Halep (who is still with Polish Swiatek) is waiting for Serena as number 2 of the tournament.
Thiem leaves at 8:07 am
At 6:06 am, TV Nachtvogel wanted to enjoy Dominic Thiem’s round of 16 against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov as a bed muff. When the loser won the first set 6: 4 after falling 1: 3, everything went very fast in two hours: 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 0.
Austria’s third-seeded and the 2020 US Open winner was visibly battered after the five-set victory against Kyrgios, but he didn’t want to give up.
