The grass season brought good matches and lessons to Emil Ruusuvuori. Next, the number one in Finnish tennis will move to mass courts again.
The Finnish doubles tip of tennis Emil Rose Mountain did not get his first third-place finish in grand slam tournaments when the Dutchman in the second round of Wimbledon Botic van de Zandschulp took a win of 3–1 (3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4).
Van de Zandschulp is ranked 21st in the tournament and 25th in the world rankings, while Rose Mountain is ranked 49th. The Finn handled the opening round with one break-in, but Van de Zandschulp dominated the second set from the start. It was ultimately a turning point for the match.
– The second installment was the key. Van de Zandschulp didn’t play very well in the first one, and it came to me. The second installment should have been a bit like showing a closet seat, but he played much better and I was a bit passive myself. He got to use his power and things started to get hard. And there was really nothing in his passes, Ruusuvuori summed up the opponent’s pass only once.
The games on the grass field were bustling for this season, but Ruusuvuori saw progress on a green platform. Six match wins came out of the four grass tournaments.
– This was actually the first full grass season for me. Ten matches, lots of good matches and a lot to learn here. It is a pity that such a short (grass season) could have even continued a couple of races, but again next year, Ruusuvuori said.
– Now back to the masses, followed by Båstad and Hamburg (July). Before that, I play a couple or at least one league match in Germany.
At the end of August, the next grand slam, the US Open, is ahead. It will be preceded by a tour of the American tournaments, and Ruusuvuori’s rise to the top fifty in the ATP rankings will ease the rush behind the rapakon: access to the main series is more secure.
– And it was also one of the goals itself. It was achieved, and not just towards the next goal, Rose Mountain still rejoiced in the top 50 borderline laundry before Midsummer.
There are still Finns in Wimbledon Harri Heliövaarawho progressed with his British couple Lloyd Glasspool with a doubles second round on Wednesday. The duo overthrew the Italian-French couple Lorenzo Musettin and Hugo Gastonin directly in three batches I read 6–3, 6–3, 6–4.
“Bad boy” flawlessly continued
Known as the tufted end of tennis courts Nick Kyrgios shook Wimbledon in the opening round, spitting in the direction of the spectators. On Thursday, the Australian focused on the play and crushed the 26th-placed Serb Filip Krajinovicin 85 minutes apart from 3-0.
– I just wanted to remind everyone that I’m pretty good, Kyrgios smiled after the game.
Competence is also needed in the third round, as Kyrgios faces the top five on the world list, Greece Stefanos Tsitsipasin. Kyrgios, of course, leads the duo’s faces with a win of 3-1.