Huge kuddos goes to our winners this week - Swiatek, Medvedev, Alcaraz and Frtiz. Interestingly enough all 4 of these players had AO's that they would like to forget as not one of them made it to the 2nd week.
Some brainiac (yours truly, apparently i overthought it lol) had the notion that Swiatek was going to lose her first match of the week (would have been the first time she did so in quite some time), and all she did was lose a total of 5 games for the entire week. IMPRESSIVE doesnt even begin to describe.
Medvedev showed a level of form that we hadnt seen since the 2022 AO where he lost the final from 2 sets n a break up. If he plays anywhere near the level that he did against FAA, Dimitrov and Sinner, the tour should be scared. VERY SCARED.
Alcaraz may not have played in a few months, but that didnt seem to matter, as he brushed off some rust against Djere in his first match, and even tho he lost a set (where he was the much better player), he managed to look like he really has no business being in the South American Clay court swing lol
N then we get to Fritz, who seems to always make life interesting. He won for the 5th time in his career, but in all of his matches, you never get that comfortable feeling while watching him. Fritz was outstanding today against Kecmanovic, but still managed to lose the 2nd set, even tho it felt like Kecmanovic wasnt even in the match.
In terms of FTL, some managers took advantage of some highly owned players doing very well this week. Huge shoutout to Sara Skinner who had all 4 winners!. That not only takes some great picks, but some great money management as those 4 players combined salary is over 55 mill!
Huge shoutout to Vladimir Jovanovski for his first GW victory in a couple of years. Sadly im sure he's ready to spit, as he dropped down to Option 1 this year after being in Option 2 every other season. He had 3 winners (Medvedev, Swiatek and Fritz). He will tell u, that its hard to imagine winning the week without having Alcaraz tho lol. Selecting Medvedev as your captain where he puts up a ridiculous 98 points does help tho!
Dragan Josifoski finished 2nd just 3.5 points behind. Sadly for him, he led almost the entire way, but got eclipsed in the end thanks to Medvedev's spectacular performance in the Rotterdam final. Both Dragan and Vlad are great buddies, so im sure that Vlad will bug him about this for years lol
CRIMINI, Mohaib Idrees and Sara Skinner rounded out the top 5. Interestingly enough the top 5 were only separated by 13 points!
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