He’s an esteemed creator, long-time workers member of Sports activities Illustrated, frequent analyst on the Tennis Channel, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Jon Wertheim joins Match Level Canada this week to debate the newest storylines in tennis because the 2023 season winds down, and we additionally delve into an enormous week of success for Canadian tennis!
Jon first discusses a surprise win from Hubert Hurkacz in Shanghai, and the potential of Rafael Nadal’s return to the Australian Open subsequent 12 months and what sort of expectations followers ought to have.
“With some gamers, you’d say they’d wish to have their victory lap – that’s not how Nadal is absolutely wired,” says Wertheim.
“I believe this summer time he spent quite a lot of time determining ‘what do I need, ought to I throw within the towel, will we give this yet another shot?’ He can come again, but when he can’t come again at peak Nadal, is it nonetheless value it?”
Within the meantime, Canada is getting ready for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with Leylah Fernandez, Rebecca Marino, Genie Bouchard, Gaby Dabrowski, and Marina Stakusic.
“It’s been quietly a pleasant time for Canadian tennis, a really good week for Fernandez (in Hong Kong). I believe Canada might come out of this fairly robust.”
The hosts Ben and Mike look again intimately on the robust week that Canadian tennis produced.
Leylah Fernandez won her first title of the season and third of her profession, defeating Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the Hong Kong Open.
Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe formally certified for the WTA Finals, winning the Zhengzhou Open.
22-year-old Gabriel Diallo is as much as a profession excessive rating of 130 after winning the ATP Challenger title in Bratislava.
All of that and many extra on our newest MPC!
Hearken to our latest episode of Match Level Canada, out there on Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify under. Take pleasure in!
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