Emma Raducan back with a smile on Miami Open, Novak Djokovic has to wait for history, Jakub Mensik Dazzles – Gigi Salmon column | Tennis news

Sky Sports Tennis’ Gigi Salmon looks back at Miami Open, where Emma Raducan enjoyed a welcome return to the form and Novak Djokovic was forced to wait longer for a piece of history …

Things tend to be harder with age: recovery from strenuous exercises, great night and in some cases to achieve our goals and dreams, something 37 -year -old Novak Djokovic finds, because its head search 100 continues.

At the weekend he approached Miami and reached his eighth finals and 142 overall. He did it without dropping the file, with movement, serving, everything in place until he faced 19 -year -old Jakub Mensik, who wasn’t born when Djokovic played his first Masters 1000 event and started playing for the Serbs, his idol. It was the first Masters 1000 finals.

First, the word about the winner of Mensik, who was second from pulling out of the tournament before his first round with a knee problem. How lucky it would be that the tournament referee had lunch, so it was a trip to Physio, treatment and “I’ll” put it in the first round.

It was a link when he needed to be, mature after his years both in court and outside and at the beginning Miami at 24 this week on the world ranking is from 54 years.

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As for Djokovic, articles celebrating a new record and the new part of history are written and ready to leave, and although I am not sure that the 25 Grand Slam will be won, I am sure that 100 will be provided with its next Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo.

It seems that he has restored motivation, but the task is no longer easier and one thing is clear: he will have to continue playing the matches to have sharpness and confidence to try 25.

It was nice to see the partnership of Djokovic-and Murray close up. They seem to have settled in a nice rhythm, and Djokovic told us that it is still difficult to believe that one of his biggest rivals is working with him now. He also said they had some time in Miami before tennis to sit down and talk and get to know each other. Whenever I couldn’t find Tim, there was a high chance of talking to Andy and even higher chances that the chat was related to golf!

Raducan’s renewed force

The women’s draw could be more planned with the world of no.

We got a chance to talk to the world 2 Iga Swiatlek and I asked her a statement she had issued on the social media, in which she spoke that she wanted to “stop speculation and unsubstantiated theories”.

She talked well about the pressure she feels, especially from home in Poland, where everything is analyzed and distributed, and then returned after the conversation to talk even more, and it really hit me in minutes we had with the cameras when we switched to them, and how hard it must be. every defeat.

Someone who has a similar level of pressure and reflector on her is Emma Raducan, who had a great week in Miami, for the first time won four games in a row since she won the US Open, playing with a smile on her face and talking about how happy he feels.

She talked about how people who feel safe and safe and knocking are that she can comment on court. Raducan is back in the TOP 50, with decisions around her coaching team, which should still be made, but a lot of positives to move forward to the dirt.

Some reports that broke when we were in Miami were Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkin, who switched loyalty from Russia to Australia after the Australian government granted her permanent residence. Kasatkina divided her time between Dubai and Spain, and after published as gay in 2022, she did not return to Russia for two and a half years, also condemned the war in Ukraine.

“With everything that happens in my previous country, I didn’t have much choice. For me, when I am openly gay, if I want to be myself, I have to take this step and I took it.” Kasatkina, which has 14 in the last living charts, continued: “I am really glad that I started this new chapter of my life representing Australia on the big scene.”

From Miami to Monte Carlo Rivier’s beach

Miami was hot, damp, wet, windy and entertaining, we had a gala dinner for Tim, named Vice President Laver Cup, organized by Gary and completed the cake. Honorary mention goes to Adam and Patrick, who came and survived Barry Bootcamp, which is not for the weak heart! We also had the opportunity to go on the F1 race track that was built when we were there, I could add very slowly …

For players, it is time for Hard Court and prepare for dirt with clay for us. There are five Sky Sports Tennis tournaments this week and since April 6 it is Monte Carlo Masters 1000, a non -Mandai ATP event set in Monte Carlo Country Club, where players had to stop playing glasses coming from economic areas in the past.

Still, no Jannik Sinner, when he still serves for his three -month suspension, but although only one tournament played Italian, the Italian remains, only over 2,500 points, from Saschy Zverevová, who missed another opportunity in Miami, as well as Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner is to return next month just before the Masters Roman.

It is definitely worth tune in to Sky Sports Tennis, so you can get a sense of clay and see how players adapt to it. We will return to the position of the court for 1000 events in Madrid and Rome and look forward to your company.

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