A second ATP singles title, and a top-30 singles breakthrough, is in sight as Jordan Thompson advances to the Atlanta Open ultimate.
Atlanta, United States, 28 July 2024 | Vivienne Christie
A top-30 singles breakthrough is in sight for Jordan Thompson, after the Australian survived his second three-set contest in as many days to progress to the ultimate of the Atlanta Open ultimate.
Thompson defeated Jerry Shang 6-3 4-6 6-3 to progress to a fourth ATP-level ultimate on the ATP 250 match.
Ought to he elevate a second singles trophy on the exhausting courts of Atlanta – having additionally finished so in Los Cabos earlier this season – the 30-year-old Thompson will enter the world’s prime 30.
Following earlier title runs for Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur, he may additionally grow to be the fourth Australian participant to triumph on the Atlanta Open up to now eight years.
The fourth-seeded Thompson labored exhausting to safe victory over the 19-year-old qualifier, ultimately doing so after two hours and 22 minutes.
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Jordan Thompson overcomes Shang 6-3 4-6 6-3 to e book his place in tomorrow’s ultimate 🎉@ATLOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/dk54GlRaFH
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It adopted a marathon quarterfinal win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, with their three-hour, three-minute quarterfinal the longest match within the match’s historical past.
“It’s been powerful however up to now, so good,” stated Thompson, whose famend health has come into play in some searing Atlanta situations.
“I’ve had lengthy gruelling matches, however I feel I’m possibly one of many fitter guys on the market, so so long as I keep wholesome and never injured, I really feel like I can play within the warmth and hard situations.”
As he prepares to face both Arthur Rinderknech or Yoshihito Nishioka in tomorrow’s ultimate, Thompson can even draw confidence from some strong serving all through the match.
Having served 21 aces in opposition to Davidovich Fokina, he fired one other 13 in opposition to Shang.
With a first-serve success fee of 75 per cent, Thompson additionally received 78 per cent of these factors.
“I served rather well at this time. I solely was damaged one time, held off a few video games,” he commented in his post-match interview.
“I felt like my serve actually saved me in it.”
It continues a season of spectacular progress for Thompson, who peaked at world No.32 after his title breakthrough in Los Cabos in February.
The Sydneysider defeated No.1 seed Alexander Zverev and No.4 seed Casper Ruud to finish that profitable marketing campaign.
He’ll goal to take care of that type in opposition to Nishioka, whom he’s but to defeat in 4 earlier matches.
Confidence for Thompson will maybe come from his hard-fought win over Shang, who defeated the Australian within the first spherical of Indian Wells earlier this yr.
“That was a foul day on the workplace for me,.” Thompson reasoned. “He performed a superb match that day … that may occur the place one man’s on and one man’s off ,however I performed a complete lot higher at this time and made a very nice match of it. It got here all the way down to the wire and ultimately I received there.”
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