Extended matches. Marathon runner, Adrian Mannarino has become a specialist in winning the 5th set. Of the last 12 he had to play, the French tennis player won 11. The two sets he lost were against Andy Murray and Roger Federer (lost to injury). An unusual statistic, but not a coincidence.
Facing the Spaniard Jaume Munar (82nd ATP world player), the French number 1 increased the statistics by winning after the fifth set at the Australian Open. The Frenchman had started the match perfectly, leading two sets to zero in less than an hour and a half (6-3, 6-3). But his opponent of the day came back level (1-6, 2-6) before seeing the French number 1 deliver the coup de grace in the fifth (6-3). In two matches, Adrian Mannarino has already spent more than seven hours under the Australian sun.
���� The older he gets, the stronger he gets. At the age of 35, Mannarino is No. 1 French, 19th in the world and almost unplayable when he plays a 5th set. After Wawrinka, it is Munar who loses his tennis.
His 11th 5th set won in his last 12!
Next Shelton he beat in Miami last year pic.twitter.com/QnYdMrNJ1s— Benoit Maylin (@BenoitMaylin) January 17, 2024
A physical training
After his victory in the first round of the Australian Open against Stan Wawrinka, the French number 1 spoke to The Team on his preparation before entering a match. “I would like to have a life that’s a little more fun with a little more free time, but it’s true that I put a lot of work on myself. It’s my way of doing things, I believe in that a lot,” he explains. ALSO READ Roland-Garros: Arthur Fils, the next generation of French tennis
“There are a lot of players who tend to taunt me about it and say to me: ‘Fuck, you’re going back to training, but what’s the point?’ Sometimes it’s a little reassuring, but it gives me a lot of confidence. I tell myself that whatever happens, I won’t give up. » Physical preparation combined with his particular game, using flat balls to unsettle the opponent. “As Richie would say [Gasquet]after an hour of playing against me, you no longer know how to play,” he confides.
2024-01-17 20:00:45
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