It has come to that time of the year when ‘the best of’ blogs pop up. I thought I would make one about the 10 best matches I was courtside for this year. There were so many to think about, after my shortlist was complete the two that missed out were D.Medvedev v F.Lopez and A. Sabalenka v V.Azarenka (Both US Open). I can’t put Medvedev v Lopez in as I only saw a couple of sets of it before having to depart for my plane home. As you can imagine from the series of events the atmosphere was worth witnessing as Daniil went toe-to-toe with the crowd and won. Vika v Sabalenka also just missed out. This felt like confirmation of a passing of the baton (at least for the time being) as the younger Belarussian prevailed.

(10) Kristyna Pliskova v Karolina Pliskova (The Nature Valley Classic, Edgbaston).

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