Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, December 30, 2024
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Expected to become a seed player in the Australian Happy Slam Jordan Thompson A positive start to the new season.
Thompson beats former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini He won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his first match in Brisbane today.
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Thompson, ranked 26th in the world, was eliminated Rafael Nadal Advancing to the second round against the United States in the Brisbane quarter-finals last January Alex Michelsonwho saved Australia’s match point Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(10).
Thompson said the toughest test of the 2025 season is that it will give players, especially Australian players, a very short break starting in 2024.
“[The offseason] It felt like two seconds,” Thompson said with a laugh. “Yeah, it’s a tricky time, especially for us Aussies. We actually left after the Australian Open and didn’t come back until after the Davis Cup. The season is so long. We’re at the end of November return.
“Yeah, we’re going to be out for 10, 11 months. It feels like if you go to the Davis Cup, we’re actually going to be off for three weeks. That’s great. And then you get them trying to start early.”
Thompson tore the timeline into “a joke.”
“I don’t know how ’25 started in ’24. I mean, it’s a joke,” Thompson said. “We should be playing next week. There’s a lot of things in our sport that need to be cleared up right now.”
