The curtain is drawn on the 2023 season and, with that, it’s time to talk about everything that has happened in a movie year for tennis. As is usually the case at this time, it is time to review the great revelations that the last twelve months have left us, with names like Ben Shelton or Nicolás Jarry.
Finish at 2023 season at the ATP level and it is time to take stock of everything that the last year has left us. Duels to remember, new rivalries, the excitement of big tournaments, third changes in number one… and, of course, new names that emerge bravely and shine with their own light within the circuit. What have been the revelations of the season? At Puntodebreak we have chosen three ‘well-prepared young people’, three names that have reached their best historical positions like a whirlwind and whose only goal is to continue climbing… and, on the other hand, three names that have surprised their own and strangers, greening their laurels and becoming revelations due to an unexpected and brilliant performance. On our YouTube channel you have the complete analysis, here we will give varied touches on all the protagonists:
– BEN SHELTON
At this time last year, the one from Florida had never left his country. The year began by inaugurating the passport and ends with a place among the twenty best rackets in the world; There are few more powerful phrases than that to define the last twelve months. Despite a great start, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open, logic said that Ben would take time to get used to the travel, the hustle and bustle, the sacrifice of being in a different place every week… until the last quarter of the year and the bomber exploded, with a semifinal at the US Open and his first title (in Tokyo). Exuberant arsenal of weapons, self-confidence and zero fear of the best and the feeling that the sky is the limit: Ben is already here.
– ARTHUR SONS
If Shelton released his passport at the beginning of the year, Arthur still saw participating in the Grand Slams as very far away. Not in vain, this young Frenchman started the year outside the top 250 in the world… but it didn’t take long for him to approach the elite, boy did he do it. His explosiveness on a physical level, his great footwork and greater solidity from the back of the court accompanied a versatile and powerful forehand that made him fly from the first minute. Two semi-finals in a row at the ATP level (Montpellier and Marseille) and a first title that took little time to arrive (Lyon), seasoned with another final (Antwerp) and a marked versatility at the level of surfaces. He ends the year in the top 40… and with the feeling that he still has a lot to improve.
– MATTEO ARNALDI
A little ant who overtook many of his compatriots and contemporaries on the right, an extremely balanced player who has taken his tennis to places that not many of us could imagine. With a forehand that does more and more damage, a commendable work ethic and a great ability to take advantage of his opportunities in the important points, the same player who was not able to pass the qualifying phase of the Australian Open ended the season by stepping on his first second week of Grand Slam at the US Open and giving a decisive point to Italy to win the second Davis Cup in its history.
– GRIGOR DIMITROV
The Bulgarian’s best season since his impressive 2017. We have witnessed a resurrection on the part of the Haskovo player’s racket, a second youth marked by a consistency and regularity that he did not always have in his career. He only missed one title: he returned to an ATP final, added new victims within the top-10 such as Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev or Stefanos Tsitsipas and starred in a progressive rise in the ATP ranking that makes him return to the top-15 well into his career. thirty He supported the work of Daniel Valverdú and Jamie Delgado, a duo of high-profile coaches who have done a great job in the mind of the Bulgarian, who already plays without having to prove anything to anyone.
– NICOLAS JARRY
The Chilean settled down and came back on his feet after a series of misfortunes off the track. With the great tandem formed by Juan Ozón and César Fábregas acting as indispensable help, the Chilean ship arrives at the end of the season port as the first South American ship. Leader of his tennis, Jarry already warned in Rio de Janeiro, in a very inspired performance against Carlos Alcaraz: it was just a warning, the prequel of what was to come. Two ATP titles (Santiago, being a prophet at home, and Geneva), his first second week of Grand Slam at Roland Garros, return to the quarterfinals of Masters 1000 in Shanghai and finishing among the 20 best rackets in the world. Little more can be asked of him, of course.
– ADRIAN MANNARINO
Did anyone imagine that one of the most unpredictable players on the circuit would have the best season of his career… at 35 years old? Mannarino had very different plans. Three ATP titles, his most in a calendar year, illuminate the showcases of one of the best wands on the circuit, a timeless tennis player, with a style that goes against the current of the uncontrolled power of much of the circuit. Astana, Mallorca and Newport, three places that the Frenchman will remember forever and a year that has gone very unnoticed by a large part of the public, but which is truly outrageous for someone closer to 40 than 30 years old.
2023-12-02 21:00:00
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