I saw Schwarzler lose to Jay Clarke earlier this year and he wasnt great,but there was obvious potential (in a Searle kind of way). I suspect, considering the new career high and recent challenger final, he might be a slightly different pros prospect. But still expect Choinski to win.
And before anyone else mentions, its not Choinskis opener as he won earlier.
Yes, sorry hadnt checked it wasnt first round - seems too early in the week for a second match! And as usual, I hadnt read up the thread at all to see previous results. My bad!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 2nd of September 2025 05:23:12 PM
Jan is due to drop a total of 140 ranking points next Monday ( from last year qualifying for the US Open MD and then winning this Challenger 100 ).
So clearly a possible pretty significant rankings drop in the short term. Be great if he could defend his title to mitigate most of that potential drop
I think he has a tough opener though - Schwarzler was a top junior if I recall (he may have won a junior slam and may have been junior WR1?) and was a name I clocked might go high. His ranking level could be a lot higher in ATP terms than it is , and he is going to be on home courts with support.