Nikoloz Basilashvili

But the behavior, quite frankly, in this match was concerning to me.

Now, the next match I watched was Alcaraz-Basilashvili, and I livestreamed this one, and Alcaraz was up 6-3, 3-1, and this match could have easily been over in around an hour.

Basilashvili wasn't actually taking that many big cuts In the first set.

And Bacelashvili is one of the hardest hitters.

In the game.

But I think Tommy Paul is going to give Alcaraz more rhythm.

And I expect Alcaraz to play better in the quarterfinals.

against Paul than he did against the hard-hitting Basilashvili that doesn't give you that much rhythm.

Musetti, who spectacularly took out Fritz in the Lyon final, had a very strong win against Tiafoe in the first round of Vienna.

Basilashvili, who was in the final of Almaty, also won his first match.

So we're going to touch upon the Djokovic match later on, but I want to start with someone I haven't talked about in over a month, and that's Aleksandra Yala and in the last video I made I discussed her loss to Prozorova at the tournament in Singapore Prozorova was ranked outside the top 100 at the time and this was a big shock and there were a lot of negative comments in regards to Yala because she had done a lot of photo shoots after the US Open.

And since that match, things had gotten worse for Yala.

48 to be finalist I think he can still do it if he performs well in Basel and in Paris he can make that tournament he's not too far away in the race and also Carlos Alcaraz took a wild card to Vienna which is very interesting and I think the main reason why Carlos took this wild card because the Six Kings slam was moved to december which brings up another interesting topic and that sinner potentially playing at the six king slam in 2026 i don't know if this is true or not let me know in the comments below but certainly carlos is looking for more matches this year i think he's not happy with the way he's been playing especially that match in shanghai where he lost in straight sets to bergs affected carlos quite a bit he was upset after the match in the press conference and he wants to get some WC wants to get his level up this tournament in Vienna is absolutely stacked Zverev is the one seed and Medvedev is also there who's playing amazing tennis for the first time in his career he was able to defend a title he won Almaty by beating Vasilashvili in the final who is a great shot maker that first set was very entertaining Medvedev was in control he had some chances he had a 15-40 on the Basileusvili serve had a backhand return at 30-40 that he didn't miss much going down the line and they found themselves on a tiebreak Medvedev had set point at 7-6 and it is here where Basileusvili started unloading on some backhands in this particular rally Medvedev was really testing the Basileusvili forehand which is strong but it is the side that produces more errors.

And the one time in this rally where Medvedev went to the backhand, Basilashvili absolutely demolished the backhand.

He's got to have one of the fastest backhands on tour.

And then on set point, what does he do? Well, he blasts another backhand for a clean winner cross-court.

Basilashvili's backhand is a spectacular shot.

And I thought that maybe he could potentially pull the upset against Medvedev in this final.

But Medvedev being a great champion, a great tactician, he... flipped the momentum immediately in this match, got the early break in the second, broke again, won the second set.

And I think the main reason why Carlos took this wildcard because the six Kings slam was moved.

to December which brings up another interesting topic and that Sinner potentially playing at the six King Slam in 2026 I don't know if this is true or not let me know in the comments below but certainly Carlos is looking for more matches this year I think he's not happy with the way he's been playing especially that match in Shanghai where he lost in straight sets to Bergs affected Carlos quite a bit he was upset after the match in the press conference and he wants to get some WC wants to get his level up this tournament in Vienna is absolutely stacked Zverev is the one seed and Medvedev is also there who's playing amazing tennis for the first time in his career he was able to defend a title he won Almaty by beating Vasilashvili in the final who is a great shot maker that first set was very entertaining Medvedev was in control he had some chances he had a 15-40 the Basileus really served had a backhand return at 30-40 that he didn't miss much going down the line and they found themselves on a tie break Medvedev had set point at 7-6 and it is here where Basileus really started unloading on some backhands in this particular rally Medvedev was really testing the Basileus really forehand which is strong but it is the side that produces more errors.

And the one time in this rally where Medvedev went to the backhand, Basilashvili absolutely demolished the backhand.

He's got to have one of the fastest backhands on tour.

But I have prices for this week, so it doesn't matter.

But I bet Basilashvili.

I was glad he lost in the final because I wasn't on him.

Because the way I bet him was I put him in a double with Yuri Lahechka in Brussels.

But then La Hetchka went out, I think quarterfinals maybe in that tournament.

He lost to Talon Griegspoor in a match he probably should have won, eventual champion Talon Griegspoor.

And then I was kind of hoping, oh, please, I don't want Basilashvili to win because I'll be sick if he wins.

And he won the first set over Medvedev.