When you make it to the final of a tournament, you had better be at your best. Florian Mayer certainly was (despite losing to Leonardo Mayer in the Hamburg final) in this rally. Yes, the drop shot was lucky to land on the line, but there was no faulting the lob he hit afterwards.
Meanwhile, Katerina Siniakova was in equally fine fetter during this point against Caroline Wozniacki:
Nobody out-droppers Peng Shuai:
And if you’re going to win a Challenger title then you’re going to have to dig very, very deep:
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