Spizz mugging now.

at least Sinner isn't going into full body spasms after long rallies now.

well done those keeping their eyes on the heat index nearing 5.0 and laying Spizz at 1.1x

Sinner back from dead?

but was it value? should have waited for 1.02 imo

one of these matches where I can't decide if I'm happy about avoiding disaster or mad because I didn't end up with a better result.

definitely a weird match to witness. a bit crazy how all the rules have helped Sinner avoid certain defeat

if it came 45 mins later, Spizz might be up with a 4-0 lead in set 4 and two games from GSM.

what also happened is Spizz went into his normal challenger mode. Sinner still couldn't run for some points in the middle of that 3rd.

markets are funny though, it would priced this Sinner match the same even if it was a night session match and there would be no change of Sinner cramping drama. Then it goes absolutely crazy (1.1 Sinner to 1.1 Spizz in 5-10 minutes) for something that wasn't all that far fetched.

What are the chances of his cramps coming back here?

Spizzirri was handling the conditions better than Sinner. as soon as they closed the roof the dynamic changed and Spizz didn't have an advantage anymore

the 1.1x on Spizz was madness given the stage of the match, the heat index going up and there being a 10 min break after the 3rd. Sinner wasn't going to tap within 10 minutes, as he knew he had the 10 minute break coming up to get his legs going, and there was always the chance of the index reaching 5 and the roof to be shut, even though Spizz was very unlucky it happened so soon. The only way this would have been a quick payout for the 1.1 backers was if Sinner literally couldn't stand up. And even then it probably would have taken three knockdowns for him to tap.

"Another ten minutes in those conditions he would had full body cramps and he would have been done", says Jim.

We almost had a Novak 2020 US Open moment. Lashed out after a point and missed the ballkid by a couple of decimeters.

hey ww, Iga and Anna almost did your dream scoreline, 6-1, 1-6, 5-0 at the moment.

Naomi panicked upon hearing the news I'd tipped up Inglis to usurp her and promptly withdrew from the tournament.

Sorana's loss was all for nothing, mug Osaka knew she wasn't going to fit to carry on the tournament, reminds of Federer one year at the French who bent over backwards to win a match in 4 very close sets against  Koepfer only to withdraw against Berrettini next round, he knew he was going to withdraw he just wanted some match practice and fitness before Wimbledon as he hadn't played much in his last year, robbed him of an extra 70k nearly and an extra precious 90 ranking points which was a lot for a mug like him. If he'd have played and beaten Berrettini he'd have faced Novak, maybe that's why he withdrew v Matteo, didn't want people saying he withdrew against Novak because he was scared.

I don't believe there should be any walkovers as the player benefitting gains rest and recovery advantages, Koepfer should have been allowed to have faced Berrettini instead and Sorana should have been allowed to play Inglis. Though she's going to lose to Iga anyway.

The argument that you've already been KO'd also doesn't stack, as we already have lucky losers into the main draw when they've already been KO'd from qualies.

Only mugs lose in qualies. Had Sinner gone out due to cramping today and Spizziri gone through, the people around Sinner might have given the young Italian-American, whose total prize money is just under $1M, an offer "too good to be true" to come with some excuse not to play the next round and give Sinner a 2nd chance and an easy path to the final as he won't have to play one more day matches in this kind of heat.
Plus when you lose you lose. Even the LL is a bit silly but I can understand tournaments not wanting walkovers in R1 so it's probably the best of bad options.