Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald Condensed Match | 2024 US Open Round 1

50 [Applause] left McDonald's job is to try to stand there Toe to Toe and eventually find his way to the net either but from the back of the Court he's very good moves well takes it early he sneaks in returns well and he's got a couple break points right off the what I was starting to say in a long winded way was if Macky McDonald number one on tour this year in Saving break points is cner [Music] and that would play into McDonald's [Applause] forehand it's interesting that that forehand to forehand pattern being won by McDonald right now is continuing to try to pad the breakpoint save stat that is some point of everything in this players in that Court position G my well especially when it's your first year of being able to play in all the 1000s he was doing okay here tough draw but at least 100 Grand just a post yeah that's between the prize money at the majors now and everywhere else really you're in yep and you're close to 400,000 so there fortunately nowadays in 2024 there is so much more value in being a top 100 player right than so much out game McDonald [Applause] [Music] ended up beting Francis tiao in the final love 30 has hit one winner since [Applause] 15 13 [Music] [Applause] [Music] 304 put as many back in play as I can and right now the chip is staying low and skidding and he's not timing it that well he just happened to time three good first s in a row [Applause] yeah well if you country in the world right now if you give me a second I'll give you the answer yeah no I'll give you some time okay but if you had told me that one of the Americans that comes out a winner against the Italians is McDonald against set bit a palel yesterday it's your first one Center is able to [Music] produce this would be a devastating sequence [Applause] I don't know how they control it as well as they do but they do they don't make a lot of errors medv Sprints the M doesn't have a lot of spin on the four in either so he's got a flat strike off boths a remarkable defense he h an approach and when you have yic siner with a sitter on and you're at the net you're in all sorts of trouble somehow he half fied that then half fied another one behind him stayed in the point for another couple of shots didn't really get the serve he wanted did he to execute that play C just a couple of minutes ago was in danger of going down a double break that's it not easy for a lower rank player SM as you done W though he start he handles pace so well on once it gets lower than the net you got to [Music] lift Center's two of 10 on second serve points here's another second [Music] serve two of 11 just wasn't there for him no and you can see how quickly Center even if it been a good drop shot Center was going to get there he doesn't back up much Center he can defend from closer up to the Baseline than most players the the ability to to come out of the corners and get back quickly CR b a serve that's somewhat of a weapon at that good feel when he gets it too because he's so balanced his average first serve today 108 as opposed to his opponent's 121 that's he's got another break might be shter wins but this has been a fine start yet a winner tour level title an afternoon some fun points that D two are having showing off just how great of ball Strikers but also movers that they are McDonald has been able to play a lot of balls with I wasn't sure he should chip and charge crosscourt it makes you want a Sprint to cover the down the line they are McDonald has been able to play a lot of balls with slice I wasn't sure he should chip and charge crosscourt it makes you want a Sprint to cover the down the line and then allow he continues to impress yeah as well is because of the technology with the strings and the rackets themselves it's much easier to put the ball in mhm and because of that it became yeah back in the day you saw that transition I did I didn't like it to be honest because so good for McDonald so far I me he is [Applause] just love 15 there's another [Music] he has though he hasn't beaten him he's played them tough when they've played that's getting better and better for the American here from behind the service line couldn't have put it any better I couldn't believe that Center nearly got to it he may have been able to take this Around the Net post instead of trying to bring it back into the court not a shot goes [Music] to really made much of a mark and terms of going deep so far 50 Lu first set should be in the bag for McDonald coming off the tumultuous news and week bigger and bigger shots centers won 22 and Tennis usually it's pretty close that's a beating in first and he wraps up the opening 43 minutes in a major match Sho just delivering information [Music] [Applause] was missed it cuz I think he was there [Applause] well his charge is in trouble right now and back up it's brilliant since the top seat lost in the first run of a major so you just sealed McDonald's fate I mean he had a chance until that comment Evo carich anytime you're 610 and can serve out of a tree you're dangerous there time was a good Dr that 15 def no one is quick as service [Applause] [Applause] yes it's not a particularly pacy Ball but it's taken so early that he's rushing there's the result because these are quick coming into this event advant mcdonal that is a full temper tantrum for good spot somewhat meaningless but just a nice move in isn't it [Music] just a few mistakes that crept in [Applause] 45 three points have been pretty hard to come by on surf couple to back and gets the Italian in front in this second set but uh that was much more in keeping though found the first serve quite as consistently in this set though s saw him coming he let it go and you don't want to fill the day with things that are physically taxing so sitting looking at your phone would be one thing that they probably do spend some time doing yeah and there certainly have been some fellow professionals who have weighed [Applause] in yeah all successive [Applause] points start to this game it looks as though the this match will be determined a little bit by McDonald's forehand as you can see he's still going for forehands he's still running around his back and he's still taking it early yeah hiji Carter and Newport on the grass magdonald Mack is it six months Jimmy you have to be out for six months to protect the ranking so he wasn't too far off it's Sensational for the first mdal how many of these points as athletic as both these players are how many of these points that it's been Mackie McDonald who has been the better player has been the more aggressive player has been just going back to that protected because he was ranked in the top 40 in the world MH his protected ranking would get him in everything for a year from Rolling gas and Wimbleton mhm it's a good finish 26 points he's won on serve of 54 played that is unbelievable it's the second serve points for incredible but even his first serve points one is only at 63% [Applause] yeah once again just a few frailties off the forand side side of macki McDonald McKenzie McDonald has played a big part in this and C Miss firing on quite a few forehands as well throughout this match he hasn't been sharp from that wing 4 [Music] 25 you see why serving volley isn't so easy just thinking exact the same thing I mean that wasn't a bad [Applause] well that was an entertaining end to the set McDonald clung on for all the he [Applause] has tough one you deeper in point because he doesn't have the shape on the ball do he from there knowing that he can run down almost anything [Applause] thir 4 game first game third set they love the clay not that he's not a we've seen that play over and over again from McDonald where he gets a midcourt forehand and he's just angled off the volley I think Center needs to try to flip that one crosscourt modified version of the same thing to create some space because of that some take a look at this recognized it late but good Sprint forward and then in New York although he's got a terrible draw actually now that I mention that I'm going to have to look I need a draw where I can tell you I think he plays Shelton potentially in real what a again is such a good angle to be able to see McDonald's brand of tennis Shel Ino battle in the third round and the winner that gets jokovic so due to the draw I'm picking Fritz that was a little ambitious down the line when you come in from this far to the sideline you have the sense I better get to the crosscourt what a made Superstar he was back then was Nia [Applause] whatever it was is he needs to get out of this triple break point [Applause] I sense you don't think McDonald should be running around very often because you like his back in yeah I mean I do feel I don't know what you think but it feels as though McDonald's it is squarely with the number one seed case of Swing freely with a sense of abandon he's down a break because his opponents hit seven winners in made to zero on forc air so the the level has changed Center has raised his game as McDonald dropped his [Applause] that has been in the center of the Court forehand and he slides it inside out and comes in [Applause] and that's an exceptional pass but the scores look as though the sets were very easy the first two sets but they took a long time 43 minutes 45 minutes for those eight games of the first two sets this six gamees taking 23 minutes [Music] this match has got away from him Yan s having been down a set a break finds himself now just one set away from round two definitely laboring out there wasn't he yeah first completely different looking athlete than what we saw all the points were hotly contested 5 left 30 broken down and it looks as though the discipline has gone somewhat isn't it as well really don't look on s's first serve Dill scandin beating maros josar having not lost a point so far in this fourth set just confirmed that Jimmy's knowledge no one can Goen set [Applause] McDonald full Dam C and the draw most definitely could have been Kinder did well under pressure what is the one bit of merch you want to take from the US Open because wimbledon's the towel right you got to have a towel at Wimbledon I feel like that's the goto in the shop now there four of his five service games to that point 1 and then all of a sudden went on an unforced air string he made 10 unforced airs in one game and wasn't playing [Applause] well yes ad magdonal please get on the board [Applause] [Music] adval well that'll feel good as he moves ever closer to our first win of the week down as he hits and you especially will see that against someone that hits the ball as low as McDonald does problem is just how much slower McDonald has got balls go past him this was an example he would have been there in the first set he's been made to look rather pedestrian it's more than likely that he will extend his Advantage fornite he would have won three of the four majors still be two in the world that's remembering of course the points that Sim accumulated in Indian worlds have also been MD very good hold from McKenzie McDonald but the clock is ticking on the California here on ash have been on this man over the last week or so [Music] [Applause] 5 with a lot of that credit going to McDonald [Applause] [Applause] Yanik s set to one moves through to round two in New York from a set and a breakdown against McKenzie McDonald but the Italian prevails he got better and better throughout 2024 he's through in four not sure what to think about that first round win for Center because the first set was a real struggle got broken four times in his first five service games that had to throw him for a little bit of a loop