On November 9, the Stockholm Open tennis tournament held in Sweden ended a first round of competition, resulting in the 23-year-old American rising star "tennis Mayweather" Tiaver had a thrilling victory over the 25-year-old host Mel, the two sets were 6-4 and 7-6, from the score point of view, the two sides played very anxiously, did not reflect the gap between the two sides.
According to the latest edition of the World Rankings list released this week, Tiaver is temporarily ranked 41st, while Mel is only 167, a difference of 126, it should be said that the two are not in a grade, but this duel is unexpectedly close, in the game Mel made 9 break points, and won 2 break points, and Tiaph was also unambiguous, 3 times to break back successfully, in the second set 1-3 behind the successful reversal, and finally locked in the win.
Tiaphre has been in good shape recently, although he was prematurely out of the Paris Tennis Masters, but defeated the world's third-ranked Tsitsipas in the Vienna ATP500 points competition and successfully reached the final, regrettably losing to the world's fourth-ranked Zverev in the final, this time in the Stockholm ATP250 points tournament with the No. 8 seed, Tiaphur undoubtedly has high expectations.
If he can continue to perform steadily in the next game, it is expected to be in the top 30 or even the top 20 in the world, and the world ranking of the generation king Federer has slipped to 16th, considering that Federer is still in the recuperation stage, the world ranking will only fall, will not rise again, and it is not ruled out that the situation of being overtaken by Tiaver will not be ruled out. Federer, who is already 40 years old, should consider retiring, and instead of losing his achievements in order to earn endorsement fees, he should learn to retire with dignity by Sampras.