👋 Welcome back to The Daily Theory, our morning rundown to help you stay on top of your favorite sport. I’m Allen McDuffee, your guide to all things tennis.
Let’s tennis!
Three Points
🎾 Back in the box: As we here at Court Theory HQ predicted last week, Tom Hill is back on the Maria Sakkari team — at least for the remainder of the clay season. Seemingly out of nowhere, Hill announced he ended his coaching relationship with Peyton Stearns after a year, leaving the up-and-coming American to find a new coach mid-season. At the time, Hill made no announcement about his next move, leaving us to wonder whether or not he would reunite with Sakkari. And here we are.
🎾 Playing on: Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan pulled off a major upset in Munich on Thursday, taking out fourth-seeded Ugo Humbert in straight sets. But the second most noteworthy moment of the match came when it ended, but Marozsan was too focused to realize it. It took him a minute, but he eventually realized he was due at the net for a handshake with his opponent. Up next: Zizou Bergs in the quarterfinals.
🎾 Correction: With too many tournaments on the brain, yesterday’s issue of The Daily Theory incorrectly referred to Diego Dedura-Palomero as the young Spaniard playing in Barcelona. He is a young German who was playing in Munich.
