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Programming note: Today’s edition of The Daily Theory is abbreviated so I can squeeze a couple of extra interviews in this morning here in Charlottesville. We’ll be back full steam ahead tomorrow morning.

Today’s tennis mood: Optimistic with an undercurrent of we told you so.

Let’s tennis!

On The Radar

Matches we’re monitoring today:

Paris - ATP 1000 (Hard)

  • Valentin Vacherot vs. Jiri Lehecka (1st round)
  • Corentin Moutet vs. Reilly Opelka (1st round)
  • Jaume Munar vs. Daniil Medvedev (1st round)
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Comesana (1st round)
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Joao Fonseca (1st round)
  • Ben Shelton vs. Flavio Cobolli (2nd round)
  • Learner Tien vs. Andrey Rublev (2nd round)
  • Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gabriel Diallo (1st round)

Chennai - WTA 250 (Hard)

  • Vaishnavi vs. Donna Vekic (1st round)
  • Katarzyna Kawa vs. Lucia Bronzetti (1st round)
  • Mei Yamaguchi vs. Francesca Jones (1st round)
  • Thasaporn Naklo vs. Diane Parry (1st round)
  • Janice Tjen vs. Caroline Werner (1st round)

Jiujiang - WTA 250 (Hard)

  • Ella Seidel vs. Tamara Korpatsch (2nd round)
  • Elena Pridankina vs Viktorija Golubic (2nd round)
  • Yulia Putintseva vs. Wushuang Zheng (2nd round)

Hong Kong - WTA 250 (Hard)

  • Sorana Cirstea vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (2nd round)
  • Eva Lys vs. Leylah Fernandez (2nd round)
  • Cristina Bucsa vs. Emiliana Arango (2nd round)

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