The June-July period marks a very special stage in the tennis season : the transition from clay to grass.
Although this stage of the year may seem particularly disruptive for most of the top 100 players, some players actually take full advantage of these two months.
Fast-paced and less physically demanding, grass court tennis allows the "giants" of the ATP Tour to reach their full potential.
While those typical grass matches in which service games follow each other at lightning speed are not particularly interesting for the general public who would like to observe more tactical strategies, these confrontations are however not devoid of interest and, in fact, regularly offer incredible scenarios.
2016, the draw of the presitgious Queen's tournament has been announced and, without much surprise, Luxembourg's Gilles Muller and American John Isner will battle each other for a spot in the last 16.
Source Muller during the Queens ATP Tournament. Souces : Virgule .lu
Known for their powerful serves and their games particularly adapted to grass, the London spectators already foresee a tedious match during which neither of the two protagonists will give up their serve.
The final score and the victory of Giles Müller with a score of 3-6 7-6 7-6 seems to have been perfectly in line with the expectations of the English public concerning this match.
While the result isn't particularly surprising, the score sheet is worth a closer look.
This Thursday, June 16, 2016, Gilles Müller did not only win a huge fight, he also proved to the tennis planet that it was possible to win a match having suffered a total of 43 aces.
In a match that witnessed a total of 69 aces (record still unmatched in a best of 3 sets game), Müller saved a dozen of match points after a crazy Tie break won by the score of 18-16.
Tennis is not always a fair sport and the loss must have been difficult for John Isner to digest after having won more points than his opponent and kept his serve throughout the match.
Certainly weakened after such a fight, Gilles Müller lost in the next round against the Australian Bernard Tomic, thus stopping at the quarter-finals of the London tournament.
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