The 2022 Australian Open has completed its second round. On the whole, women's chaos is still the same, and many seeds have fallen; men are relatively better, and the big seeds are basically there.
There have been many spoilers since ancient times, especially the Grand Slams. It sounds good to be called "seed bomb" and the bad one is called "churning stick". The reason why they are called this is not to say that they are not strong, but that they are unstable. They generally lurk in the first 2 rounds, specifically to blow up the seed players, even if they can't blow up, they can also make the opponent consume a lot of effort and can't go too far.
Today, combined with the first two rounds of the Australian Open, to take stock of the strongest "churning stick".
Woman: Canepi, blew up The 18th seed Kerber in the first round
No. 115 Canepi is a veteran "seed bomber" with just four singles titles in his career, three of which are from clay. The highest world ranking was 16th.
The 1985-born veteran is about to turn 37 this year, but the power of the seed bomb is not diminished. In the first round of the 2018 US Open, she defeated top seed Halep 6-2, 6-4, and in the second round of the 2021 Australian Open, she defeated the No. 3 seed, defending champion Kenning, 6-3, 6-2, and broke a big upset.
It can be said that whoever bumps into her in the first round will have a headache.
This Australian Open, the 18th seed Kerber was unfortunately signed, the three-time Grand Slam champion was tragically broken by The 4th set of the first set, although tenaciously chased to 4-4, but then was broken, 4-6 lost the first set; in the 8th set of the second set, Kerber suffered another Canepi break, and finally lost the entire game 3-6.
In the second round, Kanepi defeated Bozkova 2-0 to advance to the Australian Open women's singles round of 32. The third round was against wild card player Inglis.
Man: Kyrgios, met The May who did not make mistakes, he was also a little helpless
The strongest "churning stick" in men is Kyrgios. This bad boy is extremely talented, but only 6 singles champions, all ATP250, ATP500 level, and has no achievements in the competition.
The reason is that he has a full personality, often can't control his emotions, and is prone to self-explosion.
In the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2014, Kyrgios, who played with a wild card, defeated top seed Nadal 3-1 to become famous in the first round, and in the third round of Wimbledon in 2015, he defeated the eighth seed Raonic 3-1.
His chances of being a big seed in a Grand Slam have become smaller and smaller, but he maintains a "coconut poison" law: any player who beats Kyrgios in a Grand Slam cannot become the final champion.
At the 2020 Australian Open, top seed Nadal defeated Nadal 3-1 in the fourth round and then lost 1-3 to Thiem, and in the third round of the 2021 Australian Open, Thiem defeated Kyrgios 3-2 and then swallowed the egg and lost 0-3 to Dimitrov.
In the second round of the Australian Open today, in the match against Medvedev, the two sides played for nearly 3 hours. In the end, Medvedev defeated Kyrgios 7-6 (1)/6-4/4-6/6-2 to reach the Round of 32 of the Australian Open for the fourth consecutive year.
However, Medvedev should be worry-free in the next round, against Van Dezand Silop. In his 8/8 zone, the other seeded players have been left behind: No. 13 seed Schwartzman, No. 22 seed Isner, and No. 29 seed Amber have not gone far.
What are your impressions of the Grand Slam "Churning Sticks"?