Dominic Stricker’s (ATP 298) Antipodes tour turned into a disaster. The Bernese played four matches without winning a single set!
After his defeats at the United Cup to Ugo Humbert and Flavio Cobolli and in Auckland to Adrian Mannarino, Dominic Stricker lost 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open to James Duckworth ( 94).
Facing the Australian, Dominic Stricker waited until he was trailing 6-2 6-4 2-0 to finally get a break point. Even if it is never easy to face an Australian at Melbourne Park, the 94 minutes of this meeting underlined that the Bernese is no more than a shadow of the player who reached the round of 16 of the US Open 2023.
Guilty of 31 unforced errors, Dominic Stricker won his first two service games before letting go. What followed was just a long ordeal. With the benefit of a protected classification for a few more weeks, the 22-year-old left-hander now finds himself at a crossroads. Can he relaunch a career that looked so promising? Since his return to the courts last June after six months spent treating his back, Dominic Stricker no longer really knows how to win…
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