The Brazilian punched and counterpunched with the rhythm-seeking Polish star for three wind-scrambled hours at the National Bank Open.

The summer hard-court swing reaches its Masters 1000 phase, as the game’s top players—including Medvedev, Swiatek, Serena Williams, and Carlos Alcaraz—head north to Montreal and Toronto.

Meanwhile, Alex De Minaur and Marie Bouzkova leveraged good Wimbledon runs for their first titles of 2022—and Caroline Garcia backed up her Warsaw upset over Iga Swiatek with another trophy.

The WTA No. 1 had won 18 matches on the surface to start the year.

And before the world No. 1 was ousted in Warsaw, the world No. 2—Anett Kontaveit—fell to Anastasia Potapova in Prague.

The home favorite extended her clay-court winning streak to 18 matches by defeating Gabriela Lee, 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday.

The truth is, tennis will be better off if both have strong second halves of the season.

If Atlanta is a preview of the next few months in men’s tennis, Umag might give us a sneak peak at the next decade.

Elina Svitolina, Agnieszka Radwanska, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Martyn Pawelski and Andriy Shevchenko all joined the Pole in Krakow over the weekend.

In Krakow Saturday, the former WTA Finals champion was on hand for an Iga Swiatek-led exhibition supporting Ukrainian children affected by war.