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Australian Open Day 9: Insights on Hurkacz v Cazaux, New Tennis Data, How to overcome Djokovic (again), and What it really takes to Win a Grand Slam

It’s Day 9 of the Australian Open and it’s another opportunity to build on our more technical analyses and Hurkacz verses Cazaux is one that delivers some exciting insights on not simply the 7 Keys but how the 8th Key packs a punch. Having solidified his place inside the Top 10 over more recent seasons, despite Hurkacz’s fluctuations inside and/or slightly outside the Top 10 this goes to show how a percentage (2%) of the Top 10 are susceptible to regressing each season of which Hurkacz has become susceptible on more than one occasion. Yet Hurkacz’s continued presence inside the Top 10 signals a conscious awareness and firm integration of the 7 Keys but due to his susceptibility it also flags the player as one not yet to embrace and integrate the 8th Key consistently.

And this is what separates the top 8% and the more vulnerable 2% inside the Top 10 to those who are capable of maintaining their hold inside this ranking range for more than two seasons in contrast to those who either fluctuate or regress on one or more occasion. Despite Hurkacz fluctuating inside and/or briefly outside the Top 10, he has notably been progressing more over the past season which is a promising sign for this Round of 16 result at the Australian Open. Whilst the player has predominantly been steadfast throughout the past season to secure his place inside this key ranking range, there is still a level of fluctuation of the 8th Key that continues to hold this player back from claiming his maiden Grand Slam Championship. By all accounts, Hurkacz has the tools to progress him deeper inside the top 8%, however, his patterns of play that coincide with the 7 Keys remain slightly inconsistent when considering those to the likes of Djokovic at the helm of the game.

Now this is where it may be viewed slightly controversial but of course Djokovic can more than readily be defeated. The question is how? And not only is this delivered in the new release “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking” but is encapsulated inside all 8 Keys collectively. For Hurkacz to reach this level of play it comes down to an increased level of consistency and application of these key technical inferences that not only are directly correlated with a Top 10 tennis ranking but remain the key differential between players who reach a Round of 16 to Quarterfinal and those who remain on the very last day to face off for the Grand Slam title.

The primary takeaway here for Hurkacz is in the elusive 8th Key that is yet to be firmly cemented into his game alongside a higher rate of application of some of the 7 Keys. That said, by all means the 7 Keys are embedded in the players game but when it comes to the top 8% of players in the world it comes down to micro percentages and Hurkacz’s level of consistency is slightly behind those who are claiming their maiden Grand Slam and/or are going on to achieve replicated success. For Hurkacz to maintain his hold inside the Top 10 and void being susceptible as part of the 2% that are replaced each and every season, his current rate of application and level of integration of the 7 Keys needs to be enhanced whilst the 8th Key needs to become solidified in his game if his sights are set on claiming his maiden Grand Slam Championship. It is incredibly important to note that the Australian Open isn’t out of the question for Hurkacz, but in order for Hurkacz to go all the way the 8 Keys need to be brought front and centre with a greater application and with an increased presence throughout his game.

This is an important reminder that Top 10 players are privy to the 7 Keys whilst those who are consistent in their level of success and are placed on the radar with Round of 16 results throughout the season at the Grand Slam level, have an increasingly high application then those who do not. And this is what places Hurkacz with an advantage given that he is once again inside the Top 10 and has the corresponding metrics that can shift his game closer towards that maiden Championship as shared in “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking”. But there are also distinctive markers for players who are not ranked inside this Top 10 ranking range and how they can progress closer towards a Top 10 tennis ranking.

Which brings us to Cazaux. Now this is a player who has not been on the radar due to his current ranking range being outside the Top 100 and this Australian Open being his most successful with a Round of 16 debut. Most excitingly perhaps is that when reviewing Cazaux’s key metrics this is not as surprising as it seems. Not only does Cazaux already have a number of the 7 Keys integrated in his game, which become apparent through his patterns of play, his current rate of application places him firmly with the prospects to ascend inside the Top 50 this season.

And even better, if Cazaux maintains his current rate of progress in sync with his current patterns of play, meanwhile the 7 Keys becomes even more solidified in his game, this player has encouraging angles of influence (refer to the “What is Your Game Missing Series”) that are supported by our data analytics that may very well placed him inside the Top 30 by the end of the season if this performance marks just the beginning.

To the contrary, if Cazaux’s season fluctuates from this impressive progression coupled with regressive performances, providing the player becomes more familiar with and accustomed to implementing the 7 Keys his prospects remain firm to ascend towards this ranking range inside the next two seasons. If anything, Cazaux is one to watch closely especially if his uptake of the 7 Keys and ultimately the 8th Key becomes an evident reality. Cazaux is a prime example of “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking” whilst being supported by The Long Game for players outside, or close thereof, the Top 100 with ambitions set on progressing steadily towards the pinnacle of tennis performance and to reap the rewards with Grand Slam success.

For a player as close to the beginning of their second decade of play to toe the line against a Top 10 tennis player — as Cazaux is currently doing (& did) against Hurkacz, marks an important milestone for the player’s career and where to from here. Interesting, Cazaux is not the only player this Australian Open to achieve such breakthroughs. Our growing number of Blogs — over 70, and our Podcast Episodes — also hitting 70, have previously discussed in more why the Australian Open often presents the opportune time for a player who has become privy to some of the 7 Keys to begin to make their mark. Not only do these players further progress as they become aware of more of the 7 Keys and work to cement them into the game, but as the the elusive 8th Key becomes known, this is where the danger really happens and these players can really pack a punch.

As such, “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking” is what underscores these stellar runs and helps these players to maintain their Australian Open breakthrough results and to build on them throughout the remainder of the 2024 season. To learn more about AM8 International check out our selections of Books to options to join Dr B’s Pack to gain exclusive access to the best in the world. Not quite ready? Head on over to Beyond Top 10 Tennis for free to access 60+ episodes directly from Dr Berge of what it really takes to win multiple Grand Slams to securing that Top 10 tennis ranking. More? Catch up on our Tips over on TikTok, Twitter, Threads or Instagram for quick snippets to apply in your game, today.

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Australian Open Day 8: Insights on Sinner v Khachanov, New Data Analytics and How to dethrone Djokovic

It’s Day 8 of the AustralianOpen and the commencement of the Round of 16 with this particular lineup affording a number of interesting prospects. Whilst Sinner is a clear favourite and has had an exceptional Australian Open performance to date, Khachanov is easily a darkhorse never to be taken lightly due to his capacity to deliver when it really counts. Despite their rankings difference, seeded 4 and 15 respectively, Khachanov is on the brink of becoming a barrier breaker as a direct result of his current level of maintenance that he has been upholding which also places him as a threat to the 2% of players that will my greatest outside the Top 10 this season as more thoroughly shared and explained in the new release “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking”.

Whilst it has been said before, Sinner’s current performance deserves it being said again and that is not only was the player flagged to ascend towards the Top 10 tennis ranking 3 to 4 seasons prior, but his current metrics signal the players arrival as a clear contender for the Australian Open Championships. Perhaps his most stellar performance at a Grand Slam to date, irrespective of the outcome versus Khachanov, Sinner is primed for yet another successful year on tour with an increasing likelihood of claiming his maiden Championship title. Khachanov on the other hand, is going to have to find and play a new level to overcome Sinner and heavily leverage the key metrics that are underscored by the 7 Keys. Perhaps more exciting for Khachanov is his capacity to become a barrier breaker by harnessing the 8 Key as the player exhibits a number of key metrics to patterns of play that may very well afford him a place inside the 8%. Until now, Khachanov has been unable to solidify his place at the help of the game due to fluctuations in these specific areas. But this Australian Open and the new season, with his ranking on the cusp of the Top 10, gives Khachanov another opportunity to assert himself against the best players in the world and to potentially take his place as one of them.

But there is a lot of work to be done before this happens. When considering Sinner in contrast to Khachanov, this is where the rankings differential becomes apparent. To be more scientific to analytical, when specifically pinpointing the 8 Keys and their presence in there again, Sinner has a higher rate of application and level of consistency in direct contrast to Khachanov. More broadly speaking and as shared in the “What is Your Game Missing Series”, “I am Your Tennis Coaching Guru”, “The Science of Elite Performance”, “The 7 Keys to Optimise Your Life”, and most recently “How to Develop a Top 10 Tennis Ranking”, when it comes to the absolute elite echelon of play — denoted by the Top 10 and further refined by the top 8%, it is the micro discrepancies that are the true differential between these players.

From here, micro percentage points separate a Top 10 player and a Top 20 player whilst further separating a player that claims one or more of the Grand Slams on offer each season to those who are unable to overcome that final hurdle.

And this is the arrival of new data analytics that inform our players true capacity in contrast to gauging and opponents key data points to ascertain their weakness and/or to strategise for the match ahead. This robust and incredibly informative data has built a new framework that affords predictive analytics to come to life. The new modelling is a world first and first of its kind for the tennis world as it extrapolates real time player performance from a technical perspective as it pinpoints the weak points of a player’s actual game. In other words, if the player has not become privy to all 8 Keys there is an increasing likelihood that they are not optimising their kinetic chain and therefore their use of momentum, torque to elastic energy, whilst considering key angles of influence, is not only yet to reach a point of peak performance outcomes, it also highlights the immediate weak point that can be weaponised by the opponent.

Rather than simply rely on given percentages of a players game, one of the primary keys is explicitly responsible for technical applications and if a player does not adopt these key technical inferences there is a direct correlation with their ranking. Put simply, these technical inferences correspondence with varying ranking ranges that are incredibly in-depth that a players ranking inside the Top 100 can be pinpointed within a given ranking range.

Without going into too much detail and repeating further key points of this extensive body of work that has spanned 11 non-fiction Books to date, what separates Sinner and Khachanov is on a micro scale that isn’t discernible by mainstream data analytics but rather the new form of metrics that leverage this data to inform whether or not a player has integrated all 8 Keys and their level of frequency to application within a given game. As to why 8 Keys? This is rather simple. As data can be quite complex and heavily loaded each one of these 8 Keys is incredibly robust and profound in their own right to deliver not simply a powerful advantage but are attributed to building the next generation of play.

As such, the exhaustive data to the immense dispersion of analytics have been narrow down to 8 distinct subsets that are referred to as keys to unlock a tennis players — and coaches, full potential to head towards a Top 10 tennis ranking and achieve Grand Slam Championships success.

Therefore to summarise this matchup as Sinner has the break in the first set, is rather a case of whether Khachanov can find that new level and/or by the very least keep all 7 Keys in-action, or whether Sinner, who has fine tuned all 8 Keys can keep abreast of these metrics and increase his micro percentages in their respective application. Either way, the player with the most dominant percentage points in so far as these technical inferences are concerned – all 7 Keys, walks away with a tough win. Yet to progress to the Championships is what separates the 8th Key and its ultimate power — something Djokovic knows all too well and the question now is who’s next in line. And that’s where this body of work delivers like no other before.

To learn more about AM8 International check out our selections of Books to options to join Dr B’s Pack to gain exclusive access to the best in the world. Not quite ready? Head on over to Beyond Top 10 Tennis for free to access 60+ episodes directly from Dr Berge of what it really takes to win multiple Grand Slams to securing that Top 10 tennis ranking. More? Catch up on our Tips over on TikTok, Twitter, Threads or Instagram for quick snippets to apply in your game, today.