Despite the ultimate outcome in the third-round, it was a nice run at the U.S. Open for former Ohio State tennis star J.J. Wolf.
After two upsets in rounds one and two, Wolf faced the daunting task of taking on last year’s Open runner-up, No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev. It went about as you’d expect it to go at this point in Wolf’s career. Medvedev took control of the match after a two-game feeling out period and cruised to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 win.
Despite the loss, there were some flashes of brilliance from the former Buckeye. He hit some booming serves, showed creativity and athleticism, and showed unbelievable power on his groundstrokes.
Still, there are clearly some areas of improvement needed that became ever so glaring against one of the top players in the world. Wolf needs to be able to get his big serve in more, cut down on the unforced errors, and work on his approaches at the net.
This flow tho 🥬 pic.twitter.com/2xKfeUOT9v
— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) September 5, 2020
At the end of the day though, you have to believe the future is bright for Wolf and this showing will only catapult his confidence and work ethic to hone what’s already there.
He has the potential to be one of tennis’ young stars if he can work on the rough edges to go with his power and athleticism.
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