When the calendar hits late August, the tension is real, because the final Slam of the year is here! All eyes are on New York as the US Open main draw kicks off on August 24th, but before the stars take center stage, the qualifiers are battling for their chance in the main draw. So while the seeded players are out practicing, for the hopefuls, every point, every swing, comes with weight on their shoulders. And it comes out rumbling on the court.
That pressure boiled over on Friday when Argentina’s Federico Agustin Gomez and France’s Hugo Grenier clashed in the third and final qualifying round. The fireworks started early, with Grenier edging past a tense first-set tiebreaker 7-6(5). But Gomez wasn’t backing down, though he clawed back from 2-5 down, saved a match point, and somehow