The first step necessarily involves a victory against Frances Tiafoe, 28th player in the world. In five confrontations, the Belgian has lost only once against the American. They played four times on hard courts and only once on clay, Tiafoe’s only victory was on hard courts. If the psychological ascendancy is on the side of the Belgian, the two men have no benchmark on the grass against each other, and we know how special this surface is.
If we look beyond the next game, which sportsmen hate to do (hence their famous “game by game”), David’s next opponent would be either Cameron Norrie (12th player in the world) or Tommy Paul (32nd player in the world). global). It would then be a quarter-final, David’s best Grand Slam result in his career (achieved 3 times) Goffin has never played against Paul, and only faced Norrie at a single recovery. David had to give up in this meeting when he lost the first set 6-0 and was leading 3-5 in the second. It was in Barcelona so on clay.
He therefore has few references against these two players and therefore everything seems possible. He has never played against Tiafoe, Paul or Norrie on grass and that increases the number of unknowns. But it also makes it possible to consider the best scenario. What if David reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at 31 after experiencing the most complicated period of his career? He would then have the opportunity to play against a player like Djokovic, Alcaraz or even Sinner… The path is both so long and so short to achieve this. David Goffin is capable of it. But we shouldn’t count on his future adversaries to make his task easier… Although he’s still young, David seems to have a great opportunity here (probably not the last) to achieve one of the greatest feats of his career. career. Hopefully he can grab it.