By Matthew Calvis | Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Each ATP match is an schooling.
This week in Delray Seashore, breakout star Matija Pecotic earned his diploma in dream realization.
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The 784th-ranked Pecotic delivered a grasp class in carpe diem.
On the tender age of 33, the person with levels from Princeton and Harvard enterprise faculty took day trip from his day job as director of capital markets at Wexford Actual Property Buyers in West Palm Seashore, to performed via Delray Seashore qualifying and earn his first ATP Tour-level win.
Down 0-4 on the outset, Pecotic powered previous former world No. 8 Jack Sock for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph.Â
Photographer Matthew Calvis has been capturing Delray Seashore every day this week and shares a few of his favourite pictures right here:
Jack Sock goes airborne in his opening-round loss to Pecotic.
World No. 55 Marcos Giron ended Pecotic’s Cinderella run 6-3, 6-3.
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Matija Pecotic was all smiles after his first-round win.
Radu Albot took down wild card Fernando Verdasco, 7-6, 7-6.
Australian Open quarterfinalist Ben Shelton Wolf misplaced to Giron 6-4, 6-4.
JJ Wolf stopped Ilya Ivashka 7-5, 6-3.
