Maxime Cressy

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Finał Eastbourne.

Drugi finał ATP w tym sezonie/karierze (0-2).

Maxime Cressy - przegrane finały (2):
2022 (2) Eastbourne, Melbourne

[Damian]

MAXIME CRESSY ON MEDITATION – “When I was 18 years old a coach introduced me to it because he knew I had some anger or some issues with emotions and hard to control and that’s when I got introduced to the meditation world and it changed my life.”

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[Damian]

27.06.2022 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 45

[Damian]

Max Disruption: Cressy's Undying Commitment To Serve & Volley

Spoiler:

American faces Felix on Tuesday at Wimbledon
Maxime Cressy vividly remembers playing tennis on Sundays as a boy in France with his brothers Jonathan and Mathieu. When they were ready to leave the club, Maxime wanted to continue playing.

“I would always tell them, 'One more ball, one more ball.' That one more ball would turn out to be two more hours of playing tennis,” Cressy told ATPTour.com. “Over time they got sick of tennis because of me, because I was always demanding their time. With my brothers I was very competitive and wanted to be better than them. They grew tired of it!”

Jonathan and Mathieu are certainly proud of what their brother has become: one of the most dangerous players on the ATP Tour. On Tuesday, he will try to prove that against sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of Wimbledon.

The American is a scary foe, especially on grass, because of his throwback serve-and-volley game. On his day, the 6’6” righty takes the racquet out of his opponents' hands. There is little they can do about a perfectly placed serve and a crisp volley into the open court. But if you ask Cressy what he wants fans to remember him for, it is not his unique game.

“I would want people to know me for my character, that I have resiliency. When things become difficult, I never give up. I always find a way,” Cressy said. “I’m the kind of person that will do anything in his power to find a solution towards where I want to be.”

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Cressy’s game speaks for itself. It’s in your face every point. The 25-year-old is going to come at you. What will you do to counter it? Although that is the product of countless hours of practice and fine-tuning, it is more so the result of Cressy’s mindset.

“[It] is more a matter of mindset than the serve and volley in itself. I think my serve and volley game would not be as efficient if my mindset was not on point,” Cressy said. “In order for serve and volley to work you have to be very consistent and very resilient in the face of the whole tennis world trying to convince you that it’s not the right way to play tennis. It demands a lot of character.”

Cressy reads notes in a journal during changeovers to stay present and maintain his focus. But it goes far beyond that. When the American was about 16, he began to learn about spirituality.

His father’s friend was a huge fan of Paramahansa Yogonanda, who in 1946 published the book Autobiography of a Yogi. Cressy decided to read it and then began to dig deeper into spirituality, reading Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now among other books.

“I then started to do a lot of visualisation about the goals I wanted to achieve. Before I didn’t know what I wanted, but with spirituality I started to ask myself what I wanted and then my biggest wish was to make a huge impact on the professional tour. That was my dream,” Cressy said. “I think everyone’s dream is to be No. 1, but I wanted to make that dream a reality.”

It was not always an easy path for Cressy, who spent most of his childhood in France before moving to the United States, where he played college tennis at UCLA, where at one point fellow Top 100 player Mackenzie McDonald was his roommate and Marcos Giron was a volunteer assistant coach. He barely played in his early days on the team.

“I was not the one training on the bigger courts, on Courts 1, 2 or 3. I was more on Courts 5 or 6 at the end playing in the back courts,” Cressy said. “I always had that determination to get to the top part of the lineup. Even though at the beginning I wasn’t considered a top player, I really wanted to get there. The fire within me was always there.

<a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marc ... ew'>Marcos Giron</a>, <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maxi ... ew'>Maxime Cressy</a> and <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mack ... >Mackenzie McDonald</a>
Cressy poses with Marcos Giron and Mackenzie McDonald, also former UCLA Bruins, earlier this year at Indian Wells.
“I felt like it had to work and that the way would be carved out for me. But the key for me was each time I lost a match or each time I encountered challenges, I always asked myself, ‘Alright, what do I need to do improve? What do I need to do in order to get to the next level?’”

Cressy eventually climbed to the top spot in his team’s lineup and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2019. But ascending the Pepperstone ATP Rankings is not easy.

This time last year, Cressy was World No. 153. Now he is at a career-high World No. 45 after reaching his second ATP Tour final last week in Eastbourne. In January at an ATP 250 in Melbourne, the American made his maiden championship match and tested Rafael Nadal in a tight two-set final. No player inside the Top 50 has soared more spots this year than Cressy.

When the Paris native turned professional, his goal was to compete in ATP Tour events as soon as possible. Now, he admitted his goals are “getting much more ambitious”. But the process remains the same.



Cressy is a big believer in routines and repetition. For example, he reads a lot. Instead of trying different genres or authors, the American reads the same book — Ask and It Is Given by Abraham Hicks — every day in order to follow one voice and not get pulled in different directions by different writers’ voices.

One passage in the book that sticks out features an analogy about trees. Cressy paraphrased it: “Our limiting beliefs are the trees on our way. The stronger our desire, the more ambitious we are, the higher the speed of our car going on the road. The limiting beliefs are trees on the road and when you encounter a lot of resistance, a lot of problems, that’s when you’re running into trees.

“Life is about figuring out how to get the trees out of the way and keep going instead of slowing down the vehicle so that the crash with the trees is not as powerful. The lesson is to find a way to get rid of the trees and the limiting beliefs that are stopping us from moving forward.”

According to Cressy, one of those limiting beliefs is that serve and volley is not going to be as efficient in today’s game. He believes it is not true. The same way as a boy he thought he would eventually defeat his brothers and later that he would climb his college team’s lineup, Cressy will do everything in his power to prove it, no matter how many hurdles he faces.

“I think to have the belief and to actually live it is different,” Cressy said. “But to actually live it is an incredible experience, to really see that it actually disrupts the game of the best players in the world is amazing.”

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Cressy Upsets Auger-Aliassime With Flawless Serving Display

Spoiler:

American saves lone break point against him to down sixth seed
Maxime Cressy's rapid rise continued Tuesday in an eye-catching Wimbledon debut. Relying on the serve-and-volley game that dominated the All England Lawn Tennis Club for much of its history, the World No. 45 earned his first Top 10 win by defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime with a near-perfect serving performance.

In a 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(9), 7-6(5) victory, Cressy charged the net 134 times, winning 71 per cent (95/134) of those points. In a match of fine margins, both players dominated on serve. The American saved the lone break point he faced — at 5-5 in the opening set — while sixth seed Auger-Aliassime saved three of four.

"It's very special," Cressy said post-match. "Felix was incredibly focussed the whole match. I had to stay focussed until the end. I knew that I would maybe have a few match points and it gets super close. I knew I had to stay in the zone.

"Against a player like him, you have to stay extremely sharp all the time. [He's an] incredible player. I'm incredibly proud of myself for what I've done today."

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The Canadian's bright start was dimmed when Cressy scored the only break of the match early in set two. But the complexion of the match truly shifted when Cressy won a dramatic third-set tie-break to edge ahead for the first time.

Auger-Aliassime erased a 0/4 deficit in the tie-break, levelling at 5/5 with his third straight point on return. Normal service resumed at the crucial moments, with nine points going the way of the server until a double fault handed Cressy the set. One point before at 9/9, Cressy fired an unreturned 126-mph second serve to bring up his third set point. He previously saved two set points on serve.

With Cressy serving to start the fourth set, he applied constant scoreboard pressure onto his opponent — in addition to the pressure of his relentless attacking game plan. Auger-Aliassime stood firm with his back to the wall and saved a match point at 5-6, Cressy just missing on a potential a return winner.

But the American struck several sweet returns in the tie-break, then clinched the match with another successful serve and volley, carving his 59th winner of the match to close it out after four hours and 10 minutes.

"Honestly, I wasn't nervous on that serve. I was more nervous for the volley, on the stretch volley," he shared. "It's extremely hard to finish these matches against high-seeded players like Felix. A lot of nerves, but it's an incredible feeling. It's my first really big win here and my first Wimbledon."

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Both players played a remarkably clean match, with Auger-Aliassime a plus-37 in the winners-to-unforced-errors count behind 64 winners. But it was not enough to stop Cressy, who finished plus-30.

Auger-Aliassime called his opponent a "courageous" and a "deserving" winner, placing Cressy alongside the elite servers on the ATP Tour.

"I knew it was coming, but the quality of the serve was impressive," he said. "I have played the likes of John Isner, Milos [Raonic], [Reilly] Opelka... he's definitely with these guys.

"So if he keeps that going... even on hard courts, he's going to be tough to play," he continued. "I see him being like those guys, being able to be in the Top 20 and more. We'll see. He has really high qualities, better than his ranking today.

"Today was not just serve and volley. His serve as amazing. He took his chances when he needed important points."

The American has endured a rollercoaster season, beginning with a 9-3 record that included a run to the Australian Open fourth round. He then lost 11 of his next 12 matches before returning to form last week in Eastbourne, where he pushed Taylor Fritz to a third-set tie-break in the championship match.

Now 7-4 on the grass at tour-level, Cressy advances to face qualifier Jack Sock in the second round after his countryman earned a 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4 win against Bernabe Zapata Miralles earlier on Tuesday.

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Wimbledon 22: pierwszy wygrany mecz na Wimbledonie.

Maxime Cressy d. [6] Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(9) 7-6(5)

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[Damian]

[Damian]

11.07.2022 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 41

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[Damian]

Fourth seed Maxime Cressy also advanced courtesy of a 6-3, 6-4 win in an all-American matchup against Mitchell Krueger. He will next face Steve Johnson, who advanced past seventh seed Jiri Vesely via walkover.

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Cressy Serves Into Newport SFs, Kubler Saves MP To Stun Felix

Spoiler:

Maxime Cressy remains perfect on serve through two matches at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open. After not facing a break point in his opening win against Mitchell Krueger, the fourth seed saved three break points on Thursday against Steve Johnson in the quarter-finals.

In a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 victory, Cressy turned the match around with a key three-game stretch that spanned the final two sets. After capitalising on his first break chances late in the second, he saved a break point in serving out the set. Cressy broke again to start the decider and did not face a break point in the final set.

"It was actually a very tough first set, a lot of nerves. Playing on the centre court is incredible," Cressy said in his on-court interview. "[Johnson] is a terrific player. He was extremely focussed and sharp on the serve in the first set. I had to stay focussed on my serve, what I can control, and I was really able to do it successfully, especially starting in the second set."

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Cressy handled a nervy moment as he served out the match after two straight double faults turned two match points at 40/15 into deuce. But he stayed aggressive on the next two points, getting to the net behind a pair of second serves to advance to his third semi-final of the 2022 season.

"There's never better practice than matches," Cressy said of handling the pressure. "I guess my secret would be to play a lot of tournaments and lot of matches. I'm getting used to playing these tough moments, but it was extremely stressful for me today."

Cressy, who reached finals in Melbourne and Eastbourne this season, moves up to No. 38 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings by reaching the semi-finals. He is currently at a career-high of No. 41 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, one year after entering Newport as the World No. 151 last season, when he reached the quarter-finals.

Following that matchup, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jason Kubler returned to the stadium court to finish their second-round matchup, which was suspended due to poor light Wednesday night with Kubler poised to serve at 5-6 in the deciding set.

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