Wednesday Morning Man: Maxime Cressy!

I’m featuring handsome athlete Maxime Cressy today because he scored a big win at Wimbledon yesterday: he beat sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round with an impressive display of old-fashioned serve and volley tennis. It’s the way the game used to be played at Wimbledon where players would try to get to the net the first chance they had instead of just bashing the ball from the baseline all day. Cressy charged the net 134 times in the match and won 71% of the points.

I’ve watched Cressy play a few matches at the Indian Wells tournament and loved his net rushing ways!

He spent most of his childhood in France before moving to the United States, where he played college tennis at UCLA. Cressy eventually climbed to the top spot in his team’s lineup and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2019.

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.