My Attempt To Break My Career Highest ATP Ranking At 30 - 2 Tournaments For 52 Spots

all right guys we have a great video today can I beat my career high uh I'm currently ranked about 420 in the world my career high was 371 back in like 2018 I think and tomorrow I'm leaving for three events the first one uh a Challenger in bota and then 2 25ks in Brazil and I'm hungry and I want to break my career high into strip right now I have eight points I need to get to about 135 to safely be above my career high of 371 so I'll be taking you along this 3-we journey let's see what happens can I beat my career high first of all I need my [Music] bag PR Grooms PR immunity this is the perspective of my office I haven't even seen office office is not looking very very good right now it's always crazy right before I travel but just Controlled Chaos got a back little K-pop one two three reels they're mini reels I don't break a lot of string but obviously on the road you got to um string a lot of rackets yeah K-pop Link in the description go buy it and it's great it's affordable and it's 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Link in the description [Applause] [Music] [Applause] really feel the ground you know first day of practice here in Colombia i b I made a bit of a mistake my I brought two left [Music] feet so I'm going to practice my ons and uh it is what it is just feeling the B today so don't have to move so much but yeah starting starting the the practice week pretty um pretty eventfully and after a couple days of practice it was time to get the tournament started all right guys match day is finally here had some good practices in the last few days um playing a qual ifier which can sound easy but you know they get used to the conditions they come in with a couple matches under their belt already I've been a qualifier a lot I I don't mind being a qualifier cuz that gives me a little rhythm but the hunt towards my career high begins today see what happens uh let's try to snag some more points we'll meet here after the match uh win or lose to see what happens all right and I started this quest for my career high Strong by immediately getting broken in my first service game but I was able to break right back and sadle into the match uh just a little bit of nerves early on we made it to the tiebreaker in the first set I was able to control uh the actions there in the breaker uh and take the first set and after that the nerves settle back in I was able to start playing my game a little bit more uh and I ran away with the second set all right guys the quest uh to beat my career high has started with a W today was not easy the conditions here in Columbia are tough with the altitude it's really hard to trust yourself and let the ball go that first set was very chippy very tense I think on both sides towards the end of that first set I started kind of getting a bit more of a feel especially with playing a lefty um after not practicing with a left so we're playing with a lefty in altitude the spins are a little more awkward and again it's very easy to just kind of get in your head and not swing out but I finished the set strong strong and kind of carried that momentum on uh and and got the W that's another six points going towards my ranking so that'll help me move up a little bit uh but we don't want to stop here tomorrow I'm only going to play doubles I'm playing doubles um so maybe I'll put some points here from doubles for you guys to watch a little dubs but aside from that again good start got the job done uh and we just got to keep moving on so uh let's see what happened second round you'd think I'd learned from my mistakes but I didn't I immediately got broken first game again but in good old Karu fashion I was able to break right back I get the match back on serve later I was able to get a second break I run away with that first set and kind of the same thing happened in the second if you want to watch the full match again highly recommend you go on the ATP website they have the full matches there on Challenger TV I had a lot of match points on the 5-3 game in the second set wasn't able to finish that and that creates tension uh you know after you have a bunch of match points and then you have to serve it out but I was able to control my nerves serve it out get that second round win all right fam we did it oh my God I got the dub I'm inside the top 400 now honestly didn't even know I was going to get to top 400 if I won that uh which probably good all in all um it was it was just you know a great match from start to finish got to get my grooms in you know make sure I don't don't get sick or anything um but yeah there's not a lot of time to celebrate have an Argentinian ficovich who's already won this tournament before it's going to be tough and so I just you know need to put my head down trust my game and go so let's get ready for for tomorrow and uh I's guess just keep the ball rolling quarterfinals here finally learned from my mistakes actually held serve the first time I served this was a really interesting set because I won a 6'4 but I only won four points on his serve the entire set meaning that I won all four points in the same game but I was able to just hold serve um make it a clean 64 [Applause] with that first set in the bag played a little more free uh and I was able to run away with it for a 64 60 all right we keep moving on here in Bogota I'm into my first ever Challenger semifinal one of the biggest drivers into this comeback was to try to play at a high level in Challengers and and you know it was a psychological challenge um cuz I always felt like I go to Challengers you get a little nervous you think the competition is super hard which it is everyone here is really good and you can psych yourself out and and not play great tennis and that was the internal battle that I wanted to to to overcome but for the purposes of this video it looks like I'm going to break my career high with the 22 points I get here I think I will um it's not I it's not confirmed yet so I'm not going to you know celebrate right right now uh that this is going to be the career high but it's it's seems that way that I'm going to go to about 368 in the world which will beat my career high by three so there's still more tennis to be played there's obviously the semi-final against Mana who took me out in in pagri actually stopped me from going to my first semifinal in a challenger so um this would be a really tough match um we obviously know each other now no not a lot of time to celebrate just got to rest and and get ready for tomorrow semi-finals uh big match we're back in semi-finals days as you can see it's it's Groundhog Day we just do the same thing over and over again but now there's less people here um feeling good got to get warmed up and play another match feels like I've been in Bogota for like a month but it's a good problem to have let's go the match versus Mana was absolutely epic seems like we always have some battles here are some highlights from it I highly recommend you watch the full match it's on the ATP website way [Applause] on [Applause] [Applause] all right guys dream run has come to an end um freaking Mana again fundo I'm I'm going to get you at some point but yeah today you know I'm it was probably the the biggest you know the most ATP level match um I've ever played in terms of like environment you know you had the big stadium with with PE a lot of people there multiple cameras the camera on you like on the the change over I'm proud of myself for like fighting back in that second set I was down you know set and 43 he was serving and I was able to to turn it around and win in some pretty epic fash to be honest that tiebreaker got the crowd involved it was fun I just again kind of you know fell apart there in the third he's a great servant a great return and that's the pressure he he keeps on you the entire time but all in all it it was an awesome week um here in bogot great tournament those are the M these are the matches I really want to play you know to to have fans to have people around to try to you know showcase your skills and and you know hopefully make it entertaining crazy crazy stuff from first Challenger semi-final let's hope we can can get a few more of these until the end of the year let's go let's go at it for one more tournament see if I can sustain this level let's go and two days later when the updated rankings came out it became official I moved to number 368 in the world beating my previous career high by three spots not bad for a 30-year-old YouTuber huh mission accomplished but wait there's more after bogot I went down to lrina Brazil to play a 25k event I carried the momentum from Bogota and I won the tournament earning another 25 ATP points which means I didn't just break my career high I smashed it thanks for the support thank you everybody uh londrina it was was awesome um I was knocking on the door for a title for a long time it's good to get one again uh but we keep going need some rest career high smashed they treat you nice here in Brazil celebratory beer let's go I couldn't have predicted this outcome when I started filming this video in my garage I could have easily lost early in both events and gotten nowhere near my career high but crazy things happen in sports you just have to keep giving yourself chances thank you everyone for the support it's been been awesome to share this journey with you thanks to improved T line and fit for tennis for helping me be on tour thanks Grooms for keeping me healthy and ready to battle for 2 weeks next goal Australian Open qualities let's get it [Music]