Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 11:04 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:47 pm The only people I know in this montage are Questlove and Christie Brinkley with who I guess is one of her sons.

Anne Hathaway.

Sunglasses woman. Got it.

Questlove answered me too. The one in the pink is Debbie Gibson.

In case you missed her the first time.

We are back in the 90's.
Both #1's are 19 and 20.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:20 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:19 am As for parity, there isn't any..the best player usually wins..the fault is with us, if we cannot figure out who that is!

Yes - and/but it's too much to ask to figure out who will be the best on any given week or day. We don't have the information or knowledge. It's our fault if we can't figure THAT out. Predictions are a (slightly educated) guessing game. For some reason it feels good to guess right, like on a game show or gambling.

In hindsight, though,is it REALLY a surprise that Barty won the AO, Swiatek won the French,, Rybakina Wimbledon? Even here, Swiatek was the favorite -most of us have her the highest probability of winning, just not more than 50%..

Both Ruud and Alcaraz made sure to mention the tragedy of 9/11 right off the bat in their post match on-court interview.
Obviously, everyone remembers Leylah doing the same very eloquently last year, as she basically grabbed the microphone to do it when her on-court interview was essentially finished.

Have other finalists and/or winners mentioned 9/11 in their post match on-court interviews in the past, or did Leylah start what looks to be becoming a trend?
Of course, the Final doesn't always occur on September 11th... but I'm curious if any other players have mentioned it through the years - whether on September 11th, or a little before or after. I imagine that some have, but I can't recall any at the moment.

Both Jabeur and Ruud twice runners up this year..I expect Ruud at least will win one some day..Jabeur, I hope she does but am less sure..too many young players coming up..In Ruud's case, he will outlast the big 3 so after that...
In an early post I had predicted that Alcaraz will win 5 majors over his career..now it looks like an under-estimate! No reason he can't win 20 like the big 3!
Feel sorry for Zverev etc .their generation has been overtaken already by this generation..Alcaraz, Ruud and Sinner..

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:13 am Feel sorry for Zverev etc .their generation has been overtaken already by this generation..Alcaraz, Ruud and Sinner..

I was just thinking of both Zverev and Tsitsipas. Feels like they are being bypassed! But they should still have chances (assuming Zverev recovers well). But Alcaraz, Ruud, Sinner were obviously VERY impressive this year.

Deuce wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:05 am Both Ruud and Alcaraz made sure to mention the tragedy of 9/11 right off the bat in their post match on-court interview.

Gotta admit, it both felt odd to me and make me feel very old. Alcaraz was not even born at the time!

What must Juanqui be feeling?

texasniteowl wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:46 am

Deuce wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:05 am Both Ruud and Alcaraz made sure to mention the tragedy of 9/11 right off the bat in their post match on-court interview.

Gotta admit, it both felt odd to me and make me feel very old. Alcaraz was not even born at the time!

Indeed - everything is relative.
Even Leylah's eloquent mention of 9/11 last year felt odd...
But I think it's good that they are mentioning it, which means that they are being educated about that particular portion of history, at least.