Talk About Tennis 2.0

Suliso wrote:No, no Megan. We're not taking all those four guys out - only Djokovic

If we were to "delete" all four Slam winners of course new ones would have to take their place.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:35 pm

Suliso wrote:No, no Megan. We're not taking all those four guys out - only Djokovic

If we were to "delete" all four Slam winners of course new ones would have to take their place.

Okay, sorry. I means Ruud or Kyrgios could win one if only Djokovic was out of the mix. I think the other three would be prohibitive favorites as a group, having distanced themselves with consistency, but none of them is a lock for the semis like the Big 3 players were. Sinner maybe now. But he hasn’t proven himself a champion for a whole season and across multiple surfaces yet.


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Suliso wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:14 pm Let's do a thought exercise. Djokovic has declined and AO SF's is his high mark at Slams this year. If that is true do we think there will be another new Slam champion this year? That is someone other than Alcaraz, Sinner and Medvedev.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:38 am

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:35 pm

Suliso wrote:No, no Megan. We're not taking all those four guys out - only Djokovic

If we were to "delete" all four Slam winners of course new ones would have to take their place.

Okay, sorry. I means Ruud or Kyrgios could win one if only Djokovic was out of the mix. I think the other three would be prohibitive favorites as a group, having distanced themselves with consistency, but none of them is a lock for the semis like the Big 3 players were. Sinner maybe now. But he hasn’t proven himself a champion for a whole season and across multiple surfaces yet.


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what is the point of waiting for someone to win multiple majors before calling him/her a champion?! more fun to do it before....!

mick1303 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:42 am Saw a discussion on the best active WTA player to never win a slam. But can't find a thread where it was. The names of Muchova and Pegula were brought up. I like watching Muchova play - so smooth. But come on - only one title. In the WTA world comparing slams with other tournaments is MUCH more relevant. They all best of three. Pegula is almost 30, but only won 4 titles. Pliskova had 16 and Svitolina - 17. I think it shall be between those 2. Pliskova reached #1 and was in two slam finals. Svitolina won YEC and has more tier I titles - (4 against 2). So it is close.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:51 am I think it's easily Ons Jabeur with 3 GS finals. Albeit her best days are probably behind her too.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:15 am The men:
one of the following will win the tournament: Alcaraz, Djokovic, Zverev
Sinner, Medvedev will NOT
Michelsen will beat Tommy Paul in the second round assuming he survives the first round, which he may not
Taylor Fritz will 'do well'
all these, again, based on court speed and the IW draw

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:47 am still cant download the men's draw, so will wait for that.
as for the women,
one of the following will win the whole thing: Rybakina, Sabalenka, Swiatek.
these players will NOT win the whole thing: Coco, Pegula
Kostyuk and Pavlyuchenkova will 'do well' as defined above.
Osaka will not survive Samsonova
Noskova will not be able to beat Swiatek again - the court is much slower than the AO
Pliskova will beat Pegula in the second round (though I swore never to bet on or against Pliskova!)
Yastremska will beat Raducanu

these are predictions entirely based on court speed and the draw. Some of them may be 'far out' but we shall see.