ATP WTA Grand Slam Roland Garros 5/26 - 6/9 2024

[ptmcmahon]

Local fans or all fans then? Local fans will pick the locals still

[ashkor87]

Local fans or all fans then? Local fans will pick the locals still

That would be better than what is happening now

[mick1303]

Matches won in Grand Slams for players under 30:

Zverev,_Alexander______88
Medvedev,_Daniil_______76
Rublev,_Andrey_________60
Tsitsipas,_Stefanos____60
Khachanov,_Karen_______60
Kyrgios,_Nick__________54
Berrettini,_Matteo_____47
Alcaraz,_Carlos________45
Sinner,_Jannik_________45
Fritz,_Taylor__________40
Tiafoe,_Frances________40

[ti-amie]

It's interesting (surprising?) for me to see Tiafoe and Fritz on that list.

[ti-amie]

[mick1303]

It's interesting (surprising?) for me to see Tiafoe and Fritz on that list.

For me the most surprising was how far ahead Zverev is over Daniil, given that he was only in one final, while Daniil was in 6! Add to this that he is 2 years younger. Probably two reasons: 1) he is an early bloomer; 2) he rarely loses early in slams.

[ptmcmahon]

It's interesting (surprising?) for me to see Tiafoe and Fritz on that list.

It feels like Tiafoe has been around forever compared to a couple of the others:)

[ti-amie]

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
Dominic Thiem says he didn’t deserve a wild card for Roland Garros:

“Honestly I had a long time to be in a good ranking. I had enough tournaments and enough time to climb up the ranking and I didn’t do it, so I kind of didn’t deserve it and that’s fine. I had 10 main draw appearances in the last years so that’s more than enough.”

(via @gasparlanca)

[ti-amie]

Wrong thread

[ponchi101]

He is one guy that I think should not retire.
the last time I saw him play, he was running around his BH all the time. And I felt: why? He has a sledgehammer of a shot there and he can open the court better with it than with his FH. So, if he were just to change his style, he could be better ranked.
Then again, what do I know.

[JTContinental]

I don’t think his body is holding up well enough to play professionally anymore

[mick1303]

He is one guy that I think should not retire.
the last time I saw him play, he was running around his BH all the time. And I felt: why? He has a sledgehammer of a shot there and he can open the court better with it than with his FH. So, if he were just to change his style, he could be better ranked.
Then again, what do I know.

The problem with Thiem is that his wrist no longer allows him to produce all those revolutions on the ball. His bh was eye-catching, but his fh was what made him the player that he was - rivaling Rafa on clay. Without this very heavy ball he can't dictate like he was able to before the injury.

[mick1303]

It's interesting (surprising?) for me to see Tiafoe and Fritz on that list.

It feels like Tiafoe has been around forever compared to a couple of the others:)

Tiafoe, Rublev, Tsitsipas and Fritz are separated by less than a year. Oldest of them Rublev was born on October 20th 1997, the youngest is Tsitsipas - August 12th 1998. So it is very natural to compare them against each other.

That "couple of others" are Sinner and Alcaraz, who clearly separated themselves from the rest despite being much-much younger.

[ponchi101]

He is one guy that I think should not retire.
the last time I saw him play, he was running around his BH all the time. And I felt: why? He has a sledgehammer of a shot there and he can open the court better with it than with his FH. So, if he were just to change his style, he could be better ranked.
Then again, what do I know.

The problem with Thiem is that his wrist no longer allows him to produce all those revolutions on the ball. His bh was eye-catching, but his fh was what made him the player that he was - rivaling Rafa on clay. Without this very heavy ball he can't dictate like he was able to before the injury.

Uhm. I'm a not sure. His FH was very good, but I think the BH was the difference. The FH was as good as a lot of other FH's agree, but to me, it was not a stroke that set him apart.

[mick1303]

There is something "mystical" about weaker side producing unexpected highlight-reel strokes. This is something that commands attention. Similar thing is often observed in pro boxing. KOs from left hook from orthodox fighters are catching the eye, despite right hand doing the majority of damage. Right hand is "meat-and-potato", left hand is a spicy sauce. Wawrinka has a very potent top-tier forehand along with his beautiful backhand. Gasquet has only beautiful backhand. Now compare their results.