ATP M1000 WTA 1000 BNP Paribas Open 3/8 - 3/19 2023

[JazzNU]

.....As for the Sabalenka/Gauff match....SHEEEESH!!!!

You're too kind.

Honestly thought it was great Coco got on the board and made that first set not completely one way traffic given how on Sabalenka was today. There was a point in the first set when I said out loud to the TV "hope she at least wins a game" because it was feeling like a 35 minute kind of match initially. But, if Aryna doesn't even throw in a single double fault, you know she's in the zone.

[ti-amie]

Day 11 - March 16 Order of Play

STARTS AT 11:00 AM

CZE Karolina Muchova vs KAZ Elena Rybakina[10]
FOLLOWED BY
POL Iga Swiatek [1] vs ROU Sorana Cirstea
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
USA Taylor Fritz [4] vs ITA Jannik Sinner [11]
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
ESP Carlos Alcaraz [1] vs CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [8]
FOLLOWED BY
NED Wesley Koolhof [1]/GBR Neal Skupski [1] vs GBR Jamie Murray/NZL Michael Venus

STADIUM 2 1:00 PM PT

CZE Barbora Krejcikova [1]/CZE Katerina Siniakova [1] vs AUS Storm Hunter [6]/BEL Elise Mertens [6]
FOLLOWED BY
CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/BRA Luisa Stefani vs JPN Miyu Kato/INA Aldila Sutjiadi
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
MEX Santiago Gonzalez/FRA Edouard Roger-Vasselin vs GBR Lloyd Glasspool [5]/FIN Harri Heliovaara [5]

[ti-amie]

.....As for the Sabalenka/Gauff match....SHEEEESH!!!!

You're too kind.

Honestly thought it was great Coco got on the board and made that first set not completely one way traffic given how on Sabalenka was today. There was a point in the first set when I said out loud to the TV "hope she at least wins a game" because it was feeling like a 35 minute kind of match initially. But, if Aryna doesn't even throw in a single double fault, you know she's in the zone.

She looked completely lost out there, Cori that is. I was glad she made the first set competitive.

[ti-amie]

Frances kit is just wonderful on him.

[Deuce]

I am pretty much convinced that Medvedev is not of the human species.
He's a cartoon character.
He has the face of a cartoon character - always with that permanent silly grin/scowl...
He plays tennis like a cartoon character - his strokes are so incredibly awkward looking, like he's made of rubber...
His personality is like a cartoon character - unpredictable, often irrational, but also bordering on genius...

Davidovich-Fokina is definitely getting his chances - but he's blowing them with very careless unforced errors.

[texasniteowl]

So what medical issue is DM having? I'm watching the score (not the match) and it says a medical evaluation on Medvedev?

[Deuce]

So what medical issue is DM having? I'm watching the score (not the match) and it says a medical evaluation on Medvedev?

He slipped slightly when trying to start a sprint for a drop shot, and when he slipped, he landed on his hands without letting go of the racquet, and his right thumb was jammed between the racquet and the court.
Of course, he's been blaming the court surface for his thumb injury, saying it's because the surface is too rough...

[texasniteowl]

So what medical issue is DM having? I'm watching the score (not the match) and it says a medical evaluation on Medvedev?

He slipped slightly when trying to start a sprint for a drop shot, and when he slipped, he landed on his hands without letting go of the racquet, and his right thumb was jammed between the racquet and the court.
Of course, he's been blaming the court surface for his thumb injury, saying it's because the surface is too rough...

ah. thanks. Did he complain about the court in his previous match too?

[Deuce]

So what medical issue is DM having? I'm watching the score (not the match) and it says a medical evaluation on Medvedev?

He slipped slightly when trying to start a sprint for a drop shot, and when he slipped, he landed on his hands without letting go of the racquet, and his right thumb was jammed between the racquet and the court.
Of course, he's been blaming the court surface for his thumb injury, saying it's because the surface is too rough...

ah. thanks. Did he complain about the court in his previous match too?

Yes... complaining that it's too slow... saying that he's going to take a long time to walk to the bathroom because the courts are so slow... saying that he's a "hard court specialist", and this is not a normal hard court, etc.

[ashkor87]

'I know what is hard court,” he told Lichtenstein, “I’m a specialist at hard court. This is not hard court.” Medvedev complaining about the slow court! Told the umpire he would take his time walking slow to the bathroom because it is a sloooow court !

This is for those on this forum who don't believe IW is the slowest court on the planet! Actually, I think Miami may be even slower..we shall see!

What are you basing this on?

The YouTube videos of last year

[ashkor87]

'I know what is hard court,” he told Lichtenstein, “I’m a specialist at hard court. This is not hard court.” Medvedev complaining about the slow court! Told the umpire he would take his time walking slow to the bathroom because it is a sloooow court !

This is for those on this forum who don't believe IW is the slowest court on the planet! Actually, I think Miami may be even slower..we shall see!

So, we are supposed to take the word of a famous complainer like Medvedev at face value? It is not as if he has never complained about "anything" about a court.
(Remember when he threatened to sue the Canada tournament because of the position of the cameras? After he ran into one because he was so far back).
And we are not saying courts today are not slow. What some are saying is that it is not the determining factor that you claim they are. Medvedev may have been complaining about the court, yet he still won the match.

Best not to get emotionally involved with players one doesn't know..which, for me, is all of them .if you know Medvedev or anyone else personally, by all means do..but ...

[ashkor87]

'I know what is hard court,” he told Lichtenstein, “I’m a specialist at hard court. This is not hard court.” Medvedev complaining about the slow court! Told the umpire he would take his time walking slow to the bathroom because it is a sloooow court !

This is for those on this forum who don't believe IW is the slowest court on the planet! Actually, I think Miami may be even slower..we shall see!

What are you basing this on?

What are you basing this on?

YouTube videos of last year...Miami looks even slower than IW .it could change every year, of course..I remember Agassi and Edberg regularly met in the finals of both and Miami was significantly faster then..lately they have been comparable, I think .

[JazzNU]

ah. thanks. Did he complain about the court in his previous match too?

So, so much.

[ashkor87]

Speaking of eras, there used to be an exhibition at Caesar'S Palace, I think .where I have seen Borg play Laver (Laver did quite well, and narrowly lost) and Roche beat Stockron easily...the Laver/Roche era players were really very good!

[ashkor87]

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.....WELL, finally- what we all have been waiting for, inevitably. A Ponchi/Ashkor war. SOMEONE, bring me my popcorn.

Actually, I've been talking about the slowing down of the court surfaces for ages. For example, I think Rafa would have struggled at Wimbledon back when the Wimbledon grass was lightning fast. However- IMO, it is very arguable that the courts getting slowed down has made for more entertaining tennis matches, with better rallies.

Of course, court speeds are a significant factor with the success of today's players. Interestingly enough- I truly have no idea the court surface speeds have changed over the years with Indian Wells and Miami. I just haven't paid attention to these tournaments as much, in many ways. Does anyone have any sense of any changes with Indian Wells and/or Miami.

Rafa and Novak would have never won Wimbledon on 1985's grass. Never.
Roger would have reached 10 titles.

AND the Aussie was still on grass in 1985.

I think Novak would have won some Wimbledon titles regardless. Rafa would, for sure, have struggled. I do agree that Roger could have gotten double digit Wimbledon titles. In any era, Rafa was gonna win 20 Roland Garros titles. But, hey- all three got ridiculous careers out of today's court speeds.

A Ponchi/Ashkor war.

actually, Ponchi is too nice, too courteous, so a war wont happen..not with me anyway.