Talk About Tennis 2.0

Kasatkina losing to Mertens. Not a terrible loss, but Mertens is not a powerhouse on hard courts. Her funky year continues (Kasatkina's).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:31 pm

mick1303 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:17 pm ...

Intense - yes. But to a degree that you can damage your own rib - sounds like a stretch. Maybe she is taking too much from the book of her idol - Rafa Nadal. Who was - oh, so hurt in his loss to Soderling - that in order to demonstrate how hurt he was - skipped Wimbledon. And then of course he was still hurt when DelPo cleaned his clock in US Open.

Let me see if I get this straight. Rafa lost to Soderling at RG, the tournament he loves the most, and claimed a fake injury, and then, so nobody would doubt the reality of his injury he skipped Wimbledon, where he was the defending champion, so he would not be called on that lie?
I mean, how evil can a person be?

Plus, cracking a rib coughing isn’t that uncommon of an injury

I think Gael’s tennis career is mostly done for

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:45 pm Kasatkina losing to Mertens. Not a terrible loss, but Mertens is not a powerhouse on hard courts. Her funky year continues (Kasatkina's).

Kasatkina was ill. She fell behind 3-0 (two breaks) quickly before coming back to win the set. But she called for the trainer early in the third set (I think), saying she had vomited twice earlier in the day. She was still competing well late in the match, but I think she was definitely under the weather.

Has no one ever suggested to Katherine Sebov that she should spend some time in the gym? Or is she just one of these body types that never builds bulky muscles? Her arms and legs are so willowy, it's hard to see how she could compete at a higher level. Also, she has a very short takeback on her forehand, which would also limit the power she can get off that.

Laura Siegemund is going to make us watch her play until she's 45, isn't she?

JTContinental wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:03 pm I think Gael’s tennis career is mostly done for

I agree. Yesterday's injury was completely out of nowhere, and if you look at the stroke that caused it, it seemed like nothing.
Then again, Gael's FH has always been a very wristy affair. Who knows how much more millage than the average he has there.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:44 pm Laura Siegemund is going to make us watch her play until she's 45, isn't she?

That's about how long it takes her to finish barking after she hits the ball

JTContinental wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:01 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:31 pm

mick1303 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:17 pm ...

Intense - yes. But to a degree that you can damage your own rib - sounds like a stretch. Maybe she is taking too much from the book of her idol - Rafa Nadal. Who was - oh, so hurt in his loss to Soderling - that in order to demonstrate how hurt he was - skipped Wimbledon. And then of course he was still hurt when DelPo cleaned his clock in US Open.

Let me see if I get this straight. Rafa lost to Soderling at RG, the tournament he loves the most, and claimed a fake injury, and then, so nobody would doubt the reality of his injury he skipped Wimbledon, where he was the defending champion, so he would not be called on that lie?
I mean, how evil can a person be?

Plus, cracking a rib coughing isn’t that uncommon of an injury

If you're a senior citizen with osteoporosis

If you ever play Rebecca Marino, just hit every ball down the middle of the court.

Good win for Samsonova..golubic can be tricky...

Friday, March 24, 2023 Day 5

Stadium Starts At 12:00 Pm

(7) Maria Sakkari VS Bianca Andreescu
Followed By
(9) Taylor Fritz VS (WC) Emilio Nava
Followed By
(1) Carlos Alcaraz VS Facundo Bagnis
Not Before 7:00 PM
Shelby Rogers VS (2) Aryna Sabalenka
Not Before 8:30 Pm
(WC) Taro Daniel VS (13) Alexander Zverev

Grandstand Starts At 11:00 Am

J.J. Wolf VS (6) Andrey Rublev
Followed By
(Q) Varvara Gracheva VS (4) Ons Jabeur
Followed By
(WC) Robin Montgomery VS (19) Madison Keys
Followed By
(5) Caroline Garcia VS Sorana Cirstea
Not Before 7:00 Pm
(3) Casper Ruud VS Ilya Ivashka

Butch Buchholz Starts At 11:00 Am

(PR) Guido Pella VS (24) Denis Shapovalov
Followed By
(10) Jannik Sinner VS Laslo Djere
Followed By
Marc-Andrea Huesler VS (16) Tommy Paul
Followed By
(15) Petra Kvitova VS Linda Noskova
Followed By
Leylah Fernandez VS (9) Belinda Bencic

Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am

(18) Ekaterina Alexandrova VS Taylor Townsend
Followed By
(16) Barbora Krejcikova VS Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Followed By
Sofia Kenin VS (28) Anhelina Kalinina
Followed By
(Q) Jan-Lennard Struff VS (21) Grigor Dimitrov
Followed By
Marton Fucsovics VS (7) Holger Rune

Court 7 Starts At 11:00 Am

(17) Karolina Pliskova VS Xinyu Wang
Followed By
Marketa Vondrousova VS (11) Veronika Kudermetova
Followed By
Alexei Popyrin VS (26) Botic van de Zandschulp
Followed By
(20) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina VS Brandon Nakashima
Followed By
Austin Krajicek/Nicolas Mahut VS (3) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic

Court 5 Starts At 11:00 Am

(22) Roberto Bautista Agut VS Emil Ruusuvuori
Followed By
(31) Diego Schwartzman VS Yibing Wu
Followed By
(29) Miomir Kecmanovic VS Ugo Humbert
Followed By
Dusan Lajovic VS (30) Maxime Cressy
Followed By
Jaume Munar/Bernabe Zapata Miralles VS Rafael Matos/David Vega Hernandez

Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am

(Q) Karolina Muchova VS (32) Lin Zhu
Followed By
(31) Marie Bouzkova VS Anna Blinkova
Followed By
(WC) Brenda Fruhvirtova/Linda Fruhvirtova VS (2) Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula
Followed By
Madison Brengle VS (22) Donna Vekic
Followed By
(26) Shuai Zhang VS (WC) Erika Andreeva

Court 3 Starts At 11:00 Am

(6) Storm Hunter/Elise Mertens VS Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutjiadi
Not Before 12:30 PM
(3) Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko VS (WC) Danielle Collins/Peyton Stearns
Followed By
(1) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski VS Rinky Hijikata/Jason Kubler
Followed By
Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop VS Sebastian Baez/Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Followed By
Makoto Ninomiya/Saisai Zheng VS Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara

JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:44 pm Laura Siegemund is going to make us watch her play until she's 45, isn't she?

....She's not 45 already?

Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Badosa beats Siegemund, 76(2) 46 62 in 2h51m. #MiamiOoen

Siegemund took an off-court MTO for a left hip injury at 0-3 in the 3rd and became increasingly desperate to shorten points.