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6 straight years with different winners, 4 straight different slam winners in the last 4. The USO is wide open.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:16 pm 6 straight years with different winners, 4 straight different slam winners in the last 4. The USO is wide open.

Future Wimbledon Champions
2023 Champion- Iga Swiatek
2024 Champion- Leylah Fernandez
2025 Champion- Emma Raducanu
2026 Champion- Amanda Anisimova
2027 Champion- Marie Bouzkova
2028 Champion- Coco Gauff
2029 Champion- Me

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:30 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:16 pm 6 straight years with different winners, 4 straight different slam winners in the last 4. The USO is wide open.

Future Wimbledon Champions
2023 Champion- Iga Swiatek - NOT sure. Her game does not suit the surface, but sure, she is still very young.
2024 Champion- Leylah Fernandez - If she gets stronger.
2025 Champion- Emma Raducanu - Ditto. Right now, I wonder if she is a one slam wonder, after all.
2026 Champion- Amanda Anisimova - She gets down so much on herself I don't know if she will collect even one slam, here or anywhere.
2027 Champion- Marie Bouzkova - Nothing to indicate it will be.
2028 Champion- Coco Gauff - Uhm, that weird FH grip...
2029 Champion- Me - Certainly, our best hope at TAT2.0 glory. But, imagine having to ask the AELTC for 25 courtesy passes, when we all show up to cheer you

Let us know when we need to start putting in our bets

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:02 pm

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:30 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:16 pm 6 straight years with different winners, 4 straight different slam winners in the last 4. The USO is wide open.

Future Wimbledon Champions
2023 Champion- Iga Swiatek - NOT sure. Her game does not suit the surface, but sure, she is still very young.
2024 Champion- Leylah Fernandez - If she gets stronger.
2025 Champion- Emma Raducanu - Ditto. Right now, I wonder if she is a one slam wonder, after all.
2026 Champion- Amanda Anisimova - She gets down so much on herself I don't know if she will collect even one slam, here or anywhere.
2027 Champion- Marie Bouzkova - Nothing to indicate it will be.
2028 Champion- Coco Gauff - Uhm, that weird FH grip...
2029 Champion- Me - Certainly, our best hope at TAT2.0 glory. But, imagine having to ask the AELTC for 25 courtesy passes, when we all show up to cheer you

Let us know when we need to start putting in our bets

I figure that would be the year after I win the NCAA Championships so I would be right on course. That would be one large players box full of people cheering me on.

ponchi101 wrote:There is no way to politely say this. Rybakina is terrible at the net. She has blown by now at least 5 easy finishing-point strokes.

That’s why Jabeur was trying to bring her in. Congrats in the Other pick. Came through in the nick of time for you.


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Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:58 pm ...

I figure that would be the year after I win the NCAA Championships so I would be right on course. That would be one large players box full of people cheering me on.

Cheering you? Ok, a bit, but there will be money running on you. Rue the day if you don't win!!!!!

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:56 pm

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:58 pm ...

I figure that would be the year after I win the NCAA Championships so I would be right on course. That would be one large players box full of people cheering me on.

Cheering you? Ok, a bit, but there will be money running on you. Rue the day if you don't win!!!!!

Would that even be allowed? Friends who bet money in the friends box at Wimbledon? Can you imagine the scandal?

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:23 pm

A true class act.

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:22 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:56 pm

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:58 pm ...

I figure that would be the year after I win the NCAA Championships so I would be right on course. That would be one large players box full of people cheering me on.

Cheering you? Ok, a bit, but there will be money running on you. Rue the day if you don't win!!!!!

Would that even be allowed? Friends who bet money in the friends box at Wimbledon? Can you imagine the scandal?

I can imagine the royalties for your autobio: "One flew over the Cuckoo4Coco's nest"

Rybakina is only 23--we've been talking about her potential for so long I thought she was closer to 30

Congrats to Elena; I have to say that I never thought she'd get it together mentally to pull off a grand slam, and she proved me wrong.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:05 pm

Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:22 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:56 pm

Cheering you? Ok, a bit, but there will be money running on you. Rue the day if you don't win!!!!!

Would that even be allowed? Friends who bet money in the friends box at Wimbledon? Can you imagine the scandal?

I can imagine the royalties for your autobio: "One flew over the Cuckoo4Coco's nest"

I know many many people bet on professional sports games, but when it comes to betting on an individual player wow I would think that would have to make that person a nervous wreck. Like a tennis player in a huge match or a boxer. I guess they probably don't even think about it at all because they are just focused on winning the championship or title or whatever, but it is just bizarre to me.

I have never seen the thrill of betting money for tennis or any sporting event. I guess I really could have conned a lot of people out of their money at the local tennis courts being a little girl and playing that they could beat me and then turn it completely around and slaughter them. I just don't know if I could do that.

Another note: not having any ranking points at this event this year is going to make a huge impact for a bunch of players who went deep into a slam

^ ... and who very well may not have gone as deep if the banned players had been playing.

We'll never know what would have happened, but there were definitely some significant players missing.

It's nice to see Jabeur being so gracious and appreciative in defeat... but I'd have liked to see more of a degree of disappointment, sadness, even anger, rather than happiness...
I love watching her, and I think she's great for the game, but perhaps that's one thing that is holding her back - she's just too nice and too happy, and doesn't have enough of a 'killer instinct'.