Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:26 pm Brady and Caro are on their way back. A 2R showing will be enough.
The players I listed are highly ranked players that are not playing well at all at the moment. Garcia, for example, just dropped 1000 points (or is it 900) by losing her first match at Cincy. So she has a ton of points to defend.
Matteo is a top player, as are Felix and Rublev. They should not be losing that early, that frequently. Ergo, my statement.
Krejcikova has been very silent, and I don't think even her claims to be, at this moment, any Big number. So, I would say that anything she does is gravy.

And Garcia has semi points to defend in NY, too. About to take a tumble.

Krejcikova's purpose now is to keep Iga humble. She'll win Ostrava!!!!! Sad because she has a great game. So smooth. Love to watch her play. She should win more matches.

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:27 pm The wild card awards will be a fun subject, as usual.

Isner/venus/Caro predictable. Some of the others not as much

WCs just announced:

Isner
Alex Michelsen (finaled Newport)
Michael Mmoh
Steven Johnson
Ethan Quinn (NCAA singles champion)
Learner Tien (USTA 18s national champion)
Benjamin Bonzi (Frech Open reciprocal)
Rinky Hijikata (Aussie reciprocal)

Qualifying WCs:
Brandon Hold
Zachary Svajda
Trevor Svajda (Zachary's brother, USTA 18s runner-up)
Paterick Kypson
Eliot Spizzirri
Tristan Boyer
Aidan Mayo
Martin Damm
Darwin Blanch

Maybe a good place for Isner to announce retirement? His style of play is one that is not conducive to a comeback.

Women's WCs:

Venus
Wozniacki
Ashlyn Krueger
Robin Montgomery
Kayla Day (US Open Wild Card Challenge winner)
Clervie Ngounoue (USTA 18s champion)
Fiona Ferro (French Open reciprocal)
Storm Hunter (Aussie reciprocal)

Quali WCs weren't in the press release.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:54 pm Maybe a good place for Isner to announce retirement? His style of play is one that is not conducive to a comeback.

Maybe, but it can also get lost at a Slam. Maybe he'd do it at Winston-Slam, Atlanta or Houston next year. I don't know... More media attention at the Open, of course. We'll have to hear about the Wimbledon Mahut match ad nauseum.

Did he hurt his knee proposing?

As little as two years ago, Canadian tennis was looking so strong. Felix and Dennis were climbing up the rankings, Leylah and Bianca were top names. Bouchard had faded but was still making news. There was a good supporting cast.
It can go away so fast.

Speaking of Canadian tennis. I say Milos deserves a WC for the USO. He was the top Canadian for quiet a while. Or can he get in via PR?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:08 pm As little as two years ago, Canadian tennis was looking so strong. Felix and Dennis were climbing up the rankings, Leylah and Bianca were top names. Bouchard had faded but was still making news. There was a good supporting cast.
It can go away so fast.

Speaking of Canadian tennis. I say Milos deserves a WC for the USO. He was the top Canadian for quiet a while. Or can he get in via PR?

Raonic is on the entry list that Ti posted, and yes, I was thinking that this summer that Canadian tennis is now returning to the wilderness that is more familiar to us.

Opelka has withdrawn on the men’s side

Shuai Zhang has withdrawn in the women’s side

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:08 pm As little as two years ago, Canadian tennis was looking so strong. Felix and Dennis were climbing up the rankings, Leylah and Bianca were top names. Bouchard had faded but was still making news. There was a good supporting cast.
It can go away so fast.

Speaking of Canadian tennis. I say Milos deserves a WC for the USO. He was the top Canadian for quiet a while. Or can he get in via PR?

What could have been... Raonic and Bouchard, too.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:14 pm Opelka has withdrawn on the men’s side

Shuai Zhang has withdrawn in the women’s side

Sad about Shuai Zhang. I hope she is okay. Wonder why she isn't playing doubles? She and Stosur were #1 in the world, I think.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:21 am Players in trouble for the USO:
Rublev
Felix
Berrettini
Garcia.

I say they would do well to play next week.

Ruud, Rune?
Man, tough tournament for players with names that start with RU.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:57 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:21 am Players in trouble for the USO:
Rublev
Felix
Berrettini
Garcia.

I say they would do well to play next week.

Ruud, Rune?
Man, tough tournament for players with names that start with RU.

Someone do a wellness check on Ruusuvuori

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:52 pm

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:14 pm Opelka has withdrawn on the men’s side

Shuai Zhang has withdrawn in the women’s side

Sad about Shuai Zhang. I hope she is okay. Wonder why she isn't playing doubles? She and Stosur were #1 in the world, I think.

She's had some good moments in doubles this year. She and Dolehide made the SF's at Wimbledon- at which point they lost 1 & 1 to Mertens and Sanders. Zhang also won a tournament in Abu Dhabi with Stefani, and the SF's with Olmos at Qatar. Other than that, she's also had plenty of bad doubled losses, in addition to a pretty bad year in singles.

If I recall this correctly, Stosur had previously encouraged Zhang to not quit tennis, during another bad patch she'd been having- and, I believe, before her and Stosur had such great results. So, she's been down before- and who knows what's going on with her currently- physically, mentally, medically, etc.? Worst case scenario- I hope she can be very proud of her career and the great results she has had. $9,971,239 earned in her career. Two doubles Slam titles (and in doubles, a Wimbledon final with Mertens, and some other Slam SF and QF doubles results), and QF results in singles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. (She's also 34, BTW.)

skatingfan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:12 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:08 pm As little as two years ago, Canadian tennis was looking so strong. Felix and Dennis were climbing up the rankings, Leylah and Bianca were top names. Bouchard had faded but was still making news. There was a good supporting cast.
It can go away so fast.

Speaking of Canadian tennis. I say Milos deserves a WC for the USO. He was the top Canadian for quiet a while. Or can he get in via PR?

Raonic is on the entry list that Ti posted, and yes, I was thinking that this summer that Canadian tennis is now returning to the wilderness that is more familiar to us.

I'm going to have to re-incorporate my day 1 SP rule of finding a Canadian to pick against!