Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 26, 2025 11:36 pm The principles by which systems are assessed – accuracy, reliability, suitability and practicality – are the same at all levels.

If the principles are the same, then the sole reason why you may have there different levels is because the results are not the same.
You are admitting that the ELC's come in different reliability levels.
C'mon, bring back the line judges. At least the player could then talk to somebody.

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, is currently in his visit to Serbia and he met with Novak Djokovic’s father Srdjan Djokovic.

According to Serbian media, they met to talk about various business deals but also tennis. Part of the conversation was Elon Musk’s alleged plan to buy the license of the ongoing Canadian Open and move it to Austin, Texas, USA, where he has other business interests too. Apparently he plans to make this move as early as 2026 or 2027/8.

Elon Musk is a huge Djokovic fan and according to Serbian media, his father was a messenger here signaling that Musk is willing to offer Djokovic a role of the tournament director when he retires.

Razlog sastanka Maska i Đokovića? Novaka čeka zanimljiva ponuda!

Whoever redesigned the WTA site1)did not really consider the mobile experience, and more egregiously, 2) vastly overestimated the amount of times I would like a tiny pop up window of Jasmine Paolini to obstruct the view of what I’m actually trying to view.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:29 am Whoever redesigned the WTA site1)did not really consider the mobile experience, and more egregiously, 2) vastly overestimated the amount of times I would like a tiny pop up window of Jasmine Paolini to obstruct the view of what I’m actually trying to view.

If possible they made it worse than it was.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:30 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:29 am Whoever redesigned the WTA site1)did not really consider the mobile experience, and more egregiously, 2) vastly overestimated the amount of times I would like a tiny pop up window of Jasmine Paolini to obstruct the view of what I’m actually trying to view.

If possible they made it worse than it was.

It's definitely worse.

I wish they would just adopt the ATP site software. It's way easier to use. I love the immediate availability of the H2H for scheduled matches and the win/loss stats for different surfaces.

The new scoreboard was great for a few weeks, and then they changed something & now you have to jump between tabs to see live scores vs completed matches vs upcoming matches.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:29 am Whoever redesigned the WTA site1)did not really consider the mobile experience, and more egregiously, 2) vastly overestimated the amount of times I would like a tiny pop up window of Jasmine Paolini to obstruct the view of what I’m actually trying to view.

The pop-up is bigger than she is in real life.

It's so annoying. For the longest time I used computer to access it. I finally migrated to mobile just prior to the redesign

Elena Rybakina’s barred coach Stefano Vukov has WTA Tour suspension lifted after appeal

By Charlie Eccleshare
Aug. 8, 2025Updated 9:03 pm GMT+1


(Photo: Robert Prange / Getty Images)

Stefano Vukov, the previously barred coach of 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, has had his suspension from coaching and attending professional tennis events lifted after an appeal.

Vukov appealed his yearlong ban for breaching the WTA Tour’s code of conduct ahead of this year’s French Open. Two people briefed on the appeal and the arbitration process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships in tennis, said Vukov entered into private arbitration with the tour as part of the appeal, which included a hearing that took place before this year’s Wimbledon.

The WTA issued a statement to The Athletic, which said:
“The WTA is fully committed to providing a safe and respectful environment for all athletes and other participants, as set out in our WTA Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Code. Any sanctions issued following a breach of these safeguarding rules are carefully considered and are subject to appeal before an independent tribunal.
“While case details remain confidential, we can confirm that Mr. Vukov is eligible to receive credentials at WTA events. We will not be commenting further.”

Under the suspension, Vukov was unable to access stadiums, practice courts and other facilities, as well as player accommodations. The four Grand Slams — Wimbledon, the Australian, French and U.S. Opens — honored the ban. Vukov was in Melbourne with Rybakina for this year’s Australian Open, but was still not allowed to enter the courts or her box.

The WTA provisionally suspended Vukov last fall when it opened an investigation into his behavior, as reported by The Athletic in January. Rybakina fired Vukov just before the U.S. Open began in late August. The WTA’s investigation into Vukov’s behavior began shortly after the final major of the season and concluded four months later.

His actions in response to his dismissal, which included walking the lobby of Rybakina’s Manhattan hotel and flooding her phone with calls and messages in a bid to get her to take him back, pushed members of her team to tell WTA officials that they feared for her safety.

In a confidential three-page letter summarizing the investigation, WTA Tour chief executive Archer said Vukov had called Rybakina “stupid” and “retarded.” She wrote that he had told her she would “still be picking potatoes” in Russia without him, and concluded that Vukov had “cultivated a relationship of dependence” in which Rybakina believed she could not be successful without Vukov.

She informed Vukov and Rybakina that he had been issued with a one-year ban on January 31, writing that the investigation had found that he had engaged in “abuse of authority and abusive conduct” toward Rybakina.

Rybakina has since worked with Davide Sanguinetti, who said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport in February that “Vukov and Elena are close, he will always be there.”
“Stefano and I are on the same wavelength,” Sanguinetti said.

In May, Rybakina won the Strasbourg International, a 500-level event, with Sanguinetti in her on-site coaching team. She thanked Vukov during the trophy presentation speech, and confirmed during a news conference at the French Open that he had been coaching her between events.
Rybakina is seeded No. 9 at the Cincinnati Open and will play Renata Zarazúa of Mexico in the second round Saturday.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/654287 ... vukov-wta/

I've always thought Fish is an idiot and cite his disastrous stint as US Davis Cup captain as Exhibit A. There are people who handle heat and humidity well and there are those who don't, regardless of fitness level.

I relied on the comments because of the way the first image is cropped.

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From my understanding, in Dallas on February 6, Opelka called a referee “the worst in ATP” and was fined $40k under the old rules, which still allowed more leeway for what could be seen as reasonable criticism.

On February 10, the ATP Tour tightened the rule so that even comments considered a “reasonable” attack on an umpire or official could be fined if they were seen as damaging to reputation.

At Indian Wells in March, he told Safiullin “Nacho is an idiot” and was fined under the stricter, post-Feb 10 rule.

So it wasn’t retroactive — his comments in Dallas were fined under the old rule, and his comments in Indian Wells under the new one.

I side with Ljubicic. The weather at Cincy is beyond normal. No other sport makes their players play at noon in a sport that is individual and you cannot sub for a few minutes. American football you can sub and you are looked after on the sidelines.
No, golf is not a sport.

And I don't think that the players are not fit. They are. But some people cannot handle extreme heat.
Really, this tournament's number of RET is too high. Start playing at 4PM.

Bravo, Sam.
Also.
Can we drop the immediate crucifixion after a player loses a match and does not give the perfect speech?