Form is temporary, class is permanent...Osaka, Andreescu, Bencic will always be there, and winning. Most of the others mentioned above are just players who are having a good run at the moment...some are a wee bit overrated and always have been - unfortunately, they are the ones with high rankings. But class will win out.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:34 am
by ashkor87
And Leylah and Raducanu ..will win often..
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:15 am
by Deuce
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:27 am
Form is temporary, class is permanent...Osaka, Andreescu, Bencic will always be there, and winning. Most of the others mentioned above are just players who are having a good run at the moment...some are a wee bit overrated and always have been - unfortunately, they are the ones with high rankings. But class will win out.
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:34 am
And Leylah and Raducanu ..will win often..
I agree about Osaka - if she is motivated, which is questionable going forward...
I disagree about Andreescu... In 3 1/2 years- which is basically her entire WTA career thus far -, she has been a top player for a grand total of 6 injury interrupted months. That's half of one year.
For the other 3 years, she has been either injured, or not playing at a top 20 level...
Bencic will probably be a top 20 - 25 player for a few years... but I'd be surprised - not shocked, but surprised - if she ever wins a Major...
Raducanu... she's a BIG question mark. Is she committed enough to be a consistent presence in the top 20? She certainly hasn't done anything since the U.S. Open (other than retire and withdraw and complain about injuries). I'd like her to do well, but the only thing she's showing is that she gives up quite easily, thus making people question her commitment. Kind of the opposite of Leylah when it comes to her effort and dedication to tennis.
I see her career path going forward (once her Wimbledon and U.S. Open points disappear) as being similar to Sorana Cirstea's - up and down, possibly entering the top 20 briefly, but never coming very close to top 10...
Leylah... I really don't know. If judged on guts alone, she'd win multiple Majors. I see her as being in and out of the top 20, perhaps dipping into the top 10 at times, and pretty much always inside the top 30.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:18 am
by Deuce
This is quite funny...
"Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me..."
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:29 pm
by ti-amie
Never forget people buy the tickets for the Finals, mens and women's, way ahead of time. The number of people in the stands has nothing to do with the popularity or lack thereof of the finalists.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:42 pm
by ponchi101
But RG is famous for re-sales, and you can get pretty good tickets outside. If you get a "bad" final, you can dump those tickets easily.
Scalping is not an unknown phenomenon in Paris
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:06 pm
by meganfernandez
Deuce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:18 am
This is quite funny...
"Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me..."
haha... I thought you were saying "me, me, me!" like you wanted to answer them. Because I wanted to answer them, too. This is one tennis trivia quiz I could nail. Fun commentary, esp by Monfils.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:15 pm
by ponchi101
Ok, for the oldies. RG champions, MEN's, from 1980 through 1999. WITH NO GOOGLE!
Answers in the spoiler
Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:20 pm
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:16 pm
Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.
I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head
As a Canadian, my memorization was always Stanley Cup Winners. The funny thing is I can tell you who won every Stanley Cup from 1970 (ten years before I was born) until about 1997 or 1998. The last 23 years though - I only can remember the last two off top of my head (since it was same team back to back.)
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:16 pm
Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.
I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:52 pm
As a Canadian, my memorization was always Stanley Cup Winners. The funny thing is I can tell you who won every Stanley Cup from 1970 (ten years before I was born) until about 1997 or 1998. The last 23 years though - I only can remember the last two off top of my head (since it was same team back to back.)
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:16 pm
Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.
I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head
1988 was Aranxta, 2000 was Pierce