Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

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Current players who seem to have been influenced in their appearance by other players...

Here are two. Can you think of any others?

Stefanos Tsitsipas - obvious influences of Borg and Agassi...

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Jack Draper with the 'Isner look'...
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Federer Keeps His Promise to a Kid...

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[JTContinental]

Coco Vandeweghe ended Bernarda Pera's winning streak at 14 in the finals of the 125 tournament played this week. This was Pera's third straight final.

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Genie Bouchard News (On-Court!)...

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[Suliso]

Do we think China leg (ATP) will be back next year or it's gone longer term?

[ponchi101]

Back. The ATP will not take the stand that the WTA has, because that is tied to Peng Shuai. Maybe Murray will be the player deciding not to play, and could sway a few other players.
Other than that: too much money to be made in Beijing/Shanghai.

[Suliso]

I think I wasn't clear enough here. ATP would like to be back this year too, but couldn't due to China's covid policy. The actual question is whether that is likely to change? If not ATP has no chance of returning...

[ponchi101]

Ah. In that case, no idea here. But I gather that China would like those tournaments back. They are very high in showcasing they are a world power.

[ti-amie]

I agree with Suliso on this one. If they're admitting it's bad imagine how much worse it must be.

[Suliso]

They certainly are, but seem to be even more keen on eradicating covid.

It's very difficult to travel to China now even for Chinese. My girlfriend has a Chinese friend (married to a local Swiss guy) who'd really like to visit parents in Beijing, but tickets cost 10k+ and you have to quarantine in a government institution for 3 weeks...

[ti-amie]

[meganfernandez]

Sounds like a very big deal and impactful on the US Open. Tyzzer said Barty struggled with those light balls a lot. But I wouldn't consider Barty a big hitter. Wouldn't fast/light balls favor a lighter hitter by giving them more zip, while causing big hitters to overhit? Sabalenka and Osaka are huge hitters, and they have done well with the ball.

[ti-amie]

Why can't they get the balls in Europe though? This would seem to give WTA players based in the US some advantage, however slight.

[meganfernandez]

Why can't they get the balls in Europe though? This would seem to give WTA players based in the US some advantage, however slight.

Guess the Wilson Regular Duty just isn't distributed there. But how hard can it be to special-order them for the #1 player in the world? Or any top player? Someone here could ship them cases of the balls.

[ti-amie]

Why can't they get the balls in Europe though? This would seem to give WTA players based in the US some advantage, however slight.

Guess the Wilson Regular Duty just isn't distributed there. But how hard can it be to special-order them for the #1 player in the world? Or any top player? Next time I go to Europe, I'll take some cans and sell them on the black market.

I think Iga said that when they do order them what they get isn't the same as what is used in tournament play.