Talk About Tennis 2.0

Bianci looks to be in control of the 3rd set over Stearns up 4-1.

Bianci wins the match over Stearns in 3 sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:28 am

nelslus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:59 am
I mean, LOL, I don't know what Jazz still needs to explain?!?! Here in Chicago, we live on the North side of the city, right next to Lake Michigan. Folks most definitely closer to 75 miles away from us- the South side of Chicago, local suburbs- more often than not have distinctly different weather patterns than we do (especially many of the local suburbs, which tend to get zapped with rough weather more than we do).

So- you know- I'd tend to believe the person who lives in the same areas concerning weather patterns.

Haha. Exactly. I can remember several times when my cousin living on the South Side had barely a dusting and we had like 8-10 inches in Evanston with lake effect snow and he happily called to rub it in. The lake is pretty of course, but yeah, that's a down side, makes a difference in the weather patterns.

Yup. As I got my MA and BA at Northwestern, I also lived in Evanston for a number of years. We go to Evanston a good amount of times, including that we get take-out from Dave's Italian Kitchen- which has moved a few times.

STRANGELY enough- global warming, y'all- for a number of years, over-all, we've gotten pretty reasonable winter weather, even being next to Lake Michigan.

The most fun I've had watching a match (well, much of this match) from Indian Wells this year so far, was, of all things, Giron/Wolf d. Sinner/Sonego. From about the middle of the second set through the third set tiebreaker, all of the players were playing great- just pounding the hell out of the ball all over the place, while showing a lot of great defensive play. I love an excellent doubles match- even if this match was a lot of four players playing great singles tennis.

Scoob wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:26 am Kenin also double faulted on match point. I saw Kenin leaving the court and she was crying. They said she played really well in the match.

Yeah, Sonya played a great match. She has to be disappointed she didn't at least push it to a 3rd with how well she was playing. But hopefully she will walk away from this thinking positively. She's always seemed tough on herself, so may take awhile for her to see the positives. If she can keep this form and get good draws, she'll move up the rankings pretty fast. That's assuming she's fully recovered from her injuries. She looked it.

nelslus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:12 am
Yup. As I got my MA and BA at Northwestern, I also lived in Evanston for a number of years. We go to Evanston a good amount of times, including that we get take-out from Dave's Italian Kitchen- which has moved a few times.

STRANGELY enough- global warming, y'all- for a number of years, over-all, we've gotten pretty reasonable winter weather, even being next to Lake Michigan.

Dave's Italian Kitchen! Taking me back. Good to hear that it's still open even if it moved locations.

Madison Keys has withdrawn due to not feeling great during her match with Cirstea and also her Blood Pressure was not good when checked on court. She had lost the 1st set 6-1.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:41 am

Djokovic really broke this boy. He was ascending so well and it's just seeming like maybe we'll hear from him seriously in a few years when he gets his head on right, but it's getting harder to imagine he's going to be in the Alcaraz/Rune camp anytime soon the way it was seeming like he would be for a bit there.

Alcaraez's serving position showing Kokkinakis' returns no respect.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:50 am

nelslus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:12 am
Yup. As I got my MA and BA at Northwestern, I also lived in Evanston for a number of years. We go to Evanston a good amount of times, including that we get take-out from Dave's Italian Kitchen- which has moved a few times.

STRANGELY enough- global warming, y'all- for a number of years, over-all, we've gotten pretty reasonable winter weather, even being next to Lake Michigan.

Dave's Italian Kitchen! Taking me back. Good to hear that it's still open even if it moved locations.

I first discovered Dave's with college friends (some still my friends) when it was on Church Street. I do know that it then moved to 1635 Chicago Ave. At some point, I believe that they posted in social media that they had closed, possibly for good. But, then, it resurrected to 815 Noyes Street. It now has a teeny-weenie dining area. So, we do take-out. I almost always get the lasagna, sometimes chicken parmesan. Plus, there's still that bread....

I figured, if someone has ever lived in Evanston, that Dave's would be a good memory.

skatingfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:39 am Alcaraez's serving position showing Kokkinakis' returns no respect.

To excel fully again- Carols is going to have to improve his serve, and his way too frequent same serving positions.

I expect Kudermetova to beat Pliskova now but Pliskova remains an inscrutable mystery to me ..
Coco vs Noskova should be fun, but I didn't think that win over Anisimova was anything special ...Anisimova was spewing UFEs from every wing. .Coco won't do that....

DAY 7 - MARCH 12

STADIUM 1 11:00 AM PT

CHI Cristian Garin vs NOR Casper Ruud [3]
FOLLOWED BY
FIN Emil Ruusuvuori vs GER Alexander Zverev [12]
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
USA Coco Gauff [6] vs CZE Linda Noskova
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
RUS Daniil Medvedev [5] vs BLR Ilya Ivashka
NOT BEFORE 8:00 PM
UKR Lesia Tsurenko vs BLR Aryna Sabalenka [2]

STADIUM 2 11:00 AM PT

GRE Maria Sakkari [7] vs UKR Anhelina Kalinina [27]
FOLLOWED BY
RUS Anastasia Potapova [26] vs USA Jessica Pegula [3]
FOLLOWED BY
USA Frances Tiafoe [14] vs AUS Jason Kubler
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
CZE Petra Kvitova [15] vs LAT Jelena Ostapenko [24]
FOLLOWED BY
GER Kevin Krawietz/FRA Fabrice Martin vs USA John Isner/USA Jack Sock

STADIUM 3 11:00 AM PT

JPN Taro Daniel vs GBR Cameron Norrie [10]
FOLLOWED BY
RUS Karen Khachanov [13] vs ESP Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [23]
FOLLOWED BY
RUS Andrey Rublev [6] vs FRA Ugo Humbert
NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM
CZE Barbora Krejcikova [16] vs CHN Xinyu Wang
FOLLOWED BY
BEL Kirsten Flipkens/USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs JPN Miyu Kato/INA Aldila Sutjiadi

STADIUM 4 11:00 AM PT

SWE Rebecca Peterson vs SUI Jil Teichmann
NOT BEFORE 12:00 PM
CZE Karolina Pliskova [17] vs RUS Veronika Kudermetova [11]
NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM
ESP Paula Badosa/KAZ Elena Rybakina vs AUS Storm Hunter [6]/BEL Elise Mertens [6]
FOLLOWED BY
AUT Lucas Miedler/GBR Cameron Norrie vs CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime/CAN Denis Shapovalov
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
CHI Alejandro Tabilo vs AUS Jordan Thompson

STADIUM 6 11:00 AM PT

CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/BRA Luisa Stefani vs KAZ Anna Danilina/USA Asia Muhammad
FOLLOWED BY
GBR Daniel Evans/AUS John Peers vs GBR Jamie Murray/NZL Michael Venus
FOLLOWED BY
NOR Ulrikke Eikeri/JPN Makoto Ninomiya vs JPN Shuko Aoyama/JPN Ena Shibahara

I've got to say some of today's matches look intriguing, especially on the women's side. This tournament so far has had some pretty good tennis to watch.
Today it is once again tough to select an upset from the men's draw, but I will go with Emil Ruusuvuori to upset Alexander Zverev today. I am not really sure why I picked this match other than the fact, I still don't feel that Zverev is 100%.

On the women's side of the draw, I am taking one 18 year old over another. I think the young talented Linda Nosková will upset the other young talented Coco Gauff today. For me, this match is going to be the premiere match up of the day.

Can't say anything because I have yet to watch Noskova play.
Zverev is not 100%, but he is getting better. Ruusuvuori should be a challenge, but a test he could pass.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:05 pm Can't say anything because I have yet to watch Noskova play.
Zverev is not 100%, but he is getting better. Ruusuvuori should be a challenge, but a test he could pass.

Most likely by days end I will go to 0-6 with these predictions.