patrick wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:46 pm For all the media talk praising Sharapova like she was the next big thing, she underperformed expectations and again, she was overhyped IMO.

patrick wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:28 pm At that time, media said Sharapova was the best thing to happen since "slice bread" and expectations went through the roof.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:19 pm I don't think anybody disliked Sharapova on court more than I did, but overhyped is not something that comes to mind when I think of her. The woman won 5 slams and made several other finals.
I don't see Iga burning out ever. She reminds me a bit of Graf: she likes being #1, and she really hates losing. We saw it at the Olympics, when she lost and was seen crying off court. I think that will carry for quite a while.

Liamvalid wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 5:36 am To win 5 slams in that era (including all 4 slams) was mighty impressive from Sharapova. Once Serena started on her journey to a 20-2 H2H and people realised that her Wimbledon win over Serena was a fluke, I think the expectation died down a tad.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 3:33 pm it is a bit early but I think most people here are overlooking Djokovic -he should be the favorite, not Nadal - remember, Djokovic beat Nadal pretty convincingly last year.
I would say Probabilities are
Djokovic 35%
Alcaraz 30%
Nadal 30%
The field 5%

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 4:37 pm Well, Nadal has been looking at the kid for years now. I say on a B5, Nadal gets the edge IF he had an easy 3 setter in the previous round, but if he gets there with a tough 5 setter, those 19 yo legs will matter. The best thing that could happen for Nadal is a Sunday start. That way, he gets to manage himself over 15 days, not 14 or, worst case, 13.
About Djokovic: he is going to remember "I could have been the one with 21 slams by now". Sure, all his fault, but since he does not see it that way, he can get really fueled by that.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 5:51 pm The draw will be crucial. Agree. If Medvedev plays (and no reason why not) he is the softest quarter. And I don't think he makes the QF's, so some 5-8 seed will inherit that.
I still say: let's not forget Tsitsipas. He was close last year, and as long as he does not get Alcaraz, I say he is dangerous. But Alcaraz owns him right now.
If Rafa and Nole draw each other in the SF, I don't know is by now they can recharge again for the finals.
For Rafa: I hope he gets that Sunday start. For Liamvalid: I hope he gets Tuesday. But I like Rafa better than you, buddy Sorry

Liamvalid wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:02 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 5:51 pm The draw will be crucial. Agree. If Medvedev plays (and no reason why not) he is the softest quarter. And I don't think he makes the QF's, so some 5-8 seed will inherit that.
I still say: let's not forget Tsitsipas. He was close last year, and as long as he does not get Alcaraz, I say he is dangerous. But Alcaraz owns him right now.
If Rafa and Nole draw each other in the SF, I don't know is by now they can recharge again for the finals.
For Rafa: I hope he gets that Sunday start. For Liamvalid: I hope he gets Tuesday. But I like Rafa better than you, buddy Sorry

Haha well I would settle for Rafa getting the Sunday if Alcaraz plays on Tuesday. I’ve seen Rafa live at the ATP finals
But would love to see him on Chatrier. I researched what day he usually plays his first match and it appears to be quite random on either the Monday or Tuesday, so I got a 50/50 chance. Having said that, they now have a “night session” ticket so my ticket only grants me access to the first 3 matches. If Nadal plays Tuesday but is on last I will cry

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:52 pm

Liamvalid wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:02 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 5:51 pm The draw will be crucial. Agree. If Medvedev plays (and no reason why not) he is the softest quarter. And I don't think he makes the QF's, so some 5-8 seed will inherit that.
I still say: let's not forget Tsitsipas. He was close last year, and as long as he does not get Alcaraz, I say he is dangerous. But Alcaraz owns him right now.
If Rafa and Nole draw each other in the SF, I don't know is by now they can recharge again for the finals.
For Rafa: I hope he gets that Sunday start. For Liamvalid: I hope he gets Tuesday. But I like Rafa better than you, buddy Sorry

Haha well I would settle for Rafa getting the Sunday if Alcaraz plays on Tuesday. I’ve seen Rafa live at the ATP finals
But would love to see him on Chatrier. I researched what day he usually plays his first match and it appears to be quite random on either the Monday or Tuesday, so I got a 50/50 chance. Having said that, they now have a “night session” ticket so my ticket only grants me access to the first 3 matches. If Nadal plays Tuesday but is on last I will cry

Have you looked to see if he usually plays early-round matches in the day session or night session? Maybe you could sneak into the night session. What if they don't clear out the stadium and you just stay there?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 8:16 pm Night session at RG? I have been in Paris that time of the year (went to the tournament) and the sun sets at 9:30. What time do they plan to start the night session? 10:30pm?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 3:59 pm Nadal had that foot injury, which he aggravated precisely during RG.
Nadal has three losses at RG. After two of them (2009-Soderling, 2021-Djokovic) he has gone out of the tour for a long stretch, because of injuries. So two of those losses are explainable due to the injuries.
Too early indeed, because I want to see what happens in Rome. And Madrid has never been a good indicator for RG, while Rome has been reliable. But, since you started :
Nadal 25%
Djokovic 20%
Alcaraz 20%
Tsitsipas 15%
Zverev 10%
Field 10%

dmforever wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:42 am I'm going Anisimova d Giorgi in the finals. You heard it here first.

Kevin

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:35 am We said the same thing last year. There was no way Iga was going to lose. Just look at the way that she demolished Pliskova in Rome.
And then she lost. I agree she is the favorite, but not at 60%. The WTA is not working that way. I will wait for Rome to finish, but right now:
Iga 40%
Sakkari 10% (because she has been sort of low key lately but she really likes clay)
Ons/Paula/Pegula/Garbie (because she won before): 2.5% each.
The field: 40%

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:07 am

dmforever wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:42 am I'm going Anisimova d Giorgi in the finals. You heard it here first.

Kevin

I can agree about Anisimova but not Giorgi...if Giorgi had the capability to win a major, she would have done it by now! She just isn't capable of playing 7 matches well in a row . .

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:07 am

dmforever wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:42 am I'm going Anisimova d Giorgi in the finals. You heard it here first.

Kevin

I can agree about Anisimova but not Giorgi...if Giorgi had the capability to win a major, she would have done it by now! She just isn't capable of playing 7 matches well in a row . .

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:47 am On the women, clearly Swiatek about 60% but who after that?! Maybe someone powerful like Alexandrova....

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:58 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:47 am On the women, clearly Swiatek about 60% but who after that?! Maybe someone powerful like Alexandrova....

Swiatek 60%
Alexandrova 15%
Sakkari 10%
Anisimova 10%
The field 5%

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:58 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:47 am On the women, clearly Swiatek about 60% but who after that?! Maybe someone powerful like Alexandrova....

Swiatek 60%
Alexandrova 15%
Sakkari 10%
Anisimova 10%
The field 5%

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 1:28 am It's ALCARAZ, Ashkor. ALCATRAZ is a prison
(Second only to your typo of Kerber never "dies well on clay". And I am joking. Who knows what kind of spell checker you have installed).

I was thinking about your projection and... can't find anything wrong with it. On best out of five, yes, a healthy Novak has to be the favorite.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:36 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 2:58 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:47 am On the women, clearly Swiatek about 60% but who after that?! Maybe someone powerful like Alexandrova....

Swiatek 60%
Alexandrova 15%
Sakkari 10%
Anisimova 10%
The field 5%

I'm going with:

Swiatek 70%
Field 15%
Halep 10%
Jabeur 5%

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 9:47 pm UPDATED WTA Qualifying Entry Lists


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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:31 am I would disagree that they were great players. Verdasco had that one SF at the Aussie in 2009. Querrey I don't remember if he ever got to one.
Certainly good players. They dedicated to their craft (I would accept criticism of Querrey's dedication). But they were not that great to be granted WC's at this stage of their careeer.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:38 pm I say that those are interesting stats, but they do not tell much. It is not that he won Rome, is that he looked very well and the other contenders didn't. Rafa is obvious, but yesterday's match against Stefanos was telling. That 7-6 is wearing a lot of make up. The break when Stefanos served for the match was at love, and it seemed inevitable.
I do hope you are right, of course. Him winning every slam at least three times would make it hard to deny him some extra accolades.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:38 pm I say that those are interesting stats, but they do not tell much. It is not that he won Rome, is that he looked very well and the other contenders didn't. Rafa is obvious, but yesterday's match against Stefanos was telling. That 7-6 is wearing a lot of make up. The break when Stefanos served for the match was at love, and it seemed inevitable.
I do hope you are right, of course. Him winning every slam at least three times would make it hard to deny him some extra accolades.

3mlm wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 4:52 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:38 pm I say that those are interesting stats, but they do not tell much. It is not that he won Rome, is that he looked very well and the other contenders didn't. Rafa is obvious, but yesterday's match against Stefanos was telling. That 7-6 is wearing a lot of make up. The break when Stefanos served for the match was at love, and it seemed inevitable.
I do hope you are right, of course. Him winning every slam at least three times would make it hard to deny him some extra accolades.

Tsisipas was only serving for the set, not the match....

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 4:44 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:38 pm I say that those are interesting stats, but they do not tell much. It is not that he won Rome, is that he looked very well and the other contenders didn't. Rafa is obvious, but yesterday's match against Stefanos was telling. That 7-6 is wearing a lot of make up. The break when Stefanos served for the match was at love, and it seemed inevitable.
I do hope you are right, of course. Him winning every slam at least three times would make it hard to deny him some extra accolades.

Yes, just interesting, that is all...let us see what happens at RG..I am still expecting Djoko to win it but not as sure as I was last year..

dmforever wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 4:02 pm I was watching the qualies today and Sandgren and Monetiero were in a 3rd set TB. Monteiro was up 6-3 in the TB and the announcer said it was triple match point. Sandgren ended up winning 10-8 but the way the points went it was the same as if it were a 7 point TB. Then they switched over to McNallys' match, whcih she lost in a 3rd set breaker, and it was a 10 point TB. So either the woman and men are playing a different final set TB, or the announcer miscalled the mens' match, but it was weird because it was exactly the same person calling both matches.
Both women and men are playing a 10 point final set TB and the announcer was just mistaken, right?
Kevin

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 5:44 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 5:44 pm

dmforever wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:12 pm I'm actually with Zemek on this. How often do all 8 top seeds make it to the quarterfinals, and then do it again in successive grand slams? As you say, this is a thing for RG and W because they are so close to one another, but I don't think it's the case for the the AO and RG or W and the USO or the USO and the AO. Plus W takes grass court prowess into account, so the seedings there sometimes are different from the ATP rankings, which is another way there might be different match ups. I just checked last year's RG and W top 8 men's singles seeds. Obviously 1 year doesn't prove anything, but for what it's worth...
FO
1. Djokovic
2. Medvedev
3. Nadal
4. Thiem
5. Tstistipas
6. Zverev
7. Rublev
8. Federer

W
1. Djokovic
2. Medvedev
3. Tsitsipas
4. Zverev
5. Rublev
6. Federer
7. Berrettini
8. Batista Agut

Looking at the two lists, it's also clear that injuries also play a part in making it more unlikely that the same people will play each other in the quarterfinals.

Just my 2 cents.

Kevin

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:50 pm There is another insidious purpose behind seeding...to encourage players to play more..nothing to do with any specific tournament...

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 7:12 pm Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 10:55 pm

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 7:12 pm Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

Didn't there used to be penalties for withdrawing after the draw is released? I remember this used to be a big deal.

JTContinental wrote:Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 12:11 pm

JTContinental wrote:Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

What? Injuries?


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meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 12:11 pm

JTContinental wrote:Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

What? Injuries?


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JTContinental wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 4:59 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 12:11 pm

JTContinental wrote:Sara Sorribes Tormo and Clara Tauson are out

What? Injuries?


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I couldn't find info for Tauson, but Sorribes Tormo has a stress fracture in her ribs

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 5:56 pm It looks like Davis is also out, replaced in the draw by Gasanova

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:22 pm I was wondering why RG didn't post the first three days OoP and then thought it has to be the weather.

They're playing the first round over three days I think.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:25 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:22 pm I was wondering why RG didn't post the first three days OoP and then thought it has to be the weather.

They're playing the first round over three days I think.

Haven't they been doing that for a few years? I know that at least it has to be a decade because, when they made the change, Gimelstob talked about how RG had passed that by the players and had not increased prize money (one extra day of revenue after all).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 10:26 pm That is not Griekspoor, that is Foki, losing to Griekspoor.
A bunch of great shots.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 10:06 pm
Tallon Griekspoor

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 10:26 pm That is not Griekspoor, that is Foki, losing to Griekspoor.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:12 pm

When I first saw pics of that kit I thought they were a joke. At least he wore the dark background.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:43 pm Are these drop outs all injured and if so why didn't they withdraw before the draw was made? I don't remember seeing such turnover at a Slam.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:12 pm
When I first saw pics of that kit I thought they were a joke. At least he wore the dark background.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 9:15 pm One of these women will make the semis, and I just can't see it...

Tomlanjovic - has the experience now...
Gracheva - I know nothing about her or Danilovic, so it will probably be one of them
Bouzkova - has the talent, I guess
Mertens - has made a Slam semi at least, but mediocre year so far. A couple wins in Strasbourg.
Gauff - the serve, can't see it
Van Uytvanck
Haddad Maia
Kanepi - heck, why not? Can she blast her way there?
Azarenka - has had decent results lately, winning some matches and losing to Swiatek and Anisimova...
Petkovic - can we dream?? She thinks she's in good form right now.
Danilovic
Teichmann - best results lately of players in this section
Cirstea - has been in position before and never gets there
Stephens - hers for the taking, but needed 3 sets in R1
Ocosio Serrano - very mediocre year so far
Parry - the surprise of the tournament??

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:13 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:12 pm

When I first saw pics of that kit I thought they were a joke. At least he wore the dark background.

This makes me like him a lot more. I should say, makes me notice him first of all.

ti-amie wrote:

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 9:15 pm One of these women will make the semis, and I just can't see it...

Tomlanjovic - has the experience now...
Gracheva - I know nothing about her or Danilovic, so it will probably be one of them
Bouzkova - has the talent, I guess
Mertens - has made a Slam semi at least, but mediocre year so far. A couple wins in Strasbourg.
Gauff - the serve, can't see it
Van Uytvanck
Haddad Maia
Kanepi - heck, why not? Can she blast her way there?
Azarenka - has had decent results lately, winning some matches and losing to Swiatek and Anisimova...
Petkovic - can we dream?? She thinks she's in good form right now.
Danilovic
Teichmann - best results lately of players in this section
Cirstea - has been in position before and never gets there
Stephens - hers for the taking, but needed 3 sets in R1
Ocosio Serrano - very mediocre year so far
Parry - the surprise of the tournament??

Azarenka was going through some things when I peeked at her match. I was really surprised she won.

Otherwise in a world where Maria Sakkari, with one 250 title, could possibly be #2 as you said about Kanepi why the heck not? Any of them can make it.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:55 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:57 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 9:15 pm One of these women will make the semis, and I just can't see it...

Tomlanjovic - has the experience now... But not the ability.
Gracheva
Bouzkova - has the talent, I guess Yes - I've been waiting for her to make her move into the top 20 for a while now. She'll get there - and maybe this will be the start of the trek. It's certainly possible.
Mertens - has made a Slam semi at least, but mediocre year so far. A couple wins in Strasbourg. This would be nice to see. As you mention, she's been kind of invisible lately - but she's been out with an injury, so that's part of it.
Gauff - the serve, can't see it Not yet. She needs another year or two.
Van Uytvanck
Haddad Maia
Kanepi - heck, why not? Can she blast her way there? No - not anymore. Her best days are behind her.
Azarenka - has had decent results lately, winning some matches and losing to Swiatek and Anisimova... No - she no longer has the drive - she lets too many things bother her now, rather than focusing on winning the match.
Petkovic - can we dream?? She thinks she's in good form right now. Would be nice - but ain't going to happen. But if it does, she'll surely write something interesting about it.
Danilovic
Teichmann - best results lately of players in this section She'd be my pick out of all of these players... I think...
Cirstea - has been in position before and never gets there No - doesn't have the head for it - too psychologically fragile and inconsistent.
Stephens - hers for the taking, but needed 3 sets in R1 I'll give you $100 if this happens. Really.
Osorio Serrano - very mediocre year so far I wouldn't be shocked if it's her... but I doubt it will be.
Parry - the surprise of the tournament?? Would be a nice fairy-tale... but only a fairy-tale at this point. Hopefully one day, though - it would be nice to see a French woman back doing well at home.

Suliso wrote:From that group I'd pick Teichman, Gauff and Azarenka. All are however flawed picks and one could easily write a paragraph why it's unlikely to happen. A GS SF will be a big thing for everyone in that group except Azarenka and Stephens.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 2:34 am Andrea has a SF on her resume already.

In case you didn't see the match, Gauff's serve in her first match was worse than it was last year. Doesn't mean it'll hold, but her serve was YIKES! yesterday and I wouldn't say it's the serve that got her to QFs last year. She'll have to pull it back to bad and not awful, which she did in the second set though. I want to say it was 9 double faults in the first set.

Given the surprise SFs we've had the last two times, I have much less trouble seeing several possibilities that will age better with time than those may.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 10:07 pm
I didn't mean to imply that Gauff got to the QFs because of her serve, but in spite of it.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:12 pm
When I first saw pics of that kit I thought they were a joke. At least he wore the dark background.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:34 pm The rationale behind going from 16 seeds to 32 was that, at the time, drawing the 17th ranked player was indeed a huge difference from drawing the 33rd ranked player. You seldom had a truly flukey quarterfinalist, or even a finalist. Chris Lewis (Wimby 1983 finalist) was very much an exception.
Now, if you ask somebody "who would you rather play, Pablo Carreño Busta or Tommy Paul?" (currents 17 & 33) they will shrug. Maybe they would rather play one of another depending on surface, but the difference is menial. It will boil down to the cereal they had that morning.
In the WTA, it would be Leylah or Elise Mertens. Roughly equally dangerous players, adjusting for variables of surface.
So the reason for 32 seeds has been slowly fading away, with this parity.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:43 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

We'll build you a monument here if that's indeed true.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:43 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

We'll build you a monument here if that's indeed true.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 8:22 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 9:08 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 8:26 pm Ok. Sure, I agree with the thing about the rules and the part that you are responsible for your racquet.
But you didn't lose in the 3rd because of her racquet toss.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:43 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

We'll build you a monument here if that's indeed true.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:51 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:43 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

We'll build you a monument here if that's indeed true.

I think Badosa instead of Kasatkina, and in another thread we annointed Teichmann the favorite in Gauff's section (but I'm still bullish on Sloane).

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:06 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:51 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:43 pm

We'll build you a monument here if that's indeed true.

I think Badosa instead of Kasatkina, and in another thread we annointed Teichmann the favorite in Gauff's section (but I'm still bullish on Sloane).

Who is the 'we' ?

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:08 pm As i said, I missed that discussion- was away for a few days, trying to help a school here deal with a terrible tragedy (no, not school shooting, we don't have guns here!)

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 5:27 pm I thought this Jeanjean was a young French player, had no idea she played juniors at the same time as Caroline Garcia.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 6:45 pm The Rafa/Novak QF will happen, after all. Perhaps the most anticipated QF at a Grand Slam since the 2001 Sampras/Agassi QF at the USO. I can't recall another (feel free to remind me).
The Sampras/Agassi QF was, to me, the greatest 4-set match ever. I started a poll to see what you think this will be.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 11:01 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 7:16 pm Someone I follow, @mattzemek, said after Sinner's retirement that Rublev should've been dq'd earlier in the tournament, kind of implying Sinner might still be in it. This is why.



Zemek's tweet.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 11:41 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 12:25 am Obviously I have not seen every match in his career. But it was impressive. It was hitting line after line after line, in the same point. It was hitting volleys that Medvedev would not reach by an inch, not only winning the point but making Medvedev spend valuable energy.
If he can repeat that level for 3 more rounds, this will be one of the most incredible stories ever because that level can win the title.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 1:44 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 12:25 am Obviously I have not seen every match in his career. But it was impressive. It was hitting line after line after line, in the same point. It was hitting volleys that Medvedev would not reach by an inch, not only winning the point but making Medvedev spend valuable energy.
If he can repeat that level for 3 more rounds, this will be one of the most incredible stories ever because that level can win the title.

Cilic could be s force again this year ..and, as you say (almost) no reason why we cannot see him in the finals at RG, given the draw

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 7:16 pm Someone I follow, @mattzemek, said after Sinner's retirement that Rublev should've been dq'd earlier in the tournament, kind of implying Sinner might still be in it. This is why.



Zemek's tweet.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:51 am Ponchi?

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:18 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

3 out of 4 is not bad, eh?

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:56 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:27 pm I guess led14pa should get at least a little nod for predicting that Rafa/Nole QF on the money. Well called!

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:47 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:18 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm Looking like semis in the wta will be Swiatek versus Kasatkina and Gauff versus Anismova...

3 out of 4 is not bad, eh?

Ok, you get bragging rights
How did you do in the pool? I forget. You may be onto something for Wimby...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:14 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:47 pm
Ok, you get bragging rights
How did you do in the pool? I forget. You may be onto something for Wimby...

Thanks..wimby? I don't do exhos

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:14 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:47 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:18 pm

3 out of 4 is not bad, eh?

Ok, you get bragging rights
How did you do in the pool? I forget. You may be onto something for Wimby...

Thanks..wimby? I don't do exhos

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:25 am I hope Cori makes it respectable. I didn't see her making a GS final for another couple of years so I think she deserves props for making this Final. She's learned how to play tennis.

Now if she could only fix that serve...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 7:35 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 7:30 am Swedes have disappeared from the tennis scene. Replaced to some extent by Norwegians and Danes.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:02 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 7:30 am Swedes have disappeared from the tennis scene. Replaced to some extent by Norwegians and Danes.

Which is very odd, really. They produced those three great ones out of nowhere, and at least 10 more decent players. Right now, only Ymer is sometimes heard of.
And something that I always found perhaps even more odd. They never produced a single, highly ranked female player, in a country with a rather fair social system. That was strange to me.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:50 pm About the women. Only Wozniacki has come out from the region. I can only remember Petra Thoren from Finland, who achieved a moderate ranking. But it is a surprising factoid.

Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:42 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:50 pm About the women. Only Wozniacki has come out from the region. I can only remember Petra Thoren from Finland, who achieved a moderate ranking. But it is a surprising factoid.

Maybe Clara Tauson will change this. I'll be surprised if she never reaches the top 20 (minimum).

By the way has Poland ever had a top 20 player before Radwanska and the current generation of Swiatek and Hurkacz? If yes then well before my time.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:45 pm Before your time. Woytek Fibak was a good player in the 70's. But other than that, as you say. Not a great producer of tennis players.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:50 pm Leo Borg is still dealing with Challengers. Who knows how far he can go. You had Joachim Johansson, who seemed indeed to have a lot of potential. Nystrom too. The role call of good Swedes was long: Jarryd, Johansson, Nystrom, Pernfors, Lundgren, plus their big three.
About the women. Only Wozniacki has come out from the region. I can only remember Petra Thoren from Finland, who achieved a moderate ranking. But it is a surprising factoid.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:52 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:16 pm
Lucie Havlickova Girls Singles Champion

ti-amie wrote:https://twitter.com/

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:08 am Mauresmo has taken a lot of flack for the scheduling of the night matches. Devil's advocate here. Does she have to do better or does the WTA and its players need to do better?

Deuce wrote:

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:08 am Mauresmo has taken a lot of flack for the scheduling of the night matches. Devil's advocate here. Does she have to do better or does the WTA and its players need to do better?

Mauresmo definitely has to do better.
With the current parity in the WTA, most matches are interesting - lots of momentum changes, the probable winner often not being known until the final 5 or 10 minutes of the match...
Outside of Swiatek's matches, the women's matches overall are at least just as interesting as the men's matches.

I don't know why the author of the article above mentions Raducanu, but not Leylah. Not only did Leylah have a much better Roland Garros than Emma, but Leylah also speaks fluent French. And, as I mentioned previously, Leylah played at least 2 'night worthy' matches this year - vs. Bencic, and vs. Anisimova. Both went 3 sets, and even before the matches began, the potential for a good close match was definitely there for both. Leylah even made the quarterfinal vs. Trevisan interesting, going 3 sets, despite being injured.

Also, if they're going to start the night matches at 9pm local time, it makes far more sense to have a women's match at that time, rather than risk a 4 or 5 hour men's match.
My solution would be to alternate men's and women's matches as the night match from one night to the next - with the men's match starting at 8pm, and the women's starting at 9pm.
That ^ is if there is only one night match. If there can be 2 night matches, then put both a women's and a men's, with a start time of 7pm, and alternating between the men and women as to which plays the 7pm match. Also put a doubles match on the secondary court - alternating men's and women's, starting at 8pm every night - for the people who can't get into centre court, or for those who want to switch courts if one of the singles matches turns out to be boring.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:49 am

Deuce wrote:

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:08 am Mauresmo has taken a lot of flack for the scheduling of the night matches. Devil's advocate here. Does she have to do better or does the WTA and its players need to do better?

Mauresmo definitely has to do better.
With the current parity in the WTA, most matches are interesting - lots of momentum changes, the probable winner often not being known until the final 5 or 10 minutes of the match...
Outside of Swiatek's matches, the women's matches overall are at least just as interesting as the men's matches.

I don't know why the author of the article above mentions Raducanu, but not Leylah. Not only did Leylah have a much better Roland Garros than Emma, but Leylah also speaks fluent French. And, as I mentioned previously, Leylah played at least 2 'night worthy' matches this year - vs. Bencic, and vs. Anisimova. Both went 3 sets, and even before the matches began, the potential for a good close match was definitely there for both. Leylah even made the quarterfinal vs. Trevisan interesting, going 3 sets, despite being injured.

Also, if they're going to start the night matches at 9pm local time, it makes far more sense to have a women's match at that time, rather than risk a 4 or 5 hour men's match.
My solution would be to alternate men's and women's matches as the night match from one night to the next - with the men's match starting at 8pm, and the women's starting at 9pm.
That ^ is if there is only one night match. If there can be 2 night matches, then put both a women's and a men's, with a start time of 7pm, and alternating between the men and women as to which plays the 7pm match. Also put a doubles match on the secondary court - alternating men's and women's, starting at 8pm every night - for the people who can't get into centre court, or for those who want to switch courts if one of the singles matches turns out to be boring.

Mauresmo talked about this at length on the Tennis Podcast the day after she made the controversial comment. I don’t know if was her or the podcast hosts (I think it was Mauresmo) who said ideally it starts a little earlier and they have a doubles match or legends match to go with the one main draw match. One match isn’t enough for a session. (The French love the legends draw, so it work at times.)

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:08 am Mauresmo has taken a lot of flack for the scheduling of the night matches. Devil's advocate here. Does she have to do better or does the WTA and its players need to do better?

Deuce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:29 am Well, that's 0 for 2 in Finals for Gauff... But, hey, she's 18 years old - she'll have plenty more opportunities. She'll look back on these experiences as simply part of her growth and evolution.

Congratulations to Garcia and Mladenovic. Second time for them as a team at Roland Garros. After a shaky (nervous?) 1st set, they settled down and were definitely the better team in the final two sets.

Deuce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:29 am Well, that's 0 for 2 in Finals for Gauff... But, hey, she's 18 years old - she'll have plenty more opportunities. She'll look back on these experiences as simply part of her growth and evolution.

Congratulations to Garcia and Mladenovic. Second time for them as a team at Roland Garros. After a shaky (nervous?) 1st set, they settled down and were definitely the better team in the final two sets.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:59 pm ...

G and M used to have personal problems with each other, nice to see they have gotten over that

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:49 am
Mauresmo talked about this at length on the Tennis Podcast the day after she made the controversial comment. I don’t know if was her or the podcast hosts (I think it was Mauresmo) who said ideally it starts a little earlier and they have a doubles match or legends match to go with the one main draw match. One match isn’t enough for a session. (The French love the legends draw, so it work at times.)

Deuce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:32 am I don't know why the author of the article above mentions Raducanu, but not Leylah.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:16 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:08 am Mauresmo has taken a lot of flack for the scheduling of the night matches. Devil's advocate here. Does she have to do better or does the WTA and its players need to do better?

Devil's advocate part II: Wasn't this the first year with night matches? Therefore, risking a 55 minute Iga demolition or a second set Badosa retirement may have been something she did not want to happen.
But yes, next year they should do an even split. Set up a rule/guideline: highest remaining playing seed of the day that has NOT been showcased already gets to play. If they all have played, repeat. Unless you have a monster blockbuster (Rafa/Nole type).

martini4me wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:31 pm Look at the URL--because he's British!

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:04 pm