Talk About Tennis 2.0

Apparently the shirt that Potapova wore to walk on court is for a team called Spartak Moscow and some are comparing it to wearing a shirt with a "Z" on it. Does anyone know what this team represents for Russians?

Re Tsurenko giving the walkover. This might need to go to another thread for an in depth discussion. I put it here first because of the valid discussion about Tsurenko's retirements that we're having.



Alex Dolgopolov
@TheDolgo

Steve Simon, @WTA CEO to @LTsurenko
:“I don’t support the war, but it’s OK if players support it”.
Steve, instead of intimidating Ukrainian women, be a man and take this to the public. Conversation happened with you on duty,people deserve to know,it’s OK, to support genocide

^ Thanks for that.
And, yes... this certainly deserves to be discussed in another thread.

Felix needed several match points, and about 15 minutes, to put Cerundolo away in the 2nd set.
Good win for Felix - but he still needs to work on finishing matches more solidly.

Garcia won the 3rd set 6-1 over Leylah.
Leylah was playing really well - matching Garcia through the whole match up until Garcia broke her in the 4th game of the 3rd set. That deflated Leylah. A Garcia hold and another break followed.
Still - a solid effort by Leylah, who is still just 20 years old.

I'm shocked that Leylah has a seed here. Her matches haven't been on the main channel, so this is the first I've seen of her and not much at that even today. But wasn't expecting to see a number next to her name.

Feels like we're getting closer to the time where she's not going to be able to escape criticism on following up her USO run with anything significant. That injury bought her some time, just not sure how much.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:43 pm I'm shocked that Leylah has a seed here. Her matches haven't been on the main channel, so this is the first I've seen of her and not much at that even today. But wasn't expecting to see a number next to her name.

Feels like we're getting closer to the time where she's not going to be able to escape criticism on following up her USO run with anything significant. That injury bought her some time, just not sure how much.

WELL, before you give the TAT Canadians prolonged vapors (they're fragile, after all), MISS Leylah Fernandez wishes to let you know that she is only 20 years old, and just last year, she made the French Open QF. beating Singles Tennis :egends Mladenovic, Siniakova, Olympics GOLD medalist Bencic, and Anisimova, before bowing down, of course, to Tennis Immortal Trevisan in THREE!! SETS!!!!. MISS Fernandez also carried the doughy Jack Sock to the 2022 US Open mixed QF's. HARUMPH, MISS Fernandez wishes to shame you with The Truth.

Is Holger Rune a big Texas Longhorn fan? It's all I'm seeing looking at him.

PS: I want Stan to beat Rune, and then call him a baby again.

Raducanu surprisingly over Haddad Maia 6-1 in the 1st.
4-2 Haddad Maia in the 2nd...

After winning the 1st set 6-4, Muchova lost the plot toward the end of the 2nd.
Now on serve halfway through the 3rd...

Rybakina won the 1st set over Badosa.
Badosa up 4-3 with a break in the 2nd.

Nice comeback in the 2nd for Rybakina, who wins it in straight sets.

Muchova got a late break to win the 3rd set 6-4.
This was a very tough battle. Muchova wasn't at her best, and Trevisan was fighting and scrapping for everything.

Raducanu and Haddad Maia are into a 3rd set now.

Rune sends it to a 3rd set, winning the tiebreak in the 2nd after being behind.
One would think it's advantage to the much younger Rune in the 3rd over the older Wawrinka - but Rune was cramping badly in the 3rd set a couple of weeks ago...

Raducanu was quite impressive in the 3rd set, winning it 6-4.
This match, too, was high quality tennis.

Wawrinka wins the 3rd set 6-4 over Rune, who appeared to be cramping again.

Am I the only one here who's actually watching any tennis today? Apart from me, no comments at all on any actual matches today. Many more posts about the Oscars than about tennis...

Does anyone know what is happening here between Wawrinka and Rune?

Rune finishes the match and after shaking hands with Stan, takes a couple of steps and tells Stan:
"You have anything to say to me now?"
Stan: "What do you want me to tell you?"

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:21 pm Does anyone know what is happening here between Wawrinka and Rune?

When they played in Paris, and Rune won, Stan told him at the net not to behave like a little kid. That it was unprofessional.
I gather Holger took that advice to heart.
(Nah, he didn't)

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:23 pm
When they played in Paris, and Rune won, Stan told him at the net not to behave like a little kid. That it was unprofessional.
I gather Holger took that advice to heart.
(Nah, he didn't)

Oh yeah, I remember. Stan was correct in his assessment. Rune is just about the biggest brat on tour since Sascha and there's been a lot of competition for that title.