Talk About Tennis 2.0

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:17 am

nelslus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:26 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:47 pm

Are you trolling me?

Yes. You had some snark coming to you.

why? instead of appreciating my being right about Alexandrova..? what kind of tennis forum is this anyway? is it a troll platform?

WELL, you won't see this apparently, since you have decided, rather than to have a conversation about this with me directly, to block me as a "troll". Nevertheless- clearly, this troll, and others in here, HAVE proven you wrong about Alexandrova (at least for now), via factual match results data, vs. Pegula and otherwise. Thing is....well, ahem, ahem, let's just say, IF a nameless NON-troll anyone just posts every possible tennis match scenario in here (Parks' imminent Wimbledon title, for example- albeit, btw, I'd love it if she DID win Wimbledon one year)- sure, odds are, at some point, you'll make a correct assertion here and there. But- this does not make you as some kind of clairvoyant tennis expert. And, almost everyone else in here will admit when they are "wrong"- because it is also very, very easy to be wrong about tennis matches as of late. A little bit of self-deprecation and humility can work in here. But, what do I know? I'm just a troll.

....Concerning another matter, I kinda figured that the winner of Kvitova/Cirstea match is gonna be the sacrificial lamb to Rybakina tomorrow. Still, very well done. So nice to see Petra (albeit, however very, very temporarily) playing much more up to her abilities.

nelslus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:38 pm ....Concerning another matter, I kinda figured that the winner of Kvitova/Cirstea match is gonna be the sacrificial lamb to Rybakina tomorrow. Still, very well done. So nice to see Petra (albeit, however very, very temporarily) playing much more up to her abilities.

Not so fast.
Yes, if I had $100 and I must bet on somebody, I am picking Elena. But Elena is not playing GREAT tennis. Last night against Pegula she was all over the place (her shots). She even started talking to her coach and team, OUTLOUD, turning around and making STRAIGHT EYE CONTACT WITH THEM, which, for her, it is the sort of mental meltdown that in distant times would have had people dressed in white come to the court and put her in a straight jacket and lead her to a room to be doused with a cold water hose. FOR HER (other players would have been applauded for proper manners).
If she gives Petra 39 UE's, Petra has a chance. And notice that she (Elena) is roughly averaging 20 UE's per set against good players (69 UE's vs Badosa, in three sets).
So, at the very least, put a little bottle of in the fridge. You may get to use later in the day tomorrow.

Early SinnerGy (TM) as Jannik breaks, then holds for 4-1

Extraordinarily high quality stuff from both players thus far...

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:33 pm Early SinnerGy (TM) as Jannik breaks, then holds for 4-1

Oh I just tuned in so I missed that! Sinner is trying to force a TB atm.

Sinner got his TB but Carlitos won the set 7-6(4).

Good returning from Sinner in the first set, but not enough at the business end to get it done.

Saturday, April 01, 2023 Day 13

Stadium Starts At 12:30 Pm

F
Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS Austin Krajicek/Nicolas Mahut
Not Before 3:00 P
(10) Elena Rybakina VS (15) Petra Kvitova

POINT!

Chase commercial question: does anyone actually want a coffee grinder that automatically orders beans for them?

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:08 am Chase commercial question: does anyone actually want a coffee grinder that automatically orders beans for them?

Alcaraz tweaked his wrist and now has lost quite a bit of power on his backhand.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:30 am Alcaraz tweaked his wrist and now has lost quite a bit of power on his backhand.

And appears to be cramping now.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:28 pm And I hope so; I have said already. I like Carlitos, but I don't want a dictatorship in the ATP.
But Sinner hits every ball the same, and Carlitos does not. He will (most likely) win it.

Looks like Sinner is going to get it done - Alcaraz running out of gas.