Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:22 am I believe that the stat about Pancho Gonzalez is that he was never broken when serving for THE MATCH. Not the SET.
Still, an incredible stat, if true. The Wiki page makes no mention of that fact. which would be a prominent one. Maybe some other source is needed.

not sure where I got that factoid.. by the way there is a movie Pancho Gonzalez, Warrior of the court..

Who watched the Djokovic interview on 60 Minutes? Here's Part 2, the outtakes, extras, etc. https://t.co/KaMQOyNzYZ

Krejcikova and Siniakova are not playing together in 2024

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:06 pm Krejcikova and Siniakova are not playing together in 2024

yeah, I think Krejcikova said it was Siniakova's decision.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:21 pm Who watched the Djokovic interview on 60 Minutes? Here's Part 2, the outtakes, extras, etc. https://t.co/KaMQOyNzYZ

Thank you for posting this.


As a tennis fan, this is way more interesting than what was on TV. With that preface I get why they edited it like they did. The outtakes are way more "inside" than is needed for someone who isn't a diehard fan

https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3818533/ ... -announced

Only one I would disagree with is 'most improved' ...

If anything QZ was a bit better last year, I thought.. Coco is the one who has improved the most...else BHM would be my choice

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:22 am

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:21 pm Who watched the Djokovic interview on 60 Minutes? Here's Part 2, the outtakes, extras, etc. https://t.co/KaMQOyNzYZ

Thank you for posting this.


As a tennis fan, this is way more interesting than what was on TV. With that preface I get why they edited it like they did. The outtakes are way more "inside" than is needed for someone who isn't a diehard fan

Yeah, 60 Minutes is a general audience. Not us tennis nerds.

I agree with Kyrgios. I've always felt that you can't compare eras in tennis.



From the article:

Nick Kyrgios in the interview with The Athletic (excerpt):

He holds in special contempt people who argue that stars of previous eras, even all-time greats such as Pete Sampras, could survive at the top of the hyper-athletic, modern power game.

“The game was so slow back then,” he says. “I’ve watched Boris Becker and I’m not saying they weren’t good in their time, but to say that they would be just as good now, it’s absurd,” he says. “A big serve back then was like 197 to 200 (km per hour — about 122mph). People like me, we serve 220 consistently, to corners. It’s a whole different ball game.”

Now Kyrgios is rolling…

“I’m not saying they wouldn’t have found their way,” he says of the old-timers. “But serve and volley, to do it all the time now, you need to be serving 220, because if you serve anything less than 220, bro, Djokovic eats you alive. He eats you alive. Bro, Lleyton Hewitt destroyed Sampras one year at the U.S. Open. That was the first prototype of someone who could return serve. (Note to Kyrgios, Andre Agassi had a pretty good service return, too.)

“He made Sampras look like sh*t. And what would Djokovic do to someone like Sampras? It would be a cleanup. If Hewitt was doing it, Djokovic would destroy him. He would eat him alive.”

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:10 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:06 pm Krejcikova and Siniakova are not playing together in 2024

yeah, I think Krejcikova said it was Siniakova's decision.

I don't think Gauff and Pegula are playing this year either, so there is room at the top in doubles.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:17 am

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:10 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:06 pm Krejcikova and Siniakova are not playing together in 2024

yeah, I think Krejcikova said it was Siniakova's decision.

I don't think Gauff and Pegula are playing this year either, so there is room at the top in doubles.

Hsieh Su-Wei + anyone.

I'm surprised because it's an Olympic year and you'd think they would want to practice together. Maybe they aren't planning to play dubs in the Olympics. Too much tennis in the summer.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:41 pm

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:22 am

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:21 pm Who watched the Djokovic interview on 60 Minutes? Here's Part 2, the outtakes, extras, etc. https://t.co/KaMQOyNzYZ

Thank you for posting this.


As a tennis fan, this is way more interesting than what was on TV. With that preface I get why they edited it like they did. The outtakes are way more "inside" than is needed for someone who isn't a diehard fan

Yeah, 60 Minutes is a general audience. Not us tennis nerds.

Part 3, more goodies for tennis fans

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:17 am

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:10 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:06 pm Krejcikova and Siniakova are not playing together in 2024

yeah, I think Krejcikova said it was Siniakova's decision.

I don't think Gauff and Pegula are playing this year either, so there is room at the top in doubles.

They might still try to pair up for that but Coco is scaling back on doubles this year

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/le ... ll-of-fame

I don't care much for this hall of fame thingy but still, nice to see Vijay and Leander honoured...

And the journalist Richard Evans..who is he?!