Talk About Tennis 2.0

Who would've thought, even a few months ago, that Eubanks would be a bandwagon

Or a few years ago, that this far into a slam that the majority of picks would be American

Improbabledream wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:10 am Neither espn or tennis channel showed much of that musetti Hurkacz match but I am stunned it was that one sided. For those who saw it does the scoreline accurately reflect what happened? Djokovic musetti would have been way more interesting and competitive in my opinion. Now another routine Novak win against hurkacz up next. I am super bored by that guy's unmitigated greatness. And that nobody has the heart to truly challenge him.

I was talking about that yesterday. If you are a Novak fan, it is indeed a golden age. But, even at his very peak, Roger had Rafa on clay, something he could not beat.
Novak is simply the best player ON ANY SURFACE, and at all the tournaments that matter. And I don't see any of the new players taking him down.
I said this a few years ago: the only thing that would beat the Big Three would be age. And, so far, I have been unfortunately right with Roger and Rafa. We will simply have to wait until Novak grows old for the new kids to take over. In about two years.

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:29 pm Who would've thought, even a few months ago, that Eubanks would be a bandwagon

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And that he would deliver

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 5:20 pm

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:29 pm Who would've thought, even a few months ago, that Eubanks would be a bandwagon

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And that he would deliver

In the third round, none the less.

One match not finished. So much for catching up with reality. But at least reality is in sight.

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:29 pm Who would've thought, even a few months ago, that Eubanks would be a bandwagon

Or a few years ago, that this far into a slam that the majority of picks would be American

Even more so, who would have thought that we would see the day where one could justifiably argue that the picks of Eubanks could end up being "too soon"?

Day 7 Pick Summary

Start: 46
People waiting for the end of the Tiafoe/Dimitrov map, and looking quite pale: 1
For Now: 45

Shapovalov 27
Rublev 7 6
Dinnrt Sinner 7
Safiullin 3
Bublik 2

Start 45
Survivors 16
Dead 29
Unknown 0

Dinnrt is served!

The draw has been very kind to Eubanks. Very unlikely hw wins another match.

Still. One of the signs of a good player is to take advantage when you get a good draw. I give him a little chance against Stefanos; if he serves well, he can take one set in a TB.

My hat off to the 3 Saffiulin pickers.
I picked Dennis, then switched to Rublev, which is not looking good either.

dave g wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:36 am Day 7 Pick Summary

Start: 46
People waiting for the end of the Tiafoe/Dimitrov map, and looking quite pale: 1
For Now: 45

Shapovalov 27
Rublev 7 6
Dinnrt Sinner 7
Safiullin 3
Bublik 2

And 27 gone just like that! Good calls by the Safiullin picks!

Just in time for the creation of the Update Picks and Results thread.