Talk About Tennis 2.0

We did well today. Still 51 of us left.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:01 pm We did well today. Still 51 of us left.

I understand we are now doomed for tomorrow after this post.

Yes, but not all of us

nelslus wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:22 pm AND, I know that Kanepi's opponent has out-of-nowhere been winning matches lately. But, I mean, really. She's still Diane Perry. I thought her being Diane Parry would be enough for Kanepi to win. Then again, every week, there's a new Diane Perry.

So new, she changed her name twice in one paragraph!

We had 2 picks and 1 zombie today, leaving us with just 49 players heading into the R32

The breakdown:

Angelique Kerber 21
Jelena Ostapenko 10
Alison Riske-Armitraj 6
Kaja Juvan 4
Maria Sakkari 4
Jule Niemeier 2
Caroline Garcia 1
Shuai Zhang 1

And now, a word about our R64 losers, specifically about their DANKness or STANKness:

Sorana Cirstea (11 victims) DANK I'm at a loss to explain this loss--there's been a rash of bad luck that has been knocking out a lot of players in this possibly cursed tournament.

Sara Sorribes Tormo (11 victims) DANK TMQ bestows forgiveness on you for thinking Tan was due for a letdown. However, if you read about her response to her doubles opponent's Instagram slam, you'll see that she is unbothered.

Anhelina Kalinina (2 victims) DANK Like at the French Open, TMQ will tastefully refrain from dunking on Ukrainian players.

Anett Kontaveit (2 victims) STANK TMQ will dunk on Kontaveit though, who seemingly has forgotten how to play tennis during the offseason.

Bianca Andreescu (1 victim) STANK Her "comeback" has been a little overhyped. She's improved this year, but not that much.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:15 am And now, a word about our R64 losers, specifically about their DANKness or STANKness:

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Anhelina Kalinina (2 victims) DANK Like at the French Open, TMQ will tastefully refrain from dunking on Ukrainian players.

...

And that was a match between Ukrainians, so at least one had to lose.

My history of never winning a WTA SP continues with Juvan's loss to Watson, but I'm OK with it. Watson is a delightful person who deserved to finally reach the fourth round.

As for the match, Juvan is the better player but just got too tight in the first set, losing a break lead late in the first set, dropping the tiebreak 8-6 and then going away for the first five games of the second set. That's the risk you take when you pick an unproven 21-year old trying to make history of her own.

It seems this will be the customary day of upsets with very few survivors left. Not including me unfortunately...

Will be less than half for tomorrow...

#nevertrustaK

Down to 13, I believe.

Since Garcia and Zhang have one pick each, yes, 13 seems to be the number before the end of the 3rd round.

Invek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:26 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:01 pm We did well today. Still 51 of us left.

I understand we are now doomed for tomorrow after this post.

Yep, struck again for the 2nd consecutive SP day.

Does this mean we move to an updated thread?

I want to celebrate making the updated thread, but have no confidence that I am going to make it through another day or two.
So, maybe, I'll just celebrate making through today.

p.s. JTContinental: We still have 65 people on the ATP side. How come you get all the pools that wrap up quickly?