Talk About Tennis 2.0

dave g wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:25 am Goffin beat Alcaraz.

Unbelievable!!

Medvedev also lost .. what is going on with this tournament?!

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:50 pm How hard can it be for a top professional to adjust from a hard court in California to a hard court in Miami?

It is all muscle memory after all..does take some time to unlearn and learn. Miami seems much faster, the humidity makes it hard to breathe..so yes, the deeper you went in IW, the harder it will be in Miami.

Both finalists at IW (WTA) handed out bagels to their opponents in their first match.
It is not that hard to go from IW to Miami. That is the reason they are pros.

nelslus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:07 am With "Cheater?" (Allegedly) Sinner out, there are no longer upsets. Welcome to the Non Fed Rafa Novax Serena Era, where, hey, ANYONE!!!! could win any given match.

Don't steal MY LINE!!!
Yes. Not anybody can win a tournament. But there are no matches that are 80% in favor of somebody.
And once Sinner gets off hard courts, I would say even he will be a favorite at the 60% mark. Ok, make it 70%.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:44 am Medvedev also lost .. what is going on with this tournament?!

What is going on with Medvedev. That is the question.
He is no longer a threat on hard courts. He said it last year: he is not having fun.

Sakkari used to have Coco's number, but Gauff has won 4 out of their last 5 meetings to level their H2H at 5-5

The carnage of seeds on ATP side continues. Latest victims are Shelton, Popyrin and Draper.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025

STADIUM
Starts at 12:00 PM

[WTA] [27] Elise Mertens (BEL) vs [2] Iga Swiatek (POL)

Not Before 1:00PM
[ATP] [24] Sebastian Korda (USA) vs [9] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
[ATP] [LL] Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) vs [4] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Not Before 7:00PM
[WTA] [17] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs [11] Mirra Andreeva

Not Before 8:30PM
[ATP] [23] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs [12] Tommy Paul (USA)

GRANDSTAND
Starts at 11:00 AM

[ATP] [14] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [22] Karen Khachanov

Not Before 1:30PM
[WTA] [5] Madison Keys (USA) vs [WC] Alexandra Eala (PHI)
[WTA] [32] Anna Kalinskaya vs [4] Jessica Pegula (USA)
[WTA] Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs McCartney Kessler (USA)

Not Before 7:00PM
[ATP] [5] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs [30] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)

BUTCH BUCHHOLZ
Starts at 11:00 AM

[WTA] [15] Karolina Muchova (CZE) vs [22] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
[ATP] [15] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs [18] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
[ATP] [31] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs David Goffin (BEL)
[ATP] Jaume Munar (ESP) vs Gael Monfils (FRA)
[ATP] S. Gille (BEL) / J. Zielinski (POL) vs [7] M. Gonzalez (ARG) / A. Molteni (ARG)

COURT 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

[WTA] [20] Clara Tauson (DEN) vs [10] Paula Badosa (ESP)
[WTA] Anna Blinkova vs [23] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
[ATP] [6] Julian Cash (GBR) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) vs Pedro Martinez (ESP) / Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA)
[WTA] Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Storm Hunter (AUS) vs Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) OR [8] Sofia Kenin (USA) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)
[ATP] [8] Salisbury (GBR) / Skupski (GBR) or Andreozzi (ARG) / Arribage (FRA) vs Korda (USA) / Thompson (AUS) OR Michelsen (USA) / Shelton (USA)

COURT 7
Starts at 11:00 AM

[WTA] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) vs [ALT] Ekaterina Alexandrova / Peyton Stearns (USA)
[ATP] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs [5] Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Michael Venus (NZL)

After suitable rest
[WTA] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) vs [7] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Shuai Zhang (CHN)

After suitable rest
[WTA] [3] Sara Errani (ITA) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) OR N. Kichenok (UKR) / A. Sutjiadi (INA) vs C. Bucsa (ESP) / M. Kato (JPN) OR [WC] M. Kostyuk (UKR) / E. Ruse (ROU)

After suitable rest
[WTA] [6] A. Danilina (KAZ) / I. Khromacheva OR A. Krueger (USA) / J. Pegula (USA) vs X. Jiang (CHN) / F. Wu (TPE) OR A. Muhammad (USA) / D. Schuurs (NED)

Also Rune and Humbert added to the list of fallen seeds. And it might not be the end. I'm not particularly sure in Tiafoe and Rublev.

mick1303 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:26 pm Also Rune and Humbert added to the list of fallen seeds. And it might not be the end. I'm not particularly sure in Tiafoe and Rublev.

I invite you to read Nelslus post about parity.
No carnage. Just the ATP doing its best imitation of the years 2001-2002, when almighty Leyton Hewitt reigned supreme because everybody was not only playing at the same level, they were playing the same game.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:56 pm

He'll crap out 2 and 3 next match.