by ti-amie TOP HALF
ESP C.Alcaraz (1) vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
(Q) AUS C.O'Connell vs JPN T.Daniel
ITA M.Arnaldi vs COL DE.Galan
USA B.Nakashima vs CAN D.Shapovalov (26)
ITA L.Musetti (17) vs SWE M.Ymer
--- A.Shevchenko vs GER O.Otte
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
FRA B.Paire (W) vs GBR C.Norrie (14)
CAN F.Auger-Aliassime (10) vs ITA F.Fognini
AUS J.Kubler vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs USA M.Cressy
USA M.Mcdonald vs USA S.Korda (24)
ESP B.Zapata Miralles (32) vs ARG D.Schwartzman
USA J.Isner vs POR N.Borges
ESP R.Carballes Baena vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
CZE J.Vesely vs GRE S.Tsitsipas (5)
SRB N.Djokovic (3) vs USA A.Kovacevic
HUN M.Fucsovics vs FRA H.Grenier (W)
FRA L.Van Assche vs ITA M.Cecchinato
FRA A.Fils (W) vs ESP A.Davidovich Fokina (29)
ESP R.Bautista Agut (19) vs CHN Y.Wu
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs PER JP.Varillas
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs NED T.Griekspoor
BEL D.Goffin vs POL H.Hurkacz (13)
--- K.Khachanov (11) vs FRA C.Lestienne
USA P.Kypson (W) vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
SUI S.Wawrinka vs ESP A.Ramos-Vinolas
AUS T.Kokkinakis (W) vs GBR D.Evans (20)
USA B.Shelton (30) vs ITA L.Sonego
FRA A.Mannarino vs FRA U.Humbert
FRA A.Cazaux (W) vs FRA C.Moutet
SRB L.Djere vs --- A.Rublev (7)
Bottom Half
DEN H.Rune (6) vs USA C.Eubanks
FRA G.Monfils vs ARG S.Baez
FRA G.Mpetshi Perricard (W) vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs SRB M.Kecmanovic (31)
ARG F.Cerundolo (23) vs ESP J.Munar
BRA T.Monteiro vs FRA B.Bonzi
FRA R.Gasquet vs FRA A.Rinderknech
USA M.Mmoh vs USA T.Fritz (9)
USA T.Paul (16) vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
CHI N.Jarry vs BOL H.Dellien
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs USA M.Giron
CZE J.Lehecka vs GER JL.Struff (21)
NED B.Van De Zandschulp (25) vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
CHN Z.Zhang vs SRB D.Lajovic
KAZ A.Bublik vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs NOR C.Ruud (4)
ITA J.Sinner (8) vs FRA A.Muller
GER D.Altmaier vs SUI MA.Huesler
FIN E.Ruusuvuori vs FRA G.Barrere
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs BUL G.Dimitrov (28)
GER A.Zverev (22) vs RSA L.Harris
FRA H.Gaston (W) vs SVK A.Molcan
AUS A.Popyrin vs Qualifié/lucky Loser
SRB F.Krajinovic vs USA F.Tiafoe (12)
CRO B.Coric (15) vs ARG F.Coria
AUT D.Thiem vs ARG P.Cachin
GBR J.Draper vs ARG TM.Etcheverry
--- I.Ivashka vs AUS A.De Minaur (18)
JPN Y.Nishioka (27) vs USA JJ.Wolf
AUS M.Purcell vs AUS J.Thompson
FRA Q.Halys vs ARG G.Pella
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs --- D.Medvedev (2)
by ashkor87 nothing jumps out as a potential big upset...
by ponchi101 Nakashima over Shapo? Denis has not done anything as of late.
But sure, that is not a big upset.
by ponchi101 ABOUT THE POLL
Because many have said that Alcaraz is a lock to win this one, you can also choose players that may be the upset. You get 6 votes, and you can spread them, with a maximum of three votes to a single player. For example.
Alcaraz 3
Medvedev 2
Novak 1
That way you spread your votes. Or you can have only two players, each one with 3 votes.
Hope it is clear.
by ashkor87 Surprise second weekend..Rusuuvuori
by ti-amie I think Carlitos has a tough draw.
I take it back. Still thinking about my choices...
by ponchi101 Rusuuvuori in the second weekend. For that he needs to go through Grigor (doable) and Sinner (possible). Sure, why not?
by ashkor87 Projected semifinal:
Alcaraz vs Djokovic
Rune vs Coric
by
skatingfan ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 3:50 am
Projected semifinal:
Alcaraz vs Djokovic
Rune vs Coric
I can get on board with those selections.
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New England Nitemare ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 3:50 am
Projected semifinal:
Alcaraz vs Djokovic
Rune vs Coric
Hmmmmm.......that's a solid semi. It's possible that Coric could get there, there are opportunities. That section is wide open. Coric has only made 1 QF in 27 GS appearances, however.
by Suliso I would still bet on Medeved or Zverev in that section albeit not with any great confidence.
by
ashkor87 New England Nitemare wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 2:12 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 3:50 am
Projected semifinal:
Alcaraz vs Djokovic
Rune vs Coric
Hmmmmm.......that's a solid semi. It's possible that Coric could get there, there are opportunities. That section is wide open. Coric has only made 1 QF in 27 GS appearances, however.
yes, I was actually trying to see who might get lucky with the draw...these majors often have at least one surprise semifinalist.. usually a lucky draw beneficiary..
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ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 2:37 pm
I would still bet on Medeved or Zverev in that section albeit not with any great confidence.
i would be happy if either of them made it but somehow, I dont have a good feeling about it..
by ponchi101 Zverev has not fully recovered, and I don't mean physically. His BH is simply doing no damage. I don't see him going far.
Medvedev must be the one guy really, really wanting for this to start. I decided to gamble a bit and say he takes the cake.
by ashkor87 Yes, saw that!!
by ti-amie Men's Qualifiers Placed
[Q] Cobolli v [1] Alcaraz
[Q] Pouille v [LL] Rodionov
[LL] Diaz Acosta v Kubler
[Q] Ofner v Cressy
[Q] Nava v Carballes Baena
[Q] Shang v Varillas
[Q] Martinez v Griekspoor
[Q] Albot v [WC] Kypson
[Q] Olivieri v [WC] Mpetshi Perricard
[Q] Vavassori v [31] Kecmanovic
[LL] Stricker v [16] Paul
[Q] Medjedovic v Giron
[Q] Tirante v [25] Van de Zandschulp
[Q] Zeppieri v Bublik
[Q] Ymer v [4] Ruud
[Q] Skatov v [28] Dimitrov
[Q] Karatsev v Popyrin
[Q] Seyboth Wild v [2] Medvedev
Hanfmann and Bagnis were in LL draw but thus far not in unless more drop out
by skatingfan Hopefully I haven't missed anyone.
1st Major (11)
Flavio Cobolli, Italy (21)
Matteo Arnaldi, Italy (22)
Alexander Shevchenko (22)
Facundo Diaz Acosta, Argentina (22)
Aleksandar Kovadevic, United States of America (24)
Arthur Fils, France (18)
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, France (19)
Genaro Alberto Olivieri, Argentina (24)
Dominic Stricker, Switzerland (20)
Hamad Mededovic, Serbia (19)
Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina (22)
1st Roland Garros (17)
Emilio Nava, United States of America (21)
Hugo Grenier, France (27)
Luca Van Asshe, France (19)
Wu Yibing, People’s Republic of China (23)
Shang Juncheng, People’s Republic of China (18)
Constant Lestienne, France (31)
Patrick Kypson, United States of America (23)
Ben Shelton, United States of America (20)
Christopher Eubanks, United States of America (27)
Andrea Vavassori, Italy (28)
Zhang Zhizhen, People’s Republic of China (26)
Marc-Andrea Husler, Switzerland (26)
Timofey Skatov, Kazakhstan (22)
Jack Draper, United Kingdom (21)
J.J. Wolf, United States of America (24)
Max Purcell, Australia (25)
Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazil (23)
by ponchi101 The players over 25. I gather that's a dream come true. Good for them.
by ti-amie
I am trying to learn Reddit.
by ti-amie I also really, really like his kit. One of the better efforts by Nike in recent years.
by ti-amie
All Cobolli could do was stare because who does that?
The third set was an almost continuous highlight reel from Carlitos.
by ponchi101 I will give Cobolli credit too. He hit some very nice FH's.
And about Carlitos' shorts: I don't get the airplane flaps. Like... exhaust afterburners?
(Sinner also has them).
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ti-amie ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 10:14 pm
I will give Cobolli credit too. He hit some very nice FH's.
And about Carlitos' shorts: I don't get the airplane flaps. Like... exhaust afterburners?
(Sinner also has them).
That's my only criticism of the kit. When I first saw it I thought the design went around the bottom of the shorts but like you said they're like flaps on a plane. Maybe they're designed that way to give the thigh more room and allow for less restriction in movement? Just a guess.
by
skatingfan
I'm assuming this was a Suicide Pick. Unfortunately it still wouldn't have done any good in the correct thread.
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ti-amie CRO B.Coric (15) vs ARG F.Coria
AUT D.Thiem vs ARG P.Cachin
GBR J.Draper vs ARG TM.Etcheverry
--- I.Ivashka vs AUS A.De Minaur (18)
JPN Y.Nishioka (27) vs USA JJ.Wolf
AUS M.Purcell vs AUS J.Thompson
FRA Q.Halys vs ARG G.Pella
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs --- D.Medvedev (2)
CRO B.Coric (15) vs ARG P.Cachin
ARG TM.Etcheverry vs AUS A.De Minaur (18)
JPN Y.Nishioka (27) vs AUS M.Purcell
ARG G.Pella vs BRA T.Seyboth Wild
This will sound harsh but this section was made to order for Medvedev. With him out while there are still three seeds in the mix it's wide open.
by ponchi101 Coric could be the one coming out of this section. DeMinaur has the wheels but on clay, I would not chose him over Borna.
by ti-amie I would love to see Coric come through but he loses the plot sometimes and the pressure on him as the highest remaining seed could get to him.
by ashkor87 There were reports that RG is using heavier balls ..that would accentuate the advantage power hitters have..Med allluded to it as a factor in his defeat
by ti-amie He was limping. I wonder if he'll play the next round...
Of cour$e he will
by
ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 8:38 pm
Coric could be the one coming out of this section. DeMinaur has the wheels but on clay, I would not chose him over Borna.
Which is why I thought we might see Coric in the semis..Medvedev was always a fragile high seed ..
by jazzyg I am flying blind here because I can't watch, but I think everyone is underestimating Seyboth Wild's form. I like him to go far now.
by
ti-amie From the Roland Garros landing page:
by
ti-amie This was just posted on Reddit's r/tennis. Has anyone else seen this? I'm not watching the match.
Unfortunately didn’t snap a photo when they showed it during the changeover after the first set of his match with Fucsovics. Looked like a round, black, dime-sized disc (maybe metal or ceramic?) right on the middle of his chest taped in place with a big piece of clear tape. Neither announcer knew what it was. Any ideas?
by ponchi101 Homage to Ironman?
by
ti-amie ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 8:36 pm
Homage to Ironman?
My fave quip so far is that it's a magnet meant to (extract money from rich idiots) to help reduce pain. Either that or a lucky penny.
by
Oploskoffie ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:06 pm
From the Roland Garros landing page:
Love it
by
ti-amie With Monfils out Rune got the walkover and tomorrow night will feature Zverev vs Molcan.
by ponchi101 Time to let Elina be the tennis player of the family. He is getting injured too frequently. And if his last match at RG was yesterday's, it was a match worth remembering.
by ti-amie Men's Seed Report
[1] Carlos Alcaraz
[2] Daniil Mevdevev
[3] Novak Djokovic
[4] Casper Ruud
[5] Stefanos Tsitsipas
[6] Holger Rune
[7] Andrey Rublev
[8] Jannik Sinner
[9] Taylor Fritz
[10] Felix-Auger Aliassme
[11] Karen Khachanov
[12] Frances Tiafoe
[13] Hubert Hurkacz
[14] Cameron Norrie
[15] Borna Coric
[16] Tommy Paul
[17] Lorenzo Musetti
[18] Alex De Minaur
[19] Roberto Bautista Agut
[20] Dan Evans
[21] Jan-Lennard Struff
[22] Alexander Zverev
[23] Francisco Cerundolo
[24] Sebastian Korda
[25] Botic van de Zandschulp
[26] Denis Shapovalov
[27] Yoshihito Nishioka
[28] Grigor Dimitrov
[29] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
[30] Ben Shelton
[31] Miomir Kecmanovic
[32] Bernabe Zapata Miralles
22/32 remain.
Both reports were done by @CooCooCachoo
by ashkor87 There goes Sinner..clearly not optimised for clay, or any slow surface...his game will work better at W and USO...
by
ashkor87 ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:06 pm
From the Roland Garros landing page:
Except he is not landing!
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 3:41 pm
ABOUT THE POLL
Because many have said that Alcaraz is a lock to win this one, you can also choose players that may be the upset. You get 6 votes, and you can spread them, with a maximum of three votes to a single player. For example.
Alcaraz 3
Medvedev 2
Novak 1
That way you spread your votes. Or you can have only two players, each one with 3 votes.
Hope it is clear.
why limit it to max of 3? I would have given 4 to Alcaraz and 2 to Novak, 0 to the rest...doesnt change the calculation, i dont think..?
but I do like the idea of letting us split/spread the votes..
by ashkor87 looking at the poll, interesting that Sinner and Fritz have support, but not Tsitsipas and Rublev.. these last 2 have clearly fallen in our estimation lately!
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:27 am
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 3:41 pm
...
That way you spread your votes. Or you can have only two players, each one with 3 votes.
Hope it is clear.
why limit it to max of 3? I would have given 4 to Alcaraz and 2 to Novak, 0 to the rest...doesnt change the calculation, i dont think..?
but I do like the idea of letting us split/spread the votes..
No reason whatsoever. I just felt that this way people would spread their votes in the 3-2-1 fashion, although 3-3 is also possible.
by
ti-amie The Tennis Podcast
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TennisPodcast@sportsbots.xyz
Round of 16 set in the men's top half...
(1) Alcaraz v Musetti (17)
(Q) Ofner v Tsitsipas (5)
(3) Djokovic v Varillas
(11) Khachanov v Sonego
by ponchi101 I actually give Musetti a bit of a chance. A BIT.
Tsitsipas could fly to Athens and spend the weekend there.
Varillas: he has played 5 matches at grand slams. All have gone 5 sets. That streak ends miserably here.
Kjachanov has become a reliable player to go deep at slams. That streak continues.
by skatingfan First Peruvian in the top 100 since Jaime Yzaga?
by ponchi101 Since Lucho Horna, who (BTW) beat Roger here, in 1R, in 2004.
by jazzyg I am finally free to watch tennis after a week of nonstop work.
On the bottom half of the draw, I would not count out Etcheverry from making the final. I knew nothing about him until this clay season, but he has been playing really, really well. My pick before the tournament was Rune and I'll stick with him, but if he gets to the quarterfinal against Ruud, that will be a very emotional, draining match and he might come out flat in the semis.
On the top half, I favor Alcaraz over Djokovic in their inevitable semi, but since I've seen next to nothing of either of them so far, I don't really have a good feel for it. When they played in Madrid last year, Alcaraz won almost every extended point. Djokovic will have to serve extremely well when they play.
by ponchi101 Rune looking in trouble right now, and Etcheverry is the popular pick in the SP today. But, let's remember, he is the unseeded player in that match. i say he wins, but... Nishioka never quits one single point.
by jazzyg Nishioka should have lost in straight sets the last round and won only because Seyboth Wild wasn't fit. At least that's what I assumed from the scoreline. Did not see any of the match. No doubt he is incredibly tenacious, but he will need to up his game significantly. Possible, but not likely in my estimation.
by ti-amie Nishioka lost the first set in a TB after coming from behind. He's starting the second set the same way he did the first with Etcheverry breaking for a 2-0 lead.
by ashkor87 Khachanov giving Djokovic exactly the kind of tune-,up he needs! Hitting his stride now...
by ashkor87 Djokovic is probably the worst volleyer in the top 10...!
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:29 pm
Djokovic is probably the worst volleyer in the top 10...!
Nope. Ruud. Remember all the missed volleys in the YEC championship match
by ashkor87 Not terribly impressed with Rune's latest performance...Ruud may well beat him now...
by Owendonovan I consider Saint Holger the favorite in this match up.
by Owendonovan Alcaraz made Tsitipas look like a player ranked around 100.
by ponchi101 The first two sets were a demolition derby, with Stefanos competing in a VW Beetle. There was something off with him.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:03 pm
The first two sets were a demolition derby, with Stefanos competing in a VW Beetle. There was something off with him.
He said sleep pattern disturbed...
by ponchi101 ESPN saying also that he took some melatonin prior to the match to help with a quick nap. Seems like a bad choice.
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ti-amie ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:40 pm
ESPN saying also that he took some melatonin prior to the match to help with a quick nap. Seems like a bad choice.
by
Owendonovan ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:40 pm
ESPN saying also that he took some melatonin prior to the match to help with a quick nap. Seems like a bad choice.
That was straight up stupid of him.
by ashkor87 Alcaraz biggest weakness, I think, is he is over-coached..I think he got confused on court at Rome....I see him looking at his box too often already...
by ponchi101 It is the new norm, and it is not Carlitos' weakness. Everybody is doing it. The new crop will look turn and look at their boxes after every single routine point, regardless of winning or losing it. Their opponents serve a DF? They turn, fist-pump, and exchange words with their coach, dad, mom, physio, assistant coach, manager, valet, chauffer, psychiatrist, therapist. And dog.
He is looking a bit lost out there, to tell you the truth.
by ashkor87 Very very sad and disappointing end..first 2 sets were great tennis though...
Will it be Zverev or Ruud now? Very hard to say,.Zverev is certainly the better player at his best but is he at his best,? Is 90% good enough?
