Talk About Tennis 2.0

Actually, that one I don't know. If it is one word or two.

Alex de Minaur Román[a] (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 on 15 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. He has won ten ATP Tour singles and one doubles title, and has reached five major quarterfinals.

Alex de Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia.[2] His father, Anibal, is Uruguayan and his mother, Esther, is a Spaniard.[6][7][8] His father owned an Italian restaurant on George Street in Sydney and met Esther when she began working there as a waitress.[9] De Minaur has two brothers and three sisters — Dominic, Daniel, Natalie, Cristina and Sara.[9][10]

De Minaur has dual Australian and Spanish citizenship, and is fluent in English and Spanish and also speaks some French

Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_de_Minaur

Never knew that ..

That was a nice win for Fritz over Lehecka, who is one of the cleanest ball strikers on tour. I did not see the first set, but Lehecka was the better player in the last two and could not quite get over the finish line after evening it at a set apiece in a match that featured 14 break points (8 for Lehecka, 6 for Fritz) but no breaks. Lehecka was up 4-2 in the third-set tiebreak and missed a crosscourt forehand by an inch, then missed two more that were pretty close and lost 7-5.

Fritz hit some clutch serves and saved his best for when he was down in his service games because Lehecka was winning most of the neutral exchanges. Lehecka has dropped five deciding tiebreaks in a row and is still missing that extra ingredient that separates top players. He has the game, though.

An awesome match.
When they reached 200 points played, somewhere around 3-3 in the third, they were 100 a piece. Lehecka should have taken the match because he had those BP's early in the first set, but Taylor hanged in there.
He has to stop the "bitching after every single missed point" routine, though. It does not affect him much, but it does a little. They all do it (Lehecka did it, Shelton gave a superb display of that in the previous match) but he is in constant pain after every missed FH.
I guess it is the modern way.

But, both these guys were super focused throughout the match. Almost three hours and never lost focus. Something else to say about the kind of athletes that tennis produces.

What was the exchange about between Cobolli and Shelton after their match?

Tuesday 05 August, 2025 (Day 11)

Centre Court
Starts At 4:30 PM

SF
K. Krawietz/T. Puetz (4) Vs G. Andreozzi/S. Arends or J. Cash L. Glasspool
Not Before 7:00 PM
QF
A. Rublev (6) Vs (2) T. Fritz
Followed By
QF
A. de Minaur (9) Vs (4) B. Shelton

mick1303 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 04, 2025 7:26 pm What was the exchange about between Cobolli and Shelton after their match?

Wednesday 06 August, 2025 (Day 12)

Centre Court
Starts At 4:30 PM

SF
J. Salisbury/N. Skupski (6) Vs M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni
Not Before 7:00 PM
SF
A. Zverev (1) Vs (11) K. Khachanov
Followed By
SF
A. de Minaur (9) or B. Shelton (4) Vs T. Fritz (2)

Shelton is up 6-3, 4-3 with a break in the second set over de Minaur.

Thursday 07 August, 2025 (Day 13)

Centre Court
Starts At 5:00 PM

F
J. Salisbury/N. Skupski (6) Vs (2) J. Cash/L. Glasspool
Not Before 7:30 PM
F
K. Khachanov(11) Vs B. Shelton (4) or T. Fritz (2)