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Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:01 am
by meganfernandez
jazzyg wrote:Shapovalov is going to beat Nadal if he keeps this level. Doesn't have to be better. Just has to stay at this level.
This Rafa can't handle Shapo's all-around game without donations.
Rafa won’t let him get away with serving around 50%, like Shapo did in the first set and still won 6-3! Would be nice to see a match like the one they had in Montreal so many years ago. But Nadal won’t roll over like Sascha did today.
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Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:07 am
by jazzyg
Zverev has a much better return of serve than Rafa. Shapovalov will be more comfortable serving to him.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:16 am
by JTContinental
I don't mind all the UFEs that Anisimova is hitting because she is being really aggressive. She needs to work on her shot selection, but she looks like she could contend for big titles again.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:50 am
by skatingfan
The crowd at Kecmanovic-Monfils is starting to get annoying - a little too lubricated I suppose. Usually it's the piercing screams from the players that get to be too much, but the fans their need to bring it down to an 11.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:23 am
by Suliso
Maybe Key in the zone can prevent Barty reaching the final, but otherwise I don't see a chance for anyone. Assuming of course her level doesn't drop significantly.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:43 am
by Deuce
In the 2nd set, Berrettini just served at 83% 1st serves and an average of 195 kph - and still had to go to a tiebreak to win it.
He's up 2 sets to love now.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:08 pm
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:56 am
Nadal is going to crush Shapo.
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jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:59 am
Shapovalov is going to beat Nadal if he keeps this level. Doesn't have to be better. Just has to stay at this level.
This Rafa can't handle Shapo's all-around game without donations.
So, do we settle in: it will go 5 sets?
It would be really hard to call.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:31 pm
by JazzNU
The Barty vs. Anisimova match is a perfect example of why I'm not a fan of OCC at grand slams (and think it's changed the trajectory of outcomes on the regular tour). Amanda was very jumpy and even a single visit from Darren I think would have calmed her down and re-focused her efforts. She was not capable of doing it on her own yesterday. Give her some OCC, and I think she would've done much better. Which I guess is great for the viewer to see a more competitive, higher quality match, but not for many other reasons to me.
A shame she couldn't muster more than what she did in this match, but I'd expect her to have a better shot at beating Ash in the future on hard courts, and being capable of doing so on clay this season if she maintains this form.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:02 pm
by ti-amie
JazzNU wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:31 pm
The Barty vs. Anisimova match is a perfect example of why I'm not a fan of OCC at grand slams (and think it's changed the trajectory of outcomes on the regular tour). Amanda was very jumpy and even a single visit from Darren I think would have calmed her down and re-focused her efforts. She was not capable of doing it on her own yesterday. Give her some OCC, and I think she would've done much better. Which I guess is great for the viewer to see a more competitive, higher quality match, but not for many other reasons to me.
A shame she couldn't muster more than what she did in this match, but I'd expect her to have a better shot at beating Ash in the future on hard courts, and being capable of doing so on clay this season if she maintains this form.
OCC has ruined the women's game.
Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:20 pm
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote:meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:56 am
Nadal is going to crush Shapo.
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jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:59 am
Shapovalov is going to beat Nadal if he keeps this level. Doesn't have to be better. Just has to stay at this level.
This Rafa can't handle Shapo's all-around game without donations.
So, do we settle in: it will go 5 sets?
It would be really hard to call.
I think 4 or 5. I guess “crush” would be too harsh. But he’s gonna make Denis work a lot harder than Zverev did.
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Re: '22 AO Day 7 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:51 pm
by Liamvalid
Just noticed that every singles match was won in straight sets today, that must be rare at this stage of a slam