'22 AO Day 3 OoP & Discussion

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Re: '22 AO Day 3 OoP & Discussion

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Opelka got all six 1st serves in during his opening game and still got broken by Koepfer.
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Tan just got her calf taped. Not kinesio but heavily taped. She is in visible pain/discomfort.
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I think her coach is telling her to retire. The chair is sympathetic as well. So sorry for her having to retire at 1-5 in the third.
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Tan had to be wheeled off the court.
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That was a tough to watch finish. On the 4-1 changeover, Tan had her left calf taped. By the end of the next game, she couldn't move any more--she'd return the serve but then just watched Svitolina's next ball land in the court.
After her first service attempt (a let), it appeared that now her right calf was also a problem (cramp? compensation injury). She grimaced in pain, then predictably tried an underhand serve (fault). More grimacing, she was now so distraught that she switched sides to serve, before the chair umpire reminded her that she still had a second serve on the deuce side. After another underarm serve fault, we saw someone in the crowd (coach? mom?) signalling her to stop. She still moved over to the ad side to serve, but then the umpire advised her that she was just risking doing more damage. There was obviously no chance of her winning any more, and no one could find fault with her for retiring in the condition she was in.
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Pegula really got lucky in the first set that Pera really fell apart after a hot start. Pegula's in control now since Pera still hasn't regained her earlier form.
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jazzyg wrote:Opelka got all six 1st serves in during his opening game and still got broken by Koepfer.
Guess you were right about his return


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jazzyg wrote:i'm definitely looking forward to my man Karatsev's match. Dude hit 82 winners in the first round .. but also had 102 unforced errors. I've been following tennis for a long time and can't recall a player reaching triple digits in unforced errors.

If he's spent from winning that tournament last week and playing a long five-setter, Mackie McDonald can beat him. If the first round was a blip, he will destroy McDonald, hitting winners at will.
I feel like someone hit 100 UFEs in a match in the last few years. I wanna say it was a best of three match, too - maybe Sabalenka. And the player still won. It’s ringing a bell.


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That 3-3 game in the second set was fairly ridiculous. Kwon and Shapovalov both giving very loud "Come on"' s after every point they won. It was like a competition for who could yell loudest.

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Badosa and Vika looking very good...
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Looking forward to Bencic -Anisimova...love both of them, too bad one of them has to lose...anisimova with her flat, hard shots, Bencic with her subtle court positioning...this time, I am expecting Anisimova to win
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I watched a bit of Berretini vs Kozlov and now I'm back to Kwon vs Shapovalov
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Shapovalov and Kwon into a second tiebreaker. Shapo won the first 8-6.

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ti-amie wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:15 am
I don't think I knew that you could hit the ball while standing on the opposite side of the court. And I'm sure that I've never seen that before. I've seen people reach over and hit it back, or hit it and then run through to the other side of the court, but this was a first for me. :)


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