Recent content by Fiero425

Shapo's not one of those players that has a steady climb up, then settling there for a few yrs.! Most players these days, no matter how good they are, only the top 2 will stay there! The others will continually fluxuate in their rankings due to injury, exhaustion, & the fact that today's game is...

The replay just started on ABC! I'll surf by, but might miss it if I step away too long! :40beers: :rolleyes::grandpa::eek:

Back in 1975, BJK annihilated Evonne Goolagong 6-0, 6-1 in the Wimbledon final! Evonne was playing well & barely got by Margaret Court in the SF who was also awful during the fortnight! :rolleyes: :cool::wall::40beers:

I'm shocked we have so complete a rivalry so soon after The Big 3 started stepping down! Only Jannik & Carlos are winning Majors! I doubt they'll get to the heights of Fedalovic stealing every major event, but so far have been quite impressive! :rolleyes: :cool: :eek:

Scandalous IMO! Bencic ruined her own story by being trounced in the SF vs Swiatek, 2-6, 0-6! Supposedly she was injured w/ a cracked big toe-nail, but she had it during her victory the day before! If there was any reason to believe she'd perform like this, she should have just allowed Mirra to...

Someone on another site mentioned something about an informal indoor practice session & mentioned an MRI was ordered! :wall: :rolleyes::cautious:

Sinner dodged a bullet! He was just about "gone!" Being an old guy, I fugure, Grigor cooled off waiting for that roof to close! You get stiff real fast when ancient! :D :wall::40beers::2faced:

Novak Djokovic made it thru to the quarters taking out Alex de Minaur in 4 sets! It was a well played match w/ some nice shotmaking! Mirra Andreeva got past Emma Navarro in straights! Swiatek on the court now, down 1-3 to Tauson! :rolleyes: 😱:cautious::wall:

He was coming from behind the entire 1st set; got broken & was down 1-4! He stormed back only to drop the set in a TB he led! :wall:

Alcaraz makes himself vulnerable w/ these "brain farts" of his! He was serving for the set in the TB, up 5-4 & allowed Rublev to steal the 1st set! Norrie, Khachanov, & Fritz all made the Quarters of Wimbledon! :rolleyes: :40beers: :confused: :eek:

Djokovic has the draw from #ell w/ dangerous floaters, then potentially facing Draper, Sinner, & Alcaraz in route to the final! :wall:

Almost an end of an era w/ Djokovic, the last of the Big 3 to compete at Wimbledon next week! He's been in the last 6 finals, losing the last 2 to Carlos Alcaraz! Sinner lost early at Halle, but is still favored just behind Carlos at SW 19! :40beers: :grandpa::rolleyes::cool:

It's become the norm; even w/ the top players! If they even make the Semi's, they're almost guaranteed to WD from the next event, lose in an early round, or reitre midmatch! The game has gotten so physically demanding, the speed & exersion is just too much for today's players! Back in my day...

The heart of grass season is in progress! This week the top players get a feel of the lawns to play the game in Halle & Queens! Sincaraz had little trouble in 1st round matches; Sinner in Germany & Alcaraz closer to Wimbledon at Queens! :grandpa: ?:cautious::40beers:?

It was about 5 1/2 hours, 5 sets, ending in the 1st Super TB in the final set in Paris! :cautious: ?:grandpa: