Love, Balls and Courting: Tennis V

[Deleted member 40371]

So far Venus Williams, Coco Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens have all being knocked out in the first round of the AUS open 2018, Madison Keys is the only one left from the quartet of US players that reached the semis at the US open last year.

John Isner is just one game away from losing to Ebden from Australia.
ETA: Isner is gone as well.

 

[Fiero425]

So far Venus Williams, Coco Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens have all being knocked out in the first round of the AUS open 2018, Madison Keys is the only one left from the quartet of US players that reached the semis at the US open last year.

John Isner is just one game away from losing to Ebden from Australia.

On another site, I picked Ebden to give Isner problems! He was definitely in jeopardy of losing!

 

[Aussie Willy]

Will Ferrell is in Australia at the tennis and interviewed Roger Federer (as Ron Burgundy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLlS6WhgH_0

 

[elka_sk8]

Either Halep or Wozniacki will finally win a Grand Skam title! Slightly pulling for Halep but will be happy for either player.

 

[butyrskafanatic]

I would rather Woz win since I think this is her last chance. Halep will have many others.

 

[Rafter]

So happy for Wozniacki!

Has anyone been reading about Tennys Sandgren and his Twittergate? Serena’s Twitter the other day was priceless.

 

[oleada]

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So happy for Wozniacki!

Has anyone been reading about Tennys Sandgren and his Twittergate? Serena’s Twitter the other day was priceless.

I read a bit but not what Serena said. What did she say?

 

[Tesla]

So happy for Wozniacki!

Yay!

 

[Rafter]

I


I read a bit but not what Serena said. What did she say?

Years ago he wrote on his Twitter “disgusting” about something Serena-related so the other night when he was about to start his match against Chung, Serena wrote on her Twitter “Turns channel”.

 

[butyrskafanatic]

So happy for Woz. Hopefully this is the start for her and she wins atleast 3 slam titles.

 

[ohashibiles]

This must be the most boring mens slam ever. Excited to see Fed win #20, but wish the event was way more interesting than this. Even worse than Wimbledon and the U.S Open last year which were both quite bad.

The womens event was amazing though especialy the Kerber-Halep, Kerber-Hseih, and Halep-Wozniacki matches. Who would have thought with Serena out the womens would be way more exciting than the men. Djokovic and Wawrinka really need to come back into form, or some young blood that is way better than Dmitrov or Kygrios needs to start to emerge.

 

[FSfan107]

Sheesh, as a Federer fan I'm still nervous as heck. I don't think it's in the bag.

Congrats to Caroline! I'm very happy to see her finally win a slam!

 

[ohashibiles]

Sheesh, as a Federer fan I'm still nervous as heck. I don't think it's in the bag.

Well then you are too paranoid a fan. Did you see the Wimbledon final last year. And this is the same opponent. It might be a better match than that, but no chance of anything other than a Federer win.

 

[skatingguy]

Well then you are too paranoid a fan. Did you see the Wimbledon final last year. And this is the same opponent. It might be a better match than that, but no chance of anything other than a Federer win.

Really, what about this match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3Hd938pE

I think Cilic's foot injury at Wimbledon last year really hampered him, so hopefully we'll see a better quality match this year in Australia.

 

[FSfan107]

Well then you are too paranoid a fan. Did you see the Wimbledon final last year. And this is the same opponent. It might be a better match than that, but no chance of anything other than a Federer win.

Yes I watched it. I don't think I'm paranoid. I've just watched tennis long enough to know anything can happen. Every match is different. That said, go Roger!

 

[Rafter]

Sheesh, as a Federer fan I'm still nervous as heck. I don't think it's in the bag.

Congrats to Caroline! I'm very happy to see her finally win a slam!

I agree, it’s not in the bag. I’m a Fed fan but Cilic when on is really good and he has a great forehand. We’ll see.

 

[Fan123]

Wow, what an emotional speech by Roger. Such humility, grace, and heart!

 

[Lorac]

Congrats to Federer - 20 Grand Slams is utterly amazing. And kudos to Cilic who forced 5 sets with some pretty good play. Unfortunately he couldn't sustain it and Federer shows pure class in winning a 6th Australian title - cementing his place as one of the greatest players of all time.

 

[butyrskafanatic]

It was great to have a very good mens final to salvage an otherwise lackluster event. And combined with the womens final and semi final classic it was a great end to the Championship.

And kudos to Cilic who forced 5 sets with some pretty good play. Unfortunately he couldn't sustain it

He was probably tired. It takes a lot of effort to play that kind of power tennis over an extened period, especialy for someone with such a skinny build.

 

[jenny12]

20 grand slams for Federer! And to think I thought he was done a long time ago. Wouldn’t be surprised if he wins until he’s 40!

 

[skatesindreams]

I'm so happy for Roger!
That he was able to "bear down" in the 5th set, says it all.

 

[skatingguy]

The 2018 Australian Open was the 200th Grand Slam tournament since the beginning of Open tennis in 1968. Federer now holds 10% of those titles.

 

[Fiero425]

The 2018 Australian Open was the 200th Grand Slam tournament since the beginning of Open tennis in 1968. Federer now holds 10% of those titles.

My fave, Martina Navratilova numbers are more impressive with 59 GS titles; going strong to the last at almost 50!

 

[FSfan107]

Roger had me crying with his speech!

What a guy!

 

[Rafter]

Loved Roger's speech. I was taken aback at how emotional he was. Almost made me wonder if retirement is imminent. But it sounds like he's keeping going. He seemed quite humbled by it all. Great representative for tennis.

 

[Fiero425]

Loved Roger's speech. I was taken aback at how emotional he was. Almost made me wonder if retirement is imminent. But it sounds like he's keeping going. He seemed quite humbled by it all. Great representative for tennis.

He's been emotional for as long as I can remember; win or lose! The tears and choking up are prominent; esp. when Laver presents him with a trophy! I didn't see it this time, but the last time he won the AO in 2010, he was bawling like a baby when "the great Rod Laver" passed the trophy to him!

 

[twinsissv]

YAY FOR ROGER! Twenty times...five for each of the twins!

 

[butyrskafanatic]

My fave, Martina Navratilova numbers are more impressive with 59 GS titles; going strong to the last at almost 50!

Only 18 in singles though which only ties her for 5th amongst women.

 

[Fiero425]

Only 18 in singles though which only ties her for 5th amongst women.

Going thru the likes of Court, Goolagong, BJK, Evert, Mandlikova, Graf, Seles, Sabatini, Capriati, Wade, & so many others of note! Like BJK, she transcends tennis, unlike Court, Graf, Seles, Williams, & Henin! I'll take Martina's career over any and all of these other players; male or female! Her numbers will last; probably forever in the annals of tennis lore since the OPEN era has been so tough! It was a lot easier for Court to get to her numbers; esp. "down under!"

 

[butyrskafanatic]

Going thru the likes of Court, Goolagong, BJK, Evert, Mandlikova, Graf, Seles, Sabatini, Capriati, Wade, & so many others of note! Like BJK, she transcends tennis, unlike Court, Graf, Seles, Williams, & Henin! I'll take Martina's career over any and all of these other players; male or female! Her numbers will last; probably forever in the annals of tennis lore since the OPEN era has so tough! It was a lot easier for Court to get to her numbers; esp. "down under!"

At the height of her dominance where she won almost all her slams from 82-87 Martina's only competition was an aging Evert (and for about a year a developing 16/17 year old Graf).

Court has more slams at 3 of the 4 slam venues- Australia, Roland Garros, U.S Open than Martina, so not just at the Aussie Open, and more combined doubles/singles/mixed doubles slams than Martina too. And she retired at 33, not 55.