Love, Balls and Courting: Tennis V

Desperado said:
She took out her frustration about the crowd on a lovely 18-year old who looked up to her and showed great poise, grace, and class all tournament. Victoria also said lovely things about her.

As they say: "bye, girl".
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I get that she was frustrated but how were Osaka and her team not expecting/prepared for a hometown crowd response for her opponent? Baffling.

Victoria was AMAZING!
 
vgerdes said:
Andy Roddick has a slightly different take. Not sure I agree with him. "Congratulations" is all she needed to say, and the lack of it shows a distinct lack of sportsmanship.
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I’m not buying that either.

In tennis everyone loses except 1 person. The champion.

Players get used to that real fast and if not, they aren’t very successful in the sport.

Being upset doesn’t excuse common courtesy. I can accept she made a mistake and her apology today but there should be no excuse for that happening.
 
caseyedwards said:
Let’s see how far djokovic gets in his valiant and heroic effort to get to 25
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Nole deserves amazing credit for making the Semi-Finals of the last 3 Majors! He's being criticized for not being able to get to 25, but how many SF's does any player on the tour make over a career, much less 3 in a seasson? He's doing this at 38! Every time he goes out there, a record is being set or extended! He owns them all! ;-)

- https://fiero4251.blogspot.com/2016/08/fan-page-novak-nole-djokovic.html -
 
Medvedev has lost in the first round of the last 3 Grand Slams and was out in the second round in Australia. Hard to believe his ranking is still as high as 13. Mentally he's got to be shattered after a strong 2024 season.

I see the ladies are repeating the Wimbledon track of seeds dropping like mad early on. Let's wonder how many more will tank in the second round. Hot newcomer Mboko getting ousted by veteran Krejcikova is my biggest surprise so far. (Or maybe Madison Keys ending this last slam of the year on such a disappointing loss after starting the season so well in Melbourne.)
 
peibeck said:
Medvedev has lost in the first round of the last 3 Grand Slams and was out in the second round in Australia. Hard to believe his ranking is still as high as 13. Mentally he's got to be shattered after a strong 2024 season.
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Medvedev seems to be his own worst enemy this season.
 
Rather ironic coming from Ostapenko, as she's thrown multiple temper tantrums on court (and apparently isn't liked very much off court by other players as well, per the commentators).
 
Impressed Lamens took a set off Swiatek. Everyone seems to have Iga poised to win here, so a closer than expected second round match is a bit unexpected.

And Sinner utterly destroyed Popyrin. On paper I'd have expected a much closer match. And Jannik didn't even serve so great today.
 
Glad I didn't stay up and watch the Tommy Paul match. 4-and-a-half hour battle. I'm sure it was thrilling based on what I did see, but... that would have been a VERY late night. Not sure how these players adapt to the Open's crazy schedule.
 
A pretty dreadful day for the American men yesterday, with the exception of Fritz, who even his hands full with a really talented Swiss qualifier, Jerome Kym (whose service style is gorgeous).

Novak pulls out the win despite pulling a muscle in his back, but he gets this year's giant killer, Struff, next.

Carlos looking amazing with an "easy" win.

On the ladies side, Taylor Townsend played great against up and comer Mirra Andreeva, but she faces 2-time Slam winner Krejcikova next. :watch:

Coco has already advanced today, with her quickest win of the tourney so far.
 
peibeck said:
A pretty dreadful day for the American men yesterday, with the exception of Fritz, who even his hands full with a really talented Swiss qualifier, Jerome Kym (whose service style is gorgeous).

Novak pulls out the win despite pulling a muscle in his back, but he gets this year's giant killer, Struff, next.

Carlos looking amazing with an "easy" win.

On the ladies side, Taylor Townsend played great against up and comer Mirra Andreeva, but she faces 2-time Slam winner Krejcikova next. :watch:

Coco has already advanced today, with her quickest win of the tourney so far.
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I'm thinking things need to wrap up w/ the GOAT! Djokovic is breaking down physically! He's gotten old thinking "if I stretch enuf everyday, I"ll stay healthy enuf to compete against these kids!" I hoping he goes "down under" 1 more time to say "good-bye!" - https://fiero4251.blogspot.com/2016/08/fan-page-novak-nole-djokovic.html - :40beers: :cautious::wall::cool:
 
Fiero425 said:
I'm thinking things need to wrap up w/ the GOAT! Djokovic is breaking down physically! He's gotten old thinking "if I stretch enuf everyday, I"ll stay healthy enuf to compete against these kids!" I hoping he goes "down under" 1 more time to say "good-bye!" - https://fiero4251.blogspot.com/2016/08/fan-page-novak-nole-djokovic.html - :40beers: :cautious::wall::cool:
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His interview with ESPN commentators about 45 minutes after the match made me think he may pull the plug after this season or do an announcement that 2026 will be his final year. He basically admitted his body and mind are at odds with being able to keep up with the younger guys for 7 straight matches in Slams. Which is understandable considering only two years ago he won 3 out of 4 of the majors and was the runner up of the 4th.

Regardless, at 38 (?) it's impressive he's made the semis of every slam so far this year.

I kind of feel like if he could somehow pull off the 25th slam title, he'd pull a Sampras and say "Nope, not gonna get better than this; I'm outta here!" :lol:
 
Winners don’t win because they are always perfect but because they find ways to turn it around! Sinner is a winner. Was he one point away from being down 0-4? Yes. Did he stop being sinner? No.
 
eusebius said:
All I have to say is:
FELIX!!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Bout time! All that talent, but has been straggling along for years! Same w/ Shapovalov! Both hottie Canadians! :cautious: :wall:
peibeck said:
His interview with ESPN commentators about 45 minutes after the match made me think he may pull the plug after this season or do an announcement that 2026 will be his final year. He basically admitted his body and mind are at odds with being able to keep up with the younger guys for 7 straight matches in Slams. Which is understandable considering only two years ago he won 3 out of 4 of the majors and was the runner up of the 4th.

Regardless, at 38 (?) it's impressive he's made the semis of every slam so far this year.

I kind of feel like if he could somehow pull off the 25th slam title, he'd pull a Sampras and say "Nope, not gonna get better than this; I'm outta here!" :lol:
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Don't forget his biggest accomplishment last season, in his mind at least, Olympic Gold! :40beers::grandpa::rolleyes:
 
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