Love, Balls and Courting: Tennis V

[peibeck]

What an epic battle for Townsend and Krejicokva. Surely the longest ladies match of the tournament at 3+ hours.

Barbora leads over Jess Pegula in head to heads, so I'm sure Jessica is happy that battle lasted so long.

 

[Fiero425]

What an epic battle for Townsend and Krejicokva. Surely the longest ladies match of the tournament at 3+ hours.

Barbora leads over Jess Pegula in head to heads, so I'm sure Jessica is happy that battle lasted so long.

Taylor blew it! I think she had 8 match pts. including many in that 2nd set TB! It was a long match; the TB 25 min. alone!

 

[skatingguy]

Taylor blew it! I think she had 8 match pts. including many in that 2nd set TB! It was a long match; the TB 25 min. alone!

To be fair Krejicikova hit winners on most of those match points including several line clippers.

 

[Fiero425]

To be fair Krejicikova hit winners on most of those match points including several line clippers.

Oh, ITA Krejicikova hit winners to steal this match! Townsend did have a couple chances to attack & played too passively at times! You can't hope a top player will donate the match at the end! If anything, they're more courageous to attack & take the match from you! In my day, the most defensive player around was Bjorn Borg! When threatened w/ a loss, down a set or 2, he attacked & won matches he might have lost if not for being aggressive! Taylor was aggressive to get her lead, but didn't attack a little bit more at the end to close it out! END RANT!

 

[peibeck]

Novak looked surprisingly sharp in his win tonight; he moved and served really well.

Sabalenka won as expected, but she needs to raise the level of her play to win this whole thing, I think. So many silly unforced errors.

 

[peibeck]

Another nice win for Felix A-A over Rublev today. He's playing so relaxed. Of course, Rublev was his normal headcase self.

Vondrousova had the most amazing reaction last night after her win over Rybakina. After two major surgeries in the last few years it's nice to see her healthy and returning to form.

 

[peibeck]

Oh dear, Gauff was a mess today, but nice to see Naomi Osaka smiling and playing well (despite a low first service percentage). Sadly this very anticipated match turned out to be disappointing.

Iga finally looked in prime form today in her win.

 

[peibeck]

You'd never know Bublik beat Sinner earlier this year based on this beat down.

 

[skatingguy]

You'd never know Bublik beat Sinner earlier this year based on this beat down.

Yes you would - that's the reason for the beat down.

 

[Rob]

Pegula looking really good.