Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:22 pm
Great to have an all-american semi. Crowd really into it
The Swamp
It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:29 pm
She was pretty great the last two (three?, I guess) games. Man.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:58 am
For all the drama and grandeur of the Williams/Stephens match, to follow it up with that stinker kinda stunk.
I like Coco. I root for her when she plays. I dig that she's a little brash and dirty and gets fired up out there. I can't seem to parse what happened last night other than she was just out of gas or in her head. Take nothing away from Keys, she brought the thunder, but Coco just looked so flat. I was looking forward to a high intensity showdown and I got Chris Sale pitching at high school kids.
Super stoked for Keys/Stephens though. That match should be hot fire.
I like Coco. I root for her when she plays. I dig that she's a little brash and dirty and gets fired up out there. I can't seem to parse what happened last night other than she was just out of gas or in her head. Take nothing away from Keys, she brought the thunder, but Coco just looked so flat. I was looking forward to a high intensity showdown and I got Chris Sale pitching at high school kids.
Super stoked for Keys/Stephens though. That match should be hot fire.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:26 pm
Sloane Stephens is so pretty, as well as your US Open champion. Boring ass match, though.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:23 pm
Yeah, that was a very strange final. One of them took their big girl pills, the other obviously didn't. I like Keys, but getting skunked in the second set was... underwhelming in terms of fortitude.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:44 pm
I'm too lazy to go look, but that's gotta be one of the lamest closing combos in US Open history.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:02 pm
No linesmen at the ATP NextGen tourney in Milan, the chair umpire will be the only human on court aside from the competitors (and ball kids).
LONDON — There won’t be anyone for players to argue calls with at this tennis tournament: They’re getting rid of the line judges entirely.
The men’s tour announced Monday that the Next Gen ATP Finals, a season-ending event for top 21-and-under players, will feature electronic line-calling for all shots. It’s the first time this is being tried at an ATP tournament.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:17 am
degenerasian wrote:No linesmen at the ATP NextGen tourney in Milan, the chair umpire will be the only human on court aside from the competitors (and ball kids).LONDON — There won’t be anyone for players to argue calls with at this tennis tournament: They’re getting rid of the line judges entirely.
The men’s tour announced Monday that the Next Gen ATP Finals, a season-ending event for top 21-and-under players, will feature electronic line-calling for all shots. It’s the first time this is being tried at an ATP tournament.
Robots killing jobs. So much for high paying easy white collar country club jobs.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:49 pm
Your first two reactions to the photo herein, please
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Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:07 pm
Ryan wrote:Your first two reactions to the photo herein, please
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Jeff Bezos is an ugly dude, but I'd still fuck him for like $10 million?
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:32 pm
I had "wow, she's still got it" and " oh no what's wrong with Agassi?!?"
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:04 pm
I had, "is that Bezos' daughter?" (Who is it?)
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:05 pm
Sergei Fedorov's ex.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:07 pm
govmentchedda wrote:Sergei Fedorov's ex.
Jeez, I hadn't thought of her for quite awhile.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:37 am
govmentchedda wrote:Sergei Fedorov's ex.
or Youth Golf Star Allan's older half sister.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:02 am
How the hell does she still look so young? Sure, only 36 but she looks 16.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:24 am
That's not even close to a current picture, right?
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:28 am
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:57 am
Yeah, but look what happened to Bezos 15 years later:
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 2:30 pm
This tournament is really cool. It's like watching in black and white.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:20 pm
Welcome to Melbourne.
Stephens out
Venus down a set
Coco down a set
ESPN on suicide watch
Stephens out
Venus down a set
Coco down a set
ESPN on suicide watch
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:48 pm
Halep and Davis are 13-12 in the 3rd set.
Halep has served for the match 3 times and failed, she has also saved 3 match points.
Halep has served for the match 3 times and failed, she has also saved 3 match points.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:48 pm
I'm watching the Thiem-Mannarino match now. I find Thiem maddening to watch. His groundstrokes are so freaking good that if he had any semblance of an attacking game, he could easily win Grand Slams. But, like most players on the men's tour, Thiem just sits on the baseline and doesn't try to shorten points. Federer can still win Grand Slams in his mid-30s because he's still pretty much the only guy on Tour who knows how to construct an attacking point.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:43 am
Serena and Federer might win slams into their 40s.Joe K wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:48 pm I'm watching the Thiem-Mannarino match now. I find Thiem maddening to watch. His groundstrokes are so freaking good that if he had any semblance of an attacking game, he could easily win Grand Slams. But, like most players on the men's tour, Thiem just sits on the baseline and doesn't try to shorten points. Federer can still win Grand Slams in his mid-30s because he's still pretty much the only guy on Tour who knows how to construct an attacking point.
Thiem has turned himself into a clay court specialist. He plays the mighty Tennys Sandgren next in the 4th round.
Zverev lost to Chung. For a guy ranked 4th, he's never beaten a top 50 player in a slam. Fitness is his issue.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:33 am
Kerber crushed Sharapova (I am not a sharapova fan) and looks like she is healthy and on a mission. But watch Osaka, she can play. Halep won a long match. I don't know if her ankle will be a factor
Djokovic looks healthy so far, he and Fed in same half. Kyrgios-Dimitrov match should be good, and Kyrgios could give Nadal a hard time.
Djokovic looks healthy so far, he and Fed in same half. Kyrgios-Dimitrov match should be good, and Kyrgios could give Nadal a hard time.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:16 pm
The shotmaking in this match is insane. Hsieh is like the female Fabrice Santoro.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:20 am
Looks like we’re headed for another Cilic-Federer final — hopefully this time more competitive than at Wimbledon. Nadal just retired while down 0-2 to Cilic in the 5th set. Cilic will Kyle Edmund, an unseeded darkhorse, in one semifinal.
On the other side of the draw, Federer will have to get through Berdych in the quarters, but would then face an unseeded player in the semis.
When’s the last time there were two unseeded semifinalists in a men’s major? Has that even happened since they switched from 16 seeds to 32?
On the other side of the draw, Federer will have to get through Berdych in the quarters, but would then face an unseeded player in the semis.
When’s the last time there were two unseeded semifinalists in a men’s major? Has that even happened since they switched from 16 seeds to 32?
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:25 am
ETA: The unseeded American in Federer's half of the draw, Tennys Sandgren (yes that's his real first name), is apparently a far-right loon and Pizzagate truther. Guess I'll have to root for Hyeon Chung to knock him out in the quarters.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:47 am
Federer really is something. It sure looked like Cilic had him on the ropes in that first game of the fifth set, but then you blink and it’s a 6-1 set the other way. During Federer’s peak years (2004-07), he did that to good players all the time. They’d miss an opportunity for a break and then just get streamrolled.
Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:28 am
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Re: 2017 Tennis Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:12 am
Ah! Of course.