The real Tennis thread.

[tobydawq]

And Federer wins his comeback match! Of course not his career highest level but really good to see him again.

 

[Red Rick]

Fed loses to Basilashvili. Surprising to me in that I thought the matchup was quite benign for Fed, but he was just running on fumes after 1 set. He wasn't joking about being super tired yesterday.

Probably needs a big training camp before we learn a lot more, doubt we'll learn anything useful in Dubai.

Meanwhile, Karatsev post match interviews are my new favorite thing in tennis.

 

[sir fly]

Fed loses to Basilashvili. Surprising to me in that I thought the matchup was quite benign for Fed, but he was just running on fumes after 1 set. He wasn't joking about being super tired yesterday.

Probably needs a big training camp before we learn a lot more, doubt we'll learn anything useful in Dubai.

Meanwhile, Karatsev post match interviews are my new favorite thing in tennis.

What does he say, what does he say...?

 

[Red Rick]

What does he say, what does he say...?

He's extremely deadpan and doesn't elaborate on answers making the interviewers feel akward while he clearly doesnt care about saying more than the obvious.

 

[sir fly]

He's extremely deadpan and doesn't elaborate on answers making the interviewers feel akward while he clearly doesnt care about saying more than the obvious.

Maybe he has certain political ambitions.

 

[Red Rick]

Aand Basilashvili just straight up wins Doha.

 

[Red Rick]

Thiem what r u doing

 

[Red Rick]

The scenes that are gonna be when all these Nextgen knuckleheads keep bricking Slams and Karatsev is gonna swoop em up before them.

 

[Red Rick]

The scenes that are gonna be when all these Nextgen knuckleheads keep bricking Slams and Karatsev is gonna swoop em up before them.

I'm not even kidding that much. Tsitsipas Zverev in Acapulco was once again a banter level match

 

[movingtarget]

Ash Barty enjoys birthday weekend with two titles on same day

The world No 1 celebrated her birthday weekend by winning two titles at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart after a third consecutive comeback triumph

www.theguardian.com

 

[Red Rick]

And just when the people start to think about the Nextgen taking over again we get Nadal vs Djokovic in Rome.

 

[tobydawq]

And it was even the older of those who won. Nice, Rafa seems more ready for Roland Garros than I would have thought a few weeks ago. The machine keeps rolling.

 

[Red Rick]

And it was even the older of those who won. Nice, Rafa seems more ready for Roland Garros than I would have thought a few weeks ago. The machine keeps rolling.

Djokovic had played 5 hours over 2 matches the on Saturday. I'd expected Nadal to win easier than that.

Meanwhile, Federer loses his first match in 3 months, just not looking good.

 

[tobydawq]

Nadal had played 5 hours over 2 matches the on Saturday. I'd expected Nadal to win easier than that.

Meanwhile, Federer loses his first match in 3 months, just not looking good.

Maybe he became more fatigued than warm from those five hours.

#lolyouwrotethewrongnameandiamredheadindisguise

 

[BullsFan22]

Federer is done. He missed a golden opportunity at wimbledon two years ago, to at least hold off Đoković and Nadal a while longer, but it’s only a matter of time before they both overtake him.

 

[movingtarget]

Federer is done. He missed a golden opportunity at wimbledon two years ago, to at least hold off Đoković and Nadal a while longer, but it’s only a matter of time before they both overtake him.

I don't think Serena will win another Open either.

 

[Red Rick]

Federer is done. He missed a golden opportunity at wimbledon two years ago, to at least hold off Đoković and Nadal a while longer, but it’s only a matter of time before they both overtake him.

Strongly looks like it. IMO a lot of fans are blinded by the few good patches he has in a match but the good patches will always look good while the bad patches are why he can't beat a 35 year old Andujar. The lack of improvement between Doha and Geneva is the most worrying thing for his fans. He could have played earlier in Madrid, Rome or anywhere really and decided not to, he chose a home tournament with fans as the only tournament. It strongly looks like a goodbye Tour.

I don't think Serena will win another Open either.

Probably not. But the WTA doesn't have the equivalent of Nadal/Djokovic stopping Fed at the last stages lately, and ultimately Bo3 with days off is the reason Serena can still compete in Grand Slams IMO. For the ladies, Grand Slams are the physically least demanding events.

That said, Serena sometimes seems more like a semi retired influencer anyway, and the question I have is how long would she continue before calling it quits.

 

[Red Rick]

The extremely long elevator pitch on the merit of Grand Slams in the post Big 4 era by Dominic Thiem continues.

What the *** my dude

 

[Red Rick]

Osaka withdraws.

 

[BlueRoads]

Osaka withdraws.

I think her reasoning doesn't sound great, though. It's the task of journalists to ask uncomfortable questions. Would have been better if she had said those press conferences are a waste of time for everyone and the questions an insult to the intelligence of humankind.

 

[Red Rick]

I think her reasoning doesn't sound great, though. It's the task of journalists to ask uncomfortable questions. Would have been better if she had said those press conferences are a waste of time for everyone and the questions an insult to the intelligence of humankind.

It makes no sense, considering press conferences are much more boring than stressing, I haven't actually seen any journalist giving her a particularly hard time, and if you're dealing with mental health issues, then drawing all the attention to yourself doesn't make the least bit of sense.

I think she expected to get some positive attention for this or something, but both the 4 Grand Slams and all the other players just said "lol what"

 

[BlueRoads]

I think her reasoning doesn't sound great, though. It's the task of journalists to ask uncomfortable questions. Would have been better if she had said those press conferences are a waste of time for everyone and the questions an insult to the intelligence of humankind.

Oh I only just read her new announcement, I had only read the older one about the questions of the journalists bringing her down. Now it sounds way more understandable.

 

[BlueRoads]

It makes no sense, considering press conferences are much more boring than stressing, I haven't actually seen any journalist giving her a particularly hard time, and if you're dealing with mental health issues, then drawing all the attention to yourself doesn't make the least bit of sense.

I think she expected to get some positive attention for this or something, but both the 4 Grand Slams and all the other players just said "lol what"

That's what I thought, too, but if it's true she suffers from depression and forces herself to go through the public life I'm way more understanding... don't know. I better don't say anymore, I don't follow tennis closely.

 

[Red Rick]

That's what I thought, too, but if it's true she suffers from depression and forces herself to go through the public life I'm way more understanding... don't know. I better don't say anymore, I don't follow tennis closely.

IMO then you just take a break from the game, quit social media or stuff like that. Press conferences would be the least of the triggers IMO.

 

[movingtarget]

It makes no sense, considering press conferences are much more boring than stressing, I haven't actually seen any journalist giving her a particularly hard time, and if you're dealing with mental health issues, then drawing all the attention to yourself doesn't make the least bit of sense.

I think she expected to get some positive attention for this or something, but both the 4 Grand Slams and all the other players just said "lol what"

She got some sympathy from former players but not much from the current ones.