The real Tennis thread.

[Red Rick]

Nadal injured again. Looks bad tbh, with his wife crying in the stand. Not your general muscular niggle. Hip injuries are a ***

 

[BigCoward]

Nadal injured again. Looks bad tbh, with his wife crying in the stand. Not your general muscular niggle. Hip injuries are a ***

I don't know why he is putting himself through this. He should rest up and try and have one more go at the French open then retire. He's going to have awful health problems when he is older.

 

[Red Rick]

I don't know why he is putting himself through this. He should rest up and try and have one more go at the French open then retire. He's going to have awful health problems when he is older.

It's a muscular injury, he'll recover. He'll be back by clay season, but probably will drop out of the top 10 at long last.

I think many fans worry too much about frequent muscular injury and not enough about joint/cartilage injuries.

 

[tobydawq]

Murray is certainly taking his time

 

[SafeBet]

That's more than 10 hours on court for two matches. Unbelievable.

 

[Red Rick]

Ignore what I said this is the year he beats Djokovic baby

That's more than 10 hours on court for two matches. Unbelievable.

Murray clearly not a fan of short stages

 

[SHAD0W93]

Ignore what I said this is the year he beats Djokovic baby



Murray clearly not a fan of short stages

Beating them with that long game and endurance.

 

[tobydawq]

Lol, Bautista is the only seeded player remaining in Murray's quarter of the draw.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol, Bautista is the only seeded player remaining in Murray's quarter of the draw.

Twist of fate. He was the one that beat Murray in 2019 after which we got that akward goodbye video

 

[tobydawq]

Twist of fate. He was the one that beat Murray in 2019 after which we got that akward goodbye video

Yep. I expect Murray to beat him at a canter after all those training hours he has been clocking so far this week.

 

[Red Rick]

Yep. I expect Murray to beat him at a canter after all those training hours he has been clocking so far this week.

I think he's actually a higher level player now but it seems too hard physically, especially with the tendency to start so slowly.

 

[Red Rick]

Medvedev out in straights and out of the top 10. Looks like the entire top 30 has an idea of how to play him now. Hasn't beaten a top 10 player since the Australian Open last year

 

[Red Rick]

I'm never gonna recover from this

 

[tobydawq]

Apparently, Ben Shelton who is into the fourth round and has a decent chance of reaching the semifinal has never been outside USA in his life before this trip to Australia

 

[BullsFan22]

Medvedev out in straights and out of the top 10. Looks like the entire top 30 has an idea of how to play him now. Hasn't beaten a top 10 player since the Australian Open last year

I think it’s more that he hasn’t recovered from that massive choke in the final…

 

[Red Rick]

Rublev beating Rune in 5 while Djokovic' hamstring was better and murdered De Minaur.

Couldn't have been a better day for Djokovic really

 

[gregrowlerson]

Rublev beating Rune in 5 while Djokovic' hamstring was better and murdered De Minaur.

Couldn't have been a better day for Djokovic really

10 and 22. Incredible.

 

[Red Rick]

10 and 22. Incredible.

Someone told him the Murray-Kokkinakis ending was more satisfying and Djokovic started crying for 10 minutes.

Nah really satisfying win for Djoko. Tsitsipas is gonna get lot of *** for the terrible 2nd set tiebreak, but once Djokovic resettled in he was in command of the match.

 

[BullsFan22]

Current crop of ‘up and comers’ is so pathetic. Nadal is done because of injuries, but he and Djokovic would be winning into their 40’s if healthy.

 

[Red Rick]

Current crop of ‘up and comers’ is so pathetic. Nadal is done because of injuries, but he and Djokovic would be winning into their 40’s if healthy.

I'm starting to think that age related decline, when an old player has a healthy patch, isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Players fall off much more due to accumulation of injury. Yes they get somewhat slower, but they adapt and especially the Nadal and Djokovic who are simply 2 of the 3 most talented players to ever touch a racket, just have the spare capacity retool their game to compensate for incrementally declining movement.

I think the argument that Tsitsipas should win just cause he's 24 and Djokovic is 35 is really weak. The match is just the natural consequence of Big 3 player vs non Big 3 player in a Slam final.

I think if you take like the 2012 ranking, when the Big 4 was at their peak, the field outside the Big 4 wasn't that much better than it is today

 

[Red Rick]

Murray what a god

 

[Red Rick]

Murray what a god

This was 2 3set wins ago

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3NlFFQ-lS4

 

[tobydawq]

Holger with another Masters 1000 final. Great play with the public in an excellent semifinal against Sinner.

 

[Red Rick]

Nadal out of Madrid too.

If he skips Rome + RG too he's probably out of the top 100.

Don't think this is quite a career ender cause it's still 'only' a muscular injury and not a tendon or cartilage injury