The real Tennis thread.

[QueenStagiaire]

Ah yes, Alcaraz also injured 2 sets up.

Sinner is like Nibali except it's the 2014 Tour de France very *** week

Looks like he just had cramps and is slowly getting better.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Finally a match worthy of a GS QF/SF....

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great entertainment, drama.

 

[Red Rick]

Zverev lost at the USO, which means today is one of my 4 favorite days of the year. The other 3 are when Zverev loses at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon

Beautiful day today

 

[tobydawq]

And Novak winning a set for the first time since the third round!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The Joker extending the Aussie evening play.

 

[tobydawq]

Reminder: Sinner has never won a match that went beyond four hours.

Djokovic has him on the ropes now.

What a day after a duffer of a tournament generally.

 

[tobydawq]

Wow. Incredible.

 

[Red Rick]

Beautiful day today

Beautiful day intensified

 

[Red Rick]

Wow. Incredible.

I think this match is massive for Djokovic' legacy and tennis history even if Djokovic loses the final on Sunday. It really disses the idea that Alcaraz and Sinner just reached the next level that is up there with the Big 3 in their primes that many want to propagate.

Sinners's 5th set record meanwhile is getting really painful for a player his calibre. 2-10 vs top 50 players. Yikes.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Beautiful day intensified

Serbia strong, remove ginger!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The Aussie tournament badly needed the mens semis to deliver big and they did. The Joker with 4 hours on court means a fair start to the mens final methink, provided Alcaraz is not injured.

 

[BullsFan22]

I think this match is massive for Djokovic' legacy and tennis history even if Djokovic loses the final on Sunday. It really disses the idea that Alcaraz and Sinner just reached the next level that is up there with the Big 3 in their primes that many want to propagate.

Sinners's 5th set record meanwhile is getting really painful for a player his calibre. 2-10 vs top 50 players. Yikes.

And Medvedev simply had nothing to give in the 4th and 5th set in the 2024 AO final, given how much he played just to get to that stage. Should be 1-11.

 

[tobydawq]

And Medvedev simply had nothing to give in the 4th and 5th set in the 2024 AO final, given how much he played just to get to that stage. Should be 1-11.

No, it shouldn't. Fatigue naturally plays its role in best of 5, you can't just cherry-pick a specific match and exclude it.

 

[Red Rick]

No, it shouldn't. Fatigue naturally plays its role in best of 5, you can't just cherry-pick a specific match and exclude it.

Kinda. But he won that match in a fairly large part due to circumstances completely outside of his own effort.

This is also one of the reasons I think the "time at #1 record" is completely overrated

 

[tobydawq]

Kinda. But he won that match in a fairly large part due to circumstances completely outside of his own effort.

This is also one of the reasons I think the "time at #1 record" is completely overrated

Sounds a bit like how Nibali won three of his Grand Tours

 

[Red Rick]

Sounds a bit like how Nibali won three of his Grand Tours

I have it on good authority he was stabbing the voodoo dolls himself.

 

[BullsFan22]

No, it shouldn't. Fatigue naturally plays its role in

best of 5, you can't just cherry-pick a specific match and exclude it.

He played a record amount of sets in that tournament and it was 4-4, deuce in the 3rd, with Medvedev leading 2-0.

That’s not cherry picking.