Year Round The Tennis Thread

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

It was definitely far from the crushing Sharapova received in Madrid a while back, and she seemed to have a game plan but Williams has just been immense in this tournament. I can't wait for Wimbledon, which Serena's best surface, arguably at least.


As a result of her defeat, Sharapova will lose her no.2 ranking to Azarenka.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

The RG Men's Final begins. I said a few days ago that I was giving Ferrer five games, so like 1, 3, and 1, or 1, 2, and 2.

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Someone runs onto the court with a burning thing. Shameful.

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Nadal wraps up his 8th French Open title 6-3 6-2 6-3.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

How very typical and almost routine a match this has been...

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

In the end, Atobe, Nadal came back way stronger than could ever have been expected.

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The funny thing is that Ferrer rises above Nadal in the rankings because he reached the Final.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Hahaha i know right? Nadal is probably set to end the year as number 1 because he has nothing but points to gain after this...went out early at Halle, and wimbledon. Then he has toronto, cincinati, USO etc but he usually physically checks out for the year after the USO so...

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Djokovic has points to gain though, however. He can better his SF result at Wimbledon and he can win the US Open. Nadal would probably have to win Wimbledon and the US Open in order to overtake Djokovic.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Nope, semis to finals/championship isn't that big a deal points wise compared to 2nd round possible final etc. This is all assuming Djoker even defends is USO final/Wimbledon semi. With Nadals ranking he could end up in Djokers quarter or something.

Nadal is already ahead in the race with 5,000 points, Djoker with 4,310. They're way ahead of the others, third is murray with 2,910 points.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Well, Djokovic has overcome Nadal at Wimbledon, so I'd give him the advantage there, although Djokovic's season took a downturn after the loss to Nadal in the RG Final last season.

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We'll talk about rankings after Wimbledon. Nadal may still struggle against a big hitter, such as Berdych or Tsonga, at Wimbledon.

 

[Josef]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Wimbledon is always the most fun and uncertain of them all, probably the most elite one as well. It certainly gains the most attention though.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Definitely the most elite. My favorite Slam.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Definitely the most elite. My favorite Slam.

I think that's true for many people. There's an air of prestige around Wimbledon that you don't get with the other slams. If I had to one watch 1 slam every year, then it'd be this one; it's the one I've always made time for.

We've got both Halle and Queens going on this week( 10/06-16/06), ahead of Eastborne the following week, in prepartions for Wimbledon. There's quite the line-up for both actually, at Halle you've got Federer, Haas(defending champion), Guasquet, Kohlschreiber, Youzhny, Nishikori, Raonic, Tipsarevic, etc... and Queens you have Murray, Berdych, Tsonga, Del Potro, Cilic, Dimitrov and Sam Querrey.

Djokovic and Nadal aren't listed for any tournament until Wimbledon it seems. I remember when Nadal came to Queens in 08 and won that back to back with Wimby, that was a good year for him. He's definitely not that young anymore and I think the French Open took a lot out of him.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

In my mind, due to the specificity of clay, RG was always the least prestigious of the Slams.

The fact that Wimbledon's grass has slowed down means that it's not the same anymore. The one thing that Wimbledon still has going for it is that it's in the middle of the season and doesn't take place at the start, AO, or the end, USO, of the season. Both of those Slams can be won by someone who's just the most fit and prepared at the start or the end, but Wimbledon is when everyone should be at the top of their games, so it has that.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread

@GoldB
Djoker skipped a grasscourt tune up last year and It cost him in some ways imo. Nadal did poorly at Halle last year. I'm hoping Federer wins Halle, it's been a while since he's won a tournament tbh lol. He already holds the record for most grass court titles in the open era but more would be nice.

@Frosty
Yeah RG is...my least favorite..especially because it's so predictable.

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Federer hands out his second double bagel in his career.....the match lasted 40 minutes :V

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Do you remember when Errani got golden setted at Wimbledon last year?

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Yeaa haha, that was amazing, i thought that only happened in video games. Best part was i had no idea who her opponent was prior to that match

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

I'd seen Shvedova play once or twice before, and I know that Errani's not nearly as good as her ranking and results suggest (in the present), but she'd just gotten to the RG Final and for that to happen right after...Ouch...

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Federer beat Haas in 3 sets to set up a final against Youzhny, who seemingly swept Gasquet away in straight sets.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Interesting news. Youzhny has been poor lately, so that win is surprising. I'd pick Fed in three. I'd say two, but Youzhny's improving, so...

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Youzhny is 0-14 VS Fed, they played last year too and i think it was 6-1,6-4, fed spanked him in Wimbledon quarters too, I'm going to go Fed in 2 but you never know!

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread

Youzhny's 0-something against a lot of people, to be honest, Atobe.