2020 US Open tennis

[Napoleon 8660]

35 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Lol Microphones caught Azarenka yelling "fucking shit!"

"FUCK" & "FUCKING" are such great words that even ESLs love to use them.

Vika looking like a player... finally. BREAK!!

2nd set Vika up 3-2 and serving. Finally getting some first serves in and tee-ing off on Serena's second serves. If Serena doesn't turn it around soon, she'll tank and then push in the 3rd. It looks like Serena doesn't want to waste any energy returning serves at the moment. ALL or NOTHING... and Vika holds at love.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

I’ve resisted watching the 2nd, so you kids keep the mojo going. 

[perfectchaos007 6622]

3rd set!

[Napoleon 8660]

Vika CRUSHES the backhand to break Serena and win the set.

She is on fire and "locked in".

[iodeac 138]

Both women are absolutely knocking the cover off the ball.

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[Napoleon 8660]

Serena just pulled her fat.

Of course she's not going to lose, it's going to be because she is hurt.

[perfectchaos007 6622]

Her fitness always lets her down in one way or another. Been that way since returning to the tour after having her kid

[Napoleon 8660]

I will really be pissed if Serena uses this rest time to throw Vika off her game while also getting a rest.

Serena knows what she's doing.

Do not like the Serena.

[Napoleon 8660]

Vika BREAKS to go up 2-0 in the 3rd set.

Let's go lady!!

[perfectchaos007 6622]

Serena raising her decibels trying to distract the opponent!

[Napoleon 8660]

Serena looking to break back in one swing rather than winning 4 points.

Serena screaming to intimidate on each swing yet she's not winning the point on each swing. She did win a point finally and just tied it up at 30:30.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Serena looks old in this match. 

[perfectchaos007 6622]

Serena throwing in her usual antics, and so far Azarenka has had all the answers

[Napoleon 8660]

At 30:30 Vika was running Serena back and forth like and older sibling messing with a younger sibling and then does a double to the same side, but even close to the line and Serena couldn't react. Too old and fat to spring back.

Serena will be a threat until match point, but Vika is in a good position.

Too bad that this isn't like the World Cup and the semifinal losers play each other before the women's final.

[Bullneck 19070]

Wow, what an ending.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Whew, came back at Vika 2-0, 30-0 this set, wasn’t about to post. That a girl! 

 

Same final we should have had a couple weeks ago. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

That was a good challenge but a better serve. 

[Napoleon 8660]

Consecutive Aces to win the match!!!

Serena challenged the match point, but it was in by 1 to 2 millimeters!

LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[perfectchaos007 6622]

tfw you try to "win for all the other moms out there" and you get beat by another mom. lol

[gsoda3 3245]

i want to see brady/serena. 

 

absolutely thrilled the way vika was able to respond after the first set.  she figured out how to handle serena's return and then started blasting shots.  considering her history with venus this took off the charts mental toughness.  serena threw everything she had at her.  so impressive.  i hope she doesn't have a let down match.

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

What a shame 

[Napoleon 8660]

10 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

i want to see brady/serena. 

absolutely thrilled the way vika was able to respond after the first set.  she figured out how to handle serena's return and then started blasting shots.  considering her history with venus this took off the charts mental toughness.  serena threw everything she had at her.  so impressive.  i hope she doesn't have a let down match.

Again, that's why there should be a 3rd Place Match!

[satyanash 14473]

On 9/9/2020 at 8:57 PM, satyanash said:

Regardless of rest, I have a very hard time seeing Azarenka beating Serena.

[ConferenceRoom 6141]

Roger.

[gsoda3 3245]

12 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Again, that's why there should be a 3rd Place Match!

yeah, would be nice. but 3 days in a row for the 3rd place participants wouldn't fly. 

[perfectchaos007 6622]

These days the only tournament with a third-place match is the Olympics

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Vera Zvonareva won doubles with Siegemund, 14 years after winning it the first time. Another mother on tour, 5 total Slam doubles titles now counting mixed. 

 

Also, seems weird PCB/Sascha starts in an hour. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

First two sets to PCB. 

[PittsburghTiger 6175]

As far as the men's draw goes when was the last time neither Federer, Novak or Nadal, were in a semifinal?

Since Federer won his first title, Wimbledon in 2003, only 11 out of 67 titles have been won by someone other than those three. 

[DanRydell 799]

As far as the men's draw goes when was the last time neither Federer, Novak or Nadal, were in a semifinal?
Since Federer won his first title, Wimbledon in 2003, only 11 out of 67 titles have been won by someone other than those three. 

2004 French Open

[PittsburghTiger 6175]

Just now, DanRydell said:

2004 French Open

Wow, that's pretty amazing. Thanks.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Sascha storms back to force 5. 

[satyanash 14473]

Zverev's serve came back in the nick of time.

 

[satyanash 14473]

Wow. Zverev just hit a 136 mph second serve. He wants this.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Damn Pablo, that one’s gonna sting for awhile. 

[Napoleon 8660]

4 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

These days the only tournament with a third-place match is the Olympics

 

7 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

yeah, would be nice. but 3 days in a row for the 3rd place participants wouldn't fly. 

Wed / Thurs / Saturday is not "3 days in a row".

If they want 3rd place money instead of 4th place money, they would do it.

If they want to be on the podium, their sponsors would sure as fuck make them do it.

It would be the warm up to the women's final.

Same with the men.

 

6 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Wow. Zverev just hit a 136 mph second serve. He wants this.

I wonder if this is the BIRTH OF ZVEREV as a major contender for the next decade.

[satyanash 14473]

2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Damn Pablo, that one’s gonna sting for awhile. 

Probably the last chance he'll ever get at reaching a Slam final. It was a really strange match.

[satyanash 14473]

This umpire has it in for Medvedev. Refuses to overrule a clear out, then overrules a ball by Medvedev that was clearly in.

 

Edited September 12, 2020 by satyanash

[satyanash 14473]

Thiem's backhand is FILTHY right now. He's standing back at the fence and booming Medvedev's serves back at him a la Nadal.

[Bullneck 19070]

Who is the dude in the bath robe?

 

[TonyTexas 10505]

Med is an asshole.  He deserves everything he gets

[Bullneck 19070]

Thiem throws in a lazy backhand to create break point.

[Napoleon 8660]

22 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Med is an asshole.  He deserves everything he gets

Asshole or not, what matters is what is IN and what is OUT.

Human error calling points should not even be permitted at this point. That should have been eliminated 20 to 40 years ago.

[satyanash 14473]

Them crushes a DTL forehand to win the set 2 tiebreak!

[Napoleon 8660]

1 minute ago, satyanash said:

Them crushes a DTL forehand to win the set 2 tiebreak!

Thiem should be the 2nd favorite for the French Open this year. His game is so Rafa, but younger.

[gsoda3 3245]

Wed / Thurs / Saturday is not "3 days in a row".

True. I didn't consider they could play the match right before the championship.

[Napoleon 8660]

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[ajax 2604]

Thiem is like the opposite of Federer in terms of elegant, smooth play. Like, he's totally not.

[Napoleon 8660]

That was a really long rally for Thiem to break back. 

It doesn’t look god for Medvedev. 

[satyanash 14473]

8 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

That was a really long rally for Thiem to break back. 

It doesn’t look god for Medvedev. 

It's nearly impossible to win long rallies against Thiem, especially on a slow, high-bouncing surface like this. He'll just hit you out of the rally.