2023 ATP/WTA thread

[Napoleon 8822]

Wu stirred the tie-breaker and fried Isner. 

To go from #1,121 to #58 in 12 months is fairly impressive. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

First Chinese man to win an ATP title. Wu

[Napoleon 8822]

4 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

First Chinese man to win an ATP title. Wu

Are you saying that he’s a trial balloon?

[perfectchaos007 6780]

2 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Are you saying that he’s a trial balloon?

NGL I was trying to think of a spy balloon joke but I couldn't come up with one lol

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

 

 

[Napoleon 8822]

David Bowie wrote a song about girls like her in the ‘80s, but it is no longer P.C., so I am not going to link it.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

8 hours ago, Napoleon said:

David Bowie wrote a song about girls like her in the ‘80s, but it is no longer P.C., so I am not going to link it.

Yeah but today it’s probably viewed not as problematic as Aerosmith’s ‘80s hit “Dude looks like a Lady”. 

[Napoleon 8822]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Yeah but today it’s probably viewed not as problematic as Aerosmith’s ‘80s hit “Dude looks like a Lady”. 

Correct.

Here is the video and it starts off with Bowie singing into his vape pen.

At 1:13, Bowie gives us a lesson on how to get under the skin of “the woke mob”.

😌 😑 😆

Edited February 15, 2023 by Napoleon

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Dani got obliterated by Iga earlier in Doha, 0 & 1 in 54 minutes. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

7 of the top 8 seeds left, very un-WTA. BHM over DasKa the only outlier, Belinda already quit. 

 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Pegula took out the Greek freak in 3. She’ll face a dominant looking Swiatek next it seems 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Iga has spent a total of 111 minutes on court to reach the final of a 500, that has to be a record. 

[Napoleon 8822]

That is less time than Pegula spent playing singles yesterday. And then she played 80 minutes of doubles after Iga finished. 

Kudermetova was looking good up until she wasn’t. She beat Gauff in a leggy battle… of legs. 

I’m thinking that Pegula will try hard and get beaten in straight sets after being broken at least 3 times. She will have to head to Dubai with a champion’s trophy for doubles and the 2nd place silver plate for singles. 

[Napoleon 8822]

Tommy Paul looked like he hadn’t played in at least 6 months, possibly a year.

That wasn’t actually the case, but that’s what his play looked like. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

70 minutes today for Iga. Lost 5 games in 3 matches to win a 500. 

 

Dubai 1000 starts tomorrow. 

[Napoleon 8822]

Álcaraz list had a 139 mph serve!! (224 kph)

If he could add a consistent 130+mph serve to his game…

🤯

[BevoAbyss 2180]

Am I the only one tired of the endless hype from the Tennis Channel (and elsewhere in the media) regarding the current batch of American men's tennis players—and their alleged  "greatness" and top shelf quality?

An American dude hasn't won anything significant since Roddick's 2003 US Open. None of the current dudes have come close to winning a slam. Getting to quarters/semis doesn't count. Let's see an American dude win a slam. Ain't happening any time soon. (I guess Taylor Fritz beating a obviously injured Rafa Nadal at Indian Wells last year counts for a little something.)

Once Roddick retired, American men's tennis has been like UT football.... mostly irrelevant for going on 15 years. 

Edited February 18, 2023 by BevoAbyss

[Napoleon 8822]

11 hours ago, BevoAbyss said:

Am I the only one tired of the endless hype from the Tennis Channel (and elsewhere in the media) regarding the current batch of American men's tennis players—and their alleged  "greatness" and top shelf quality?

An American dude hasn't won anything significant since Roddick's 2003 US Open. None of the current dudes have come close to winning a slam. Getting to quarters/semis doesn't count. Let's see an American dude win a slam. Ain't happening any time soon. (I guess Taylor Fritz beating a obviously injured Rafa Nadal at Indian Wells last year counts for a little something.)

Once Roddick retired, American men's tennis has been like UT football.... mostly irrelevant for going on 15 years. 

The hype is for a couple of reasons.

1) The Tennis Channel is an American TV channel that makes money off of advertising, but needs people to watch and be excited about tennis in order to make money.

2) “In 2015, Fritz reached at least the quarterfinal of all four junior Grand Slam tournaments, including the final at the French Open where he lost to Tommy Paul, and the final at the US Open where he defeated Paul.^[12] This major success helped him finish the year as the number-one-ranked boy's junior tennis player, for which he was named the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion. He was the first American to hold this title since Donald Young in 2005 and Andy Roddick in 2000.”

Fritz, Paul, and Opelka each won a junior Grand Slam in 2015 and Frances Tiafoe is basically the same age as well.

*Tiafoe not pictured

With them all pushing each other, it makes sense that one of them is likely going to win a slam someday.

Also, when looking at hard courts, any one of those kids could find their way to the final of a 250.

Just enjoy the ride. It’s only hope that they’re pedaling, it’s not like they are shoving fentanyl down your throat.

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Napoleon

[Napoleon 8822]

UPDATE: Taylor Fritz just won the Delray Beach Open 250.

Apparently the hype is real. 👀

[Napoleon 8822]

Alison Riske-Amritraj really sucks at serving the tennis ball. 

Unfortunately, that is a major part of her job’s requirements.

She is completely shitting the bed at the moment. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Alicia Parks played one of the worst matches I’ve seen last night yet she still won. She was spraying errors everywhere even when she was just a few feet from the net 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Iga’s last 5 matches... 

Quote

Samsonova: 6-1 6-0
Fernandez: 6-1 6-1
Pegula: 6-3 6-0
Kudermetova: 6-0 6-1
Collins: 6-0 6-1

Karolina has already quit their QF battle, so Iga is in the semis with an average of roughly 47 minutes per ‘round’ since the beginning of Doha. 

Edited February 22, 2023 by shadow_operative2.0

[Napoleon 8822]

13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Alicia Parks played one of the worst matches I’ve seen last night yet she still won. She was spraying errors everywhere even when she was just a few feet from the net 

I was totally for the Mexican. Parks played like a weekend player except for a monster serve. 

[old man rant]
And what’s with all of the fucking metal in her head? Nose pierce, metal bar going through her upper ear, many more earrings…

Maybe focus more on your game and less on picking a new part of your head to shove some metal through.

And then there was the attitude. [/old man rant]
 

I didn’t see any reason to cheer for her until…

I think that I spotted a barbell nipple pierce on her left nipple, and then I felt like if she pulled out the win, I would watch another match of hers to see if I could confirm what I thought I saw. 
🎾

[Napoleon 8822]

And I turned on the TV after ranting to see old man Murray win what turned out to be match point. Zverev was the 4 seed. 

Murray could have/should have lost in the first round vs Sonego and now he could have easily lost in the second round to Zverev, but he ground out a victory on that artificial hip and on he marches. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Aryna beat Jelena 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 in 102 minutes. Won't see many 3-setters end in that timeframe. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

 I’m very impressed with how this turned out 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Wish we got accurate attendance #s for the various 250s around the globe. 

[Napoleon 8822]

At 2-2 in the first set down in Mérida, Caty McNally pulled out a can of whoop ass and sprayed it all up and in Katie Volynets’ face.  She won 10 of the next 11 games to take the match in 81 minutes:

6-3 , 6-0

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Krejcikova came back to beat Aryna, WTA-style. 0-6, 7-6, 6-1 

Coco rolled up Keys. 

[Napoleon 8822]

Parks is out in straight sets.

She’s not good, but she has a deadly serve. Mentally she has a long way to go.

Little Diego Schwartzman is having an absolutely shitty year. (In singles AND doubles.) He’s finally playing like a guy who is 5’4”. If he doesn’t turn it around quickly, he’s going to lose that hot girlfriend of his.

Álcaraz & Fognini are just starting the third set in Rio.

[dcbc 14644]

On 2/18/2023 at 5:05 PM, BevoAbyss said:

Am I the only one tired of the endless hype from the Tennis Channel (and elsewhere in the media) regarding the current batch of American men's tennis players—and their alleged  "greatness" and top shelf quality?

An American dude hasn't won anything significant since Roddick's 2003 US Open. None of the current dudes have come close to winning a slam. Getting to quarters/semis doesn't count. Let's see an American dude win a slam. Ain't happening any time soon. (I guess Taylor Fritz beating a obviously injured Rafa Nadal at Indian Wells last year counts for a little something.)

Once Roddick retired, American men's tennis has been like UT football.... mostly irrelevant for going on 15 years. 

I'm an optimist, but give it time.  Fritz, Wolf, Paul, Tiafoe, and Ben Shelton (damn, that kid's serve) may do something in the next year.

Edited February 24, 2023 by dcbc

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Sloane breaks her racket after losing the first set to Gracheva. Sloane served for the set but was broken

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Sloane served for the match in the 3rd set but got broken again. Sloane won the third set tiebreaker to finally dispatch the lanky ruskie

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Iga just had to remind Coco who’s boss. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Iga just had to remind Coco who’s boss. 

IDk what the over under was for that match in terms of games, but I imagine Coco beat the spread by managing to take 6 games off her. In fact, 6 games is the most that Iga has given up in a match since the Australian open

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

6-0, 3-0 for Camila over Sloane so far. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Double bagel in 48 whole minutes, that’s amazing. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Camila up 5-2 to make the final, TC loses their feed. That’s pretty impressive. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Camila wins in a breaker. Only know because of FlashScore. 

[troph 25161]

On 2/22/2023 at 2:17 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

 I’m very impressed with how this turned out 

I’ve got tickets for next weekend, can’t wait.

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Emma out of Austin for... 

Spoiler

tonsillitis. Always something. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Camila v. Peterson for the Merida title on now. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Playing 3 in Merida. 

 

Also, this. 

Austin draw, it ain't real stacked. 

Edited February 27, 2023 by shadow_operative2.0

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Little Macaroni finally wins. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Katie Boulter is hot for a Brit chick. Still pulling for Stearns

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Bjorklund sends Parks home packing in round 1. Unless they broke up, Shapovalov has been smashing the Swede for some time now 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Plenty of good seats still available for this Kovinic/Watson clash in Austin. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

2-all in the decider of Fritz/Isner, we’ll see if we get Boulter/Stearns after the inevitable tiebreak. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16253]

Fritz actually broke to 5-4, so should be over shortly.