2018 ATP/WTA thread

[spystud13 2371]

Sloane breaks Coco in the first game, then proceeds to lose the next 12 straight. Can’t imagine many Slam champs have pulled that feat before. 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Sloane hasn't won a WTA singles match outside of North America since July 2016

Edited April 25, 2018 by perfectchaos007

[satyanash 14970]

Looks like Malek Jaziri is for real. Knocked out Tennys Sandgren in R1, and is now on the verge of doing the same to Dimitrov.

[satyanash 14970]

Dimitrov escapes! Saves two match points to take the final set in a tiebreak. Great match.

[satyanash 14970]

Thiem collapses out of nowhere. This has been a disappointing clay season for him so far.

 

[spystud13 2371]

Coco smokes Simona on clay, 4 & 1. Of course. 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Klizan had set points against Nadal today that he squandered 

[satyanash 14970]

This is the most flat-out dominant play I've seen from Nadal in a long time. Even Federer's form during his 17-match winning streak pales in comparison to this. 

Edited April 28, 2018 by satyanash

[satyanash 14970]

It's 2018 and Federer + Nadal continue to dominate tennis, with del Potro and Isner winning big as well. Where is the next generation? Cilic, Dimitrov, Harrison, Zverev, Kyrgios, Thiem, Goffin, Sock... None of them have risen to the challenge.

[spystud13 2371]

Karolina v. CoCo for the Stuttgart title. 

[satyanash 14970]

Done and dusted. Nadal wins his 11th career Barcelona title, and has now won 46 consecutive sets on clay dating back to last year.

 

[IPoopOnWhoop 104]

The sets record is one of the most impressive records on clay that he has done.  It’s crazy to not slip up even once for  46 straight sets.

[satyanash 14970]

 

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[spystud13 2371]

Madrid women’s draw, pretty stacked field. 

http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1038/MDS.pdf

 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Djokovic v. Nishikori in the first round of Madrid

 

Also, is Serena skipping clay season? I know she's promoting her HBO show.

Edited May 5, 2018 by perfectchaos007

[spystud13 2371]

Supposedly playing Rome next week, but we’ve heard that song before. 

[satyanash 14970]

Alex Zverev wins the BMW Open in Munich for the second straight year.

 

[spystud13 2371]

Keys lost in straights today as a -769 favorite. Strong effort. 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Bouchard is back to playing ITF events. She's actually an underdog in her first round match

 

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042614

[spystud13 2371]

That’s a pretty salty ITF draw. Some lookers in there too. 

[spystud13 2371]

5-all in the 3rd between Vika & Karolina. Crazy how slim Vika looks. 

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

KP holds & breaks for the win, 93 to 92 total pts. Really dug her pink & blue Fila kit also. 

[satyanash 14970]

Djokovic took out Nishikori in the first round of Madrid, straight sets.

Looking forward to seeing Nadal vs. Djokovic

 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Aww Bouchard withdrew from her ITF match. 

[satyanash 14970]

- No. 3 seed Dimitrov loses early again. For all his talent, he continues to struggle with inconsistency. He should have beaten Raonic on this surface.

- del Potro is back, and looks to be in good form.

- WTF has happened to Jack Sock? He's flat-out awful. 

 

[satyanash 14970]

FiveThirthyEight: Somehow, Rafael Nadal Got Better On Clay

[spystud13 2371]

Haha, the Rome account don’t play. 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2018 by spystud13

[satyanash 14970]

Murray may not be fit in time for Wimbledon, unfortunately. Shouldn' rush his comeback

 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Ka.Pliskova has been playing very well on clay this year. She has to be one of the favorites to win the French.

[satyanash 14970]

Down goes Djokovic 😞 Edmund denies us a Nadal-Novak rematch.

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Karolina v. Petra & Garcia v. Bertens in the Madrid semis.  

[satyanash 14970]

Nadal's path keeps getting easier; Dusan Lajovic took down del Potro.

 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Nadal just lost the first set to Thiem

[satyanash 14970]

The streak is over! Thiem takes down Nadal in straight-sets (7-5, 6-3). Federer will return to World No. 1 after Madrid. Nadal must now win Rome to get the #1 ranking back.

Oh, and whoever bet on Thiem probably made a killing.

Edited May 11, 2018 by satyanash

[satyanash 14970]

Thiem's win here was very similar to his win over Nadal at Rome last year. He smashed the crap out of the ball at every opportunity, used his legs to chase down everything, and played completely error-free when on the defensive. The go-for-broke strategy that very rarely succeeds, but is amazing to watch when it does.

Thiem, along with Zverev, has a very bright future on clay.

 

[satyanash 14970]

Thiem vs. Anderson shaping up to be an entertaining match

 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Kvitova won Madrid on the womens side. I was trying to find it on TV, but neither Tennis Channel, ESPN/ESPN+, or BeinHD were showing it so I don't know who was broadcasting it.

[satyanash 14970]

Should be a great Madrid final tomorrow. Both Zverev and Thiem are in good form on clay.

 

[spystud13 2371]

Rome women’s draw, pretty good field. 

http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MDS-WTA-20180513.pdf

 

Edited May 13, 2018 by spystud13

[satyanash 14970]

7 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Kvitova won Madrid on the womens side. I was trying to find it on TV, but neither Tennis Channel, ESPN/ESPN+, or BeinHD were showing it so I don't know who was broadcasting it.

Really nice to see Kvitova playing well again. That robbery and hand injury she suffered robbed her of an entire year.

[satyanash 14970]

Bryan bros come up short in Madrid

 

[satyanash 14970]

Disastrous start for Thiem O_O Zverev is teeing off on his serves and Thiem is making a lot of errors.

[satyanash 14970]

First set to Zverev. Everything's clicking for him right now, Thiem may need a change of strategy.

[satyanash 14970]

Zverev with the opening break. This looks done and dusted.

[satyanash 14970]

That's now 3 Masters titles to Zverev's credit.

 

[spystud13 2371]

Monday’s Rome OoP 

http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/709/OP.pdf

 

[spystud13 2371]

CoCo thrashed by Kontaveit, 1 & 1 in 56 minutes. 

[perfectchaos007 6728]

Coco and Keys have similar games. If they are on, they'll win pretty quick, and if they are off they will lose quickly.

[spystud13 2371]

Sloane is wearing a white tank top, black shorts, black shoes. Nike’s laziest effort ever.