2018 ATP/WTA thread

[perfectchaos007 6721]

Second match in a row Isner held match point/s and still lost

[satyanash 14931]

Anderson takes the first set against Sascha! If he prevails, Djokovic vs. Kyrgios will decide the Laver Cup

 

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Sascha getting some German coaching from Fed

 

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Edited September 23, 2018 by satyanash

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[perfectchaos007 6721]

Team Europe wins it. Again

[satyanash 14931]

The gap in talent/skill between the Europe team and the World team was too much to overcome, ultimately. McEnroe's coaching is a big reason why World was even in it, he manipulated the match-ups well and went all-in with his best pairing (Isner and Sock) to open Day 3.

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Video of the final tie-break between Anderson and Zverev, for anyone interested. Courtesy of this guy, whose videos YouTube often deletes.

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Possibly the drunkest tennis press conference I've ever seen.

 

[spystud13 2371]

The entire top 15 are out of Wuhan before the QFs, that's pretty crazy. 

http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1075/MDS.pdf

 

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[perfectchaos007 6721]

To the shock of no one 

[satyanash 14931]

On 9/26/2018 at 1:13 PM, spystud13 said:

The entire top 15 are out of Wuhan before the QFs, that's pretty crazy. 

http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1075/MDS.pdf

 

This is an interesting time of year. Lots of the top players who played heavy schedules are fatigued or maybe injured.

Reminds me of last year when Jack Sock ran through a super-weak field to win the Paris Masters.

Edited September 28, 2018 by satyanash

[4thand5 3]

How long until Serena calls it quits? I can see her AT least playing until 2020. She has zero form this year and made two straight slam finals. I bet she sticks around two try and beat courts record.

[spystud13 2371]

Sabalenka v. Kontaveit in the Wuhan final, of course. 

[satyanash 14931]

FiveThirtyEight: There Are Officially Zero Men’s Grand Slam Winners In Their 20s

[spystud13 2371]

This is even fucking crazier. 

 

 

10 women have, KP & Aga the only two not to win a title. 

[spystud13 2371]

Remember that Svitolina pic from above? She was up 6-0, 4-1 today & lost. 

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There’s not a lot of secrets. I know how other players play – I don’t pay that much attention, but obvious things are obvious of course,” she told Tennismash at the China Open.

“I think also physically she looks different, she lost a lot of weight. And definitely from what I could observe she’s not physically at her best. You can see also with the points and when I try to open her up, she’s definitely one step far from the ball.

“So of course I’m aware of it, I see the way she looks, so I see that she’s not as fit as last year.

“So I mean you can talk about things, or you don’t talk about these things. But some things are obvious and of course we see each other every week, so it’s inevitable for us to see some changes and hear what’s going on.”

- Aleksandra Krunic on Elina Svitolina

 

That is not good. 

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54 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

Remember that Svitolina pic from above? She was up 6-0, 4-1 today & lost. 

 

That is not good. 

Wow yeah not a good luck Svits. Now others are speaking publicly on it. 

[perfectchaos007 6721]

Your body needs some stored fat for energy or else you’re susceptible to collapse like that

[triplelonghorn 27]

Do you really give a shit about this exhibition? This is like the Hopman Cup & that dumbass fail in fucking India. 

Not only did I care, but I bought expensive seats and flew to Chicago for all three days. It was extremely worth it. Almost every match went to sudden death it was so exciting. Already thinking about going to Geneva next year and making some plans with new friends I made at this one.

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[spystud13 2371]

Sloane ain’t real happy with Pavs. 

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Sweet Jesus, the fucking debacle with beIN is over. One would think the fucking Tennis Channel should carry this. 

 

 

Edited October 1, 2018 by spystud13

[spystud13 2371]

Ostapenko double-bageled by Wang, the Chinese girl that’s been on fucking fire lately. 

And Sabalenka, who just beat Wang in the Wuhan final, takes out Garbine. 

Beijing draw

 

 

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Ah balls, she's my favorite player

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[spystud13 2371]

1 & 2 for Naomi over hot Julia, she is still running shit. 

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Angie got bageled in the third by a scrub, Sabalenka just did the same to Garcia. 

Naomi & Sabalenka are just crushing girls these days. 

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Tsk tsk Zverev... relaxed too early and let a very winnable match get away from him

 

[LonghornGoodfella 114]

9 hours ago, spystud13 said:

Angie got bageled in the third by a scrub, Sabalenka just did the same to Garcia. 

Naomi & Sabalenka are just crushing girls these days. 

Yes they are I love it. Those 2 will be competing for many many grand slams for years to come barring injuries

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3 & 3 for Caroline over Sevastova to win Beijing. 

Edited October 7, 2018 by spystud13
Wrong fucking city.

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For my money it's Halep. Osaka is close but she hasn't been as consistent over the course of the entire year.

[spystud13 2371]

Ridiculous to even vote before the Finals. 

[triplelonghorn 27]

Ridiculous to even vote before the Finals. 

Literally no matter what happens, halep finishes as ye#1 for the second year in a row, over 52 straight weeks in the spot. Hard to imagine what someone could do to have had a better year than her at this point.

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[spystud13 2371]

Does Linz have the ugliest court on Tour? 

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6721]

It’s up there, but there’s a tournament on the men’s tour that has a court that’s literally grey scale. I remember last year catching a match on TV and briefly thought I was watching a match from 50 years ago with black and white cameras 

[satyanash 14931]

If we're talking ugly courts, the clay courts in Houston are pretty shoddy-looking

[spystud13 2371]

Yeah, that’s real bad. 

[perfectchaos007 6721]

Needs to move back to westside country club 

[satyanash 14931]

Federer's still struggling to find his form... but for now, he's through to the quarterfinals in Shanghai

 

[satyanash 14931]

DelPo is out of Shanghai, retired with a knee injury

 

[satyanash 14931]

Fantastic game between Federer and Nishikori happening rn

 

[satyanash 14931]

Federer's through! Terrific match

 

[HouTex 1902]

If we're talking ugly courts, the clay courts in Houston are pretty shoddy-looking

ROCC members would not agree.

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[Bodowned 812]

Djokovic seems to be back in his 2011-2015 god mode self. Probably gonna win just about anything he wants outside of some tournaments in the clay season next year.

[spystud13 2371]

On 10/11/2018 at 8:45 AM, satyanash said:

DelPo is out of Shanghai, retired with a knee injury. 

More bad luck. 

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Juan Martin del Potro has fractured his right patella bone in what the Argentine called "a hard blow that leaves me without strength."

Del Potro retired Thursday against Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters after injuring his knee. Third-seeded Del Potro fell near the end of the first set. The U.S. Open finalist had the knee wrapped but called it quits after losing the first set 7-5.

Tests on Saturday showed the fracture, Del Potro's spokesman Jorge Viale tweeted Sunday.

"In the coming days, the doctors will evaluate the recovery process needed to return," Viale said.

 

[perfectchaos007 6721]

Damn Del Po just can’t escape the injury bug for more than 1 year at a time