2019 French Open

[satyanash 14819]

Women's Draw

Super tough draw for Osaka. Svitolina and Sabalenka will also have it tough. Kerber, Stephens, Serena have easier paths. 

Men's Draw

"I am inevitable."

[satyanash 14819]

 

[perfectchaos007 6717]

I think Barty will handle Serena relatively easily in the 4th round. My picks are Nadal on the mens side (duh) and I'll take Halep on the womens. Bencic and Barty will make noise I think

[satyanash 14819]

 

[spystud13 2371]

Zero fucking chance Serena plays 3 matches to get to Barty. 

Svitolina should never be considered a factor at a Slam, she absolutely cannot win 7 matches. 

[satyanash 14819]

Kyrgios withdraws from the French Open, will be replaced by a lucky loser.

 

[perfectchaos007 6717]

Any given reason? He hasn’t played since the ATP fined him

[satyanash 14819]

3 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Any given reason? He hasn’t played since the ATP fined him

Don't know, but it might be a combination of A) him being on tilt recently and B) his well-known disdain for clay as a surface.

 

[satyanash 14819]

 

[spystud13 2371]

Dayana Yastremska just won her second title of the season in Strasbourg. She’s good, & 19. 

[satyanash 14819]

On 5/23/2019 at 10:23 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

I think Barty will handle Serena relatively easily in the 4th round. My picks are Nadal on the mens side (duh) and I'll take Halep on the womens. Bencic and Barty will make noise I think

Nadal and Sabalenka for me. Nadal because Nadal, Sabalenka because she's steadily been getting better and better and it feels like she's close to breaking through.

 

[perfectchaos007 6717]

I don't think Sabalenka is there yet. Anisimova might take her out in round 2. We shall see

Edited May 25, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[satyanash 14819]

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[spystud13 2371]

Aryna is not a contender right now. Won 3 matches in Strasbourg to get her record to a blistering 8-8 since Fed Cup in February. She ain’t winning 7 on clay. 

[spystud13 2371]

Angie down 4-6, 0-3 to Potapova. 

[spystud13 2371]

And out. 

[satyanash 14819]

Federer with an early 6-2, 4-0 lead over Sanogo

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by satyanash

[spystud13 2371]

Petra withdraws, damn. Will she ever get that #1 next to her name? 

[satyanash 14819]

2 hours ago, spystud13 said:

Petra withdraws, damn. Will she ever get that #1 next to her name? 

Looks like it's a grade 2 tear... major setback

 

[satyanash 14819]

Whoa, Wozniacki's out despite a first-set bagel.

 

[Bullneck 19320]

Jon Wertheimer and _____ interviewing Ndamukong Suh.  

[Bullneck 19320]

On 5/26/2019 at 9:32 AM, satyanash said:

 

 

Amazing to see a drop shot as a service return.

[Bullneck 19320]

It's weird to see Chartrier mostly empty during a match.  I get that it's a work day in Paris but early rounds of Slam are the best.   At least on the side courts.

Did they break up the ticket packages like the USOpen or something?

[Bullneck 19320]

2 hours ago, Bullneck said:

Jon Wertheimer and _____ interviewing Ndamukong Suh.  

Brett Haber is the other announcer

[Bullneck 19320]

Serena getting blown out by some Russian girl right now, down 5-2 in the first.  But I don't doubt her ability to get serious and start rolling.  

[Aleemay 304]

Serena Has Literally been rolling along lately

https://twitter.com/YsaBona/status/1131599351267110915/photo/1

[UDontKnow 10507]

5 hours ago, satyanash said:

Whoa, Wozniacki's out despite a first-set bagel.

 

How much does that loss have to do with her ex, JJ Watt, getting engaged?

[satyanash 14819]

1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

How much does that loss have to do with her ex, JJ Watt, getting engaged? 

Watt was briefly her rebound fling after she broke up with Rory McIlroy, I think. Don't know if it was ever much of a serious thing.

[Bullneck 19320]

I'm watching Thiem v. Paul.  

 

Are there a lot of Paul fans (or just Americans) in the crowd or is Thiem unpopular?

He reminds me of Andy Roddick.

Edited May 27, 2019 by Bullneck

[spystud13 2371]

On 5/25/2019 at 10:50 AM, spystud13 said:

Dayana Yastremska just won her second title of the season in Strasbourg. She’s good, & 19. 

Welp, jinxed the fuck out of her. She gone. 

[satyanash 14819]

Osaka's really struggling. Got bageled in the first set, second set has gone to a tiebreak.

 

[gsoda3 3311]

naomi won a grand total of NINE points in the first set.  she takes the second set though, schmiedlova started getting tight.

[satyanash 14819]

Damn, Osaka turned things around quickly. Now leading 5-1 in set #3.

 

[satyanash 14819]

Zverev takes an unconvincing Round 1 win over John Millman.

 

[perfectchaos007 6717]

Only 1 of the 9 American men won their 1st round match. The USTA has spent the last 5 years of player development to get US players better on clay. It's not working!

Edited May 29, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[satyanash 14819]

Dimitrov-Cilic match going the distance.

 

[satyanash 14819]

Holy shit. That's some incredible longevity!

 

[satyanash 14819]

FFS Dimitrov, finish the damn match! Up 5-1 in the fifth set, he's already blown two match points on his own serve.

[spystud13 2371]

Kiki Bertens retired after only 4 games, she was one of the popular picks. 

[spystud13 2371]

And Bianca has already withdrawn from tomorrow’s match with Kenin. 

[spystud13 2371]

4 & 2 for Anisimova over Sabalenka. 

[spystud13 2371]

Two more decent upsets, Garcia & Sakkari bounced. 

[perfectchaos007 6717]

On 5/25/2019 at 2:08 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

I don't think Sabalenka is there yet. Anisimova might take her out in round 2. We shall see

Indeed

[satyanash 14819]

del Potro got pushed to the limit by some random Japanese wild-card. But it looks like he'll escape.

 

[satyanash 14819]

Pliskova out in straights, that's a big one

 

[spystud13 2371]

Yeah, that sucks.

Bottom is a wreck now, winner of Elina/Garbiñe today should get Sloane next, then that survivor is chillin’. 

[spystud13 2371]

9-all in Sevastova/Mertens on DTV 704. We already had one 11-9 finish today, FO the only one without a TB now. 

[spystud13 2371]

Sevastova breaks & holds for the win. 

[spystud13 2371]

Elina finally decdes to hold in her 6th service game; 3-6, 1-2 now. 

[spystud13 2371]

And she continues to be completely irrelevant in Slams, 2 holds in 9 service games. 

Garbine could steal this thing again.