*Official* Tennis Thread

[Niall]

Kyrigos needs an elite coach to get to the next level, very little fight today and as usual poor attitude when **** was hitting the fan.

A little surprised by Zverev gone so early, but Coric was a nasty 2nd round draw. Zverev will be a beast, but the kid has under whelmed in Slams. He probably wins Australia now.

 

[_Ed_]

Shapovalov impressing again.

 

[harsh.ag]

Anyone catch the Zverev-Coric game?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Woah shapovalov beat tsonga! Seriously impressive.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Another good win for Edmund. It feels strange having a journeyman pro capable of regularly negotiating the opening rounds of Slams. We've always had nothing or contenders (I know Henman didn't contend much away from SW19 but he felt a contender).

 

[harsh.ag]

Will be fun to track Zverev-Shopalov-Coric-Tiafoe over the next couple of years.

 

[Niall]

DW on Sport: How To Fix a Tennis Match (by Alexandr Dolgopolov)

Good article on what Dolgo was up to earlier.

Anyway on less depressing news happy for Dimi, probably loses in the third round to Sela knowing him, but a run at the US Open would be lovely. So pleasing to watch.

Flopped worse than I sarcastically expected.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Another good win for Edmund. It feels strange having a journeyman pro capable of regularly negotiating the opening rounds of Slams. We've always had nothing or contenders (I know Henman didn't contend much away from SW19 but he felt a contender).

How very dare you, Chris Wilkinson was brilliant for one week a year (the first week of Wimbledon) every year. Never won a match till the following June but made that week count.

 

[vcs]

Federer's not going much further in this tournament even if he scrapes past Youzhny today.

Down 2 sets to 1, up a break in the 4th.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I wonder if Federer has ever played 10 sets to get through two rounds before. Hard to believe he can win the tournament, but it's a thin looking field.

 

[vcs]

I wonder if Federer has ever played 10 sets to get through two rounds before. Hard to believe he can win the tournament, but it's a thin looking field.

Yep, that's why I'm not losing hope even though he's looked dreadful so far.

If he can play himself into some semblance of form. and his body starts feeling better along the way, there's hardly anybody in the draw who looks in seriously good shape. Good opportunity for Nadal also, his draw is great up to the SF and he has no fitness issues that we know of.

 

[Burgey]

I can't think of too many back injuries which get better with prolonged use though. I think it will be tough for him to get beyond the fourth round with the way he's moving. Shame he's hurt, the possibility of winning three slams in a year at age 35 is pretty amazing.

 

[Jarquis]

Rather than winning a Slam without dropping set he's going the route of dropping as many as he possibly can. Can't imagine it's been done before

 

[Bahnz]

He badly needs a couple of 3-setters or he's going to fold up in the 2nd week of the tournament. Real shame, but him and Nadal taking turns at winning the grand slams this year feels appropriate. Would be a real shame though if it doesn't finish with another epic 5-setter between the two of them.

 

[Anil]

I can't see him getting past Lopez in this form...

 

[OverratedSanity]

A 5 setter gainst ****ing Youzhny

 

[_Ed_]

Daniel playing bloody well against Nadal.

 

[Anil]

nadal 2 sets to 1 up and up a break in the 4th...

 

[vcs]

Nadal's biggest issue is getting past the 4th round or so. He tends to gradually play himself into form as the tournament progresses, on these faster surfaces. His draw looks pretty friendly.

Assuming Federer does get better, he could have a tough quarterfinal against Del Potro.

 

[Anil]

Cilic is gone too!