*Official* Tennis Thread

[mr_mister]

Baitista has lost 4/4 tiebreak so far. Backing Tsitipas here

 

[harsh.ag]

Baitista has lost 4/4 tiebreak so far. Backing Tsitipas here

Such a thing as reversion to the mean.

Edit: Not in this case, though

 

[StephenZA]

I like the Greek.

 

[morgieb]

Assuming Nadal wins his next match Nadal/Tsitispas is gonna be huge.

 

[harsh.ag]

Danielle Collins is the other big story of the AO. Hadn't won a grand slam match before this slam, and beat Kerber 6-0 6-2, ending the match with an impeccable drop shot that was worth its weight in gold.

 

[Niall]

Danielle Collins is the other big story of the AO. Hadn't won a grand slam match before this slam, and beat Kerber 6-0 6-2, ending the match with an impeccable drop shot that was worth its weight in gold.

In the semi now. The concern is so many random girls to a grand slam semi and freeze, Kvitova was in beast mode today so Collins probably won't get any further.

Nadal v the greek will be huge.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Collins is such a brat.

Hoping Kvitová's form keeps up

 

[Anil]

Nadal v the greek will be huge.

i think nadal will crush him...

 

[Niall]

Collins is such a brat.

Hoping Kvitová's form keeps up

I don't think she deserves the hate that she is getting online tbh, a bit obnoxious but lets compare her to Coco. Coco is a Trumper from a wealthy background who at times is incredibly obnoxious on court, DRC political beliefs are unknown and seems to be from a working class background.

She is relatively harmless in the grand scheme of things.

Either way she probably gets crushed in the semi final and will do **** all the rest of her career, we get these random semi finalists all the time in the girls tour.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I don't think she deserves the hate that she is getting online tbh, a bit obnoxious but lets compare her to Coco. Coco is a Trumper from a wealthy background who at times is incredibly obnoxious on court, DRC political beliefs are unknown and seems to be from a working class background.

all tennis players are Tories or worse. Except clay courters.

Aaaanyway Plíšková eh, not everyone take the chances Serena occasionally gives them

 

[morgieb]

all tennis players are Tories or worse. Except clay courters.

Yeah white American tennis players all seem to be hard right-wingers. Pretty disgusting.

There's a couple of exceptions I think to the "tennis players are right-wingers" that aren't clay courters, but they're rare.

 

[harsh.ag]

Tipping Plíšková to win the whole thing.

She beats Serena!

All Czech final on the cards.

 

[Niall]

She beats Serena!

All Czech final on the cards.

Tbh Osaka v Kvitova would also be awesome. Tennis needs someone new dominating, not merely winning a slam and then vanishing for a few months, I'd be down with Osaka ruling the sport for the next few years.


Novak must have done something wonderful in a previous life, Pouille in a semi final.

 

[Anil]

yeah i hope it is osaka vs kvitova...

 

[mr_mister]

Nadal/Novak. Who you got

 

[Anil]

novak

 

[vcs]

Nadal took all of 2 games to break his serve after Federer failed to do it in the entire match.

Meh.

 

[morgieb]

Nadal took all of 2 games to break his serve after Federer failed to do it in the entire match.

Meh.

Yeah Tsitipsas's hitting zone is just fail against Nadal on anything but the lowest bouncing of surfaces.

 

[vcs]

Nadal's going to have a very strong case for GOAT if he gets another Australian Open.

Seems like he and Djokovic will chase down all of Federer's numbers.

 

[Niall]

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1088396168969834496

He does have a point...


Kvitova v Osaka is a pretty cool final anyhow, I know Nadal v Novak is what the punters want to see on the men's side but no thanks from me whatsoever.