*Official* Tennis Thread

[harsh.ag]

Djokovic's elbow acting up again. Shame.

 

[StephenZA]

Djokovic's elbow acting up again. Shame.

Amazing how that started after he was struggling against the young Chung....

But this kid looks like he has all the shots.... impressive. Would be nice if we can get another top player challenging.

 

[vcs]

The heat can't be helping either. He's struggled with breathing troubles in the past before he became the gluten-free super-athlete post 2011. But it's Djokovic, no one's harder to put away, so I wouldn't be counting any chickens yet.

 

[harsh.ag]

How can a dude named Tennys end up playing tennis. Ridiculous.

 

[StephenZA]

How can a dude named Tennys end up playing tennis. Ridiculous.

Name your kid what you want them to be......

 

[cpr]

Well he is from Tenness(ee)

 

[vcs]

Sandgren is serving for the match now.

 

[harsh.ag]

Wikipedia entry

Although Tennys Sandgren is a tennis player from Tennessee, he is actually named after his great-grandfather who did not play tennis and was not from Tennessee.

 

[NUFAN]

How can a dude named Tennys end up playing tennis. Ridiculous.

The same way the Chuck Long was a quarterback.

 

[vcs]

2 aces and 9 double faults tells me that Novak's still adjusting to his new service motion.

 

[vcs]

Pretty impressive effort from Chung to come through all these tight sets against none other than Djokovic himself.

 

[StephenZA]

Excellent match... Novak not at his best, but Chung chased everything down.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bit of a shame that Djokovic's injury still hasn't healed, but it's still not a bad tournament for him to have reached the 4th round after 6 months out of the game.

Chung looked awesome... his defending was a treat to watch.

 

[harsh.ag]

Doesn' Chung play like Djokovic used to?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pretty much yeah

 

[vcs]

Chung has a terrific backhand.

From the highlights I watched, Djokovic's shots and serve probably lacked around 5-10% of their usual pop, which makes all the difference at this level.

 

[vcs]

I don't think Djokovic's exaggerated grunting at set point down in the 2nd set (around 10:50 minutes into this video) was necessary or sportsmanlike. Glad it didn't work.

 

[harsh.ag]

Edmund has had the easiest draw of the quarter finalists by far. Dimitrov should take him down easily.

Horrendously wrong.

 

[vcs]

Nadal won't mind it. Great win for Edmund.

 

[vogue]

Poor on my part as I usually watch this open but just not this year. Great win for Edmund. Would love to see him get to the final. Would be an amazing thing if he won as the last Brit was 84 years ago mentioning no names ha ha .