*Official* Tennis Thread

[Burgey]

Is the world feigning surprise that Nadal has been named in the leaked WADA papers?

 

[Anil]

didn't do anything illegal, did he?

 

[Burgey]

Technicalities mate. Juiced up, as long suspected.

 

[Jono]

Silly from you. I wouldn't be shocked if Rafa was found to be on the juice (or a lot of tennis players) but leaking his medical records where he has done nothing illegal or against the rules, just like a bunch of other sportspersons, isn't proof. Its just a breach of privacy.

 

[Burgey]

The public has a right to know. #Freedom

 

[Jono]

Rafa's drugs must suck so hard too. Muzz and Nole are machines who run forever with minimal injuries whereas Rafa loses 5 set matches to mental giants like Fognini, Verdasco and Pouille.

 

[Burgey]

The side effects have caught up with him. He's on the FloJo path.

 

[Jono]

Tiny balls fo sho

 

[Anil]

Tiny balls fo sho

Interesting, how do you know that?

 

[Jono]

Haha

Speaking of balls, how good was Andy Murray's answer when he was asked why he went off the court to get his thigh checked out.

"I can't take my nuts out on court" WAG

 

[Burgey]

Rafael Needal​

 

[Jono]

Big time win by Zverev over Stanimal in the 250 St Petersburg final. Stan came so hard at him and he just went toe to toe. Was down a break in the third set and still came back to win it. Brilliant.

Zverev > Kyrgios > Thiem is my ranking of #nextgen

 

[vcs]

About ****ing time they stepped up and did something in the Slams.

 

[Jono]

Zverev is 19, ease up. He just won his first ever title..

Agree re Thiem and probably Kyrgios too.

 

[vcs]

Didn't know that. It'll happen eventually, of course. Not easy being an up-and-coming talent in this generation.

 

[Anil]

so stan's streak of winning 11(?) straight finals is gone, right?

 

[Jono]

Yep! From 3-0 up in the third set too.

 

[_Ed_]

Wow, the Auckland tournament has managed to sign Serena for 2017. Impressive effort.

 

[Anil]

djokovic-says-grand-slams-no-1-ranking-no-longer-priority

 

[Anil]

now even dimitrov is beating nadal...