The Tennis Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

Probably not disrespectful.  Unprofessional. Personally, I could do without the announcer cataloging the players tournament history during the warmup, the announcers usually don't get it right anway.  Save that for the player compendium or something.

[Faulkner]

It’s not that difficult to get the facts right about a player’s history. (His ATP profile has the info. Wikipedia isn’t always correct, but it’s right there in the first paragraph of Frances’s entry.) In all likelihood, the announcer himself didn’t do the research, but still it’s unprofessional that it wasn’t caught. That was Frances’s first ATP title, so I can imagine he was touchy about it. 

 

Obviously, Frances didn’t sweat it, as he came out and won his match.

 

Meanwhile, Fognini and Shapovalov are battling verbally on the changeover. Wow.

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[ChitHappens]

Fognini remains trash!  

[DramatistDreamer]

 

And really, it's the announcer's job.  Then again, tennis loves to use volunteers so I'm not sure if the announcer is being paid enough to care.

 

That was a good, mature match from Tiafoe.  Any number of things could've been his undoing in this match (playing a Canadian in his home tournament, rain delay, etc.) but he didn't let it get the best of him.  I hope he keeps going forward.

[Faulkner]

After that appalling loss to Baghdatis in which he looked like he didn’t GAF and that really bad match against Goffin in DC, this was a great turnaround. He didn’t fall off a cliff like some of his compatriots (Sock, Fritz).

[Soapsuds]

Another disappointment in Thiem....hopefully Tsitsipas will beat Novak....TC is already saying he is back...IMO he hasn't looked all that great in Canada. Lawd TC already has him as the favorite for the US Open.

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[Faulkner]

 

 

[Soapsuds]

LOL at Ben saying how lovely that he and his mom had the same taste in men....LMAO

[Faulkner]

Tiafoe played pretty well, except those two shocking TBs that cost him the match. Shot selection still can be iffy with him. 

 

Chanda Rubin has such a pleasant voice.

 

Venus and her knee. 

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[Faulkner]

I see Novak is back to his early 2018 form. Oy. No bueno. I guess if he loses it gives him more time to prepare for Cincy.

 

Venus and Cirstea have very similar grunts at times.

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[Faulkner]

Nice turnarounds for Venus and Simona.

 

This.

 

 

 

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[Soapsuds]

Glad to see Tsitsipas beat Novak. Yes, Novak played like [!@#$%^&*]. I still don't know how he won Wimbledon. The hate for him on social media is big....LOL....Tennis fans are also hoping Tsitsipas tops Sasha....Sasha is not liked by tennis fans it appears...LOL.  With the win Tsitsipas moves up to #23 in the world. 

[Faulkner]

Novak did play well at Wimbledon. People can hate on him all they want. He still won his 13th slam.

 

I wonder if Tsitsipas learned anything from that match with Sascha in D.C.

 

I haven’t seen any Sabalenka matches recently so I was surprised to see a wild-haired (but still hot) Dmitry Tursunov as her coach.

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[Faulkner]

Shapovalov follows up Fognini with another hothead in Haase. That should be fun.

 

Sucks that we can’t watch any of the other women’s matches tonight. But...

 

 

 

[Faulkner]

Caroline Garcia trounced Sharapova, Khachanov beat Isner in straights after Isner suffered a point penalty after smashing a racquet, Svitolina sent Konta packing, Sabalenka pushed past Wozniacki, and Haase humbled Shapovalov.

 

With Djokerson beating Herbert/Mahut in dubs, it makes up for Novak losing early.