Jump to content

The Tennis Thread


Toups

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 12.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Soapsuds

    4184

  • Faulkner

    3003

  • DramatistDreamer

    2409

  • ChitHappens

    1615

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • Members

There was a lot of cheering on my TL when that announcement was made. I'm trying to parse why.

 

For most of the season, everyone's talking about the Slams and the bigger tournaments, while failing to paying attention to the smaller tournaments which seem to have little to no money for proper testing.  This is disturbing to me.

 

Edited by DramatistDreamer
had to add failing, makes a big difference.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I'm a sports junkie and nothing is the same now.  They're trying to go on with the NHL and Major League Baseball but with no fans/audience it's just hollow.  Football will be the same for me.  Tennis was the one thing I was looking forward to just because during points the fans pretty much have to stay quiet, and sure it's great to see crowd reaction after certain points is great, but for the most part during the points the camera stays on the players.  So Tennis isn't as much the same as other large crowd sports.  Disappointed that so many players are dropping out, but it's understandable.  And really the ones that have to fly from overseas.  I wouldn't fly right now.  And if I'm a U.S. player or any of the ones that just live here, I'd drive to the US Open rather than fly.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

First off, Margaret Court is fake news... but if Serena has to wait until the rest of the field has dropped out to win a Slam, that's pretty pathetic, especially for someone in possession of 23 Slams.  Serena has beaten way better than this current batch but she can't get out of her head long enough to get over the finish line.  If you can get to a final, you can cross that line when you've done it 23 times before.  I'm over Serena embarrassing herself in finals.  She is THE queen and I'm good with all that she's given.  Time to crap or get off the pot.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Court's personal views are not my business.  When Steffy had 22 Slams, the highest before Serena, you didn't hear about Court.  Now that Serena has 23, MC is the best until Serena breaks that record.  As Chrissy once said, many of Court's Slams were won due to lots of no shows.  She didn't even have to play good players in many of the tournies because many players wouldn't go.  Is that the legacy Serena has to beat and turning herself in knots over?  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Apparently Serena thinks so...

But personally I don't think you can compare players (or achievements) from such different eras, nor do I think you can label one player as the greatest of all time. Greatest of a certain era yes, but not of all time. There are to many differences in equipment, level of competition, training methods etc

Tennis is so different now from when, for example, Margaret Court was playing. Not to mention compared to when other greats like Lenglen, Wills Moody or Connolly was playing. I don't even think you could compare tennis now to when Navratilova and Evert were playing, or the early years of Graf and Seles.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Me too!  They had used it in exhibitions last month. 

 

Lots of upsets.

 

But WTF with Thiem.  He has gotten buff but he didn't show up. I think not having a crowd impacted his play. Then he gets thrown to small court 10.

Please register in order to view this content

Edited by Soapsuds
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

They’re saying these courts are playing like they did in the Sampras era: lightning-fast. I can imagine some adjustment issues. They say Ashe and Armstrong won’t be as quick.
 

Is it me, or are the guys on ESPN talking over the game more? Usually they’d STFU once the ball was in play.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Yes they are. TC is more quieter in their telecast of this tournament.

The ESPN guys are gushing over the super fast courts because the serve bots might win like Isner and Opelka.........thanks @DramatistDreamer you wanted the faster courts..lol

 

Isner is a prick...talking off his mask during his interview and complaining about it and the director getting after him for not wearing the mask.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • As I said in another post, JJ isn’t even my preferred Lucky. I have no affection for 90’s Lucky as I wasn’t watching. So essentially I’ve seen JJ come back twice and both runs sucked

      Please register in order to view this content

    • I think a lot of the time, a producer will spread a story to let an actor (or themselves) off the hook. "Oh just tell Zimmer she is very popular but someone with pull is jealous and wants her out." Actors are ALL narcissists so its easy to believe something like that.
    • Looks like Anita's departure coincides with Tamara Tunie leaving to direct Stompin' at the Savoy in Delaware. It's a smart way to write her out temporarily. I expect the Articulettes to go on tour whenever a new project takes Tunie away from BTG. Hopefully that means we will see more Tracy and Sharon in the future. 
    • When they set the black and white picture of The Articulettes on the coffee table, I wonder if we will see flashbacks of Anita, Tracy, Sharon, and Barbara when they were younger in Chicago.
    • As long as no names were directly mentioned, it's a bit of a harmless lie, but you are right that she could have just heard something, or someone said that to her at the time rather than just saying the story wasn't popular and she was being written out. Or it could have been true, of course.
    • I hope so!   Despite allegedly being on the show for several years, Neil Wade got a total of ONE paragraph in the Laguardia book.   Paraphrasing, it said, Neil Wade (Michael Lipton) "helped Penny put her life back together after Jeff's death", "was a physician who didn't practice medicine for personal reasons" (didn't know that), "opened a bookstore with Penny" (sounds right), "planned to adopt a baby with Penny who couldn't have children" (sounds right), "began losing his vision and was struck and killed" (who knows?), and then Penny ultimately moved to Europe and married the racecar driver and adopted an Asian baby named Amy (sounds right).  And that was it.  
    • Why do I feel whatever BLQ has planned will blowup in her face?
    • Given Kim's penchant for drama, her love of drinking wine, being more of a guy's girl, and coming across as a bit of a narcissist, I could see this being a memory mistake, an assumption, or hearsay or rumor someone told her without any backing.  I can't see her out and out lying on purpose, so part of me thinks there was smoke somewhere, whether true or false, and she believed some mistake, if incorrect or misremembered.
    • I loved this too! 

      Please register in order to view this content

      I liked that they set up Shanice as a part-time physical therapist. It gets her out of the nurse's station and gives her more to do. I'm interested in seeing if we follow Anita to Chicago or if she's truly going to be off-screen for a while until we see the Articulettes' reunion. Overall slower day today, though.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy