The Tennis Thread

[Toups]

I went to wash the dishes for 5 mins, came back and the match is done? What? Okay. I’ll take it. FAA and LAF makes it to their first GS semis!!  What a great day for Canadians. 

[Fevuh]

I'm impressed with Fernandez...I keep expecting that she'll wane and lose.  I still can't get the thought out of my head that this is just a flash in the pan.  At some point you have to think it's real.  You can't take out players at this level repeatedly and go on to be a nobody.  They're not having bad matches or playing badly.  They've been playing like they play and she's just beating them. 

The guts of some of her shots at the right times have been unreal, the thing you can't teach.  She's my hope for the winner on the women's side.  I just really really don't want Bencic.  But I don't think Raducanu is going to beat her.  I feel like I'm on eggshells because it looks like a US Open win for  Bencic right now.  

[ChitHappens]

I was sitting right there at my computer and turned my head.  Turned it back and it was over.  I was like WTF?! 

 

FAA has a lot of weapons and that serve is at the top of the list.  Med will move him so I hope he's ready.  I really want FAA in the final with [hopefully] Djoker.  

[Fevuh]

I heard Delpo's voice last night and my heart fluttered.  LOL.  Kind of a favorite of mine over the years, I'm near DC and saw him in the DC tournament two of the years he won.  He's kind of a throwback player and I would love to see him come back successfully and at least be in the mix in some major tournaments.  He sounded really positive.  He would make a nice husband for me.  

[Soapsuds]

Here's your husband

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[Faulkner]

The young lady from Britain did it! 

 

The British press are going to be horrible to her. I haven’t been following their coverage. But they’re @ssholes.

People thought this USO wasn’t gonna be sh!t without Federer, Nadal, and Serena, and it’s been a blast.

[ChitHappens]

I'm happy

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[Soapsuds]

I'm glad Bencic the bitch lost!

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Simona is getting married.

https://www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/simona-halep-confirms-wedding-will-be-held-next-week-in-romania?fbclid=IwAR2f97c8HwiyIwYIiRaMYERYWiSaljn4MkUhRQ_ZKlKRGZ5zxI_tpDj41Dg

[Toups]

Emma was born in Toronto, so we’re gonna claim her too.

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A finals with her and Leylah would be amazing.  

[Faulkner]

Of course, Sascha wants the big screen fixed right before Lloyd Harris served on his set point in the tiebreak. That sort of disruption shouldn’t be allowed, but that’s another instance of tennis encouraging gamesmanship.

Edited September 8, 2021 by Faulkner

[Soapsuds]

Totally screwed Harris. Now Harris is playing like garbage.

[Fevuh]

This whole Open has been a total surprise (I thought for me, but it looks like everyone now)...I think we're going to look back at this Open as when the new guard popped up and at the beginning we didn't see it...and now we are.  It really has been a total blast and surprise that came from no where.  I thought every Slam this year was total blah.  The Olympics were blah.  This has not been blah.  

And this would be awesome but kill me because I want them both to win now.  Either would be great but I'd somehow want both.  

[Faulkner]

The men’s side has lost a lot of steam aside from FAA’s great run and Novak’s hunt for the CYGS, but we got some popcorn matches and surprises there too (not to be all Rothenbergy, but it’s much harder for lower-ranked challengers to maintain fitness enough to make a deep run in a Bof5 tournament, especially in today’s extremely physical sport. They’re just not conditioned enough or used to it.) We really lucked out in the past with the Big 4 and players like Delpo and Stan.

[Faulkner]

Maria Sakkari looks GOOD this tournament.

[ChitHappens]

She does!