The Tennis Thread

[Toups]

Felix was up 2 sets and had a match point? Damn.  Out of Shapo and Felix, I think Felix will be the better player.   You can tell from their post match press conferences that he’s already a lot more mature than Shapo.  I think that will help him more quickly.  

[ChitHappens]

Yes and I meant to respond to your earlier post.  Shapo has some maturing to do and I'm wondering why the match was not defaulted after his  comment.  Very juvenile thing to say. 

[Fevuh]

I’m sure he did.  What Novaxx is doing is/was stupid but Medvedev is also a prick, and it shows up once in a while.   It was likely his way obvious attempt to get some fans for himself for when Roger and Nadal retire.  I hope the most he gets out of it is that he was the one to lose to Nadal during Nadal’s big winning Slam.  And isn’t bored with the loss. 

[Soapsuds]

Novak next tournament was revealed today. He added Dubai which is in mid to late February. Does Dubai have any restrictions? I thought I read where there was not but I could be wrong.

[SnCCorinthos4ever]

Wouldn't surprise me only little bit if he did.

[I Am A Swede]

Nice for the home crowd with an all-Australian Men's Double Final: Kokkinakis/Kyrgios vs Ebden/Purcell    

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[SnCCorinthos4ever]

The two K’s seem to have made the mens doubles more viewable. I have seen some mention that this match is M&M v Special K.

[I Am A Swede]

Ashleigh Barty becomes first Australian woman to reach the final of the AO since 1980 (Wendy Turnbull).

Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty beats Madison Keys to reach Melbourne final

[ChitHappens]

Look at Miss Collins using her power for good

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[DramatistDreamer]

Collins handed Swiatek the smack down and she did it without living up to her nickname "DanYell" 

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Between having an Aussie in the Women's Final and an All Aussie Men's Doubles Final, I think the Australian tennis fans are feeling like not a thing is missing from this year's tournament for them.

Speaking of an Aussie in the Men's Doubles final, for someone who claims not to care about tennis, Nick sure looks like he cares... about tennis.

[Soapsuds]

Madison played like dog poop!!

[ChitHappens]

That's pretty spectacular.  The crowd should have a great time with this one!  I may have to watch and I don't normally watch doubles matches.

[DramatistDreamer]

That seems to be the consensus among fans who watched the match. I didn't see it because there was no way in hell I was going to get up that early to watch a Keys/Barty match, especially knowing Keys' reputation for choking in big moments.

People are now comparing Keys to Dementieva but I don't remember Elena playing this poorly in majors. I remember in a Wimbledon match (QFs or SFs?) against Serena, she had a bit of a choke but it was a brief moment of constant pressure that Serena put on Dementieva's very shaky serves.

I just remembered by the time I was able to tune into that U.S. Open final against Sloane, I looked at the score and was glad I only had to watch a few games and of those few games, Madison couldn't put one ball in the court. I could only guess what the rest of the match had been like. And it's really become a pattern for Keys.

[Soapsuds]

Matteo is really tight!! Down a set and a double break.

Edited January 28, 2022 by Soapsuds

[I Am A Swede]

Australian Open: Rafael Nadal beats Matteo Berrettini to reach Melbourne final