My favourite Grand Slam is here!! I love it because of the night matches. Hopefully we'll see a lot of 5 setters that end around 12am.

Wow. Sad.

 

We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and Dad, Mike, has collapsed and died while in Melbourne for the Aus Open. For 38 years he lived his dream covering sport all over the world. He was a truly great man and we will miss him terribly. Lucy, Sam, Ruby and Joe.

— Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) January 17, 2024

^^Wow, that is very sad. Was heat a complicating factor at all? 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-no-1-tennis-player-142853254.html

Did anyone see the Sabalenko vs Tsurenko match? What the heck happened there?!

6 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-no-1-tennis-player-142853254.html

Seems like there is a recent trend of tennis players going to prison, narrowly avoiding prison, or under threat of possible prison time. Sanchez Vicario was known for being so clever on court, apparently not so much IRL.

9 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Did anyone see the Sabalenko vs Tsurenko match? What the heck happened there?!

Seems like there is a recent trend of tennis players going to prison, narrowly avoiding prison, or under threat of possible prison time. Sanchez Vicario was known for being so clever on court, apparently not so much IRL.

I was watching Sinner on plus. Now watching Tsity and Van Assche.

Add Sasha to the list who could get five years for beating his girlfriend. Although they've said he probably get probation for it.

Both of his previous girlfriends have accused him of the same crime.

Edited January 19, 20241 yr by Soapsuds

8 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

I was watching Sinner on plus. Now watching Tsity and Van Assche.

Add Sasha to the list who could get five years for beating his girlfriend. Although they've said he probably get probation for it.

Both of his previous girlfriends have accused him of the same crime.

Oh, he was definitely the one I was referring to as possible jail time but you’re likely correct to say that it will probably be some kind of probation or suspended sentence or some combination of the two. I didn’t see any of the post match interviews but I read that a reporter asked him about the case/allegations and he looked bewildered and caught off guard by the questions. Surely, he had to expect that someone sometime would ask him about this.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-would-happen-wta-tour-probably-not-sloane-stephens-alexander-zverev-s-player-council-appointment-amid-domestic-abuse-allegations?key2=1975431&fbclid=IwAR3N1YO4oJ3h7MH7RhctJWS0SF030x13HQRogahnNv9yyhMkY869c00SFQ4

Aww, one of the players I have been enjoying watching lately lost her match while I was sleeping. Itty bitty ‘Pow Pow’ Jasmine Paolini couldn’t power her way past her outsized opponent.

Sascha got gagged with this return:

 

Moment of the match pic.twitter.com/zLx6d604Dv

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) January 26, 2024

5 hours ago, Faulkner said:

Sascha got gagged with this return:

 

I loved it!  Sasha up two sets again and crumbles.😂😂😂

Two great matches last night and early this morning.

 

Making excuses....he was sick....😂😂😂

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-extremely-disappointing-nothing-much-i-can-say-alexander-zverev-says-feel-100-physically-daniil-medvedev-loss-australian-open

Admittedly, I saw next to none of the women’s final (I had a feeling that Zheng’s nerves as a first time finalist would be no match for Sabalenka’s power and high level of confidence and focus. I had hoped the final might be competitive but had an underlying doubt that it would actually be.
I saw more of the men’s final and that was a lot more competitive. I missed the first two and a half sets, so I clicked on in time to catch Medvedev, right on schedule, get snagged by his 2 sets lead problem. Still, Sinner did earn that title with some hard fought wins, most of which, admittedly, I didn’t see.

On 1/26/2024 at 1:49 PM, Soapsuds said:

I loved it!  Sasha up two sets again and crumbles.😂😂😂

Two great matches last night and early this morning

Making excuses....he was sick....😂😂😂

Just imagine how he will feel once the court trial comes to the fore. After he got knocked out of the tournament, ESPN finally felt obliged to make a statement detailing the charges.

It took decades but I think ESPN has ultimately ruined tennis for me. I am seriously considering purchasing a VPN so I can watch RG and Wimbledon on their native broadcast networks.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Admittedly, I saw next to none of the women’s final (I had a feeling that Zheng’s nerves as a first time finalist would be no match for Sabalenka’s power and high level of confidence and focus. I had hoped the final might be competitive but had an underlying doubt that it would actually be.
I saw more of the men’s final and that was a lot more competitive. I missed the first two and a half sets, so I clicked on in time to catch Medvedev, right on schedule, get snagged by his 2 sets lead problem. Still, Sinner did earn that title with some hard fought wins, most of which, admittedly, I didn’t see.

Just imagine how he will feel once the court trial comes to the fore. After he got knocked out of the tournament, ESPN finally felt obliged to make a statement detailing the charges.

It took decades but I think ESPN has ultimately ruined tennis for me. I am seriously considering purchasing a VPN so I can watch RG and Wimbledon on their native broadcast networks.

Sasha pretty much said that people who believed his ex were stupid.

He's a scumbag.

Glad Sinner won. He was down two sets when I turned the tv off but DVR the rest. First time in a long time that a player I like won a major.

VPN?

 

32 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Sasha pretty much said that people who believed his ex were stupid.

He's a scumbag.

Glad Sinner won. He was down two sets when I turned the tv off but DVR the rest. First time in a long time that a player I like won a major.

VPN?

Doesn’t he mean ex-girlfriends? Lest he forget that he’s had more than one woman make an allegation of abuse.

VPN is Virtual Private Network. I use a free one which is good for when I make financial transactions online but it’s limited to the U.S. I need a VPN that will allow me access to Europe.

Here is an explanation of VPNs.

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-vpn-services

The International Tennis Integrity Association has decided to appeal the decision to clear British player Tara Moore of charges of doping.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/68141134

These overnight finals are atrocious. Thus the low ratings. Commentators were saying during the match how bad it is that finals are overnight in the states because a lot of tennis fans were missing the match.

Jannik Sinner’s comeback win over Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open men’s final averaged a 0.37 and 528,000 viewers on ESPN, up from a three-set Novak Djokovic-Stefanos Tsitsipas match last year (439K).

Edited January 30, 20241 yr by Soapsuds