Members Faulkner Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Medvedev wins Shanghai rather easily over Sascha and leap-frogs over Federer to No. 3 in the Race to London. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Tennis Channel will be showing the final in Linz. I guess TC got tired of TT berating them over lack of coverage of Coco Gauff's matches and decided to actually try to work something out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Gauff a set away if she can hold her 15-year-old nerves... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Ostapenko has a lot more experience in these situations (she’s a Slam champion, after all). Certainly it’s beyond impressive that Gauff can get this far in any main tour tournament at 15. Let’s see what the third set brings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Gauff has done it! Woeful from Penko in that third set, but Coco held her nerve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Congratulations to Coco on her first WTA Tour win. What a remarkable season!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 I was shocked to see it. I expected to see a replay of Shanghai final. I caved and got Cable again because I was missing so much tennis only to have very little WTA coverage (may cancel it again). As for Coco, she's really good at keeping the ball in play but sucks as putting the ball away. She gets by off of opponent errors. This is how Kerber once played. Won a match with 4 winners. Pops has some work to do! Get some power behind that forehand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 I agree but at 15, if she stays healthy and focused (that Capriati reference was not the best one Please register in order to view this content ), there is a lot of upside in her game. Of course, I expect that people will also adjust their strategy when they play her now that she's no longer a virtual unknown but I don't expect her game to stay in place either. Either way, it should be interesting and today is a milestone achievement for her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 I suspect that if these courts remain as slow as they are, we're going to see a lot more of this stat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Some tennis fans aren't buying his sudden surge..lol....they wonder if he's taking...well you know....lol Edited October 13, 2019 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Well, that’s going to be a question for anyone, especially because he’s Russian. But you have to imagine he’s being tested a lot. The big, prolific champions have usually stated they are tested more. Until there’s a public announcement of a positive test (and if they can nab an iconic superstar like Maria, I suspect anyone can be caught), it’s all speculation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 Looks like Sasha will get in at #7 but he has 1300 points to defend from last year. The last spot is up for grabs.....with about 5 players with a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 13, 2019 Members Share Posted October 13, 2019 I don't get my knickers in a twist like other tennis fans when I see players exhorting themselves because I know it's likely that the player is desperately trying to pump themselves up and summon up some courage. People were seemingly put out when Monfils was trying to pump himself up during his QF against Berrettini but anyone who has paid attention to Monfils' career knows that he gets very nervous at times of high stress in a match and he was trying to alleviate the stress, but people insist on falling back on assumptions and stereotypes. I do think that Zverev, even as he tries to exhort himself, it often seems like it's not coming from a genuine place--just kind of like he doesn't truly believe but it sort of looks cool. If that is the case, he just kind of wasting his energy. It's just aggravating when I see people policing people's behavior at every turn. If he's doing something worth a warning, a point penalty or a fine, by all means he should face consequences. Otherwise, leave it alone, let the players be themselves a bit more. It's tiring to see so much nitpicking sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 15, 2019 Members Share Posted October 15, 2019 Kei parts ways with his coach... https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019/10/kei-nishikori-splits-longtime-coach-dante-bottini/85473/?utm_source=m.facebook.com&utm_medium=referral 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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