Members Faulkner Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 It’ll be hilarious if this is the year Karolina Pliskova wins a major title. Lord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 Ash Barty just made 25% first serves and still won her opening set 6-1. The level of play is simply not Grand Slam caliber this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 I tried to watch this match but found myself bored out of my friggin mind! Bye, Carole Bouchard is Queen of the terrible takes. Cannot believe there was ever a time when I used to follow her on Twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Same. I can't believe how boring this match is. All the matches today were boring as hell! Edited July 6, 2021 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) I just watched the Barty-Tomljanovic match and found it hilarious how our Swedish commentators were so enamoured with Barty's tactic of slicing, then running around and dominating play with her forehand. Gee, it just felt like I have seen that before..... Please register in order to view this content Yes, now I remember! Steffi Graf did it to perfection 30 years ago! Edited July 6, 2021 by I Am A Swede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 I don't get all the hoopla with Barty. She is one boring a$$ player to watch. There's nothing great about her game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 It’s an effective game, though. Whether or not that’s a damning statement on the rest of the WTA is up for debate, I suppose. I don’t love watching her play either, but she’s a respectable No. 1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 Funny… FAA is dating Alja Tomjanovic’s cousin, and Alja is dating Berrettini, who’s playing FAA in the quarterfinals: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 I have nothing against Barty personally but, some players, when you watch them play, it feels very much like "work", rather than play. Hard work. There's no enjoyment in it. To a certain extent, that has penetrated the Men's game, where we're often told to appreciate the 'work ethic' of certain players, while we're all supposed to forget that tennis is a game, and is supposed to be entertaining. This is why tennis as a sport is now so utterly marginalized. This is supposed to be entertaining. They're called "players" for a reason. They're not called "workers" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 I don't see Ashleigh Barty's game as boring. Quite the opposite actually. She has a good first serve, a fine second serve, and she has a more varied style of play than a lot of other players who rely more on power. In that respect she reminds me a little of Martina Hingis. She didn't rely on power either. Barty is not the most charismatic person, I can agree with that, but frankly, neither is Roger Federer.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 6, 2021 Members Share Posted July 6, 2021 You'll have to ask a Federer stan about that one. I am not one of those people. I am a dramatist. I enjoy the big messy dreamers. They are more interesting to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 7, 2021 Members Share Posted July 7, 2021 Novak's match zzzzzzzzzzz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted July 7, 2021 Members Share Posted July 7, 2021 Folks are coming down hard on McEnroe for his Radacanu comments but I believe she simply had a panic attack. I'm with John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 7, 2021 Members Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) ^^ I think her own comments indicates that that is exactly what happened. Wimbledon 2021: Emma Raducanu is 'feeling better' after retiring from fourth-round match Wow, Federer was pitiful in that third set. I don't think we will see him at Wimbledon again. Edited July 7, 2021 by I Am A Swede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 7, 2021 Members Share Posted July 7, 2021 Roger just had his Pete Sampras moment. Falls and misses smash and a love set lost! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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