1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, I thought about that too. Trying to figure out a way to hop on the surging Leylah train through the Commonwealth ties. I don’t remember them embracing the far less charismatic yet equally Canadian Milos Raonic as much when he beat their god Federer and played that Wimbledon final against Andy lol. 

Yeah they didn't wholeheartedly embrace Milos, up against beloved Wimbledon idols Federer and Andy Murray!

You may remember tennis player Greg Rusedski from back in the late 90s/early 2000s. He was British #1 for a while, alternating that top spot between him, Tim Henman and later Andy Murray. Well, he was Canadian, born in Montreal, but adopted British citizenship in 1995, allowing him to join Team GB immediately. So the British have rooted for Canadians before, or at least a British-Canadian in Greg's case. (Although Tim Henman was the one who really got those middle-class, southern-English crowds moist back in the day -- he was them, basically. The Kate Middleton of tennis, one might say).

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1 hour ago, Cat said:

(I thought it was interesting that Duchess Kate in her Tweet mentioned Leylah, maybe because she is a Canadian and there are very strong cultural, historic and Commonwealth ties between Britain and Canada. A small part of me wonders whether this was a way of claiming some small 'imperial' stake in a second potential future champion!).

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, I thought about that too. Trying to figure out a way to hop on the surging Leylah train through the Commonwealth ties. I don’t remember them embracing the far less charismatic yet equally Canadian Milos Raonic as much when he beat their god Federer and played that Wimbledon final against Andy lol. 

Or maybe she just felt that Fernandez' achievement was worth mentioning as well, since she's as young and unknown as Raducanu is.

When Milos Raonic reached the Wimbledon final he had already played semifinals in both Wimbledon and Australian Open so he wasn't a newcomer like Fernandez is now.

5 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

Or maybe she just felt that Fernandez' achievement was worth mentioning as well, since she's as young and unknown as Raducanu is.

When Milos Raonic reached the Wimbledon final he had already played semifinals in both Wimbledon and Australian Open so he wasn't a newcomer like Fernandez is now.

Could be. What is clear is that tennis is on fire right now with these young up-and-comers establishing a new generation of potential greats. Women's tennis is especially exciting at the moment!

^^

No argument there!  

29 minutes ago, Cat said:

Could be. What is clear is that tennis is on fire right now with these young up-and-comers establishing a new generation of potential greats. Women's tennis is especially exciting at the moment!

+1

30 minutes ago, Cat said:

Could be. What is clear is that tennis is on fire right now with these young up-and-comers establishing a new generation of potential greats. Women's tennis is especially exciting at the moment!

Cat nice to see you posting on tennis thread. 

As for women's tennis... I been so bored with it. It has become so stale. I really don't have anyone to root for. The excitement in the women's tour has fizzled IMO.

Coco loses and trashes racquet after match and starts crying during the trophy ceremony.

 

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Cat nice to see you posting on tennis thread. 

As for women's tennis... I been so bored with it. It has become so stale. I really don't have anyone to root for. The excitement in the women's tour has fizzled IMO.

When was the last time the women’s tour was exciting for you? I thought 2018-19 had potential to start some new rivalries with Sabalenka, Osaka, and Andreescu coming up. This tournament was the most exciting it’s been in a while IMO. Last year’s USO semis with Osaka/Brady and Vika/Serena were also wonderful. 

Men’s tennis has some interesting new players, but it’s not yet exciting again to me. Intriguing, maybe.

21 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

When was the last time the women’s tour was exciting for you? I thought 2018-19 had potential to start some new rivalries with Sabalenka, Osaka, and Andreescu coming up. This tournament was the most exciting it’s been in a while IMO. Last year’s USO semis with Osaka/Brady and Vika/Serena were also wonderful. 

Men’s tennis has some interesting new players, but it’s not yet exciting again to me. Intriguing, maybe.

The last time I was excited for women's tennis was when Venus had just arrived on the scene.

The new players now just suck.

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

The last time I was excited for women's tennis was when Venus had just arrived on the scene.

The new players now just suck.

Ok, that was a looooong time ago lol. 

2 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Ok, that was a looooong time ago lol. 

Yup...see I've been bored... Lol

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

Yup...see I've been bored... Lol

I’m assuming you enjoyed the early-to-mid-2000s (with Clijsters, Henin, Venus, Serena, Capriati, Davenport, early Sharapova in the mix), or do you literally mean the late ‘90s (when Steffi was still playing)?

2 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I’m assuming you enjoyed the early-to-mid-2000s (with Clijsters, Henin, Venus, Serena, Capriati, Davenport, early Sharapova in the mix), or do you literally mean the late ‘90s (when Steffi was still playing)?

Yes I loved all that but after they retired it got boring for me.

Thank gawd in the men I've had my favorites.

Edited September 12, 20214 yr by Soapsuds

That was a pretty nice reception for Novak on Ashe.

Will he do it?

Will another #2 seed win the championship?

 

Gawd I hate Patrick McEnroe. He's such a loser.

Maria is there!!

Novak looks tight.