Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 22, 2023 Members Share Posted January 22, 2023 I can’t bring myself to get up or stay up for any of these weekend matches. This the most sleep I’ve ever gotten during an Australian Open tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 22, 2023 Members Share Posted January 22, 2023 Was a good night even though Sinner lost. I was pulling for him. I don't want Tsitsipas to win Australia. Glad Lehecka won! He's become my new favorite behind Dominic. Korda almost blew his match last night but pulled it out. @Faulkner Dominic is adorable! I was surprised he knew all the winners. He should've won it in 2020. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 24, 2023 Members Share Posted January 24, 2023 I saw bits and pieces of the Rybakina and Ostapenko match....funny. Nothin's changed since the last time I saw Ostapenko. Complaining about every call practically...and I know it's happened before but someone (was that Stubbs?) mentioned, even with the automated line calls she still says it's incorrect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 24, 2023 Members Share Posted January 24, 2023 She also said that's why no one wants to coach her. Please register in order to view this content She complains all the time and doesn't do what the coach tells her to do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 25, 2023 Members Share Posted January 25, 2023 I still have memories of pitched battles between Serbians and Bosnians outside of RLA at least a decade ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 25, 2023 Members Share Posted January 25, 2023 The ass hole and his family present after trashing Australia. What a sh!tty final between him and Tsitsipas. I can't stand either one or their families. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 26, 2023 Members Share Posted January 26, 2023 I wondered when Vika would become Vika again. So that happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 26, 2023 Members Share Posted January 26, 2023 This year's Australian open has to be one of the worst ever. The women's final four was atrocious! I hardly even paid attention to the women's side. The men's side was no better. The major 3 courts were so empty as well during the tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 26, 2023 Members Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) Aside from Linette randomly peaking (has she ever made the second week of a major prior to this?), I thought the final four was pretty good on paper. Two Slam winners on one side. Vika playing well. Rybakina actually backing her Wimbledon title a bit. Sabalenka finally breaking through. Are they huge stars, aside from Vika? No, but they mostly are people who *should* be in the conversation to win majors based on past performance. Edited January 26, 2023 by Faulkner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 27, 2023 Members Share Posted January 27, 2023 Can't remember the last time, if ever, a slam was so underwhelming. The King and Queen are gone and Rafa is holding on for dear life. End of an era Please register in order to view this content The WTA is a mess! The upside, you ask? The heiress with no weapons will not be winning the AO. Pegula shows the really bad shape the WTA is in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 27, 2023 Members Share Posted January 27, 2023 To me, Rybakina had a really tough trip to the final. That was not an easy quarter to come out of. Sabalenka has shown promise for years and has over the years, beaten some very good players. I don't think the women's final is that bad. What it does underline for me is that Keys is likely won't be winning a Slam, because for a while it was literally almost there for the taking. I'm having doubts about Gauff as well - there comes a point where you have to admit she's no longer the 15, 16, 17, 18 year young prodigy. By no means is it too late, but when you reach 19 years old, if you're going to take control the way so many Women Champion did - it's time. And I said that last year. I do think she's going to win some Slams, but it's not going to be the 12, 15, 18 slams that we might have thought. And what's puzzling is the feeling that - why not? There doesn't SEEM to be anyone THERE. Weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 27, 2023 Members Share Posted January 27, 2023 People have been asking for more aggressive tennis on the WTA side, and you’ll certainly get that from Rybakina and Sabalenka. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 27, 2023 Members Share Posted January 27, 2023 Some folks were musing about the early millennium WTA stars and how many had the personality, the game and were cocky AF back then. I don’t see a return to that era, tennis as an industry is wholly different, an industry that seems to disregard the aspect of sports as entertainment and promotes the suffering mentality and would have us believe that the more agonizing and torturous a match is, the more epic it will be. The ATP wasn’t any better either. They really promote the torturous match and slap a “warrior” label on it. I sure as hell wasn’t paying for an ESPN+ subscription to watch that! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 27, 2023 Members Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) The rankings are so messed up that Tsitsipas has a chance at being #1? Terrible...... I can't stand either player but I'm hoping for a novak win. The women.....who cares.... Oh and Tommy Paul.....out of his league..... He had an easy draw. Edited January 27, 2023 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Well, I’m happy for Sabalenka. Always great to see a player who struggled to close big matches finally come through at the highest level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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