The Tennis Thread

[ChitHappens]

A 3rd set was fine, but I was bored. The men's final was such a disappointment. All I could think of was AO12 and was way too excited only to get that mess yesterday. What a disappointing tennis weekend!

[Soapsuds]

The new rankings...I stopped at the top 30

ATP singles rankings as on June 9, 2014:

(Rank, Name & Nationality, Points, Week Change, Tournaments Played)

1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 12,500 0 19
2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 12,330 0 18
3 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI) 5,480 0 21
4 Federer, Roger (SUI) 4,945 0 21
5 Murray, Andy (GBR) 4,840 3 20
6 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 4,680 0 24
7 Ferrer, David (ESP) 4,190 -2 25
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4,125 -1 20
9 Raonic, Milos (CAN) 3,245 0 21
10 Gulbis, Ernests (LAT) 2,725 7 25
11 Isner, John (USA) 2,690 0 23
12 Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 2,645 -2 21
13 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) 2,435 -1 23
14 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 2,355 -1 24
15 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 2,155 0 28
16 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 1,930 0 26
17 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 1,775 -3 21
18 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 1,710 2 24
19 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) 1,680 2 30
20 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 1,660 8 23
21 Haas, Tommy (GER) 1,655 -3 25
22 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 1,630 -3 23
23 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 1,555 2 24
24 Janowicz, Jerzy (POL) 1,510 -1 21
25 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 1,450 -3 24
26 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 1,410 0 22
27 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 1,395 -3 30
28 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP) 1,375 1 25
29 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 1,350 -2 27
30 Granollers, Marcel (ESP) 1,250 9 29

[ChitHappens]

Shameful that Delpo is out after surgery and Tsonga continues to fall. This was the chance to gain some ground! Loser!

[Soapsuds]

I knew Tsonga would drop. He had too many points to defend from last years semi run. He could be out of the top 20 by US Open time...yikes...

Murray is the one who has lots of points to defend now from Wimbledon. If he loses early he could drop out of the top 10.

[Soapsuds]

[Soapsuds]

Murray loses to Stepanek in 4th round of Queens

Nadal upset by Brown at Hallie tournament and Roger wins in 3 sets.

Tsonga about to go out of Queens as well...not surprised.

[ChitHappens]

Sigh!

[DramatistDreamer]

I do like Dustin 'Dreddy' Brown though. He's a journeyman who is fun to watch and was in desperate need of a break and he got a good one today.

The transition from clay to grass is proving rough for some this year, it seems.

I love grass court tennis but the grind of the schedule in the past few years and the all too disjointed and short grass court season has been killing it.

[ChitHappens]

Last year was the same. Wimblegeddon anyone? The seeds were dropping like flies!

[Soapsuds]

Tsonga lost

And yes Wimbledon last year was horrible.

Nadal has never been that good on grass even though he has won the tournament before.

[Soapsuds]

With Andy Murray losing..now Berdych and he are tied at #5 in the rankings with the exact same points...lol

I dont know if that has ever happened before in the rankings.

[Gina90]

I would not be suprised if Nadal wil lose early again at wimbeldon the last 3 years he barely do nothing on grass

Edited June 12, 2014 by Prizzle

[Gina90]

@soapsuds I always thought Nadal's 2e best surface was grass but since 2011/2012 it is his worst

Edited June 12, 2014 by Prizzle

[Soapsuds]

For me its hard courts ..then indoor courts and then grass for Nadal...he hasnt done well indoors either

[DramatistDreamer]

Oh yes, I remember the great Wimblegeddon of 2013. I also remember the animated video done by those Taiwanese animators. Does anyone else remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRdSgqjEYI&src_vid=3xb0JdKjm-s&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_947395&channel=NMATV