Tennis Thread - Grand Slams & The Tour

Wrong!
Tsitsi beats Garin and plays Rublev in the final.

 

Rublev wins 7-5 in the third.
Evans loses in five to Nishikori.

 

Impressive win for Sinner.
Coming on leaps and bounds.

 

Murray blasted off court by Stan,not helped by placing himself in the third row of the president's box.
Can't play Stan from that far back.
Coco's serve is a dog's dinner.

 

Konta, showing all the feel of a guillotine,out in straight to Gauff.
0/3 for Brits.

 

Azarenka definitely not impressed with the weather,although funniest moment was Murray moaning at BOTH spectators on Chatrier for talking!

 

Watson remains of the GB players.

 

Watson falls.

 

Rublev and Tsitsi come back from two sets down to win.
Djokovic instraight v Ymer.

 

Shocking over rule by the umpire in the Trevisan Gauff match,fortunately it didn't influence the result as the qualifier defeated Gauff.
Zverev in five v Herbert who had enough chances to win.
Serena withdraws with an Achilles problem that originated at Flushing. Time is running out for the second greatest female player ever.

 

I'll find it thoroughly depressing if either Nadal or Djokovic overtake Federer's slam record.

Still hoping Fed can grab one more next year. Other than that praying for Thiem and the "new gen" to finally take over. Thiem the only one with any chance of winning RG.

 

Sorry Nath but I'd be amazed if Nadal or Djokovic aren't victorious at RG and every chance one or both of them will overtake Federer.
It would be an astonishing effort for Thiem to win in Paris given how short a break it has been since Flushing.

 

Pliskova is a great example of a ball striker and not a tennis player,many of them in the female game.
Nishikori is older so shouldn't fall into the Next Gen category. He is a major finalist but a male version of Pliskova, albeit KP has a better serve.
Zverev is also now a major finalist and is improving although slowly.
Augur Aliassime and Tsitsi remain the best of the new bunch I'd say with Shapovalov also very capable despite his loss today.

 

Brilliant win for Hugo Gaston 6-0 in the fifth v Stan. A good day for France as Caroline Garcia beats Elise Mertens 5 in the third. Petr Korda's son Sebastien also through so two players outside the top 200 in the last sixteen,such depth.
Routine for Halep,Thiem and Nadal.

 

As Herr Flick would say "this is true"!
Not too many artists out there,Barty and Tsitsipas and Kygios when he's not faffing about!
Lots and lots of brutal hitting in both games,Medvedev,Khachaov,Rublev,Augur Aliassime and almost all of the female tour.
The most relevant aspect of this is the advance in string technology in the last twenty years,my own sponsors Babolat are to the fore in this with RPM Blast which many favour. An absolutely murderous string that ruins your arm and benefits the physios. I used it for a couple of years but switched to Excel which is much softer and has a great deal more 'feel'.
Nevertheless each string manufacturer will have similar string and it allows players to pulverise the ball into submission. Try being artistic with that!
Great win for Altimaeir over Berettinni in straight.
I can see that Tsitsi v Bedene,that most transparent of GB converts a few years ago,will clash with the Reading match unless Pablo Carreno Busta can win in three v Batista Agut.

 

Bedene ; a very expensive new Brit for the LTA a few years ago.
The federation can easily waste funds without the help of flimsy Davis Cup cases brought to the ITF.

 

Tsitsi impressive for a second match in a row and importantly conserving energy.
Djokovic clearly has a table booked for 8.30pm Paris time!

 

Yes only really Collins v Muguruza that ebbed and flowed,Kvitova to some degree.

 

Swiatek showing lots of elan and panache in the early moments against Halep.

 

Swiatek demolishes Halep in a performance of power,poise and variety.
Very impressive.

 

Yes Kvitova will fancy her chances but Swiatek on that display will take some stopping.
Kenin in the same half as PK and she is annoyingly efficient and equally annoyingly American,screeching and shouting like a harpie and has the Stars and Stripes cosmetics on her bat.
Sinner dealing with an ailing Zverev and Nadal toying with Korda.

 

Sinner v Zverev is very very dull.
Great ball striking but no variety,no width no chanes of spin or pace. Very repetitive and one dimensional.

 

Thiem grinding his way through Gaston.

 

Superb comeback by Hugo.
Never seen anyone drop shot so well,so often from behind the baseline too.
Can the meagre crowd sustain him to glory?
Admirable guts that Man Utd players would do well to copy.

 

Thiem in five but Gaston will be one to watch.
Plays Diego the pocket rocket next.

 

Kvitova in two and Tsitsi in straight against Dimitrov in a stylish match that hinged on the second set tie break.
Plays Rublev next in a repeat of the Hamburg final where he served for the title.

 

Djokovic in straight and probably to play PCB in a repeat of the New York episode.
Last home player out in Ferro to Kenin.