Tennis Thread - Grand Slams & The Tour

Canada win the Davis Cup for the first time beating Australia.

Hazelwood win the European 40s in Turkey.

 

Nick Borlotti Bean has died aged 91.

I understood why he always wore sunglasses when I saw him in the players'restaurant at Wimbledon in '89.

He looked like a Panda in reverse without them!

Clever business man who outrageously claimed to have invented the drive volley!

 

Seven hours over two days to clear a court.
It would have helped if the so called groundsman could have helped or even opened the garage where the snow shovels were hidden.

The Romanian cavalry arrived AND Albert found them behind two decaying former groundsmen.

Don't you love British tennis clubs!

 

I see big, bad Boris is out and will soon be deported. Maybe Cruella will send him to Rwanda?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/63987543

 

The man paying 3k per week on his Wimbledon home.

Stupid sod.

 

They have had it before and can just about afford it given how much other broadcasters have eaten into their PL coverage.

Fair play to my 9am group of teenagers.

It was -5° on court then.

A balmy 2° now!

 

The clueless child running the Hobblesdon mixed 1st team strikes again!

He has managed to arrange a match at a time when there are two ladies 40s matches!

Given that the ladies champion and county captain at 50s isn't even considered,(she had the temerity to stand up for a friend who some of the others were bitching about) yet a 15 year old with almost no match play,let alone mixed play, is in the chat, constitutes a major flaw.

Insanity.

 

No.
Absolutely not.
Was way off it at the Tour Finals.
Probably his last year and will go all out for his 127th RG!

 

Has recovered from breast cancer before I think but when it returns it's not usually good news.

Hoping for the best for her.

Transformed the women's game with her professionalism and talent.

The best female player to my mind.

Best wishes Martina.

 

Stage 1 is a good time to catch and treat it so hopefully they can eradicate all of it.

 

That match was on as I arrived at Harpenden for my first aid course,with an instructor who looked and sounded like Hywell Bennett.

ER moaning at a slippery court?

 

Last year starting to take its toll on a still growing lad.

Watson out of AO qualies.

US win United Cup.

 

Although he's just signed for Saints I hear!

 

Peniston and Broady lose.

Boulter and Burrage win in qualies.

 

Daft to bet against ND,Toney take note!

Yes although sadly not for Naomi Osaka whose mental health problems persist.

I doubt we will see her return.

Sad.

 

Boulter loses in two.
Burrage and Miyazaki win.
Miyazaki plays Vandeweghe, hugely able but plagued by injuries.

 

That's great news for her!

 

Just so!
However if you're not seeded that's the problem.
I would say that neither Matteo or Rafa will be pleased. Lefties don't like playing fellow lefties either and the best time to play a top player is early in the draw, especially Rafa who is or was way below his level.

Murray is superb at neutralizing the serve and will find Berrettini's backhand.

Both GB women lose final round of qualies.

 

Not for nothing is it known as the luck of the draw!

 

Norrie through to play Gasquet as RG receives a walkover. Both women's semi finals are walkovers too.

Kwon,a lucky loser,beats Draper in Auckland or is it Adelaide?! Too many alphas!

 

That's the trouble with warm up tournaments,the players or the top players treat them as exhibitions and most top players don't play the week before a major.

Surprising winner in Auckland, Gasquet beating Norrie at his home tournament.

Kwon,on the comeback after numerous WFC like injuries,is a break up on RBA.

 

RBA is a superb competitor.

 

Kwon wins!

Good effort.

Plays Eubanks the American which is winnable.

Infuriating comment on the Hobblesdon mixed chat.

" Nice hands for an older lady".

Pardon?!

Err never heard of BJK, Martina,Rosie Casals, Evonne Cawley,Maria Bueno,Lisa Raymond....

The tyranny of now indeed!

Berk.