Tennis Thread - Grand Slams & The Tour

Ruble rumbles Evans,Paul and Wolf beat fellow Americans Brooksby and Mmoh in straight,Boy Band also in straight v South Bank Show Humbert.

Linda Fruhitova starting to make inroads and the Czech production line continues.

 

Lendal is moving better than Murray on the practice court and he's sitting down!

 

Rybakina is Wimbledon champion so hardly a big shock,Gauff has too many technical weaknesses that haven't been addressed I believe,gets by on her competitive nature and being a superb athlete.

Didn't see Lehecka beating Felix but he's a fine talent.

Korda beats Hubie in a Champ T fifth and Khachanov destroys Nishioka.

 

Στέφανος prevails!
Two sets up and in control he became passive and let Sinner in.
The Italian with a combination of improved serving and good almost Alcatraz like use of the drop shot, levelled.
The Hellenic crowd raised their level as did Tsitsi who with shorter serves to the deuce court and less errors came through to face Lehecka.

Azarenka and Zhu are left on the night shift!

 

Aza wins to reach her first quarter final since becoming a mother.

I do wish commentators,in this case journalist Yasmin Syed of the Getsworse, get their facts right.

Babolat haven't provided the ball at RG for three years Yasmin.

They were outbid by Wilson.

 

Hopefully!

Best opportunity so far for Tsitsi to win a major.

Marathon for Ruble v the Boy Band and Shelton v Wolf.

Garcia out,Vekic keeps on keeping on!

Come on little Alex!

 

ADM given a lesson from Djokovic.
Paul beats RBA in four.

 

Yes but he'll have many more opportunities.

I remember his father Brian or Bryan.

 

Korda stops at 2 sets and 3-0 down.
Ribena beats Ostapenko.

 

I didn't see much of it but Aza moved up the court well and withstood Pegula's power. Distinct lack of variety in JP's game as with so many of the ladies.

Barty retiring makes it even more stark.

Tsitsi in three.

 

Linette has been working her way up the rankings these last eighteen months.

Ruble looks far too hit and miss to trouble the 'injured' Djokovic.

 

Oh very classy Mr Djokovic senior,very classy.

 

Ribena beats Aza in a nervy semi final.

 

Sabalenka always reminds me of Nurse Diesel from 'High Anxiety'.

 

Yes no escape for Linette Skynyrd.
Dreadful as ever from Simon Reed.
"Sabalenka has weapons of mass destruction".
How he keeps his job I have no idea.
Idiot.

 

All aboard the Tsitsi rollercoaster!
Had match points and switched off and now in a fourth.

Sometimes watching is more exhausting than playing!

 

Tsitsi in four,no drama as such to close out.
Djokovic senior is staying away from his son's match in an hour.

 

Djokovic in straight.
Seemed slightly grumpy at times.
Paul will need to tidy up his serve and forehand if he wants to make the top 10.

No GB boys in Melbourne.

Two girls. Ella McDonald loses in the first round, seeded 3. Girl from Loughborough University, sorry her name escapes me,loses in the semi final.

 

Djokovic? Perhaps and possibly the constant heckling that follows him.

There's always a chance but his record isn't good v ND.

He'll have the crowd support of the second biggest Greek city that's certain.

He'll need to serve well and try and keep ND guessing.

I would imagine he'll need to transition too, whether that includes serving and volleying,as his coach would have I'm not sure. He made reference to this or the lack of it post match today.

Heart says Tsitsi,head says ND.

Stoiber is the Loughborough girl.

 

Go Novak!

And I wonder if Rybakina can cause a minor upset tomorrow.

 

The one remaining Djokovic supporter I'm aware of!

Less likely to choke than Nurse Diesel I'd say and not sure how a Wimbledon champion is the underdog against a player who has constantly bottled big matches?

 

Hopefully a change tomorrow!

 

For the second consecutive year an Aussie wild card pair win the Men's.

Last year Kokkinakis and Kyrgios,this Kubler and Hiki Haki or whoever Tsitsi played in round 2.

 

Hopefully not.