Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XIV

[kihei]

It was easy to see at 1-1 in the third set how gassed Vasek was. He got to 40-15 on serve in the third game, and I thought, "Oh, he's escaped." But that was as far as he could take it.

 

[kihei]

Dimitrov and Tsitsippas were on their way to an excellent match when the yips hit both of them badly around 3-all in the third set. For a change, Grigor toughed out, relatively speaking, a hard win.

 

[Tuggy]

Sonego up a double break against Djokovic in the Vienna. 5-1 first set.

I'm sure things will get back to normal, but

Ok, maybe not

6-2 6-1

 

[Hadoop]

!!! @ the scoreline.

What on earth happened to Novak today?!

 

[Incubajerks]

Grande Lorenzo!!!

 

[kihei]

Riblev with a very well-played, well earned win over Thiem today. I think it is safe to say that Andrey has reached the first tier of contenders.

 

[kihei]

!!! @ the scoreline.

What on earth happened to Novak today?!

Taking nothing away from Lorenzo, Nole played like a man who had just clinched #1 for the year in his previous match.

 

[kihei]

Medvedev out to Anderson in another match that seemed anything but vital. Daniil didn't have the year he had last year--those six straight finals at the end of the season might have taken something out of him---but he only fell two places to #6. I think he will bounce back big in 2021.

 

[Tuggy]

Thiem also not playing Paris.

Nadal is though.

 

[kihei]

Rublev defeats Anderson who has to withdraw at 1-4 in the second seet. The first set was entertaining power tennis all the way, very even, until Anderson, as he so often does, choked in his final service game. Kevin is awkward but he is big and strong and he can still hit the corners.

 

[kihei]

Sonego, continuing his nice late-season run, defeats Evans in straight sets to make the Vienna final.

 

[BMOK33]

Oh no. CiCi Bellis who was in the midst of making a run of possibly winning back to back ITF events withdrew due to injury today. I’m going to cry myself to sleep if she’s gotten the same injury again. I hate seeing players come all the way back only to have the same thing happen

 

[MsMeow]

Seems that Zverev could be in a heap of trouble. You have to scroll down to read the translated tweets.

 

[kihei]

Rublev and Sonego turned out about the way you would expect, 4 and 4 for Andrey. He has won three of his last four tournaments--Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Vienna.

 

[kihei]

It is worth noting that John Millman, on tour since 1989, won his first career title in Nur-Sulltan (Khazakhstan). I guess you could call it the Borat Open. Still a nice career highlight for a hard-working journeyman.

 

[Maverick41]

It is worth noting that John Millman, on tour since 1989, won his first career title in Nur-Sulltan (Khazakhstan). I guess you could call it the Borat Open. Still a nice career highlight for a hard-working journeyman.

Whoa, he's been on tour since he was born?
Unless I am very much mistaken Millman was born in June 1989 and turned pro in 2006.

Still it is a nice result for him to win his first career title at this stage of his career.

 

[kihei]

Whoa, he's been on tour since he was born?
Unless I am very much mistaken Millman was born in June 1989 and turned pro in 2006.

Still it is a nice result for him to win his first career title at this stage of his career.

Well, he was an infant prodigy, you see. Really nothing in sports history quite like it.

Thanks for the correction. I'm an idiot.

 

[MsMeow]

https://opencourt.ca/wordpress/2020/11/02/alexander-zverev-problems-sharypova-patea/

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. He definitely needs a PR firm that knows how to deal with crises. He's complicated his life in a huge way and if the allegations are true, they're pretty awful.

 

[MsMeow]

Felix lost the first set to Cilic 6-0? Whoa. On serve in the second.

Felix breaks in the second last game, goes down 0-40 then wins the set. It's painful to watch this match.

 

[kihei]

A new coach can't arrive soon enough. Felix's first set love defeat was likely the most thoroughly inept set of tennis that I have seen this year.

 

[Maestro84]

The projected semifinal match between Nadal and Zverev/Rublev is likely gonna decide who wins the tourney. Then again, this is Bercy and its 2020 so weirder things have happened in both situations lol

 

[kihei]

The projected semifinal match between Nadal and Zverev/Rublev is likely gonna decide who wins the tourney. Then again, this is Bercy and its 2020 so weirder things have happened in both situations lol

For sure. Paris is always crazy as most players just want to get their season over with. So expect the unexpected.

 

[kihei]

Poor Thompson. He played valiantly in the second set, competitive in some very long rallies, but Rafa won nearly every one of them, especially the really important ones, 6-1, 7-6 for the match. Textbook demonstration of Nadal's undiluted tenacity and fighting spirit.

 

[discostu]

Felix parting way's with his coach. Well overdue, and I imagine that he's the type of player a lot of top coaches would love to work with.

 

[Tuggy]

PCB taking it to Nadal.

I'll believe it when I see it,if he can finish this off.