Tennis: French Open 2019

[Hadoop]

A composed and well-played match from a calm, cool and collected customer in Ash Barty. Congrats on her maiden slam. And here's hoping we see Barty contend for more majors in the future because I like both her game and demeanor a lot.

 

[Tuggy]

Cool photo from the ATP socials.

 

[Beau Knows]

Well the final is gonna be tomorrow. I hope Thiem has enough left in the tank, it should be an excellent match if he does.

 

[Maestro84]

Wow Thiem pulled it off. He’s played for 4 days straight now including tomorrow so not sure how much is left in the tank for Domi. He’s only 25 tho so his recovery time would naturally be a lot quicker than someone Nadal/Djokovic/Federer’s age (despite those three being superhuman)

 

[kihei]

A composed and well-played match from a calm, cool and collected customer in Ash Barty. Congrats on her maiden slam. And here's hoping we see Barty contend for more majors in the future because I like both her game and demeanor a lot.

Barty seems very old-school Australian to me (pre-Hewitt, Tomic and Kyrgios, in other words), a very refreshing and easy to like presence.

Wish I got to see the men's final tomorrow, but I will be on the road early.

 

[Beau Knows]

If Thiem wins he'll be the first player born in the 90's to win a slam.

 

[Tuggy]

Going Thiem and Blues on proline to win $41. Let's go!

 

[Vamos Rafa]

If Thiem wins he'll be the first player born in the 90's to win a slam.

That's mind-boggling. First player born in the 80s to win a Slam was Marat Safin almost 19...19 years ago at the 2000 USO.

I'm hoping the 90s player drought continues, though.

 

[Maestro84]

That's mind-boggling. First player born in the 80s to win a Slam was Marat Safin almost 19...19 years ago at the 2000 USO.

I'm hoping the 90s player drought continues, though.

The youngest male on planet earth right now to have won a major is Marin Cilic and he's 30.....90's born players have easily been the worst gen in ATP history

 

[Hadoop]

Game on as Thiem evens the French Open final at a set a piece.

Nadal just took one of those patented 10-minute bathroom breaks those main purpose is to reset himself and halt Thiem's momentum. Hate that.

Unsurprisingly Rafa breaks at love the very next game and his first service game as love as well. Ugh. I think Thiem should have gone to the locker room himself too.

 

[Jussi]

Rafa's on a roll now.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Thiem ran out of gas - he's trying to force shots like he did last year and that won't work. Nadal will win #12

 

[Jussi]

Rafa serving for match.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Legendary Rafa

 

[Jussi]

RAFA GOAT!!!!!!!

 

[Panteras]

Should stop calling him the King of Clay and be called the God of Clay from now on. Seriously if I had to bet a record that will never be broken is his RG records

 

[Jussi]

Should stop calling him the King of Clay and be called the God of Clay from now on. Seriously if I had to bet a record that will never be broken is his RG records

He will surpass Federer in overall wins eventually as well.

 

[Terry Yake]

12 FO wins is just mindblowing

 

[MsMeow]

Rafa's tenacity is unmatched in tennis and maybe other sports, too. Well deserved win.

 

[Novak Djokovic]

Well done, Rafa. Simply amazing.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Thiem sounds like Arnold lol

 

[PanniniClaus]

Rafa is amazing. I was pulling for Thiem but he's just too good.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

At a certain point Rafa's dominance at Rold Garros is going to have be recognized as one of the greatest achievments in this history of sport. Especially since he has done this directly across the primes of Federer and Djokovic. He's a ridiculous 93-2 at Roland Garros, and even that understates his dominance as he's only dropped 27 sets across his 95 matches.

Its also not a coincidence that the only 3 non-Rafa winners since 2005 all avoided him en route to victory.

 

[Asheville]

kihei crying on his roadtrip

 

[Panteras]

At a certain point Rafa's dominance at Rold Garros is going to have be recognized as one of the greatest achievments in this history of sport. Especially since he has done this directly across the primes of Federer and Djokovic. He's a ridiculous 93-2 at Roland Garros, and even that understates his dominance as he's only dropped 27 sets across his 95 matches.

Its also not a coincidence that the only 3 non-Rafa winners since 2005 all avoided him en route to victory.

he also had an 81 game win streak on clay. Just his dominiance on the surface is one of the greatest achievements in sports.
Every tennis player seems to have a favorite surface and tournament. For Roger it's Wimbledon/grass, for Djoko it's Australia/hard surface. But nobody has dominated like Rafa has dominated clay. Specially since, if I'm not mistaken, clay seems to be where most Europeans and Latin Americans train.