Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XII
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Gulbis, looking like a shell of his former self, gets the first break but then is broken three straight times for a 6-2 loss. He seems intent on hitting everything as hard as he can with the result that he is piling up the unforced errors. He is in my top five fave players so this is sad to watch.
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Yeah that is too bad. 30 somethings who don't take care of their bodies generally don't do too well.
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Canadian Steven Diez got through qualifying in Lyon and won his first ATP tour level match this season in the first round, is giving Tsonga a match so far in the 2nd round.
Diez is a journeyman on the Challenger/Futures tour, but he's had a decent season when he's been able to stay healthy (always been an issue for him).
Diez is a journeyman on the Challenger/Futures tour, but he's had a decent season when he's been able to stay healthy (always been an issue for him).
Well, that point was beautifully constructed by Diez.
On the other hand, a gerbil could beat Tsonga the way he is playing at the moment.
Tsonga getting his knee treated during the break. Perhaps that explains things.
Even though he can't push off on serve and his movement is restricted by at least 30%, Tsonga hangs in there, but can't muster a break. On serve 3-2.
On the other hand, a gerbil could beat Tsonga the way he is playing at the moment.
Tsonga getting his knee treated during the break. Perhaps that explains things.
Even though he can't push off on serve and his movement is restricted by at least 30%, Tsonga hangs in there, but can't muster a break. On serve 3-2.
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Man, I haven't seen much evidence of that so far (I got here at the start of the second set).
Diez goes up love-30 and then is just awful, 5-5.
Tsonga gets the break, 6-5.
In an absolute horror show of a game, Diez somehow breaks back. Hello, tie breaker.
Has this dude ever heard of a drop shot against the lame" Apparently not.
Tsonga gets the break, 6-5.
In an absolute horror show of a game, Diez somehow breaks back. Hello, tie breaker.
Has this dude ever heard of a drop shot against the lame" Apparently not.
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Unfortunate that Tsonga is a shell of his former self these days. Knee problems are something that veteran players never completely recover from and he's another supporting member of the GOAT generation who is clearly deep in the back nine of his career.
Watching a replay of Denis' match. In the first set, he looks beaten before he starts, with no confidence and not much concentration on this surface at all today.
I hope this knee-sock look of Ugo (Humbert) Humbert (points if you get the literary reference on that one) doesn't catch on.
Early in the second set, with still a cavalier approach to execution from Denis, Shapo seems to decide that it would take more energy to lose to this guy than it would to just beat him....many stumbles along the way, though.
Ugo's mother is an absolute clone of Grace Slick.
I hope this knee-sock look of Ugo (Humbert) Humbert (points if you get the literary reference on that one) doesn't catch on.
Early in the second set, with still a cavalier approach to execution from Denis, Shapo seems to decide that it would take more energy to lose to this guy than it would to just beat him....many stumbles along the way, though.
Ugo's mother is an absolute clone of Grace Slick.
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