Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XII

[Tuggy]

If Thiem doesn't win Roland Garros within the next 3 years, I'll be shocked.

What a performance against Nadal today.

 

[kihei]

Man, that last service game was tense, Thiem going down love-40 and obviously showing nerves only to pull it out with some clutch play and one heart-stopping drop shot that must have cleared the net by half an inch. For Rafa, his groundies really lack depth these days with so many shots landing near or inside the service line. Great performance by Thiem and a confidence builder for the French Opem.

 

[MsMeow]

Of course my PVR decided that I wasn't going to see the end of that match. What I saw was more Thiem playing great than Rafa playing badly.

 

[Tuggy]

And no surprise today as Thiem cruises to the title.

 

[MsMeow]

And no surprise today as Thiem cruises to the title.

He was down a break right off the bat and I was only able to watch till he broke back. A bagel in the second is pretty impressive. I hope he hasn't peaked too early for the French.

 

[kihei]

He was down a break right off the bat and I was only able to watch till he broke back. A bagel in the second is pretty impressive. I hope he hasn't peaked too early for the French.

"Peaking" is a lot like "momentum" to me. I'm very skeptical of these words which really are the construct of sports writer's trying to explain things by simplifying them. It's still early in the season; his legs are fresh, and he is still young. If you were him, how would you feel about it? Would you feel that you benefited from losing in the quarters or semis, or would you really feel good about winning Barcelona and be eager for the next tournament?

 

[MsMeow]

"Peaking" is a lot like "momentum" to me. I'm very skeptical of these words which really are the construct of sports writer's trying to explain things by simplifying them. It's still early in the season; his legs are fresh, and he is still young. If you were him, how would you feel about it? Would you feel that you benefited from losing in the quarters or semis, or would you really feel good about winning Barcelona and be eager for the next tournament?

It depends, if he gets too high because of his win he might lose focus. If someone loses earlier, like Nadal did, it might motivate.

 

[kihei]

It depends, if he gets too high because of his win he might lose focus. If someone loses earlier, like Nadal did, it might motivate.

True.

 

[Tuggy]

Looks like Andreescu won't be making her return from injury next week in Madrid.

She is only just back on the court.



Hopefully Rome, but probably not.

 

[MsMeow]

Looks like Andreescu won't be making her return from injury next week in Madrid.

She is only just back on the court.



Hopefully Rome, but probably not.

I hope she plays Kerber again!

 

[Tuggy]

Zverev falls in the QF in Munich and fails to defend his title.

Gotta wonder where his confidence is going into the big spring clay swing coming up (Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros).

Hasn't been a stellar start to 2019 for him.

 

[kihei]

Zverev falls in the QF in Munich and fails to defend his title.

Gotta wonder where his confidence is going into the big spring clay swing coming up (Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros).

Hasn't been a stellar start to 2019 for him.

I remember some semi--annoying infrequent poster making a comment a year and a half ago or so when we were all preferring Sascha over Thiem chiming in with, no, no, Thiem is gonna be better, you just wait and see. He may have had a point.

 

[Tuggy]

I remember some semi--annoying infrequent poster making a comment a year and a half ago or so when we were all preferring Sascha over Thiem chiming in with, no, no, Thiem is gonna be better, you just wait and see. He may have had a point.

Not much debate so far in 2019

Zverev has the Madrid title to defend aswell next week (final in Rome too).

We'll see if he can find his form.

 

[kihei]

Zverev drops to #4 in the world and you know who moves up to #3---at the top of the ATP rankings, it seems like some combination of Nole, Rafa and Roger will never die.

 

[Tuggy]

Quite the draw in Madrid.

Denis-Felix first round. The winner gets Nadal...

Also a rare Federer sighting on clay.

All the big guns out in Madrid. Del Potro also scheduled to return.

 

[Hadoop]

Awful draw for Denis and Felix.

 

[MsMeow]

Is TSN carrying Madrid? I just checked my TV listings on Roger and didn't see it.

 

[Tuggy]

Is TSN carrying Madrid? I just checked my TV listings on Roger and didn't see it.

I don't see it listed.

Denis/Felix on the schedule for tomorrow.

 

[MsMeow]

TSN2 has tennis bloopers on tomorrow for hours. I can understand the Raptors' game being on most of their channels but surely to God they can give us this match on TSN2 instead of fluff?



Here's the answer.

 

[MsMeow]

Felix up a break early but they're both playing fairly sloppy tennis.

 

[kihei]

Man, this sixth game they both look so tense.

 

[kihei]

The linespeople are having a godawful day which adds immensely to the players' tension.

 

[MsMeow]

The linespeople are having a godawful day which adds immensely to the players' tension.

So there is no hawkeye?

 

[kihei]

This is exactly like watching one of the worst Serena/Venus matches.

 

[kihei]

So there is no hawkeye?

The Euro TV feed I'm getting is showing hawkeye, but I haven's seen a single player's challenge so far so I don't know. The players and the umpire have been sorting things out on their own.