If Thiem doesn't win Roland Garros within the next 3 years, I'll be shocked.
What a performance against Nadal today.
What a performance against Nadal today.
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.And no surprise today as Thiem cruises to the title.
"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?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?
True.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.
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 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.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.
Is TSN carrying Madrid? I just checked my TV listings on Roger and didn't see it.
So there is no hawkeye?The linespeople are having a godawful day which adds immensely to the players' tension.
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.So there is no hawkeye?