Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XVI

[kihei]

Wu beat Kyrgios 5 and 3. Nick looked out of shape, out of sorts, and like he wished he could be somewhere else.

 

[MsMeow]

Venus lost in 3 to a 17 year old. I wish she would stop asking for wildcards because she is taki g a spot from a young, up and coming player

 

[Tuggy]

Nishikori also on the comeback trail. He's playing a CH event in Palmas del Mar.

He won his first match back in straight sets.

First match in 20 months for him.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Nick Kyrgios reveals he checked into psychiatric ward after 2019 Wimbledon defeat

Kyrgios said that his self harm gotten so out of control that he had to wear a spandex sleeve on the court to cover up the scars on his arm.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Tuggy]

Medvedev loses to Mannarino...

 

[Ben Grimm]

Ashlyn Krueger upsets No. 3 seed Victoria Azarenka to reach Den Bosch quarterfinals | Tennis.com

Top seed Veronika Kudermetova sailed through her second-round match at the Libema Open on Wednesday.

www.tennis.com

Seeds Frances Tiafoe, Hubert Hurkacz, Lorenzo Musetti move into Stuttgart quarterfinals | Tennis.com

In 's-Hertogenbosch, Jannik Sinner sailed past Alexander Bublik to line up a last-eight meeting with Emil Ruusuvuori.

www.tennis.com

 

[Tuggy]

Raonic and Andresscu both losers today.

 

[kihei]

Journeyman Jordan Thompson usually reminds me of a dog who hangs around the table in hope that if he waits long enough scraps will fall his way. This was one of those days when they did. Milos played a very good first set but failed to convert two set points at 6-5, and then the opportunistic Aussie took the breaker. After blowing a tap-in for game point at 1-2, Milos quickly fell apart and Jordan diligently closed the match out fast 6-1.

 

[kihei]

Fairly mind-blowing statistic concerning Tallon Griekspoor's success against Top Ten players:

Matches played in the Netherlands: 5-2
Matches played outside the Netherlands: 0-10

 

[kihei]

At home in cozy surroundings, Griekspoor defeats Thompson who was going for his first title in thirteen years in three sets.

Tiafoe outpowers Struff in three sets in Stuttgart. Both players look like dangerous players at Wimbledon capable of pulling off an upset or two.

 

[Ben Grimm]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/sport/emma-raducanu-us-open-injuries-spt-intl/index.html

 

[kihei]

Shapo looked great winning two tight sets against Harris, a good grass court player himself. Dennis used controlled aggression effectively, not serve and volleying but getting to the net a lot anyway. Smart tennis, in control and well within himself.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Venus Williams gets first top 50 win since 2019 in 3-hour upset at Birmingham Classic

Ranked No. 697, Williams gave a vintage performance in the victory.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[kihei]

It took Alcaraz three tough sets to defeat Rinderknech at Queen's. He's still learning the surface and may struggle to get past the quarters at Wimbledon.

 

[kihei]

Zverev rushed Shapo something fierce in the first set and Denis responded by losing focus. The second set was more of the same. It didn't really look like a fair competition even.

 

[Hadoop]

It took Alcaraz three tough sets to defeat Rinderknech at Queen's. He's still learning the surface and may struggle to get past the quarters at Wimbledon.

Well Alcaraz won the Queen's title today, so it seems he's a pretty quick study

 

[Ben Grimm]

Well Alcaraz won the Queen's title today, so it seems he's a pretty quick study

Carlos Alcaraz regains No. 1 ranking over Novak Djokovic with first grass court championship

Alcaraz regains his No. 1 ranking just one week before Wimbledon.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[kihei]

Well Alcaraz won the Queen's title today, so it seems he's a pretty quick study

You could notice the difference from the start of the week through the final. Still, this was a win basically against the junior varsity, and Wimbledon is a whole nother kettle of fish.

 

[Tuggy]

Back to #1 for Carlos.

Looks like grass wasn't so bad after all

 

[Hadoop]

Bublik also won today. Like Krygios he's a joy to watch when he's in the mood, as evidenced by his highlights from this week on Tennis TV.

 

[Tuggy]

She is coming back

 

[Jack Straw]

You probably need a subscription to Washington Post to read this, but it’s a great (and long) article about the friendship between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, from when they first met through their careers, personal lives, and fights against cancer. Personally theirs was the greatest rivalry that I’ve ever seen in tennis and the article really gives you a new perspective on both of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...lova-cancer/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f002

 

[kihei]

I had no idea that Bjorn Borg had a son who was a professional tennis player until he popped up in the Gstaad Open today against the lesser Ymer, Elias. Leo shares a facial resemblance, a baseline game and Fila gear with his father, but not much else. He is 20-years-old, ranked #441 in the world, and he is not very good--if he gets as high as #250 in the rankings I'd be surprised. He has a 0-13 record on the Challenger tour and coming into Gstaad, he was 0-2 on the ATP tour, He has a lifetime 61-61 record on the Futures Tour, the lowest league in professional tennis.

Leo's game bears no resemblance to his father's game. Big hitch in his serve; no heavy, looping topspin off both wings; no power whatsoever from the ground; no groundstrokes that recall Swiss-watch accuracy and perfection; no Steve McQueen-level hyper cool charisma. He beat Ymer in straight sets today, a player who can and will lose to anybody and proved it once again. I'll catch Borg's next match against Coria, after which I doubt I shall ever hear of him again.

 

[MsMeow]

I had no idea that Bjorn Borg had a son who was a professional tennis player until he popped up in the Gstaad Open today against the lesser Ymer, Elias. Leo shares a facial resemblance, a baseline game and Fila gear with his father, but not much else. He is 20-years-old, ranked #441 in the world, and he is not very good--if he gets as high as #250 in the rankings I'd be surprised. He has a 0-13 record on the Challenger tour and coming into Gstaad, he was 0-2 on the ATP tour, He has a lifetime 61-61 record on the Futures Tour, the lowest league in professional tennis.

Leo's game bears no resemblance to his father's game. Big hitch in his serve; no heavy, looping topspin off both wings; no power whatsoever from the ground; no groundstrokes that recall Swiss-watch accuracy and perfection; no Steve McQueen-level hyper cool charisma. He beat Ymer in straight sets today, a player who can and will lose to anybody and proved it once again. I'll catch Borg's next match against Coria, after which I doubt I shall ever hear of him again.

I was wondering if he was a Borg descendent but was thinking grandson, not son.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

DICK move

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/sport/zhang-shuai-amarissa-toth-intl-spt/index.html

Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai retired from a match in tears after a tense incident with Amarissa Toth at the Hungarian Grand Prix saw Toth use her foot to erase a contested ball mark from the court.