Olympic tennis: schedule, venue and who could compete at Paris 2024
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Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XVI
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Very nice, confidence-building win for Nole over Griekspoor. Tallon started the match like a house afire, hitting blazing forehands through Nole. Griekspoor even was up love-40 with Djokovic serving at 4-5. But as is often the case with Griekspoor he couldn't close the deal and went quietly in the second set 6-1. Djokovic is getting exactly the kind of practice for Roland Garros that he needs.
Machac is definitely not the guy you want to play if you are still trying to round into shape. While he seldom finds angles and he rarely takes the net--it's a very north/south game--Machac will hit the ball as hard as he can and keep the ball in play for what seems like forever. The match was a game of streaks where the players traded their dominance. Machac won the last five games of the first set, lost all six games of the second set and then rebounded as Nole's endurance ebbed to take six of seven games in the deciding set. Odd set scores indeed. I still think that Nole got what he wanted from the week and will be the better for it in Paris.
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I wonder what it will do for his confidence. He seemed to be grunting really loud as well because he isn't in great shape.
What a great story. 20-year-old Giovanni Mpetshi Perricord, ranked #117, a career high, wins his home tournament in Lyon. Only his fourth ATP tournament, he had a career record of 2-3 coming in. Given a wild card by the tournament, he beat Sonego, Gaston and Bublik along the way before defeating Etcheverry 7-6 in the third set. He leapfrogs all the way to #66 in the world rankings.
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He pays a very hefty fine, but he also remains innocent in the eyes of German law.
Zverev settles abuse case ahead of semifinal win
Alexander Zverev has agreed to a settlement after the mother of his child accused him of physical abuse, and a German court closed the case Friday, his lawyers said.
He pays a very hefty fine, but he also remains innocent in the eyes of German law.
Jannik Sinner is No. 1 in the rankings for the first time and already is looking ahead to Wimbledon
Jannik Sinner has moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time. He moves up one spot to replace the injured Novak Djokovic at the top.
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Nadal announces that he will skip Wimbledon and focus on the Paris Olympics.
I've speculated before that I believe he will retire after the Olympics.
I've speculated before that I believe he will retire after the Olympics.
Actually, I was absolutely in error on this statement above. Zverev does not remain innocent in the eyes of German law. According to the spokesperson for the German court, the truth remains open--undetermined one way or another. That there was a settlement doesn't determine guilt or innocence; on that score, there is simply no verdict.Big news:
Zverev settles abuse case ahead of semifinal win
Alexander Zverev has agreed to a settlement after the mother of his child accused him of physical abuse, and a German court closed the case Friday, his lawyers said.
He pays a very hefty fine, but he also remains innocent in the eyes of German law.
Raonic with a nice, tense three set win over Norrie, 7-6 (9) in the third set. Milos must have had close to 50 aces. I wouldn't want to be the player that draws him in the first or second round at Wimbledon.
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Where is commentary when you want it (announcerless feed)? Murray visibly hurting even in the warm-up. Broken immediately, now 2-1 with an extended medical time-out. This would be a genuinely sad way to go if he can't continue, especially if it threatens his last appearance at Wimbledon. He's continuing but he is hobbled. Doubt this lasts long.
Andy withdraws at 1-4. He may have one more match in him for the first round at Wimbledon, but that is almost certainly going to be the end.
Andy withdraws at 1-4. He may have one more match in him for the first round at Wimbledon, but that is almost certainly going to be the end.
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Throughout all those injuries and great lengths of time away from tennis, Milos' game has changed hardly at all. Monumental serve and thunderous forehand, good though too infrequent volleys, lousy return of serve, poor movement, mediocre, inconsistent backhand. When he went down, it's like he just froze his game cybernetically and picked it up again when he finally got healthy.
Milos to serve at 5-4 in the first set breaker and then he blew three straight points. His groundies look pitiful today--sometimes secondary school-competition bad.
Fritz breaks in the ninth game and that's that. All that time off, one would think Milos worked on something...but there is no evidence he did.
Fritz breaks in the ninth game and that's that. All that time off, one would think Milos worked on something...but there is no evidence he did.
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He was a Wimbledon finalist in 2016. And got to the semis once and the quarters twice. It has been a while since he was even close to being a factor but it does seem a bit of a snub. On the other hand, maybe that's my Canadian bias talking. Raonic has given the committee no reason to think he is still competitive, so that might be the simplest explanation for the decision.
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Wimbledon is usually the one tournament that does a good job with wildcards, and not just gives them to every local player, what a shame.
Its also time to cutdown the number of Wildcards a grandslam gets, 8 is ridiculous, guys in the top 100-105 should be awarded spots, it’s bad enough injured players just holding on to protected ranking forever to bank grandslam money.
Its also time to cutdown the number of Wildcards a grandslam gets, 8 is ridiculous, guys in the top 100-105 should be awarded spots, it’s bad enough injured players just holding on to protected ranking forever to bank grandslam money.
Draper finally comes alive. After winning Stuttgart on grass, he follows it up with an entertaining straight-set win over Carlos at Queen's. Jack has definitely insinuated himself into the Wimbledon discussion. Carlos hit no shortage of highlight reel shots, but was less steady both off the ground and on serve than Draper. If Alcaraz needed a wake up call, and he just might have, this loss will certainly provide it.
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I like Draper's game, it's just hard to see his body holding up over 2 weeks for 7 matches in a BO5, but Wimbledon is probably his best bet with quick points.
Struff evens his match with Sinner by dominating the second set breaker 7-1. That was one of the most amazing sets of grass court power tennis that I have ever seen. The severity and violence of the exchanges from both players was jaw-dropping
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