Tennis 2022

[fomofo]

Adios, Rafa. What a hell of a career.

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles...h-at-davis-cup

Yup, missing him, and Fed, a lot!

Nadal played Djokovic 60 times over an 18-year period, but it is his rivalry with Federer which was the heartbeat of his career.

BBC Nadal Article

I love and appreciate their Wimbledon final battles, but these are right up there as well...

[garyfromterrace]

Sinner dominated the Nitto ATP championship. 1st Italian, 1st guy to do it without dropping a set since the 80's. Nice season ender for the #1.

[ex-powderbroker]

i heard jake paul just challenged roland garros to five sets

[garyfromterrace]

i heard jake paul just challenged roland garros to five sets

Will probably mandate using a super oversized racquet and kids practice balls.

[fomofo]

Sinner dominated the Nitto ATP championship. 1st Italian, 1st guy to do it without dropping a set since the 80's. Nice season ender for the #1.

Yup, Sinner's having a pretty good run right now!



I think I'd still take Prime Pete indoors.

[BmillsSkier]

Nick Kyrgios exits the AO in the first round, denying fans worldwide of his hilarious temper tantrums for the next two weeks.

Also, Djoker takes 4 sets to get over to the 2nd round? Maybe its just me, but he seems closer to the cliff than ever.

[BmillsSkier]

2 American men in the AO Quarters and 3 American women in the Quarters.

It's been forever and then some since I can recall that happening in a Major.

Some things however to still be the same, like Djoker having beef with someone in the media and then making it a sideshow that he invariably ends up being the victim of. I hope Alcaraz makes quick work of him.

[garyfromterrace]

Sinner, a beast. Definitely top of the heap now (head and shoulders above the field) and it will be interesting to see how much of an effect Cahill has on the dude once he takes off at the end of the season.

Keys, played so ballsy and is a great story. Damn, she is so well spoken, funny and without pretense. A great new slam owner.

It was cool to see quite a few guys ranked below 100 have some career matches. All in all a very enjoyable slam to watch even if the canucks sucked. Nice to see Djoko starting to really fade and very very unlikely he has the stamina/body to get to the end of a slam now. Fuck that antivax whack job.

[garyfromterrace]

Just watched the Alcaraz/Hurkacz semi from Rotterdam. Possibly one of the best 3 setters I've seen in a decade if not 2. If Alcaraz plays like that against Djoko (or anyone for that matter) next time he will destroy. Good on Hubie for giving Carlos a run.

[garyfromterrace]

Very likely the greatest grand slam final evah. Certainly the best I've had the pleasure to witness. The new 2 are here and the torch has been passed. Fuck, I'm in awe of where tennis is at now. Congratulations Carlos. And Sinner.

[BmillsSkier]

I stopped following along on my phone at the pool when I saw Sinner go up 2-0. Whoops! Sounds like I missed an all timer.

[garyfromterrace]

Yeah, I'd say so. Down 3 5, love 40 and 2 sets down. Carlos fends off 3 match points to comeback. That alone would have made it all-time. What stood out to me though was the power and shot-making of them both on that big a stage. Seriously I see no one beating these guys when they're in their game, and when they're playing each other... Well, magic.
Edit to add, it is nice to see apostrophes are still verboten around here... shit.

[TahoeJ]

That match was incredible…

[garyfromterrace]

Super untimely post due to TGR mobile access denied, because well 2025 TGRz. Anyway I know many of you have been waiting for this sooo without further ado - quick rundown of Wimbledon from my little pea brain. Amazing parity in both mens and womens pro tennis these days (with the exception of Alcaraz/Sinner on the mens side) as illustrated by the large numbers of seeds knocked out of the early rounds. I thought it was interesting that the game on grass has evolved such that serve and volley is not predominant any more on the surface and is used only sparingly by players. To me it looks like players are serve and volleying as much on clay as on hard courts or grass. Another thing I noticed is that the women overall are really starting to crush the ball during most rallies. Serve speeds are up and the ladies are crushing ground strokes nearly as strong/fast as men. Still, I feel that any man in the top 500 would beat the top woman. I found it interesting that there are now women players on tour suggesting that perhaps the ladies start playing best of 5 sets in finals (I suppose part of this given the totally unentertaining 6-0 6-0 drubbing of Anisimova).For me, one of the tragedies of the tournament was Dmitrov blowing a pec while 2 sets up and in the drivers seat against Sinner. Poor guy and his injury ridden career. Ive watched him play a couple of times live and love his game. I think this may have been his shot (possibly his last shot) at making a final of a slam. Really too bad for the guy he seems like a really likeable dude and hes a gutsy and skilled player. The final was pretty fucking anticlimactic with Sinner bringing his A game and Carlos not. Great to see this rivalry continue though, it seems to push both players to improve and to be honest if Carlos had won I would have ranked him higher (in my head at least) than Sinner. Yeah, I know the ATP ranking would have still had Sinner on top. Although I look forward to the US open, I will likely miss most, if not all of the televised matches. On the road visiting grandkids.