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graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
the other atp guy who loving hates tennis won montpelier lol. gj bublik

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graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
drat frances got stomped in dallas

Democratic Pirate
Feb 17, 2010

graph posted:

drat frances got stomped in dallas

Got got by the best butt in the game

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
zv*rev (serial abuser/domestic violence bastard) v. thompson in los cabos was bananas

Screama
Nov 25, 2007
Yes, I am very cereal.
Great run by Thompson, beating an in-form Zverev twice in 5 months shows the first win wasn't a fluke. The slice and defensive lobs seemed to be working for him in that match.
He also came back from 0-6, 1-4 in the previous match and then beat Ruud in the final for his first ATP title. Looking forward to seeing if he can maintain it.

I also saw Leylah Fernandez is ranked 32, hopefully she can hold or improve that seed going into the next 2 slams and make it easier to put together some deep runs.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Screama posted:

Great run by Thompson, beating an in-form Zverev twice in 5 months shows the first win wasn't a fluke. The slice and defensive lobs seemed to be working for him in that match.
He also came back from 0-6, 1-4 in the previous match and then beat Ruud in the final for his first ATP title. Looking forward to seeing if he can maintain it.

yeah him beating ruud the next day wasn't small potatoes either. good for him, 10 years on tour and his first win. very enjoyable tennis

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
deminaur takes out tsitsipas in acapulco in a wonderful qf match

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Rublev just got defaulted in Dubai for screaming at a line judge

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

vyelkin posted:

Rublev just got defaulted in Dubai for screaming at a line judge

he's been really yelly the past couple weeks hope he's doing ok

nawilo_420
Nov 24, 2021
:redflag:
Halep's four year doping ban has been reduced to 9 months!

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

nawilo_420 posted:

Halep's four year doping ban has been reduced to 9 months!

hey that is great news

Peggotty
May 9, 2014

So what does that mean, 9 months? She has been banned since 2022 I think, that's at least 15 months already, does she get some sort of compensation?

Paperhouse
Dec 31, 2008

I think
your hair
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Peggotty posted:

So what does that mean, 9 months? She has been banned since 2022 I think, that's at least 15 months already, does she get some sort of compensation?
dunno about compensation, but I think she can resume playing immediately as the 9 months has already elapsed

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
djokovic gets bounced by the lucky loser nardi at indian wells :3:

nikosoft
Dec 17, 2011

ghost in the shell, but somehow much worse
College Slice

graph posted:

djokovic gets bounced by the lucky loser nardi at indian wells :3:

Indian Wells remains the best tournament, as always

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

graph posted:

djokovic gets bounced by the lucky loser nardi at indian wells :3:

He also had a full baby meltdown in the process.

nawilo_420
Nov 24, 2021
:redflag:

graph posted:

djokovic gets bounced by the lucky loser nardi at indian wells :3:

My prayers to Roger are starting to have effect

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
navarro defeats sabalenka in round 4 at indian wells. good match

Tankakern
Jul 25, 2007

omg casper actually beat monfils

ok monfils was phoning it in last set but still

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
fritz had rune at match point in 2nd set and blew it

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

graph posted:

fritz had rune at match point in 2nd set and blew it

Gonna be the story of that kid's career.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
BEE INVASION

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
post bee invasion, carlitos once again stomps serial domestic abuser zverev's rear end in the dirt :hai:

Tafferling
Oct 22, 2008

DOOT DOOT
ALL ABOARD THE ISS POLOKONZERVA
They should've called the goon bee handler

Never not a reason to post the classics.

Happy for Sinner trucking along, now comes the real hurdle. Which is soo strange to say because, as an Italian tennis follower, every game was cause for concern before Sinner.

Vvvvvv
Top players tend to not go for it and are relatively unexperienced. It's a whole other playing style to master and money goes where big names go I imagine.

Tafferling fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Mar 15, 2024

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




why doesnt doubles get as much press as singles?

Peggotty
May 9, 2014

It's a bit of a chicken/egg situation but the level of play is just significantly lower in doubles ever since the best players stopped playing doubles in the 70s/80s

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Peggotty posted:

It's a bit of a chicken/egg situation but the level of play is just significantly lower in doubles ever since the best players stopped playing doubles in the 70s/80s

a couple of the top 20 singles women will double-up and play doubles in the larger tournaments

mixed doubles seems to be an exhibition these days

Spiggy
Apr 26, 2008

Not a cop
I'm relatively new to watching tennis, and have a soft spot for Medvedev and Sinner since they were in the first match I watched. However, I'm not even mad seeing Alcaraz pick them apart. Dude seems pretty cool and the crowd at Indian Wells seems to love him.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
alcaraz flipping the switch being down 1-4 first set and just bulldozering danii sure was something


medvedev is a goon, but at least he's self-aware about it. the french hate his guts so he turns extra heel when he's over there and it's funny

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
halep is playing at the miami open right now, that was quick

stranger danger
May 24, 2006

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

why doesnt doubles get as much press as singles?

doubles gets boring pretty quickly. floating back a deep return or defensive shot in singles puts you at a disadvantage, but gives you the possibility of recovering. in doubles, that ball gets put away by the person at the net 99% of the time. tennis isn't very fun to watch when virtually every point is over within 5 shots, same reason they've slowed down all the non-clay surfaces in singles.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
ugh, would have been another all-time comebacker from old man murray. great match in miami vs. machac

nawilo_420
Nov 24, 2021
:redflag:
https://x.com/atptour/status/1772388051836092512

:rip: andy murray, who was apparently still playing

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.
It's really one of the shames of the last fifteen years that Andy Murray has boneitis.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

nawilo_420 posted:

:rip: andy murray, who was apparently still playing

old man murray has been banging out wins the past couple years yeah

Tafferling
Oct 22, 2008

DOOT DOOT
ALL ABOARD THE ISS POLOKONZERVA
RIP to Sinner Phisioteraphist's nuts



And now someone fainted.

Tafferling fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Mar 26, 2024

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Tafferling posted:

And now someone fainted.

berrettini almost fainted last week, whats up in miami

nawilo_420
Nov 24, 2021
:redflag:
seeing as easter is coning up, its a good time to read an interview with the Lord

https://www.gq.com/story/roger-federer-gq-hype

He is the One.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
drat dmitrov has alcaraz's number as of late

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Tafferling
Oct 22, 2008

DOOT DOOT
ALL ABOARD THE ISS POLOKONZERVA
Little owl stole Medvedev soul.
Anybody's got a better explanation?

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