It's the year 2024 and I'm still seeing Richard Gasquet walking around a court looking like he's got cramp and a bad back whilst hitting a single handed backhand winner down the line on match point to get thru to the 2nd round. Feels like he's been around for a decade longer than Murray/Nadal even though he hasn't.
Nadal/Zverev is a hell of a first round draw as well.
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 26 May 2024 18:21 (two months ago) link
Amélie Mauresmo, the tournament director, has said Alexander Zverev would be allowed to compete at Roland Garros as long as there has been no decision in his public trial. Zverev’s trial for allegedly physically abusing his former partner Brenda Patea begins on Friday in Berlin during the tournament. Zverev has always denied the charges.
“So far, our policy is that, as long as the trial isn’t finished and there isn’t a decision, he’s considered innocent and so that’s why he’s allowed to be part of the draw,” said Mauresmo.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 26 May 2024 23:13 (two months ago) link
^ this is a timebomb for men's tennis. Zverev could win this one. The men's tournament is very open.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 26 May 2024 23:14 (two months ago) link
Murray out in straights against Stan W. See what he can do, reckon there could be a deep run if he gets going.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 26 May 2024 23:16 (two months ago) link
Osaka is 1-1 all with Swiatek, 6-1!!
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:15 (one month ago) link
I just tuned into this, Osaka looks FEROCIOUS
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:57 (one month ago) link
She is about to win, sounds like a great, great performance
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:06 (one month ago) link
Okay now Swiatek looks FEROCIOUS
I wish this was the final
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:20 (one month ago) link
incredible third set & iga comeback
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:29 (one month ago) link
Holy shit that was amazing, both of them are monstrous
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:36 (one month ago) link
Incredible. Osaka is back back back despite loss. Very exciting
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:58 (one month ago) link
looking like a decently competitive first set is all gasquet is going to manage against sinner. not surprising, but i was (am?) hoping against hope for more!
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:54 (one month ago) link
Kotov's mom is doing overgrip for her son while he's fighting with Wawrinka 🥹🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/EFnC7i9ZMu— lokked (@luv_lokked) May 29, 2024
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 22:35 (one month ago) link
Shame, Osaka was so close, basically beat herself with frustrating mistakes and nervousness at the last moment. Still, incredible that she played at this level, gave me flashbacks of seeing her win her first Slam against Serena. Hope that's her real comeback. Iga was solid, but nowhere near her finest level.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 30 May 2024 12:19 (one month ago) link
Not sure I can recall a wetter start to RG. Every day so far, and without the floodlights they installed in 2020/2021(?) they'd be wildly behind by now. At least a few evenings have been dry. 55 singles matches slated for today, 11 done.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 30 May 2024 14:32 (one month ago) link
tiafoe only converted 1 break pt out of 20 vs shapo, not sure i ever recall a stat that extreme
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 16:29 (one month ago) link
Oof. I recall Federer was 0/12 when losing to Tsitsipas at AO '19.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 30 May 2024 16:33 (one month ago) link
And, funnily enough, I checked and Tsitsipas went 1/20 in losing to Donskoy 7-6 in the 3rd in Madrid in 2018.Federer was 4/25 in one of his great post-peak (but pre-revival) Slam performances: beating Novak RG sf '11.Cedric Pioline may well hold the record for most BPs squandered - 28 - but that was a match he won.
Osaka's USO win in '18 was full of BP-saves. Madison Keys went 0/13 in their semi - part of a sequence of 21 straight BPs Osaka saved in the last three rounds.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:11 (one month ago) link
and now verdasco in the stands changing fokina's overgrip. they must be sweating through wraps at a crazy rate this year. must be humid from the rains.
― andrew m., Thursday, 30 May 2024 19:06 (one month ago) link
great match tiebreak comeback by rune.. he was 0-5 down & produced multiple highlight shots to comeback
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:02 (one month ago) link
cool to see zhang through to the 3rd round. he was great in rome, where he made the quarters. he gets next to zero attention, in the u.s. at least. personal opinion based on mounds upon mounds of evidence: rooted in anti-china propoganda! but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
― andrew m., Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:14 (one month ago) link
lmao mcenroe is so mad zizou bergs is playing on center court (bergs/dmitrov was moved from an outer court after so many delays)
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 June 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
musetti/novak going to a fifth set - 235am paris time
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 June 2024 00:34 (one month ago) link
djokovic is really controlling ct position now, musetti cant get his shots deep enough
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 June 2024 00:45 (one month ago) link
since 2-2 in the 4th set, novak has lost one (1) game
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 June 2024 01:05 (one month ago) link
Well I didn’t chose a good day to arrive a bit later at #RolandGarros, as Iga Swiatek beats Anastasia Potapova in 40 minutes to become the first player to reach the QFs in this edition. 6-0 6-010 points lost 🤯 pic.twitter.com/n1XfSTdwxq— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 2, 2024
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 June 2024 10:29 (one month ago) link
Djoko 2-1 down against Cerundolo
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 June 2024 17:11 (one month ago) link
Andreeva is in the QFs. 17!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 June 2024 17:14 (one month ago) link
Djoko broken! Yes thanks
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 June 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link
going 5, novak is unreal
― johnny crunch, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:02 (one month ago) link
Bah
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:06 (one month ago) link
cerundolo hasnt wilted in this 5th like musetti did.. but is now still fighting hard to hold in the 9th game
― johnny crunch, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:44 (one month ago) link
amazing forehand to break & novak will look to serve it out whoa
― johnny crunch, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:46 (one month ago) link
xp break was in the 8th game, not 9th; 9th was when novak won the match
― johnny crunch, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
Just incredible, again.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 June 2024 19:01 (one month ago) link
Best of three in the Slams NOW. Just for Novak.
So tired of him getting out of jail like this. I just can't admire it, much less enjoy it. It's Liverpool scoring in added time to me, always will be. Cerundolo hit two DFs in the whole match and of course one (or was it both?) had to come when he was serving for 5-3 in the 4th.
I have to hope that this is Novak's Nadal-Fritz Wimb '22 moment, and he's dragged himself through on adrenaline and painkillers, and there's nothing more to come. Shows how little faith I have in Ruud (who has beaten him on clay this season! And is good enough to win this!) that I'm hoping for withdrawal.
The problem with players you hate (and my entire tennis-following life has been defined by players I hate) hanging around deep into the draw is you can't really enjoy the rest of it; today I'd be ok with any combination of results if Novak was out (Dimi into a semi, or a final, would be great) but now I just have to hope the #2 and #3 prevail cos Djoker is still there. Gah. Stupid sportsball.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 10:02 (one month ago) link
Doesn't feel like Djoko will be around for much longer tbh. Might battle past Ruud but SFs and Finals will be much tougher if he even gets there.
Feels like Zverev winning as a bigger issue.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:17 (one month ago) link
But yeah, nothing will be worse than Sampras wrapping up all those Wimbledon titles, but Djoko ending with most men's slams ranks close.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:19 (one month ago) link
I didn't even hate Sampras! I certainly didn't want him to win those last four, 1997-2000 (or USO '02). He did his job as a barrier to Becker in the mid-'90s, but outstayed his welcome.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:26 (one month ago) link
A little sad to see Jabeur go out to Gauff, but it's a huge improvement on her form for most of the last six months and bodes well for the grass.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:28 (one month ago) link
Re: Sampras, just personally speaking it was the worst. At least there is something likeable about Djokovic's play. And when he got beat in his heyday it was krajicek, who I also took a dislike to.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:42 (one month ago) link
Jabeur is definitely got a bit more form going into grass. We shall see.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 11:43 (one month ago) link
Swiatek just batters opponents. Vondrousova won Wimbledon and yet there she is, 6-0 and 4-1 down
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 12:27 (one month ago) link
& novak withdrawals
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 15:06 (one month ago) link
(Henman_fist_pump.gif)
Sinner is your new #1, though he's having some trouble finishing off Dimitrov.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 15:14 (one month ago) link
How the fuck did he win with a torn meniscus?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 15:16 (one month ago) link
Sinner wins
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 15:35 (one month ago) link
Delighted for Paolini, a real late bloomer.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 14:57 (one month ago) link
Yup. Andreeva and Saba are exchanging breaks early on
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 15:08 (one month ago) link
Djoko will probably miss Wimbledon.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/05/novak-djokovic-knee-surgery-paris-olympics-wimbledon-tennis
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 16:02 (one month ago) link
He's got it
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:34 (one month ago) link
ugh come on carlito
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:38 (one month ago) link
Oh dear. 0-15..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:38 (one month ago) link
Lol drop shot, he is the best I've ever seen
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:39 (one month ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:41 (one month ago) link
Two more bps..
momentum has swung in this 3rd set several times
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:41 (one month ago) link
Breaks. Zverev to serve for the set. Fuck!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:42 (one month ago) link
Bar a game or so, Zverev has been dominant for the better part of two sets
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:43 (one month ago) link
30 all
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:46 (one month ago) link
has anyone mentioned why all 8 breaks of serve have come from the umpire’s left? the right side doesn’t have the sun (if the shadows are an indication) and also has a tailwind
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:47 (one month ago) link
Bp! Come on, a couple of awesome points
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:50 (one month ago) link
Awesome rallying and Z is a set away
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:53 (one month ago) link
What a lob..Zverev let that go
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:03 (one month ago) link
Brilliant
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:06 (one month ago) link
Alcaraz response is seriously good..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:09 (one month ago) link
Amazing!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:15 (one month ago) link
Lol, this set is not quite over
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:18 (one month ago) link
6-1. Flattering score for the set, I think. Zverev had bps.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:37 (one month ago) link
Zverev to serve. Didn't win one game on his serve in the 4th which is bizarre as hell
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:41 (one month ago) link
Z was tamely broken
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:52 (one month ago) link
there have been… a lot of breaks
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:55 (one month ago) link
Insane!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:01 (one month ago) link
He saved bps Alcaraz. 3-1. Feels decisive
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:04 (one month ago) link
Zverev so mad about that super-close call on Alcaraz's shot at 0-40, I think that hurt him through the rest of that game.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:06 (one month ago) link
Another deuce for A to get through
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:17 (one month ago) link
Alcaraz is getting through these
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:22 (one month ago) link
carlos is a fuckin magician
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:22 (one month ago) link
fifth set alcaraz has hit some of the best shots i’ve seen in my life
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
That was awesome
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
oh man that little backhand flick pass
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link
omg that one-handed backhand was brutal
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link
Annihilated Zverev there.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link
Zverev looked at him like "seriously wtf"
C'mon Carlos stick it to old lanky bollox
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
carlos up 2 breaks!
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
loop return, short response & drilled to break
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
Came up with all the answers when he needed it the most
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
This set has felt close all the way until that last game, and suddenly it's 5-2.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
was 5-2 in the third too, though only 1 break
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink
Zverev was weaker in the last two sets. I am really pleased to see
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:30 (one month ago) link
Two CPs
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:31 (one month ago) link
Yes!!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:32 (one month ago) link
Congrats Carlos!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:32 (one month ago) link
Get in, cue Eurosport's heroic music
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:33 (one month ago) link
Youngest player ever to win a slam on all three surfaces.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:35 (one month ago) link
was wandering the desert looking for my post-roger main, wandering no more
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:36 (one month ago) link
Never in doubt. I cracked and went to the terrible sports pub on the corner. First time since EFC escape last May. Some glorious fizzing forehands in that last set, which he seemed reluctant to unload on for much of the match. The Next Gen lads are so good at giving up leads in Slam finals, gotta hand it to them.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:39 (one month ago) link
Zverev could've sneaked a slam like Roddick but he's 28 so he would need to be lucky.
Both Sinner and especially Alcaraz are settled in now.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:47 (one month ago) link