ROLAND GARROS 2021

this may be covered above, but shouldn't the 1 and 3 seeds be meeting in the final, not the semi?

― mookieproof, Friday, June 11, 2021 3:45 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

i actually forget the rationale why they seeded like this, but yes

― johnny crunch, Friday, June 11, 2021 3:47 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

they randomize the draws to a degree so that 1 doesn’t always play 4, etc

will be a lotta pressure on novak on sunday, regardless tho this win is p huge value for novaks legacy

this win sets him up for a record number of Slam titles. current standing is Federer 20 / Nadal 20 / Djokovic 18. Nadal really needed this 21st to widen the gap, but now it seems only a matter of time until Djoko surpasses them both.

Yeah, the degree of randomisation in the seed bracketing is never really clear to me. Of course, 1-16 will always play 17-32 in the third round, and so on, but at some events it seems absolutely fixed as opposite ranks (1v32, 2v31, 3v30, 4v29, etc), others there's leeway of one or more place, others it's genuinely random within those ranking divisions.

From my youth I remember McEnroe (1) playing Kriek (5) in a Wimb qf, and the next year Connors (1) playing Curren (12) in the last sixteen. So I've been puzzling about this for 40 years! Maybe that was some weird AELTC experiment.

I hope we see the Djokovic who lost to Dan Evans in Monte Carlo, or struggled to put away 150-ranked opponents in the weak draw for Belgrade 2 the other week. He does have off days, far more than he did in his 2011 or 2015-16 peaks. But he barely missed for the last hour tonight.

A three-way tie for 20 slams is now the odds-on setup going into the US Open, right? Which means Novak would be trying sweep the 2021 Grand Slams AND become the first to get to 21 all at once. Unless something else happens.

Don’t forget the Olympics. We might see Novak getting the Golden Slam!

Meanwhile, this women’s final is pretty fun even if they can’t seem to play well at the same time. Love the contrast in styles.

Pavs crushing Haribo sweets during an MTO was hilarious.

She’s not moving well but still managed to play well enough to break Barbs serve and take the second set. And we’re going three!

best winners speech ever. sad for pav but happy for barbora. not a bad title to win for yr maiden singles title.

Krejcikova takes the doubles title too! With Siniakova, beating team Tek Tek Boom.

Joins this incredible list of women who’ve completed the singles-doubles sweep:

Players to Complete Singles & Doubles Sweep at Roland Garros:

1972: Billie Jean King
1973: Margaret Court
1974: Chris Evert
1975: Chris Evert
1978: Virginia Ruzici
1982: Martina Navratilova
1984: Martina Navratilova
2000: Mary Pierce

— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) June 12, 2021

siniakova's serving was p hard to watch.

this first set of stef and djoko is so incredible

That 26-shot rally by Djokovic to save set point!

Oh no Tsitsipas. Somehow saw that coming after he lost that set point… :(

Ok lol at this Novak service game though.. utterly horrible effort at serving out the set. Tie-break!

Awesome from Stefanos

Really Djoko was going to get this after that bit of fortune at the net

My god that TB was so stressful. Come on Stef!

double break!

stef wow

Utterly dominant. One set away!

stef needs to keep serving like this to carry it home

fuck

That was a marathon!

Was expecting Novak to come out like this.

Naturally… I never believe it whenever Djoko looks tired or weary

Wins the 3rd. Tsitsipas won't be handed the thing.

yeah this is going the distance

tbh I didn’t expect Tsitsi to get this far in the first place so he’s already surpassed expectations. But it’ll be super awful if he loses from here :/

trainer called for stef sigh

can’t call the trainer out for your brain unfortunately

rip

what bums me out about this is that Novak isn’t even playing all that well? Tsitsipas is just not at the level he was in the first two sets.

Hang in there Stef!

:(

wish I could say this wasn’t expected but…

this is my fault for having turned it on in the third set

My stream just froze lol

Feels like a blessing

Damn it.

fucking gutted for stef ;_;

nourish your sensations. pic.twitter.com/7qk3kYsqv4

— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) July 23, 2018

Gotta say I get a bad feeling for Stef from how much of a procession this felt like in the 5th set.

Hope I'm wrong.

Felt completely different from his match against Zverev, where it always seemed like he would win even after losing the 3rd and 4th sets. Zverev of course isn’t Novak though.

I still think Tsitsipas is too good not to get one eventually - he’s only 22 anyway. But maybe not this year - this is going to sting for a long while :/

ffs Tsitsipas’ mic isn’t working. RG continues to be the worst.

welp. gotta endure that damn heart-throw routine again.

― andrew m., Friday, June 11, 2021 9:22 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

hopefully for the last time

― andrew m., Friday, June 11, 2021 9:22 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

goddammit