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.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
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.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
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.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Saturday, 12 June 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
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!
― Roz, Saturday, 12 June 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
best winners speech ever. sad for pav but happy for barbora. not a bad title to win for yr maiden singles title.
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 12 June 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
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 Court1974: Chris Evert1975: Chris Evert1978: Virginia Ruzici1982: Martina Navratilova1984: Martina Navratilova2000: Mary Pierce— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) June 12, 2021
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
siniakova's serving was p hard to watch.
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 13 June 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
this first set of stef and djoko is so incredible
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
That 26-shot rally by Djokovic to save set point!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
Oh no Tsitsipas. Somehow saw that coming after he lost that set point… :(
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Ok lol at this Novak service game though.. utterly horrible effort at serving out the set. Tie-break!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Awesome from Stefanos
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
Really Djoko was going to get this after that bit of fortune at the net
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
My god that TB was so stressful. Come on Stef!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
double break!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
stef wow
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Utterly dominant. One set away!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
stef needs to keep serving like this to carry it home
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
fuck
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
That was a marathon!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Was expecting Novak to come out like this.
Naturally… I never believe it whenever Djoko looks tired or weary
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
Wins the 3rd. Tsitsipas won't be handed the thing.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
yeah this is going the distance
― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
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 :/
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
trainer called for stef sigh
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
can’t call the trainer out for your brain unfortunately
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
rip
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
Hang in there Stef!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
:(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
wish I could say this wasn’t expected but…
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
this is my fault for having turned it on in the third set
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
My stream just froze lol
Feels like a blessing
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
Damn it.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
fucking gutted for stef ;_;
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
nourish your sensations. pic.twitter.com/7qk3kYsqv4— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) July 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
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.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
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 :/
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
ffs Tsitsipas’ mic isn’t working. RG continues to be the worst.
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
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
goddammit
― andrew m., Monday, 14 June 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link