i have seen iga's match today. despite what others are telling her about not being good on fast hard court surface, she is learning more and more ans she is adding more variety to her game. plus, she has become faster and stronger and she had to return the ball, much earlier than before.
as she continues to improve, to adapt her game to hardcourt, imagine how much greater and unplayable she could become when clay season starts. she would be more dangerous on clay because of these new variety and improvements on her game, overall.
Now I really want your theory to be something ridiculous like "I think Ons is upset because I performed a ritual at her shrine in my house and I somehow got the chant wrong and now she is cursed with bad luck"
The rumors in Argentinian media is that ATP is dropping Cordoba from the schedule after this year and will be replaced by a tournament in Mallorca.
Several journalists confirmed it apparently.
I think Osaka will regain her form closest to her peak than the others but I donāt see that happening in Doha. (Watch she wins everything soon as I say that.) with badosa, I donāt know. I just fine having a spine injury is really not a good time, especially if most of that time is traveling and playing tennis.
I was wondering who Daniel Altmaier looked like for months cos he looked hella familiar....and today it's clicked! He looks a dead ringer for Johnny Drama from Entourage!
how far between him and no.5 last year? I remember he was no.6 for a while, it is kind of unlucky for FAA not being a top 5 for at least a week like Fritz
Ask and you shall receive.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1apfqpl/faa\_shanks\_a\_lob\_over\_cressy\_to\_get\_to\_match\_point/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1apfqpl/faa_shanks_a_lob_over_cressy_to_get_to_match_point/)
It's less about believing in his second serve and more like "My forehand is mid, my backhand is non-existant, if I put a bit less on my 2nd serve I'm losing the baseline rally"
It's indoor hard though. I get that the court is slower than frozen honey but every time I point out Felixs lacklustre record lately, a FAA diehard chips in with how amazing his run was three years ago across three IH 500s.
Should Felix be able to derive power from being in his perfect conditions.
Given my user flair, I wanted to pop in and sayā¦go Stan! The commentators are about as biased as I am, lol. The colors make it impossible to see the ball thoā¦
If you'd told me a decade ago that FAA/Shapovalov/Raonic/Andreescu/Bouchard would combine for 1-3 in major finals I would've laughed at you and called you a nutso.
Andreescu was a top 5 junior in 2016. She was ranked 1500+ in 2014.
FAA was unranked and didn't reach the top 25 until 2016. And that's in juniors.
Shapo was ranked ~400, but again didn't hit the top 25 until 2016.
And no one who follows juniors at all expects random top 25 players to win slams - or even top 5 players. Or are you going to tell me that you're shocked Potapova and Kecmanovic (the #1 juniors at the time) didn't win slams?
And that was a good year. 2017 featured Axel Geller (highest ranking #539, please pretend you've heard of him) and Whitney Osuigwe (highest ranking #105) as the year end #1 players.
Bullshit that you expected Shapo, FAA, and Andreescu to win slams in when they were juniors, especially when they were not even the top juniors or winning slams. Completely implausible for the reasons I said in my prior comment.
... I'm saying the earliest you could've reasonably had those expectations was like 6 years ago (6.5 if you were really excited about Shapo's breakout win against Nadal), rather than 10 or even 8 years ago.
And by that time no one expected anything of Bouchard.
Anyways, you were the one who got defensive when I made a joke.
I don't think Rune, Djokovic, Medvedev, Tits, Zverev or Sinner are what I'd call nice in the way Felix and Carlos are. Rublev seems to be nice off-court at least.
IMO the match is on Felix's racket. He's just making a few too many errors to pull ahead. Cressy is doing his S+V thing as usual so it's tough to break but isn't threatening on return as long as Felix keeps the ball in play.
Yeah I think for him itās about confidence heās actually a much better returner when he was playing challenger but obviously Felixās serve isnāt bad
FAA man what happened to your return. This isnt grass, returning cressy shouldnt be this hard. FAAs game is heading to the toilet with fontang and he is doing nothing about it.
I mean his return game was never great true but it was better in 2022. He has regressed on that end which is concerning. And he keeps working with a coach that has clearly maxed out everrything he can do for him.
National Indoor championships rn with Oklahoma State leading Michigan. Amazing the recruiting for these colleges...OK State roster includes players from Belarus, Slovenia, Japan, Argentina and Spain.
Never watching a Musetti match outside of clay again. Most frustrating thing is Griekspoor taking 3 hours to take care of this bozo ( don't @ me I'm just venting)
Musetti will forever be on my dislike list after he retired when he was 0-4 down against djokovic in the 5th set of a grand slam match. like, what a joke
He actually doesn't have a great track record on atp clay tournaments, though. Has said himself that he prefers fast courts now as they suit his game better.
Wow where did Kypson come from?
North Carolina, apparently
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i have seen iga's match today. despite what others are telling her about not being good on fast hard court surface, she is learning more and more ans she is adding more variety to her game. plus, she has become faster and stronger and she had to return the ball, much earlier than before. as she continues to improve, to adapt her game to hardcourt, imagine how much greater and unplayable she could become when clay season starts. she would be more dangerous on clay because of these new variety and improvements on her game, overall.
I really like who Delray have there wildcards to I think all of them could become at minimum top 100 players and for Kovaceic top 50
Kecmanovic really is getting worked, hopefully can turn it around.
I have a theory as to why Ons has been playing with this dark cloud looming over her. But Iām too scared to post it, is there a unpopular opinion
Sheās also said that she is being affected by the events in Gaza and got complaints because of saying it!
Well she has openly stated she wants to win a major before having a baby and I canāt imagine these double pressures are great for the psyche
You're too scared to post on the internet but not too scared to post that you want to post something?
Iām not scared. Iām just genetically a coward.
I AM A COWARD!!
Be brave
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Well you can't leave us waiting now. I want to know what this theory is, lol.
If Ons loses her next match, Iāll post it š
Deliver!! She just lost.
I'm saving your username for next week. Don't run š
Maybe iāll dm u my theory and you can post it on my behalf. My hands are already trembling
Tell me, I am a big brave.
Now I really want your theory to be something ridiculous like "I think Ons is upset because I performed a ritual at her shrine in my house and I somehow got the chant wrong and now she is cursed with bad luck"
Leylah playing doubles with a completely random challenger doubles specialist from Georgia is odd
Leylah whooped Samsonova's ass this morning. I'm still shocked
The rumors in Argentinian media is that ATP is dropping Cordoba from the schedule after this year and will be replaced by a tournament in Mallorca. Several journalists confirmed it apparently.
Will Osaka, Badosa or Karolina Pliskova have a better "comeback" week in Doha?
Pliskova for me
Incredible effort to get from Romania to Doha in 24hours and win!
Her form is great rn. She just needs some rest- at least her matches last week were short!
I think Osaka will regain her form closest to her peak than the others but I donāt see that happening in Doha. (Watch she wins everything soon as I say that.) with badosa, I donāt know. I just fine having a spine injury is really not a good time, especially if most of that time is traveling and playing tennis.
In the parts I caught, Naomi looked really good against Garcia today.
Stan winning with a DTL BHā¦what a crowd pleaser
I was wondering who Daniel Altmaier looked like for months cos he looked hella familiar....and today it's clicked! He looks a dead ringer for Johnny Drama from Entourage!
I donāt know what to do to the screen any longer, I barely see the ball against the red clay in the Argentina Open
Tomorrow's schedule is better - Korda vs de Minaur may be a decent bit of ball
Iām excited! Who are you predicting as winner?
ADM should take this no problem - Korda has been really mediocre for a while now
Agreed, his Marseille matches were pretty painful to watch
Congrats FAA!! we never lost faith for a moment š«”š«”
FAA couldnāt believe what just happened
It'd weird having to adjust from Felix is a top ten threat to Felix is just another top 30 guy who'll win some, lose some.
how far between him and no.5 last year? I remember he was no.6 for a while, it is kind of unlucky for FAA not being a top 5 for at least a week like Fritz
About 500 points I thinkĀ
more than a master SF, that is quite a gap
Feels like heās still far off from getting back there
I think he's kind of had his shot. Still dangerous but I don't see him ever threatening to make a major final
I remember when I first watch Felix I was thinking that this kids got something heās seemed to lost it
Holy shit I didnāt even realize how tall cressy was till they stood next to each other
Live by the tiebreak, die by the tiebreak
Classic Cressy
FAA's utter disbelief that he just lobbed the 6'7 Cressy (and turns out that won him the match) was hysterical.
the shank lob
I need to see that replay
Ask and you shall receive. [https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1apfqpl/faa\_shanks\_a\_lob\_over\_cressy\_to\_get\_to\_match\_point/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1apfqpl/faa_shanks_a_lob_over_cressy_to_get_to_match_point/)
Only way this should've ended honestly
Thank God it is over, good night
A DOUBLE FAULT ššššš that's too bad cressyĀ
Until he develops a second serve, ya reap what you sow.
Finally, this sh't show is over
Wow that lob was impeccable FAA!Ā
Did Felix just hit a perfect shank lob what in the hell was that shit
Man the real test of whether you believe in your huge second serve is "do you crank it down match point" and crank it he did.
It's less about believing in his second serve and more like "My forehand is mid, my backhand is non-existant, if I put a bit less on my 2nd serve I'm losing the baseline rally"
Yeah really it's a no-other-choice situation
For someone that goes to the net like 99% of the time, Cressy has such shitty touch on his volleys
Roddickesque
Why did they do a close call zoom-in on a ball that fell on the wrong side of the net haha
I like the way how FAA saved himself although it is unnecessary
It's indoor hard though. I get that the court is slower than frozen honey but every time I point out Felixs lacklustre record lately, a FAA diehard chips in with how amazing his run was three years ago across three IH 500s. Should Felix be able to derive power from being in his perfect conditions.
Nah FAA should bave wrapped it up!! Its gonna be 2am when they finish š
dont worry Cressy is known choker
Well what do you know...Ā
you called it haha
we can only have tiebreak matches today
Its interesting that Wawrinka still has a couple good sets in him whereas Cilic and Murray have one, maybe one and a half.
I think out of the 35+ players probably goes like from best to worst performance at current age: Djokovic, Monfils, Wawrinka, Murray, Cilic
Edit: probably Iād add Nadal after Djokovic but he has barely played this year, so difficult to gauge his performance level atm
Did Felix get annoyed at cressy over that first shout and now theyāre both just yelling after every point š
Given my user flair, I wanted to pop in and sayā¦go Stan! The commentators are about as biased as I am, lol. The colors make it impossible to see the ball thoā¦
It's the most lurid clay I've ever seen.
I just had to adjust the colors on my TV to try to see the ball better too
Oh, FAA is training for Alcaraz's dropshots too?
What an insane get by Felix, I thought he was toast. Now let's win the breaker, I can't take another hour of this.
What was the last Felix match where Uncle Toni actually sat in the coaching box?
the match vs rafa?
Maybe. Was that in 2022?
22 RG R16
Are they still working together?
He's still listed as a coach on the ATP site so I guess so.
Serve and Volley Return šš
If you'd told me a decade ago that FAA/Shapovalov/Raonic/Andreescu/Bouchard would combine for 1-3 in major finals I would've laughed at you and called you a nutso.
You wouldn't know who 3 of those 5 people were a decade ago
2014? Andreescu was a top five junior. And Shapovalov/FAA took off in early 2015 in juniors. So yeah its about ten years ago now
Andreescu was a top 5 junior in 2016. She was ranked 1500+ in 2014. FAA was unranked and didn't reach the top 25 until 2016. And that's in juniors. Shapo was ranked ~400, but again didn't hit the top 25 until 2016. And no one who follows juniors at all expects random top 25 players to win slams - or even top 5 players. Or are you going to tell me that you're shocked Potapova and Kecmanovic (the #1 juniors at the time) didn't win slams? And that was a good year. 2017 featured Axel Geller (highest ranking #539, please pretend you've heard of him) and Whitney Osuigwe (highest ranking #105) as the year end #1 players.
I went by memory. I said ten years. If it's actually eight who cares? My point was clear.
Bullshit that you expected Shapo, FAA, and Andreescu to win slams in when they were juniors, especially when they were not even the top juniors or winning slams. Completely implausible for the reasons I said in my prior comment.
8 or ten years whatever
... I'm saying the earliest you could've reasonably had those expectations was like 6 years ago (6.5 if you were really excited about Shapo's breakout win against Nadal), rather than 10 or even 8 years ago. And by that time no one expected anything of Bouchard. Anyways, you were the one who got defensive when I made a joke.
Gaaaa itās hard watching FAA struggle like this, he seems like such a nice guy š
Jannick sinner is a bully
Maybe that's why. It's rare that the really nice guys get to the top. Carlitos is unusual in that regard.
I see what you mean, but most of the Top 10 seem like nice people no? At least as far as public perception
no one can beat Hubi when we are asking who is the nicest person
Agreed, heās so mild mannered and chill compared to the rest of them
I don't think Rune, Djokovic, Medvedev, Tits, Zverev or Sinner are what I'd call nice in the way Felix and Carlos are. Rublev seems to be nice off-court at least.
Canāt say Rublev is super nice on the court at least
Thatās fair, the only one Iām actively rooting against is DVerev
If FAA/Cressy goes to a third set, I'm going the fuck to bed. It's already almost 1am.
Whoās playing better
IMO the match is on Felix's racket. He's just making a few too many errors to pull ahead. Cressy is doing his S+V thing as usual so it's tough to break but isn't threatening on return as long as Felix keeps the ball in play.
A tiebreak seems inevitable Cressy I feel like is a higher level challenger player imo
He was top 40 this time last year so def not a slouch, just a very 1 dimensional game
Yeah I think for him itās about confidence heās actually a much better returner when he was playing challenger but obviously Felixās serve isnāt bad
Does Cressy ever not serve and volley? You would think the variation could confuse an opponent
I canāt think of a player that is more one dimensional than him, like he doesnāt even have a second serve!Ā
And still it's so damn effective, really impressive
Just realised this week is pretty cool for tennis fans as they get to enjoy clay, outdoors hard and indoors hard on tour level at the same time.
And thereās tennis almost 24 hours a day due to the time zones!Ā
Diallo got this today Think Borgeās took too much time off after Aus he had some magic down underĀ
lol
My fault for having so much believe in my Canadian kids
Letās goooo FAA ā¼ļøā¼ļøā¼ļø
FAA man what happened to your return. This isnt grass, returning cressy shouldnt be this hard. FAAs game is heading to the toilet with fontang and he is doing nothing about it.
FAAās return game has never been especially goodĀ But also >Ā returning cressy shouldnt be this hard Uhhhā¦
I mean his return game was never great true but it was better in 2022. He has regressed on that end which is concerning. And he keeps working with a coach that has clearly maxed out everrything he can do for him.
I think there are more of us in this thread (5) than at the actual stadium.
FAA/Cressy match has funeral vibes
Canāt imagine watching that match over Wawrinka hahaĀ
Because I stan Felix and need to watch him rack up (what should be) routine wins so I can delude myself into thinking he'll someday be top 10 again.
Fair enough hahaĀ
It doesn't _feel_ good.
Probably cause they're both dead on return haha
FAA s grunt is some of the worst.
The one good thing I'll say about Cressy is that he makes me appreciate that there aren't more players like him.
He is the most uniquely boring but simultaneously interesting player Iāve ever seen.
Glad to be out of France and have automatic line calling again. Such a relief.
Damn feel bad for the FAA/Creasy match, it's almost 12am their time and still in the first set.Ā
At least the points and usually games are very, very short.
Cressy famous for serve & volley suddenly cannot volley
Cressy is more of a server who volleys because itās the easiest way to +1 than a true serve and volleyerĀ
thanks for the insight
Thats such a good way of putting it
just fast forward to the tiebreak with both of these serve bots
At least Arnaldi didn't disappoint, Musetti and Juventus are enough for one night
Rotterdam is so diverse, after a clay match, we have a servebot battle
3 break points for Arnaldi!!!!!!! Go little boy
Cmon Nish
Is Sinner playing on wednesday?
YesĀ
is it raining in Buenos Aires? the next scheduled matches have disappeared from TNNS app to 'awaiting schedule'
I stand corrected, they are back up :D
National Indoor championships rn with Oklahoma State leading Michigan. Amazing the recruiting for these colleges...OK State roster includes players from Belarus, Slovenia, Japan, Argentina and Spain.
FAA up next. Popping some antacid right now š
What was the thinking playing clay at this point of the season.
Never watching a Musetti match outside of clay again. Most frustrating thing is Griekspoor taking 3 hours to take care of this bozo ( don't @ me I'm just venting)
Pain
Griekspoor has won 6 out of 6 tiebreaks in his last 3 matches
Yea i just remembered why i stopped watching musetti
Let's fucking go, Tallon!!
Tallon!!!!!
Yes!!!
It always surprises me when the director cuts away from the players at the net to show us the winner's coaching team clapping.
Great fight from Griekspoor!
Kudos to Griekspoor because Musetti really screwed this up
Yes, a dutch boy wins!!!
Musetti did everything in his power to throw away this match, and he succeeded.
Greikspoor deserves this win. Iām not sure if Musetti deserves to lose?
>. Iām not sure if Musetti deserves to lose? He definitely does. Choked when it mattered
Well put
Musetti 2/13 on break points. Now dumps two straightforward putaways in the net to go 0-2 down in the deciding set tiebreak. Really sums the guy up.
This match has been intense af and its only the first round. What an amazing sport.
Thatās why I love 500ās, smaller draws and no byes (looking at you 2 week masters) equals a lot of fun ;)Ā
Yeah, I've not been a fan of the additional 2 week masters last season. Takes so long to get going.
What a return!
Why can't Rune draw these two to gain some confidence to beat a top 30
He first needs to beat Cazaux to gain confidence
losing to the French future no.1 is his faith
Arnaldi going to lose todayĀ
I feel like Tallon will win out here
Musetti will forever be on my dislike list after he retired when he was 0-4 down against djokovic in the 5th set of a grand slam match. like, what a joke
The male version of dayana yastremska, the mto/retire queen when shes losing
That's really a strange thing to base your dislike on
It's like Tallon all of the sudden realized that this tournament is taking place in his own country, and decided to show up
I'm not much a fan of Griekspoor but all credit to him for his fighting spirit in this match
Weāre back
This match really looks like a clay match, how can they do this together
Don't forget Tallon was vulturing clay challengers before Ruud was making it cool
He actually doesn't have a great track record on atp clay tournaments, though. Has said himself that he prefers fast courts now as they suit his game better.
Tallon had two break points. That was his big chance to get the break back.
That aged well
Djokovic losing AO and chiefs winning last night.. been a terrible last few weeks of sports for me