2024 Tennis Thread

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[GirlySports]

Medvedev! Can always be counted on to save tennis as he did in the 2021 US Open final.

[Nadal Fan]

This is going to be like the only stress free AO final I can remember. I need to come up with things about Sinner that I don't like because matches are always funner with a villain. So far I have hmmm that one time he did that thing that was really rude

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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

This is going to be like the only stress free AO final I can remember. I need to come up with things about Sinner that I don't like because matches are always funner with a villain. So far I have hmmm that one time he did that thing that was really rude

Sinner beat Vasek in the Sofia final a couple of years ago denying Pops his first ATP title (still looking for that elusive first crown which let's be honest is not going to happen). That's all I got though, hard not to root for Jannik.

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It's been a while...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1750887150952886286

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

It's been a while...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1750887150952886286

I believe the French Open is the last one to not have a non big 3 final since 2005.

[Nadal Fan]

Seeing Sinners game take off when he got Darren Cahill to be his coach I think it's pretty clear to me that Felix needs a new coach, I don't think Uncle Toni is working. I would love Felix to see if maybe Roddick or Agassi would want to coach him, I think Felix was a more talented prospect than Sinner and he can't waste another year.

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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Seeing Sinners game take off when he got Darren Cahill to be his coach I think it's pretty clear to me that Felix needs a new coach, I don't think Uncle Toni is working. I would love Felix to see if maybe Roddick or Agassi would want to coach him, I think Felix was a more talented prospect than Sinner and he can't waste another year.

I don't think Uncle Toni is working that much with Felix any longer. His main coach remains Frederic Fontang and he seems quite reluctant to move on from him. I agree with you that a new voice/philosophy is needed, there's not enough variety in FAA's game, it seems that Plan 'A' is hit hard and when that doesn't work, Plan 'B' is hit harder.

The fact that he doesn't have a kick serve or is not willing to develop one is really surprising for a guy who relies heavily on his serve. His rally tolerance will likely never be on the same level as Sinner, thus I think he just needs to focus on his weapons that help him win points. One thing I would like to see is incorporating more angles into his game which means taking some pace off the ball. That should cut down on the unforced errors and also move his opponent around and force them to hit the ball from all areas of the court. Also, how about some more height and spin on his shots, I think he falls into a pattern where he keeps delivering the same ball with the same pace and same height and his opponent gets pretty comfortable.

The brief indoor season is coming up shortly, let's see if Felix can get on a roll. Felix is slated to play Rotterdam in the 2nd week of February, maybe he can channel some of his 2022 form.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

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Last year after loosing to Medvedev in Monte Carlo, Zverez was crying in the locker room.....I can only imagine how loosing to his most hated rival in a slam semi finals after being up 2 sets to 0 must be absolutely eating away at him right now

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Happy Zverev Elimination Day everybody!

[Inglewood Jack]

Aryna is a buzzsaw. Many more slams for her coming up.

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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

Aryna is a buzzsaw. Many more slams for her coming up.

I see the narrative that Zheng Qinwen had a cakewalk draw to the final and she shouldn't have even been there blah blah blah and it grinds my gears. You have no control over the draw as well as other people's matches. She was in the same section of the draw as Iga, but Iga fell to up-and-coming Linda Noskova. Zheng will be #7 in the world when the rankings come out on Monday, pretty darn good for a 21 year old.

[Nadal Fan]

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As far as the men's final is concerned (yeah I know I said no more predictions lol), but I have to go with Sinner. He's spent almost 6 less hours on court than Meddy and you have to think that has to get to the Russian's legs at some point. The counter to that is that this is Jannik's first final and will the nerves get to him and affect his game. I think he's ready for the big stage though, I seen the Italian kid winning it in four.

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On the subject of Aryna doing whatever she feels like moment-to-moment...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1751290892366020892

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Rohan Bopanna winning the men's doubles at age 43 with partner Matthew Ebden is a heck of an accomplishment.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1751268213491417089

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Sinner has not been broken all tourney - Meddy just broke him in Jannik's 2nd service game.

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Meddy takes the first set 6-3 breaking Sinner twice. Daniil is serving great and has really moved up his court position returning Jannik's serve which is bothering Jannik thus far as his 1st serve percentage is very low.

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Meddy breaks again early in set 2 and Sinner is in deep trouble.

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Sinner breaks Meddy serving for set 2, but is still down a break serving at 2-5

Edit: Jannik has started to play better and had a break point to get back on serve, but Meddy holds to take a two sets to love lead.