2021 Tennis Thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

Man Novak persisting with that dropper even though it wasn't really working, then he drops that....what a ####ing guy.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

I'm going to channel my inner SCD. The announcement should have been, "Due to the exceptional nature of this match we’ve designated this to be the championship match with your presence here. Our apologies to Stefanos Tsitsipas"

I mean I've obviously delivered the kiss of death to Novak lol. But yeah last time he beat Nadal here he didn't cash so we'll see. But assuming he finishes on Sunday I would think that's the end of the GOAT debate. After that 0-5 start Novak won 22 of the final 34 games against the Claymeister, and it wasn't like Rafa was playing poorly, Novak just beat him with a terrific gameplan to attack the backhand and use that forehand when it was there.

[dash_pinched]

I did not see this match ending so quickly. What a performance by Djoker.

[bigtmac19]

Damn I’m so disappointed, after spending the entire afternoon watching tennis, that’s not the outcome I wanted

[Inglewood Jack]

and with that, the most difficult part of the potential calendar slam is past him. but you just know at the US Open on championship point, he's going to accidentally smack an official in the nuts with the ball and get defaulted.

[troutman]

Novak could equal Roger and Rafa for career Grand Slams this year. Surpass them next year.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I mean the reason it's a lock for Novak to get the record is his ridiculous fitness level. Rafa was clearly gassed by the fourth set while Novak, as he usually does, appeared to be getting stronger. Dude is an all-time freak at any sport for fitness and conditioning, just a marvel to watch.

[Nadal Fan]

Well good match by Novak he played lights out. Rafa had his chances just couldn't convert set point and didn't have a great time breaker. Nothing lasts forever.

Hopefully the final is good, now I'm off to cry into a drink.

[dash_pinched]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1403452652457889792

[Nadal Fan]

Poor Thiem, the one year someone takes out Nadal he completely loses his game on clay.

[dash_pinched]

Felix advances to the final in Stuttgart with a win over Sam Querrey earlier today. His opponent in the final is Marin Cilic.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

Pavlyuchenkova vs. Krejcikova...set your alarms people, ain't no sleeping in Saturday morning. NBC crew, take your depression medication and let's go. this is the Women's final that the French Open deserves.

Instant classic thus far lol

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Felix advances to the final in Stuttgart with a win over Sam Querrey earlier today. His opponent in the final is Marin Cilic.

I'm glad to see Felix find his game on grass. It's a surface alot of young players struggle on, hopefully this gives him a confidence boost heading into Wimbledon.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

I'm glad to see Felix find his game on grass. It's a surface alot of young players struggle on, hopefully this gives him a confidence boost heading into Wimbledon.

Let's see if he can actually win a set in an ATP final (baby steps). I watched quite a bit of the Cilic- Shapo match and Marin was looking pretty good so it's not going to be easy.

[GirlySports]

Not so fast, two match points saved, this might be a classic

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Not so fast, two match points saved, this might be a classic

Her celebration was so anti climatic.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Her celebration was so anti climatic.

Maybe because of the close call on the line. But she fairly stoic to begin with.

[Senator Clay Davis]

It's kinda embarrassing they still can't figure out how to use Hawkeye on clay. Whether or not Hawkeye is perfect in it's call isn't important, it's that the players at this point trust it far more than the ump picking out the right mark. It almost cost Krejcikova in the semis. There's already enough reasons to hate clay, this is an easy one to rectify.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

It's kinda embarrassing they still can't figure out how to use Hawkeye on clay. Whether or not Hawkeye is perfect in it's call isn't important, it's that the players at this point trust it far more than the ump picking out the right mark. It almost cost Krejcikova in the semis. There's already enough reasons to hate clay, this is an easy one to rectify.

It's not accurate enough yet. Especially when you have visual evidence the player will always go with the mark in front of their eyes unless you can show hawkeye on clay is perfect.

That graphic on TV in the semifinal, we don't know if that's correct.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I know it's not perfect, it's also not perfect on the other surfaces either. It just has a much larger margin for error, but why they can't get that figured out is beyond me. I suspect they just don't want to put the effort in when you can just use the mark, marks are impossible to use on the other surfaces so Hawkeye is essential.