09-13-2021, 10:01 AM
|
#5021
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
|
Ehhh, the hatred Novak already got was mostly irrational and based on primarily Fed and Nadal fans hating him (and since they make up a strong majority of all fans...). I don't see that changing much, if anything they're mostly thrilled with yesterday's result, and Novak again gave more reason to not like him with the racquet smash. But Novak is at his absolute best when everyone hates him, so perhaps he needs to up his hate factor for next year.
__________________
"Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."
|
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 10:25 AM
|
#5022
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
|
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 11:51 AM
|
#5023
|
|
#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Ehhh, the hatred Novak already got was mostly irrational and based on primarily Fed and Nadal fans hating him (and since they make up a strong majority of all fans...). I don't see that changing much, if anything they're mostly thrilled with yesterday's result, and Novak again gave more reason to not like him with the racquet smash. But Novak is at his absolute best when everyone hates him, so perhaps he needs to up his hate factor for next year.
|
What is shocking is the level that was required to take this major with one of the big 3 playing. The previous US Open final was comparatively a joke with Zverev and Thiem basically handing the match to each other over and over. Medvedev had to absolutely play the match of his life for 95% of this (there was 1-2 wobbly service games that I can pinpoint) outing to get it done.
At this point Medvedev would have to be the favourite to upset Novak in Australia. It would be nice to see him stonewall Novak until the French Open and Wimbledon where we can all hope that Nadal and Federer may be able to give it one final go at a major.
__________________
I hate to tell you this, but I’ve just launched an air biscuit
|
|
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 12:38 PM
|
#5024
|
|
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
|
|
|
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 01:26 PM
|
#5025
|
|
Franchise Player
|
28, not 29... I'm assuming that Bianca will take some time off before Indian Wells. Leylah might play Chicago?
__________________
"The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
|
|
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 05:55 PM
|
#5026
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Nadal Fan For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-13-2021, 08:15 PM
|
#5028
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-14-2021, 08:38 AM
|
#5030
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
Bianca is currently in the Chicago WTA entry list (of course, her injury status will dictate whether or not she plays as Indian Wells is the big carrot).
https://twitter.com/user/status/1437783074490703873
|
|
|
|
|
09-14-2021, 08:45 AM
|
#5031
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Interesting. No Barty. Maybe in Europe?
Presumably both Emma and Leylah will end up playing.
__________________
"The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
|
|
|
|
|
09-14-2021, 10:48 AM
|
#5032
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
It will be interesting to see what the tv ratings are as Leylah - Emma are going up against the Banjo Bowl.
|
Leylah - Emma crushed the Banjo Bowl as far as tv ratings are concerned.
Fernandez made an improbable run to the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium, which holds over 23,000, and Canada was behind her sending positive energy through TV sets across the country. Her match against Toronto-born, British 18-year-old Emma Raducanu started at 4 p.m. ET and attracted an average audience of 1,173,900 on TSN1.
That match-up started at the same time as Winnipeg hosting Saskatchewan in the 17th annual Banjo Bowl on TSN3. After nearly one million fans tuned into the 56th Labour Day Classic, viewership dropped by over 400,000 for the prairie rivals clashing at a sold out IG Field. Even though the score was tight at halftime, the Blue Bombers knocked out Cody Fajardo and ran away with a 33-9 win.
https://3downnation.com/2021/09/14/c...wl-tv-ratings/
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Nadal Fan For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-16-2021, 10:14 AM
|
#5034
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-16-2021, 06:44 PM
|
#5035
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
So Tennys Sandgren was disqualified from a Challenger event in North Carolina as he took a ball in the nether region from an overexuberant ball kid and then proceeded to smack said ball which hit a linesperson in the butt. The video in the second tweet below isn't great, but captures the incident.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1437933892456140809
https://twitter.com/user/status/1437936267640123395
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-17-2021, 11:54 AM
|
#5036
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
Will be interesting to see how quickly these proposed changes are rolled out...
https://twitter.com/user/status/1438819949795966979
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-18-2021, 01:07 PM
|
#5037
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-18-2021, 06:29 PM
|
#5038
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
Just thought I'd add that the Netflix doc on Mardy Fish (Untold: Breaking Point) is very well done.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-19-2021, 02:14 PM
|
#5039
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Just thought I'd add that the Netflix doc on Mardy Fish (Untold: Breaking Point) is very well done.
|
I totally agree with this. I thought it was excellent and gave some great insights into Fish but also Roddick and American tennis at the time. If Roddick played in any other era he is a multiple Grand Slam champ.
As they said, what happened to American tennis? Answer: Federer 
|
|
|
|
|
09-19-2021, 03:35 PM
|
#5040
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
As they said, what happened to American tennis? Answer: Federer |
Followed by a guy named Nadal and then followed by somebody named Djokovic.
/That 2009 Wimbledon final was epic, Andy came oh so close to major #2
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to dash_pinched For This Useful Post:
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:03 PM.
|
|
