2022 Tennis Thread

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

That's right, GS. It's essentially an exhibition this year. Well, that's not quite right, it's still the most coveted trophy in tennis.

We'll see how many players skip the pointless tournament.

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Tsitsipas was up 4-2 and had a couple of break points to go up 5-2. Musetti takes the opening set 7-5. You gotta love tennis lol

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Musetti up a double break in set 2. The yogurt is starting to curdle.

[Nadal Fan]

If Tsitsipas is out day one, we should just cancel the bottom half of the Men's draw and have Djokovic , Nadal and Alcaraz play a round robin tournament to decide the winner.

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Tsitsipas retrieved one of the breaks back just now.

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Tsitsipas will need to go five sets if he wants to advance to round 2 as Musetti takes set 2 6-4

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Greek Yogurt takes set 3 by a set score of 6-2

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Talent is there but the head isn't. Coaching can't fix everything but he needs help with the mental aspects of the game as his consistency isn't where it needs to be.

aside from the issues North Americans have on clay in general, I don't even think Shapo's mental strength is the biggest issue. I think the majority of his stroke mechanics are super unreliable and have a really low floor when not firing perfectly.

even in their advanced age Rafa and Novax are the perfect modern tennis players because their footwork and strokes are less likely to fall apart when the pressure is on. fans and media will say that it's just cause they're mentally stronger than everyone else on key points (which they are) but what they're really doing is running tennis like a casino: win 55% of points on average, and over a long enough match (best of 5), house almost always wins.

https://hughclarke.substack.com/p/gr...-in-simplicity

from the above article, a floor/ceiling diagram of the top 4 FO contenders FH and BH...also casino inspired by card rankings:



the floor of Yogurt's groundstrokes (especially that BH) is why he probably won't win a major as long as Nadal and Djoko can still play. and assuming Charlitos can continue to nudge his own shot tolerance up as he ages into his prime, there will be no open window for the nextgen-aged players to collect slams.

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Musetti and Tsitsipas need a 5th set to determine who advances to round 2.

[bigtmac19]

Damm I thought Musetti might get through this. I'm disappointed.

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Greek Yogurt just raised his level a couple of notches and Musetti to be fair has faded away. It doesn't help matters that Lorenzo's first serve is essentially just a means to start the point and is not a weapon at all.

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Just watched the end of the PCB - Gilles Simon match that was essentially a Davis Cup match between Spain and France. The Parisians in attendance got their native son over the line in the 5th set.

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Felix is into round 3 following a straight sets win 6-0 6-3 6-4 over Carabelli.

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Leylah is now on court against Siniakova and they are on serve in the opening set.

Edit: Leylah takes the opening set 6-3 and playing some fine tennis this morning.

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Baez is up two sets to love on the Fraud, by the way.

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Muchova just eliminated #4 seed Sakkari 7-6 7-6

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Leylah is into round 3 as well as she eliminates Siniakova 6-3 6-2 in 71 minutes. Could be an all-Canadian tussle as she awaits the winner of Bianca vs. Bencic.

[Nadal Fan]

I honestly don't know who I would cheer for in that situation

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Baez up a break in set 5. Come on shorty, you can do it!!

Edit: Zverev breaks right back.

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Match point for Baez.

Edit: it comes and goes.

Edit 2: The Fraud holds and we play on at 5-5 in set 5.