2024 Tennis Thread

[Erick Estrada]

Pretty inexcusable miss by the chair umpire that probably needs a review as he's had a miserable month. Also really disappointed in Draper. I'm never going to cheer for this guy again. Poor sportsmanship.

[cam_calderon]

Draper is right that he's not responsible for the decision. That is the umpire's responsibility. He's on shaky ground morally.

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Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Draper is right that he's not responsible for the decision. That is the umpire's responsibility. He's on shaky ground morally.

This is absolutely correct, Draper is under no obligation to call to replay the point or award the point to Felix, that rests with the umpire.

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Shapo weighs in lol...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1824629260931224052

[cam_calderon]

It's a little immature from Denis but I am with him and Felix on their respective incidents. Umpire should be stood down for some time.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Pretty inexcusable miss by the chair umpire that probably needs a review as he's had a miserable month. Also really disappointed in Draper. I'm never going to cheer for this guy again. Poor sportsmanship.

I don't know if it's fair to blame Draper, remember when Raonic touched the net and didn't call it on himself? This is on the umpire imo

[EldrickOnIce]

It's not up to Draper to make the right call. That's on the chair. But don't say you don't know when you do know. That's on him

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

I don't know if it's fair to blame Draper, remember when Raonic touched the net and didn't call it on himself? This is on the umpire imo

I don't blame him for making the call. I blame him for pretending he didn't know what happened. I've played enough tennis where I wouldn't even need to look at that ball to know it was a double as he hit the ball when it was on the way up from the 2nd bounce. If you listen to Felix he even says as much to Draper.

[EldrickOnIce]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1824629551143522443

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Leylah doing double duty today as she faces Jessica Pegula in singles and is still alive in doubles with partner Yulia Putintseva.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Just saw that Felix match point, agreed with what was said….the ump completely screwed that up but Draper saying he wasn’t sure or wasn’t looking makes him come off like a Grade A idiot.

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As I posted earlier, players know when they've hit a ball clean or got to it prior to a second bounce...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1824818361210904687

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https://twitter.com/user/status/1824835755585479093

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This is a peak WTA match between Leylah and Jessica Pegula as we are currently on a 6 game service break streak.

Edit: Pegula takes the opening set 7-5 as she was the first one to hold serve after 7 consecutive breaks of serve.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

This is a peak WTA match between Leylah and Jessica Pegula as we are currently on a 6 game service break streak.

Edit: Pegula takes the opening set 7-5 as she was the first one to hold serve after 7 consecutive breaks of serve.

Was almost comical to watch...

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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Was almost comical to watch...

Leylah trying to mount a comeback here in set 2, all of a sudden playing much better and Pegula's level has dropped a little.

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Leylah was down love-4 here in this second set, won five straight games and was up love-40 on the Pegula serve, but couldn't cash in. Held serve in the next game though and it's Pegula serving at 5-6.

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Leylah takes set 2 in a tie-break (7-1 was the tie-breaker score) and we need a 3rd set. Great fight shown by Leylah in that second set, many players would have just packed it in at love-4 down.

[dash_pinched]

Great match from Leylah today, but Jessica Pegula ekes out the win in a 3rd set tie-break. This match lasted about 90 minutes longer than I thought it would.

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Leylah ended the day on a winning note as she and partner Yulia Putintseva are into the women's doubles final.