2025 Tennis thread

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A little bit of humor to lighten things up - My wife just said "Jeff Bezos is there in the stadium."

I replied, "Honey, that's Andre Agassi"

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Izzle

How are they smashing it so clean after 5 hours? Shouldn't their arms fall off now???

Well with Sinner we already know the answer to that, Alcaraz is just a maniac though.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

Where is this match gonna land on the goat list

Has to be top 5 and climbing up the chart with every point it seems.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Super breaker for a major. Kinda sucks to end like this, but hopefully ends up very intense and not one sided.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Super breaker for a major. Kinda sucks to end like this, but hopefully ends up very intense and not one sided.

One-sided it is.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Sinner just setting up the miracle rally to put this in the GOAT match coversation.

[FurnaceFace]

We've been fortunate to have watched one of the greatest matches in history. What a battle.

[Izzle]

Imagine if there is a Renault Man for the trophy presentations.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Alcaraz is the one true heir to the Big Three, long may he reign.

[dash_pinched]

That was fun.

[FurnaceFace]

Build him a statue next to Nadal.

That's going to be a hard beat for Sinner

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

That's going to be a hard beat for Sinner

Yeah, that's five consecutive losses to Carlos. This one will sting for some time.

[atb]

That was great, hope we get to watch many more finals between these two.

[Nadal Fan]

I just finished watching the final OMG I can't believe what I just watched. One of the greatest matches I've ever seen, I hope this doesn't mess up Sinner for the future because that's gotta be emotionally devastating. Carlos what can I say, he was hitting shots where id audibly gasp after each point. Some of these rallies were not from this world.

Like I said earlier Nadals 5th major was 2008 Wimbledon, Carlos 5th major was also another all time classic match. This match is probably in the top 5 finals I've seen in the past 25 years.

2022 AO
2008 Wimbledon
2019 Wimbledon (sorry)
2019 US Open
2025 French Open

Maybe 2012 and 2017 AO's and a few more could be added to the conversation

This was the match I needed to regain my fandom in tennis

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So does this match we watched earlier today finally put to bed the argument that grand slams for the men need to remain best of 5?

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

So does this match we watched earlier today finally put to bed the argument that grand slams for the men need to remain best of 5?

Yes.....now the discussion of whether we should have a tie breaker at 6-6 in the 5th is a different story

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Yes.....now the discussion of whether we should have a tie breaker at 6-6 in the 5th is a different story

I think so, you can't ask for much more from those guys.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

A little bit of humor to lighten things up - My wife just said "Jeff Bezos is there in the stadium."

I replied, "Honey, that's Andre Agassi"

[Erick Estrada]

That's just a snippet but IMO the entire interview is worth a watch. I enjoyed him talking about some of the other older guys like Wilander, Lendl, etc.

[GirlySports]

And the big four Americans. Out of him, Sampras, Chang and Courier, he was the first to turn pro but the last to win a slam. He could play as an uderdog but not as a favorite as he lost 3 slam finals to unknown guys before winning 1992 Wimbledon which no one even thought he could. Just a wild career.