2024 Tennis Thread

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Shapo gets Tiafoe next who barely survived today (needed 5 sets). If Denis plays the same way against Frances that he did today, I like his chances to get to round 3.

[Erick Estrada]

I know it's only round 1 but it's nice to see the Canadians all win today convincingly.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Shocked Kei took an MTO. Once a cheat always a cheat.

Remember the time he had a shower in between sets at the Olympics in the bronze medal game and delayed the start of the deciding set by over 15 minutes?

[Erick Estrada]

Is there any way to watch all the highlights? The French Open youtube channel doesn't show all the match highlights. It's frustrating that I can watch official highlight packages of every single match of any regular ATP 250+ event on youtube but the Grand Slams you get these 3 minute highlight packages of selected matches.

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So we do refer to the PHH - Novak tussle happening as I type as the battle of the unvaccinated?!?

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Is there any way to watch all the highlights? The French Open youtube channel doesn't show all the match highlights. It's frustrating that I can watch official highlight packages of every single match of any regular ATP 250+ event on youtube but the Grand Slams you get these 3 minute highlight packages of selected matches.

I wish I could help EE - I just tried to do a youtube search for French Open youtube videos and aside from the official French Open ones, it's quite scarce. As you know, after the tourney concludes, content creators do put out some more extensive videos of matches on youtube, but that doesn't really help you right now lol.

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Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Keep an eye on Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, he just won Lyon defeating Etcheverry in the final and is a 20 year old Frenchman with a big game. He takes on Goatfin in the first round at the French Open.

Goatfin survives in five sets.

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EE, I did come across the following that popped up in my youtube feed:

[Erick Estrada]

Ha ha ha. Looks like it came straight out of the official RG channel.

[CedarMeter]

Rain again. The Fernandez game is suspended. She's down 3-5 in the 1st.

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Ha ha ha. Looks like it came straight out of the official RG channel.

Ha ha, looks like RG wasn't too pleased about their content being shared and distributed on youtube. Those are not the original videos that I posted.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Goatfin survives in five sets.

The Goatfin was talking about how crazy the crowd was yesterday, he said someone was spitting on him during the match. Only the one true goat could have kept his composure there

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Jesper De Jong has forced a 4th set against Carlitos after Charlie won the first two sets.

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Charlie looks all out of sorts today, he may still end up winning this match, but it's pretty clear his arm issues are impacting his confidence and shot making decisions.

Edit: Carlitos does indeed win as De Jong hit the wall in the 4th set.

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All play on outdoor courts cancelled for today - The schedule for tomorrow will be crazy and the forecast doesn't look that great.

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Iga is in trouble down a break in set 3 to Naomi Osaka.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Iga is in trouble down a break in set 3 to Naomi Osaka.

If Iga is to lose at least it's to a player like Osaka

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

If Iga is to lose at least it's to a player like Osaka

Perhaps but Osaka is terrible on clay.

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Originally Posted by GirlySports

Perhaps but Osaka is terrible on clay.

Yeah, it's certainly her worst surface, but she's playing great today.

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Iga breaks Naomi serving for the match at 5-3 in set 3. We're back on serve.