2022 Tennis Thread

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So I guess in yesterday's semi-final Pegula accused Simona Halep of being a pusher. Halep isn't a pusher, she shows plenty of aggression from the baseline, but she also is a fine defensive counter-puncher.

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Simona with four double-faults in her first service game against Haddad Maia. Yikes.

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Haddad Maia wins the first three games, Halep wins the next four.

Edit: Make it six as Simona takes the opening set 6-3 with a beauty backhand winner to seal it.

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Haddad Maia wins the first three games of set 2, but it's a double break as opposed to just a single break in set 1.

Edit: We need a deciding set in Toronto as Haddad Maia takes set 2 6-2

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This is an excellent final between Simona and Beatriz and the crowd is doing their part. Feels like a BJK Cup match between Romania and Brazil.

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Halep takes the title in Toronto. Third time winning this WTA 1000 event for Simona. Well done.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

So I guess in yesterday's semi-final Pegula accused Simona Halep of being a pusher. Halep isn't a pusher, she shows plenty of aggression from the baseline, but she also is a fine defensive counter-puncher.

Even if she was a pusher, what does that make you when you lose to a pusher?

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PCB wins the National Bank Open in Montreal over Hubi in three sets. The Spaniard flies under the radar, but he's put together a very fine career.

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https://twitter.com/user/status/1558933671071174659

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Bianca pulled out of the Cincy tourney a couple of days ago citing some scheduling conflict. Both Leylah and Shapo are in action today however.

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Nadal is not playing Davis Cup which is a break for Canada as we have Spain in our group. Now we only have to worry about Charlie, PCB and RBA

Djokovic is playing for Serbia and he has a perfect record against Canadians in singles

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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Nadal is not playing Davis Cup which is a break for Canada as we have Spain in our group. Now we only have to worry about Charlie, PCB and RBA

Djokovic is playing for Serbia and he has a perfect record against Canadians in singles

You see that they will be playing on indoor hard court which is certainly better for Canada than clay and then get reminded that hard court is likely the preferred surface for Charlie, PCB, and RBA.

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I know it's not quite the same marquee matchup that it was 5+ years ago, but Andy Murray versus Stan the Man is coming up shortly in Cincy.

[Nadal Fan]

I wonder why Felix and Shapo aren't playing Davis Cup? IMO they should be playing, it's great experience and they are still young and can play a full schedule. Oh well, at least I can cheer on Spain

https://twitter.com/user/status/1559243244978032646

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you back home already NF? thoughts on the tournament overall (aside from the trainwreck draw) and Montreal as a destination?

[Nadal Fan]

I loved everything about it, Montreal is such a beautiful city and they put on a great tennis tournament.

I highly recommend visiting Montreal, so much to see and do. So many great restaurants, and the stadium was close enough (about 5KM) from our hotel we could walk there from our hotel. Walking back at 1am as well, we felt completely safe, it was a little eerie because the street was completely empty at that time but beside that it was fine.

As for the tournament, after getting over the disappointment that Rafa wasn't playing, I still had so much fun. The stadium is big but I sat in all 3 levels and thought the view was great for all 3. The first day it was fun staying so late for the night match and moving down to watch the end of the Tsitsipas and Draper match. My wife who's never watched a tennis match before developed a real dislike for Tsitsipas. She didn't like how he went after Draper and was yelling through out the match, she's learning fast. The drinks were a little pricey, came to about $25 for a beer and a wine but that's to be expected I suppose. Hot dogs were excellent as advertised, we did find the stadium didn't have alot of English and the menus were all in French only which was strange, considering everywhere else we went had both options. They also did a great job of having things to do outside the courts. A young girl totally showed me up at the serve speed station she was able to hit 80MPH already it was really impressive. But I did place in the top 5 of the day for the chin up contest so that's something

Overall I highly recommend it, only thing is next event I go to, I'll go to one with Women, would have loved some women's matches as well.

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MTO for Stan - Physio looking at his left calf.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

But I did place in the top 5 of the day for the chin up contest so that's something

Nadal Fan has Nadal Pipes, what a coincidence

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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

Nadal Fan has Nadal Pipes, what a coincidence

He's no Sam Bennett

[Nadal Fan]

This was also after I polished off a hot dog in 30 seconds and chugged a $12 beer (which probably helped my number )