2023 Tennis
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Bizarre match with the delay and Muchova's ab issue. I like Coco's mental toughness though, staying on target.
She'll need that anime, Sabalenka is really good.
FYI, this was the show she mentioned...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Hero_Academia
FYI, this was the show she mentioned...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Hero_Academia
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This is very surprising. I was expecting this scoreline to be the exact opposite. Sabalenka making way too many mistakes.
Keys has been really challenged this tournament, beating the 14, 3, and 9th seeded players her last three matches. Without losing a set in the last two.
Gauff’s reaction to the protest is pretty mature…
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/tennis/us-open-tennis-climate-protesters-spt/index.html
Yeah, it was just like an odd rain delay in the end, I don't think it affected the momentum of the match even though it was a 49 minute break. Thankfully it happened a game into the second set and not near the end of the first set, which was crazy on its own (Gauff up 5-1, Muchova won 3 straight games including two breaks before Coco broke back at love at 5-4 to take the set).
I'm the biggest Djokovic fan here, but my sense is this weekend may be where Alcaraz definitively passes him for good. How they fare in the semis will of course have an impact, but my guess is that Shelton will push Novak more this afternoon than Medvedev will push Alcaraz tonight, and then Alcaraz will win pretty easily on Sunday. I hope I'm wrong because their previous two matches have been alltime classics, but that's what my gut says.
I think the Djoker/Shelton score has a chance to be closer than Alcaraz/Med, but I still think Alcaraz will have to work harder for his win than Djokovic will. You may still be right about Sunday, but I dont think today will play a factor. I doubt sundays final is as epic as Wimbledon, but dont think it will be an easy win for either.
Yeah, I'm not sure why anyone thought this one would be closer than the second match. Shelton is still pretty raw.
My only reasoning behind a close score was sheltons serve. So I wouldn’t have been if he won a set and kept other sets close score wise. But I never thought the result would be in doubt, if that makes sense.
Errors galore on both sides. It's added some drama to the match but neither guy is playing all that well.
I haven’t watched tennis in a long time. These guys are insane. Some of those Medvedev shots were amazing.
Holy crap. I know he's still losing in this match, but suddenly Alcaraz is playing pure genius tennis.
On the broadcast they're talking about how the players are being coached on where to serve, etc. I thought you couldn't coach a player during a match?
The rule changed in the past year. Coach can give hand signals. Coach can give verbal coaching when their player is on the same side of the court.