2024 Tennis
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I think her opponent is actually playing well for her, but she never won a tour-level match before the two she's won here.
As I write this, Norrie and Zverev are at 12-12 in a third-set tiebreak (on serve). Norrie needs to win it to stay in the match.
Me too. I went to the laundromat to dry my laundry (dryer is broken) and came home to find Swiatek wiped out! Wow.
The shadows were very funky for most of that set, but he needs to kick it up a couple of notches.
Paolini/Keys was an awesome seesaw match with an awful ending. Keys was up 5-2 in the 3rd but couldn’t close it and then got hurt serving up 5-4. She tried to gut it out but had to retire at 5-5, Paolini gets Coco if Coco gets by Navarro later.
Was wondering about that, I saw the result but not the process. To have to retire after leading the deciding set 5-2, in Wimbledon R16, has got to be soul-crushing. And to one of the nicest people on the tour, too.
She took a long timeout at 5-4 and tried to serve it out after that, but she just couldn't. She was literally crying while trying to serve for the match, I have never seen that before.
I take care of Emma’s dogs. Did the health certificates for them last week so that they could go to the UK for Wimbledon. They are a nice family.
Is it me, or are there an unusually high number of players forced to retire due to injuries this year? Just happened again with Kalinskaya.
Taylor Fritz playing out of his mind in that tiebreak. I think wearing a headband and shirt that simply says "Boss" must be a little intimidating or motivating or something.
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Zverev's backhand appears to now be... *drumroll*... on the Fritz.
Brilliant defensive game of taking over control of return points by Taylor, putting Zverev on the defensive and eventually drawing a bad ball back and punishing it. Fritz now a few service games from the QFs.
Brilliant defensive game of taking over control of return points by Taylor, putting Zverev on the defensive and eventually drawing a bad ball back and punishing it. Fritz now a few service games from the QFs.
Comes back from 0-30 to hold and consolidate the break. up 4-1 now...really surprising, and impressive, turnaround from Fritz
Legit top-10 player.
He can absolutely take out Musetti and make the semis, and Djokovic has his work cut out for him to meet him there.
He can absolutely take out Musetti and make the semis, and Djokovic has his work cut out for him to meet him there.
Maybe with the additional prize money he will be able to buy himself a haircut and leave the 90s butt cut behind
Despite some uneven results to start the year at Masters 1000 tourneys, this is now his 3rd QF in the last 4 slams (with a 4th rounder at this years French)...so "legit top 10" feels right as of now. I dont recall him doing anything great during the pre-US open summer hard court season last year so he should have some points to pick up.
Clinical first set by Djoker there. Rune has that win against him earlier this year, but thus far just a hugely evident gap in maturity / consistency between the two.
edit: and as outro music, they play Elton John's "I'm Still Standing". Classic.
edit: and as outro music, they play Elton John's "I'm Still Standing". Classic.
Djokovic apparently now dealing with some sort of abdominal issue and De Minaur looks like he tweaked something on match point against Fils.
The fans are shouting "Ruuuuuuune!" to cheer on Rune, and Djokovic thinks they're booing him and is giving the crowd a "WTF?" gesture. Real high-quality "I was saying boo-urns" moment there.
Someone needs to write a piece listing the age of all of Djokovic's Grand Slam opponents the last few years, almost every match he seems to be 12-15 years older.
Very impressive win for him today, he is 37 to Rune's 21, and especially nice to get through it quickly.
Very impressive win for him today, he is 37 to Rune's 21, and especially nice to get through it quickly.
ESPN didn't carry it, but apparently Djoker went full heel during the post-match interview, doubling down on the crowd booing him (when they were chanting "Rune"). Just an amazing troll job.
View: https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/1810415720100159769
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I'm a fan, so whatever motivates him, I guess.
View: https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/1810415720100159769
(Edited with link to a longer video)
I'm a fan, so whatever motivates him, I guess.
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Wait, there are TWO Djokovic fans in this thread? I thought it was JA holding his own against the rest of the world. Shit.
Fuck that man forever. He is the absolute worst.
Fuck that man forever. He is the absolute worst.
I'm not as big a fan as I used to be, the Covid stuff was infuriating and I really like both Alcaraz and Sinner (this is rare for me, I would guess that I dislike 2/3 of the very top players over the years).
The age thing is remarkable though, winning endurance tests against kids 15 years his junior over and over and over, I could give a shit about the crowd stuff.
The age thing is remarkable though, winning endurance tests against kids 15 years his junior over and over and over, I could give a shit about the crowd stuff.
I'm not quite at "fuck that man forever", I have a certain amount of respect for what condition he's been able to keep himself in, but I'm decidedly anti-Djokovic and root against him at every opportunity.
From the wrap-up:
"To all the fans that have respect and that stayed here tonight: Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. I appreciate it. And to all those people that have chosen to disrespect the player -- in this case, me -- have a goooood night. Gooooood night. Gooooood night. Very gooooood night," he said, stretching out the O's in "good" so they sounded like "boo."
If you asked me how different this was than Michael Jordan psychotically playing up totally innocuous things in order to gin up resentment at his opponents, I'd say not hugely... except that Jordan's was directed at opponents, to motivate him to compete, whereas Djokovic just isn't loved enough, isn't ever going to be loved enough, to fill up the hole in his soul. So there's not a "wow what a competitor!" semi-charm about it the way there was with Jordan or Brady.