This is almost as close as we can get, I suppose, But I'd really love to have seen absolute prime Federer against absolute prime Djokovic on the various surfaces.
Tennis 2021
- Thread starter jon abbey
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https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/31839616/coco-gauff-tests-positive-covid-19-play-tokyo-olympics
Coco Gauff tested positive for COVID and will miss the Olympics
Coco Gauff tested positive for COVID and will miss the Olympics
I did some digging. As of June 7th she was not vaccinated - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/sports/tennis/french-open-coco-gauff.html
As a huge Fed fan I am coming to terms with the fact we may never see him on the court again. I wish he could have had a farewell tour (or at least a farewell tourney). He spoiled tennis fans for much longer than we deserved.
And I really liked Stefanos Tsitsipas as well...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/aug/23/anti-vaxx-athletes-stance-show-myths-cut-across-boundaries-privilege-covid
A lot of anti-vax sentiment on the tennis tours, apprarently:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/aug/23/anti-vaxx-athletes-stance-show-myths-cut-across-boundaries-privilege-covid
Some crazy first round matches scheduled on Monday:
Madison Keys/Sloane Stephens (both unseeded, this was the 2017 final)
Andy Murray/Stefanos Tsitsipas (3)
Richard Gasquet/Daniil Medvedev (2)
Roberto Bautista Agut (18)/Nick Krygios
Madison Keys/Sloane Stephens (both unseeded, this was the 2017 final)
Andy Murray/Stefanos Tsitsipas (3)
Richard Gasquet/Daniil Medvedev (2)
Roberto Bautista Agut (18)/Nick Krygios
I'll give you three of those, but Richard Gasquet? Not sure what decade you think this is.
He also got injured in his last match at Winston Salem. As much as I love watching his one hander my suspicion is it will be a pretty routine 3 setterI'll give you three of those, but Richard Gasquet? Not sure what decade you think this is.
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I can't imagine him actually winning (unfortunately, IMO), but Murray just took first set over Tsitsipas 6-2
I love the idea that Murray is thinking to himself that if he wins this match, he becomes the de facto #3 seed himself.
If he can pull this off the draw is somewhat favorable to at least a run to the second week? Herbert or Mannarino (Herbert took first set) next, and then 3rd round vs 26th seeded Norrie or 18 year old Alcaraz. I'd get a kick out of "old man Murray" vs Alcaraz actually.
I would've made my players run many hill sprints for that kind of statement! #onepointatatime
Murray digs out of a mini 0-30 hole to knot up 2nd set at 5.
On Louis Armstrong Isner goes down in straight to 20-year old American Brandon Nakashima.
Heh, I'm not playing.
Murray had his chances, two set points up 6-4 in the tiebreak, but doublefaulted at 7-7 and lost 9-7.
Murray seems to have brought only one pair of shoes out onto the court with him - speculation here on the UK feed (with Jim Courier and Tim Henman commentating) is that he's trying to get his team to get at least one more pair of shoes shipped out to Arthur Ashe from his hotel. Somehow he's up 3-0 in the 3rd set with sodden feet.
Crazy first day, Coco barely pulls out her match 6-4 in the 3rd, she has an intense draw coming up (Sloane Stephens, then Kerber, then Osaka, and that would just put her into the quarters), and Tsitsipas holds off Murray in 5, just under five hours (!!).
Tsitsipas took a long break between the 4th and 5th set.
The other reason would probably be better discussed in V&N.
Ah ok...all the above makes perfect sense.
Murray’s press conference could be exciting. Didn’t Zverev just accuse Tsitsipas about getting coaching via texting during his long breaks?
That was a truly incredible first day of a Grand Slam, quite possibly the best first day ever.
Murray is still pissed:
View: https://twitter.com/andy_murray/status/1432677183030538248
Murray is still pissed:
View: https://twitter.com/andy_murray/status/1432677183030538248
Yup. Caught a bit of Blake/Fowler discussing it earlier today and Blake summarized it pretty well I thought - it's not technically cheating but it's gross. He called out fellow American's Isner & Opelka for doing the same thing...and praised Tiafoe who took under 2 minutes in between sets to use the bathroom and change.
And with regards to the incredible first day, not only is it incredibly accurate but it really stands out compared to how mundane today seems (so far).
Some tough losses (Korda, Vandeweghe, Sandgren), but on the whole a pretty successful day for Americans...off top of my head good wins for:
Opelka
Johnson
Kudla
Pegula
Escobedo
Brooksby
Cressy
Sock
McDonald
Anisimova
Fritz
Opelka
Johnson
Kudla
Pegula
Escobedo
Brooksby
Cressy
Sock
McDonald
Anisimova
Fritz
which is great. Not counting on any of them to make an actual run though. It's just absolutely nuts that it's been 18 years since an American man has won a slam (Roddick, 2003 US open); and 12 since even having a finalist (also Roddick, 2009 Wimbledon). I don't have time (or the stomach) to do a deeper dive, but my guess is I could count semifinal appearances over the past decade on one hand (the only 2 that spring to mind are Querrey & Isners' runs in 17/18).
I think Murray might take issue with your post, but otherwise very valid pointOf course, pretty much every country except Switzerland, Spain, Serbia and England has had a similar dry spell for their men.
Coincidentally a long article today on that exact topic, pretty good:
https://www.gq.com/story/wheres-the-next-andy-roddick
https://www.gq.com/story/wheres-the-next-andy-roddick
Good find on that article. Obviously while all the hypotheses discussed play a role, I really do wish there was more time spent discussing the Martin Blackman quote that finishes with "And we really didn't react to it as a federation.” In my opinion, that is the largest piece of the pie. Earlier there are a few sentences spent on the USTA's role, but it somewhat glosses over it.
On the US Open front, at least with a couple of roofs we will get to watch some tennis today. Osaka's opponent (Danilovic of Serbia) pulled out, so I believe they moved the Halep match onto Ashe.
No it was the wind gusts that were blowing the rain through the gap between the concourse and the retractable roof.
Tsitsipas took another long bathroom break after losing the 3rd set and got booed when he returned to the court. Ashe crowd at it's finest in my opinion.
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/32130140/stefanos-tsitsipas-jeered-another-long-toilet-break-wins-4-sets-us-open
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/32130140/stefanos-tsitsipas-jeered-another-long-toilet-break-wins-4-sets-us-open
