Tennis Talk 2018: vol 4 (St Petersburg, Taipei, Davis Cup)

Spanish hooverers at work in Marbella

Murray was in a grand slam final aged 20 but most are just hearing about Norrie at 22, is it actually worth going through the college system in America?

bamos Cameron !!

Feb 4, 2018 -- 11:59AM, mesmerised wrote:

Murray was in a grand slam final aged 20 but most are just hearing about Norrie at 22, is it actually worth going through the college system in America?

depends what the expectations are for you really

the very best prospects shouldn't but it does seem to provide a solid base for those who want to be a constant on Challengers and in some cases get even better

Isner one of the few top players to come out of college in singles in past 20 years

I dislike Mannarino so much I might actually root for Hase. strange days

no way

i know right

he was just associated with an actual premeditate murderer. gotta give the lad some slack i suppose

how nice is that Tiemo never plays any tournaments whatsoever except DC. there's no money neither in that you know. a true patriot

Seems to me the College system is not a good one given it's lack of top players it's produced.

Also just looked that the entry list for Rotterdam, Felix has been given a wildcard it seems, must have a rich daddy with a name like Felix.

feck me norrie away to win again on the dirt, where did this new zealander come from??

Holland

they part of our Commonwealth

vinolas just chinned the all black

petra looks very free money 2day

go full bank grant

Can already sense the level of disappointment from British casual fans at Wimbledon when they listen to Norrie speak for the first time after being told of this new British sensation, only to hear a Kiwi accent, Konta tries hard to disguise her Aussie twang, but she left to come here too late.

n88 did his utmost best to jinx that in favour of his fav french bish so tread with care

Feb 4, 2018 -- 12:37PM, nofx wrote:

n88 did his utmost best to jinx that in favour of his fav french bish so tread with care

I just asked him in the spam thread not to jinx petra after jinxing swaggy nick through the night

Has James Ward retired from Tennis?

if he hasnt he should do!

would he retire tho when hes guaranteed a wildcard at SW19? thats worth what 30k?

thats like the main reason laura robson is still playing isnt it, 30k for turning up

he's not getting no wildcard this year, at best it would be  into qualifiers, but I even doubt that

vinolas is a proper mugger isnt he

Last year they handed out 9 wildcards to Brits in Qualfying, James Ward is currently Britain's 20th ranked player, would have to win a pre grass event

I absolutely despise the wildcard thing

if ur not good enough to qualify u shouldnt be in the tournament imo

vinolas in massive trouble here, hes utter filth

Scots having to save us in DC again

DC?

correct

that correct was after I quote a post, which didn't post

can young edy play R5?

or is Broady just gonna lose that 1

whats the DC stand for? doubles something?

Davis Cup

Broady has never beaten any player ranked inside the top 30 before, I can't see him beating RBA on clay

Feb 4, 2018 -- 1:02PM, mesmerised wrote:

Davis Cup

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wtf that wasnt out

wtf is the umpire doing

oh my, this is true NZ grit here

In what other sport is the manager allowed to talk to the Referee/umpire during a match an infinite amount of times like Sergi Bruguera is, should be accused of trying to influence the officials with the sheer amount of rabbiting his been doing in his ear.

football

Feb 4, 2018 -- 1:22PM, mesmerised wrote:

In what other sport is the manager allowed to talk to the Referee/umpire during a match an infinite amount of times like Sergi Bruguera is, should be accused of trying to influence the officials with the sheer amount of rabbiting his been doing in his ear.

nfl

pro wrestling

to the 4th official who have zero impact on a game

good shout, caramba

Wrestling is not a sport, just men who enjoy grappling each other

its true

WRESTLING LMFAO

Makes the lentil soup brigade feel tough

WWE threads on the football forum used to be huge

so sorry n00rie

Bank job petra

petra is unbeatable indoors, simple!

Looks like women v girl. Kiki a spectator.

They really should have translators on stand by so we know what they're saying when they've requested the coach at the changeovers. It's gamblers that keep their viewer-ship up, least they can do is give us some insight as to whether we should lay a player who wants to retire, says he/she is injured etc, common courtesy.

She only just spoke to her coach, ban this nonsense

This'll be Kiki's 7 loss in 8 finals at tour level.

Runner–up    1.    23 May 2015    Internationaux de Strasbourg, France    Clay    Australia Samantha Stosur    6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Runner–up    2.    11 June 2016    Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands    Grass    United States Coco Vandeweghe    5–7, 5–7
Runner–up    3.    16 October 2016    Hong Kong Open, China    Hard    Denmark Caroline Wozniacki    1–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Winner    1.    5 February 2017    St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia    Hard (i)    Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva    6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Runner-up    4.    4 March 2017    Mexican Open, Mexico    Hard    Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko    1–6, 5–7
Runner-up    5.    30 April 2017    Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany    Clay (i)    Germany Laura Siegemund    1–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up    6.    13 May 2017    Madrid Open, Spain    Clay    Romania Simona Halep    5–7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Pending    2./7.    4 February 2018    St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia    Hard (i)    Czech Republic Petra Kvitová

Feb 4, 2018 -- 2:33PM, mesmerised wrote:

This'll be Kiki's 7 loss in 8 finals at tour level.

excellent

these are the stats I like to see. keep em coming

did you know one of her other records is having the longest losing streak in WTA history? it's true

We're in the Top Ten!!!

St Petrasburg.

Interviewer reading the phorum I see.

Greatest ceremony in tennis starting now.

That guy all week has been asking daft questions, one of worst on court interviewers

Feb 4, 2018 -- 2:50PM, caramba wrote:

Greatest ceremony in tennis starting now.

Mes is a big fan of this sort of stuff imo.

God I can't bare this cringy rubbish, wtf is this

Feb 4, 2018 -- 2:45PM, caramba wrote:

We're in the Top Ten!!!

we helped a little

who devise this limp ceremony, why would people want to sit and watch a load of stick insects in a tutu dancing around

WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH TENNIS

imagine there was an indoor grand slam, petra would win every year!

God help us at the Russia World Cup opening and closing ceremony in 4 months if this is what we can expect.

To be fair, the opening ceremony at the UK Olympics was absolute dross as well, like a middle class mans wet dream, Mary Poppins, Darwin smoking a pipe and all, horrific.

I admire the effort they've put in to be fair, but I prefer Taiwan, here is a vase, goodbye.

s*** a singing drag queen

mes do u actually watch the opening and closing ceremonies ffs?!?!#

I thought the elite appreciated this sort of stuff.

What a racquet that was, there must have been rats in the basement hanging themselves listening to that

This is actually not good for injury prevention, you're meant to do a warm/cool down after exercise, sitting down for so long could damage muscles.

You would think this was a slam rather than just a fourth tier event

at least these two were allowed to sit down, unlike Novak and Rafa in Australia.

Mladenovic showing off her Russian language skills.

Probably worse to sit down, they need to move after intense exercise to prevent injury

Glad kiki said football and not soccer.

And that's it, amused myself at least.

I still find it staggering that a top ten player can lose 15 games in a row

Vintage Adrian Mannarino choke !

Aother amazing stat is Serena won Wimbledon in 2010, didn't play next til Eastbourne in June 2011, she was still in the top 10.

she was 26th. But was seeded 7 for Wimbledon 2011 because they don't follow rankings.

....still in the top 10 9 months later I should say

or didn't back then anyway.

oh

Similar thing with Pennetta after winning the US Open

I've never understood why they don't just remove players from the Rankings when they've announced their retirement, no point in clogging up the rankings with a permanently inactive player, even if they do announce within the next year they're coming back, sods law.

mesmerised31 Jan 18 11:39
Like the look of this Rybakina, consistent, solid dh bh returns and good fh motions. Some of the returns have been like top drawer.

Can't find any stat on how tall she is though. Looks like a 6ft'er


future slam winner, 4.5 years later.