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No WTA this week (because they are mugs), but at least we have tennis, and with strong fields.
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Sam Querrey isn't letting any crazy Russians take his baby!!
Craig Shapiro
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Just hearing now over 20 players tested positive for Covid 19 at
@atptour
event in Sardinia.
@Shaptennispod
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Just hearing now over 20 players tested positive for Covid 19 at
@atptour
event in Sardinia.
Alexander Zverev takes the 1st set 6-4. 1.05 to back, 1.06 to lay.
https://twitter.com/Formula_TX/status/1316751790671572993
The ATP website has career return ratings for 712 players on its homepage. Reilly Opelka ranks #710.
The classic has won no points on return all set, now 0-30 when Medvedev serving to stay in it.
Can you guess who the two players with worse career return ratings are on the ATP website?
A player's Return Rating© is determined by adding his winning percentage in the four service return categories (first serve return points won, second serve return points won, return games won, break points converted)
A player's Return Rating© is determined by adding his winning percentage in the four service return categories (first serve return points won, second serve return points won, return games won, break points converted)
That might have been the quickest hold from 0-30 I have ever seen.
I actually have no idea. I assume one isn't the obvious Isner, so I don't know.
One is still active, the other is a bit obscure. So obscure that I remember Sport1 (then Wimbledon broadcaster in Germany) got the flag next to his name wrong once (they put an Italian flag next to him, but he's an Aussie)
No
Obscure player might actually still be active as a doubles player (played the AO and some other Aussie tournaments in doubles). Also has a career high of 67 in singles (which he last played in qualies of Stockholm 2015)
Obscure player might actually still be active as a doubles player (played the AO and some other Aussie tournaments in doubles). Also has a career high of 67 in singles (which he last played in qualies of Stockholm 2015)
Or again active in doubles. Prior to this year's ATP Cup, AO and others, he had last played doubles at the 2017 AO.
The Aussie I'm seeking has three career wins against top10 players.
Number 3 in the world Juan-Carlos Ferrero at 2004 when the Aussie was a #447 ranked wild card in Sydney
Then world number 2 Rafael Nadal at 2007 Sydney by retirement
and #7 Tsonga at 2009 Cincy
Number 3 in the world Juan-Carlos Ferrero at 2004 when the Aussie was a #447 ranked wild card in Sydney
Then world number 2 Rafael Nadal at 2007 Sydney by retirement
and #7 Tsonga at 2009 Cincy
The other guy, caramba is always very happy to see in every slam, or generally, tournament draw.
Medvedev should try holding as easy at the end of the set as he does early in the set.
American tennis player Sam Querrey has fled Russia in a private jet with his wife and son after they all tested positive for the coronavirus and were placed in isolation by government authorities. 
Mr Querrey was in St Petersburg for the St Petersburg Open, but he, his wife, and eight-month-old son tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, just one day before the main draw play started. When they arrived in the country four days prior, they all tested negative.
After testing positive, the tennis player and his family were asked to isolate together in a hotel room.
Mr Querrey was in St Petersburg for the St Petersburg Open, but he, his wife, and eight-month-old son tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, just one day before the main draw play started. When they arrived in the country four days prior, they all tested negative.
After testing positive, the tennis player and his family were asked to isolate together in a hotel room.
https://twitter.com/OpenWTALimoges/status/1316771084767817730
Edy's fav event Limoges cancelled. He's been looking forward to that one for ages
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Edy's fav event Limoges cancelled. He's been looking forward to that one for ages
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Though I really think there shouldn't be any indoor sports events at all. Try to create outdoor events in preferrable climates that allow outdoor events. I.e. tell Oracle guy to step it up and host events at IW every week.
Oh, read on TF that Limoges was cancelled because of the Aussie Open quarantine (it being too close to the Aussie season), and them not finding a new spot.
Should extend to Australian season to start two weeks after Linz.
Any further news on the supposedly 20 positive tests on Sardinia?
Cider says that the tests are statistically insignificant
He's also another one of those people that don't shy away from strawmanning you all day long.
Oct 15, 2020 -- 6:45PM, edy wrote:
Any further news on the supposedly 20 positive tests on Sardinia?
Fake news obviously, and another Twitter account in the fake news bin.
Yeah, read in the mean time that in reality they tested 20 players/people in direct response to the positive Fognini test, not that there were 20 positive tests.
Could potentially be an unfortunate mistranslation then. Or something lost in translation anyway.
Oct 15, 2020 -- 6:01PM, n88uk wrote:
https://twitter.com/OpenWTALimoges/status/1316771084767817730Edy's fav event Limoges cancelled. He's been looking forward to that one for ages .
I see no-one mentioned WTA Ostrava got the green light.
Oct 16, 2020 -- 11:18AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:
Musetti cut his hair
pics or it didn't happen
https://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/methode_image/2020/10/13/Varie/Foto_Varie_-_Trattate/LAPR1293-kzCG--712x402@Gazzetta-Web_375x281.JPG?v=202010131138
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came back from 0-4 to 6-4 to win the 2nd set. Hanfmann having a thigh injury helped.
edy • October 15, 2020 6:16 PM BST
Though I really think there shouldn't be any indoor sports events at all. Try to create outdoor events in preferrable climates that allow outdoor events. I.e. tell Oracle guy to step it up and host events at IW every week.
Sometimes you do listen to me!
you're so vicious at times i wish you worked for the radical left
can't say I'll miss lullaby music at tennis when these Cologne events are over. Boring mugTP can be hard to sit through as it is.
British number one Johanna Konta has pulled out of next week's WTA event in the Czech Republic because she does not feel comfortable travelling while Covid-19 cases are on the rise.
It means the 29-year-old will not play again this year, instead focusing on preparing for the 2021 season.
It means the 29-year-old will not play again this year, instead focusing on preparing for the 2021 season.
French ITFs generally have bad streaming, with some exceptions for later rounds of the bigger tournaments (like Cagnes-Sur-Mer)
Though even those are not streamed at bookmakers or the official ITF livestream page. It's french TV channels streaming them online.
n88uk will The Burrage turn out to be a better, less injury-prone version of Laura Robson?
https://twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1317129312634609665/photo/1
great times for blood dopers.
great times for blood dopers.
Oct 16, 2020 -- 6:16PM, wisewords wrote:
how many years until Felix wins the US Open?
as many as it will be for Sara.
Does blood doping have any real benefits out of competition?
not much progress in the last 20 months. don't see him as a Slam winner.
Oct 16, 2020 -- 7:11PM, edy wrote:
Does blood doping have any real benefits out of competition?
means you can train harder, for longer more often, recover far quicker between sessions
The Burrage is a FIGHTER!
Wang gubbed
1.13 £9
1.17 £0
1.18 £1,521
1.2 £59
Wang gubbed
1.13 £9
1.17 £0
1.18 £1,521
1.2 £59
https://twitter.com/JJlovesTennis/status/1317164963149000704
!!!
!!!
edy = jimmy69?
https://twitter.com/hotdog6969/status/1317576595801067525
https://twitter.com/hotdog6969/status/1317576595801067525
trainer Djere. Big odds movement for it.
Cecchinato matched at 1.25 shortly after that (no break). Has been a Djere train after that.
some drama after the match, Marco wasn't happy about Djere's MTO in the 1st and Mo had to keep them seperated, but just as it was potentially getting interesting "The event has ended" sign came up.
Julien ... sorry I mean Felix lost again.
Andy Murray has withdrawn from this week's ATP event in Cologne due to a lingering pelvic problem.
The British former world number one first became aware of the issue at last month's US Open.
A scan conducted after his return to the UK revealed tendonitis of the psoas: the muscle which joins the lower back to the top of the leg.
Murray said in a Facebook post that he decided to pull out after some practice on Sunday.
"I've been trying to deal with it in training, and in the matches, and unfortunately after my match here this week it's flared up again," he said.
"I've been practising the last few days and trying to manage it, but after playing some points today, I decided it was not going to be good enough to play."
Murray had been due to face the Serbian wildcard Danilo Petrovic in the first round.
Speaking before last week's opening round defeat to Fernando Verdasco, in the first of two back-to-back tournaments in Cologne, Murray stressed the importance of getting matches under his belt.
"I want to try and play matches and get tournaments in, because physically my body tends to feel better the more I play," he told reporters.
Murray may yet seek a wildcard for the Paris Masters, which begins in two weeks' time. The only ATP event scheduled after that is the following week's new tournament in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
It is almost a year to the day since Murray won the European Open in Antwerp just nine months after hip resurfacing surgery.
His prospects seemed bright, but injuries, and the five-month Covid-19 suspension, have restricted the 33-year-old to just seven matches so far this year.
The British former world number one first became aware of the issue at last month's US Open.
A scan conducted after his return to the UK revealed tendonitis of the psoas: the muscle which joins the lower back to the top of the leg.
Murray said in a Facebook post that he decided to pull out after some practice on Sunday.
"I've been trying to deal with it in training, and in the matches, and unfortunately after my match here this week it's flared up again," he said.
"I've been practising the last few days and trying to manage it, but after playing some points today, I decided it was not going to be good enough to play."
Murray had been due to face the Serbian wildcard Danilo Petrovic in the first round.
Speaking before last week's opening round defeat to Fernando Verdasco, in the first of two back-to-back tournaments in Cologne, Murray stressed the importance of getting matches under his belt.
"I want to try and play matches and get tournaments in, because physically my body tends to feel better the more I play," he told reporters.
Murray may yet seek a wildcard for the Paris Masters, which begins in two weeks' time. The only ATP event scheduled after that is the following week's new tournament in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
It is almost a year to the day since Murray won the European Open in Antwerp just nine months after hip resurfacing surgery.
His prospects seemed bright, but injuries, and the five-month Covid-19 suspension, have restricted the 33-year-old to just seven matches so far this year.
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