Tennis Talk 2021: Vol 17 (Halle, London, Berlin, Birmingham)

GSM

so void.
if it's really bad, you get a void. it Baptiste is ok, you're in a very bad position. only good scenario is it being bad and Baptiste finishing the set. was trading at sub 1.2 (+1.85) before the fall.

#bangrass

it's just the first days, they will not slip when the court is worn down.

but they change courts every week...

true.

they should put Sorribes Tormo on first match on Monday morning. Court should be ok after that.

we learned these weeks have important Katie is to Alex. Not important enough to play challenger over a 250 event, but important enough to play a week with UK tax over playing another week in Germany.

I have some great news for edy.

Germany lost

sounds like you don't want to hear this great tennis related news I had for you.

Will it make me less sad?

yes

ok then

https://twitter.com/underarm_ace/status/1404864477716226049

yay!

Bianca time!

I think I saw Martincova with some new tattoos, that she definitely didn't do herself.

She had her left arm redone sometime before RG, yeah.

Good to see her having made some monies over the years so she can afford professional tattoo artists.

https://twitter.com/Davavaki/status/1405134045953015812
BREAKING: Kiki Bertens, struggling with an Achilles injury, tells Dutch press she will retire at end of 2021:

“The right balance between the full energy I put in day in day out and the satisfaction it gives me is gone.”

After the Olympics, Bertens will decide on US swing.

was never the same after Johanna retired.

wow, did you know Federer and FAA share a birthday?

Federer is not going to win Wimbledon, is he?

Jun 16, 2021 -- 9:12AM, edy wrote:

wow, did you know Federer and FAA share a birthday?

and Sampras

wow, I didn't know that. Sounds like a proper champion's birthday that.

Sampras is not the same ffs. He is August 12th. Federer and Felix are August 8th.

Don't give me fake news like that please.

I'm sorry

Roger should play Queens next year. Easier field and he won't have to worry about playing 4 weeks in the UK these days.

He should take a wild card for a tournament next week.

Bad Homburg should have a field he can beat.

He should take a wildcard for Newport. They home of the tennis Hall of Fame deserves to see him in action one time before he retires.

Donna Vekic is such a child.

Jack Draper is such a TB goat.

Zhang retired 2-5 down. Thanks
GB week continues.

Oleg S.
@AnnaK_4ever
Q. Would you still rank Murray as one of the better players on grass in the world?

MATTEO BERRETTINI: Definitely he likes to play here. He was born in England where grass I think started, like was created.

Hope Berrettini never goes to Scotland.

Vika loves The Swag imo.

Rafa out of Wimbledon and olympics

Murray has no business beating Berretinni, does he?

I didn't think so, but maybe he can still go on grass, even with a broken down body, like Hewitt. Berrettini is good on grass though unlike many other youngsters.

Goffin out of Wimbledon.

Can't see any play at the UK events today, weather horrific.

Funny how it's barely rained for months tbh, but grass season arrives and bam here comes the rain.

lovely, I can watch Sweden play football instead and only need to have two tennis streams on, not four

easy for Bosanova

Sweden better be winning the tournament. Preferrably with Augustinsson scoring the decisive goal in the final.

check S/OT 8 for important Siniakova question.

Would be disappointing if Vika doesn't win Berlin from here tbh, but I think Samsonova is a big price today. She has impressed me this week, and she's also the type of player that normally gives Vika trouble on grass, good serve, power off ground. The biggest thing in Vika's favour is she should be able to dominate BH to BH exchanges as Samsonova's is pretty weak, but the price on Samsonova just seems very big given the form she showed last 2 rounds (didn't see her R1).

I guess other thing in Vika's favour is Samsonova has played a lot of tennis this week already, she has some kind of taping on already, who knows how she is physically.

Lawn too wet for Donna again

When does Burrage start mugging. 6-2, 2-1 on Mladenovic. Been in this position a lot recently, and lost every time.

Burrage marching straight to the title.

ok, maybe not.

Always had van Uytvanck down as the dominant partner.

Yep GSM Mladenovic as expected.

Do they not offer front running webinars at the LTA?

Would Burrage be top 10 if matches were best of 1 set?

Match over.

very little talk on this phorum about Coco Vandeweghe winning tennis matches again.

Jun 19, 2021 -- 6:26AM, edy wrote:

Always had van Uytvanck down as the dominant partner.

on grass sure.

Will Burrage win set 1 of her Wimbledon R1?

Oh for sure

Except if she draws Vera.

Is Qinwen Zheng back Edy?

Jun 19, 2021 -- 6:26AM, edy wrote:

Always had van Uytvanck down as the dominant partner.

Jun 18, 2021 -- 8:06AM, nofx wrote:

easy for Bosanova

mugs betfair even failed to put up her semi final today

Andrew Castle with breaking news on BBC2: Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter are dating!

Simona withdraws from Bad Hamburg.

https://twitter.com/Simona_Halep/status/140622996710147686
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Easy for Samsonova as expected.

Should I back her 1st round US Open?

SF and Shapo slipping all the time.

Grass needs two weeks.

Norrie for Turin!

Not if she plays Pironkova.

Lightning doesn't strike twice!

how did Vika make semis on grass?
https://twitter.com/tennis_gifs/status/1406293746661134348

Played players who can't hit the ball :(.

Players who can't hit the ball are the worst.

Almost as bad as players who refuse to play in a bit of rain on grass.

woah, wta with a funny pun.
https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1406589725910122498

Siniakova is winning today. She probably won't be able to go to London early for the England vs Czechia game now.

Jun 20, 2021 -- 7:41AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

woah, wta with a funny pun.https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1406589725910122498

look what Dasha2 did
https://twitter.com/tennis_gifs/status/1406610149855305736

Korpatsch is very German.

Samsonova winning WTA 500's. The randomness of WTA continues.

Vera ...

What about her?

she almost did what she does.

https://twitter.com/tennis_gifs/status/1406609000137998341
but only figuratively.

Sorana crying.

Tennisform @Tennisform
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Down 3-6 to Petkovic in Bad Homburg, Cirstea gets hit in the face by a ball and calls the physio.

I don't know if she was crying actually.
It seems Bartoli is coaching her.

Qinwen Zheng being disrespectful
https://twitter.com/lu_tenis/status/1406647163447349250

Only watches men's tennis.