Tennis Talk 2021: Vol 22 (Tokyo Olympics, Kitzbuhel, Atlanta)

edy's fave Hanna Chang playing in Charleston 125 today.

Osaka

1.06    £1,328        £57,099
Herb

1.2    £100        £30,371
Liam

Herbert lumper in deep deep doo doo here. Liam will really have to pluck this up.

Liam last minute call-up. And now in QF of the Olympics. Seems a good person so good to see.

It's last 16 on men's side, women's side last 8.

oh

1.05    £44        £3,255
1.06            £8,521
1.07    £107        £9,639
1.08    £1,325        £9,003
1.09    £1,325        £7,398
1.1    £3        £10,877
1.11    £1,325        £2,007
1.12    £1,794        £8,336
1.13    £1,325        £2,594
1.14    £1,325        £5,055
1.15    £1,325        £7,982
1.16    £1,325        £10,111

Stefanos az been Humberted oh la la

OSTRAVA! returns.
https://twitter.com/JTBankaOpen/status/1420357889332494336
(Sept 20)

Ostrava is the best

and there will supposedly be a Tenerife tournament as well.

Bunch of new tournaments added here, almost everything in Europe.
https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments
Nothing on WTA finals yet.

Norrie seems a big price tonight.

Jul 28, 2021 -- 2:00PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Bunch of new tournaments added here, almost everything in Europe.https://www.wtatennis.com/tournamentsNothing on WTA finals yet.

Can't imagine many players are going to travel to Seoul just to play a 250, I guess the players based in Asia, but even those will like come to America for Indian Wells, so seems a mostly pointless tournament, points for someone I guess.

Maybe this is why Aga has been posting practicing videos lately.

Jul 29, 2021 -- 9:49AM, n88uk wrote:

Norrie seems a big price tonight.

was just thinking this.

Remember when people said Novak would struggle at the Olympics because it was bo3?

It's good to see how good he is when he isn't mucking about.

yup. full focus on the Golden slam. Knows he can't afford to waste much energy here.

Elina Monfils time

Daniil COOKED

what a mug Daniil.

Who actually said he'd struggle cos best of 3.

Thing is his draw is so easy not like it matters.

Absolute beat down.

You'd have needed to be a fortune teller to call a Bencic vs Vondrousova final.

Yeah Marketa at evens probably value in that.

I've said this before, but I think Vondrousova is one of my most misread players ever, to the point I ignore her matches mostly these days, as too often I used to expect her to do something and she'd totally flop.

Jul 29, 2021 -- 12:35PM, n88uk wrote:

Who actually said he'd struggle cos best of 3.Thing is his draw is so easy not like it matters.

That was the consensus from what I read because how he goes in and out in matches and is more vulnerable in 3. But with an easy draw and full focus, he'd been cruising.

Is Paire still on his terrible run?

no

he's been doing better lately. seems to enjoy tennis life a little more with crowds being back.

Nick is gonna be so mad about this!
https://twitter.com/CasperRuud98/status/1420835204843941890

Paire retired

Easy for Norrie as expected.

Easy for Zverev.

While it lasted obv.

GSM Zverev

When does Zverev stop attacking and go into his shell?

7 games in a row for Zverev from down a set and a break. Broken Djokovic 4 straight times.

Is Zverev free for the USO aka the Murray?

Did they change USO to bo3?

Zverev showing a bigger anvil than he's ever shown before.

the more important question is if Djoko will stick around til Paris now to get his Olympic gold? It's only 3 years away so probably yes, but he'll be 37.

It's also on clay right so will be harder vs 38 year old Nadal.

Might have to wait until 2032 for his first Olympic gold. He never loses in Australia. He'll be 45 though.

Please, like Australia will have opened their borders by 2032.

I read three Swedish female handball players harrassed him yesterday by asking him for a photo. And there was a line of three others wanting to take a selfie with him before they got their turn.

Jul 30, 2021 -- 10:48AM, n88uk wrote:

Please, like Australia will have opened their borders by 2032.

good point

Perhaps Andy can swap him one of his Olympic golds for a selection of his Grand Slam titles ......

Anyone know how much 1.01 was layed on Djok?

Was six figures on 1.10

What a mug Karatsev. Outrallied by Stojanovic.

Djokovic owned by Vesnina.

That's gonna be weird if Djoko wins the Grand Slam, and there will still be disappointment that he didn't win the Golden Slam.

only Steffi does golden slams.   GOAT

Market believes in the GOAT Emma Navarro.

classic Opelka match this.

Yeah. Market is pretty sure he's wilting.

so far 6 sets have been played in Atlanta today. 5 went to tb, the other ended 7-5.

Not a great TB for Cam that either!

His SP getting rightly smashed.

Crazy times when a Finn is handling the Atlanta conditions better than most.

1.22            £85
1.23    £4        £1,334
1.24            £8,042
1.25            £16,773
1.26            £55,417
1.27            £64,898
1.28            £23,944
1.29    £42        £20,282
1.3            £49,306

Cam COOKED

ffs worst time for a rain delay.

another TB!

Novak doing old Novak things at the Olympics.

very odd. mental giant all year, then turns to jelly at the final stages of the Olympics.

woah, I see Djokovic/Stojanovic withdrew from the broze medal match.

He looked like he was going to lose most of the match. Maybe something up with him physically.

Meanwhile Elina stages a comeback and I am cashing out looking at a screen of lovely red.

Lisa Senior @furryyelloballs
· 54m
Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter have stopped following each other on Instagram. Looks like they’ve called it a day

That is good news. We now all have a chance

Saša Ozmo @ozmo_sasa
· 36m
#Djokovic: I have withdrawn (from mixed) because of injuries, not only one. I hope that won’t stop me for playing the US Open. Third time in semis I lose… For my standards, “only” one medal…

I'm not his biggest fan, but this doesn't seem a sulk withdrawal. He seems to love representing his country. Still sucks for Stojanovic, but she knew the score when going in.

Quite a turn around here. Fair play to Elina.

Alize Cornet @alizecornet
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37m
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Jul 31, 2021 -- 11:49AM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

That is good news. We now all have a chance

I don't want to sound rude, but aren't you a bit old for Alex, Lesley? You have the bonus of being Australian, sure, but...

Did Alex have the stache when they fell in love? Maybe she lost interest when he shaved it off and eventually dumped him.

Alize Cornet @alizecornet
So @lufthansa, because of your overbooking I can't go to my tournament in Romania before tomorrow (which is the day the draw starts). How am I supposed to do now ?
I thought I had seen it all during my 20 years of travelling... never been kicked out of a flight though #outrageous

dammit edy!

Sorry