Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 2 (Sydney, Adelaide)

Jan 15, 2022 -- 7:35AM, wisewords wrote:

re-stole?

edy's calling Donna a thief.

are you edy?

he says I am you.

Guess it shouldn't actually be called re-stealing if you are just taking back what's yours.

I agree, like Sloane did

edy missed his chance to own me

Tennis coaches are not property.

yeah ffs edy. tennis coaches are real people too

When will we have on-court coaching back?

Jan 15, 2022 -- 7:50AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Tennis coaches are not property.

lol, right

BK 4/4 on BP's today.

Jan 15, 2022 -- 7:22AM, edy wrote:

I have a fantastic trivia for after the Badosa match.

about to ap

tap

you can't miss Aslan vs Andy

Paul McNamee @PaulFMcNamee
I (perhaps thankfully) have commitments the next few hours. This case will turn on whether Djokovic may increase anti-vaxx sentiment given his high profile. There’s a strong perception he’s an anti-vaxxer but, problem is, he is not. I trust the court to view it dispassionately

former player and Aussie Open TD.

how about Djokovic agrees to get vaxxed on court during the final ceremony if they let him stay?

is POJD shouter going to do it again?

that random POJD at the camera last night showed signs of crazy

GO ON HEADPOINTER

Ben Rothenberg
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All this is to say, I’m very ready for this to be over, you guys.


Ben loves this.

Jan 15, 2022 -- 8:02AM, wisewords wrote:

is POJD shouter going to do it again?

I think so.

hit her with the......

no! HEADPOINTER can stop her

There’s a strong perception he’s an anti-vaxxer but, problem is, he is not. I trust the court to view it dispassionately

Badosa's got that cocky about her, like she knows the mind games too

but BK has that very annoying inner self talk steely thing

edy call the winner

but Badosa has the strong fistpump game!

both 6 away

LMAO OWNAGE!

VAMOS PAULA HEADPOINTER

BAMOS SERGIO RAMOS!

Paula seems to have the antidote for BK's annoying

I'm very close to proclaiming Paula as elite, but will need to watch her against the part timers first.

Nosaka and Ashleigh Barty?

Paula seething even if she won the point.

yeah

what about Silly Serena, Broken Bianca and So Cool Sonya?

Serena old and finnish
Bianca non-factor for now
S.O.N.Y.A

got a bad feeling BK is going to be shouting POJD at you today instead

it's that or a headpoint

COME ON PAULA HEADPOINTER

why you laughing at Sonya?

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Excited that he’s part of my team and I’m super excited to get back on court competing again next year

and here we are again

I don't think I'll ever agree that a match like this should end with a tie break.

ADVANTAGE HEADPOINTR

FINISH HER!!!!!!!!!!

why does this annoying BK apologise when she wrongfoots her?

VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!1

DON'T LET HER BACK IN FFS. FINISH HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol BK trying to control the moment even after she lost

No headpoint!

she did some funky dance instead.

And the longest hug I've ever seen in tennis.

yeah BK wouldn't let go

Maybe she secretly has covid and wanted Badosa out of the AO.

Rinderknech and Kokkinakis have both lost just three points on their first serves at 7-6,1-1.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

My favorite kind of tennis

woah, BK wants Paula to flop badly in Week 2.

BK loves to talk.

Darja Semenistaja had won 18% of her first serve points after one game into the second set by comparison.

Give me Camila "It was a great tournament. Thank you very much" Giorgi.

Every match is against a friend for you, Paula.

I guess you would have not been a fan of Mldanovic' runner-up speech at the Seoul WTA125.

Mladenovic

Riiiiiiiiiiight, trivia time!

Jan 15, 2022 -- 8:56AM, edy wrote:

Riiiiiiiiiiight, trivia time!

*How long was Mladenovic's speech in Seoul?

Which 10 active female players (i.e not retired) that have played at least ten first rounds at a major in singles have the best opening round winning percentage?

Jan 15, 2022 -- 8:57AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Jan 15, 2022 --  8:56AM, edy wrote:Riiiiiiiiiiight, trivia time!*How long was Mladenovic's speech in Seoul?

About four minutes between the interviewer approaching her for the first question until the end of the interview.

https://youtu.be/5nYfKrmpDtk?t=6594

Mladenovic

that was very n88ish of you.

woah tennis on BBC with Robbie Koenig on commentary!

Badosa has won ten consecutive tiebreaks now from what I can see

the new BZS!

Scottish fans in the stands playing bagpipes. Amazing scenes!

Jan 15, 2022 -- 9:16AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

woah tennis on BBC with Robbie Koenig on commentary!

you will not believe this, but Robbie just name dropped Stone Cold Steve Austin!!!

I find that hard to believe.

Murray getting schooled so far.

Jan 15, 2022 -- 9:47AM, edy wrote:

I find that hard to believe.

between 7&8th game, 1st point of game 8.

Sloane still posting marriage stuff on January 15th.

does she manage the account or is it done by some savvy social media manager knowing that's the content her fans want?

Thanasi 4 holds away from the Adelaide title.

3

"What did the Chinese pig dealer say when he was being robbed by Ned Kelly? "

is this an example of German humour

Jan 15, 2022 -- 8:58AM, edy wrote:

Which 10 active female players (i.e not retired) that have played at least ten first rounds at a major in singles have the best opening round winning percentage?

Serena
Muguruza
N Osaka
Krejcikova?
Venus
Kerber
Svitolina?
Ka Plis?
Sakkari?
Barty

for a long time i thought Muguruza wasn't her real name, and you lot just called her that because she was a mugg

Jan 15, 2022 -- 9:02AM, edy wrote:

https://youtu.be/5nYfKrmpDtk?t=6594Mladenovic

I didn't realise there was tennis over Christmas!

wow somehow totally missed out this tournament existing in 2021

http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2022/9452/qs.pdf

The qualies draw for next week's Concepcion challenger

Jan 15, 2022 -- 5:17PM, wisewords wrote:

Jan 15, 2022 --  8:58AM, edy wrote:Which 10 active female players (i.e not retired) that have played at least ten first rounds at a major in singles have the best opening round winning percentage?SerenaMuguruzaN OsakaKrejcikova?VenusKerberSvitolina?Ka Plis?Sakkari?Barty

#1 Serena (77-2, 97.5%)
#4 Osaka (18-2, 90%)
#7 Muguruza (29-6, 82.9%)
#8 Svitolina (29-6, 82.9%)
#9 Venus (74-16, 82,2%)

Krejcikova has won six straight first rounds at slams, but has only played seven in total
Kerber is 36-19, 65.5%
KaPlis is 30-7, 81.1% (#10 has won 81.8% of her slam first rounds, so KaPlis might well be #11, but not sure.)
Sakkari is 17-6, 73.9%
Barty is 17-9, 60.7%

Correction

#1 Serena (77-2, 97.5%)
#2
#3
#4 Osaka (18-2, 90%)
#5
#6
#7 Muguruza (29-6, 82.9%)
#7 Svitolina (29-6, 82.9%)
#9 Venus (74-16, 82,2%)
#10

With Muguruza and Svitolina having the exact same record they should share the #7 spot, with there being no #8.

ok here's 5 more guesses

Kvitova
Kuznetsova
Pavlyuchenkova
Keys
Kontaveit

and Halep for luck

Keys is amongst them. I also added the first round win-loss stats for the as yet missing players

#1 Serena (77-2, 97.5%)
#2 33-3
#3 10-1
#4 Osaka (18-2, 90%)
#5 Keys (30-5, 85.7%)
#6 16-3
#7 Muguruza (29-6, 82.9%)
#7 Svitolina (29-6, 82.9%)
#9 Venus (74-16, 82,2%)
#10 45-10

Lemme also add some fun facts from the official WTA media guide

#2....didn't even make the 2022 media guide, but I swear she ain't retired
#3 Won 2020 WTA Fan Favorite Award, as voted on by fans
#6 Finished 2018 with 46 main draw match wins – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered more.
#10 Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997.

#2 Clijsters?
#3 Iga
#6 Mertens?
#10 Vika

All correct