Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 5 (St Petersburg, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Dallas)

Isner just stole one of Borg's shared records with that 19th point

Wimbledon
Björn Borg defeated Premjit Lall 6–3, 6–4, 9–8(20–18) in the first round of the men's singles in 1973.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EipGZpAUBws

Oh John...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Yiut3kju8

Edberg couldn't have played that volley any better.

the best one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlibWHcabWU

I don't know any more songs now

McEnroe/Borg, Rafa/Roger has nothing on this.

What an honor it was to witness that.

Ah well, at least one record broken.

39 aces in a match of a lifetime !

Feb 12, 2022 -- 11:04PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

edy, whose going to win the French mens and womens ?

Rafael Nadal and Paula Badosa

"edy, whose going to win the French mens and womens ?"

Novak and Saba

Guiseppe, do you believe Saba can control the errors of the serve ?

wisey, will you go France and shout, "In Rafa, we trust and love?" and raise a KFC to me and Granty ?

edy, do you believe in either Giron or Ralf Ragnick ? Can Israel Adesanya be defeated or is he king of the octo ?

surely she cannot spend her entire career serving double faults

We could have said the same about Davydenko Guiseppe !

Dementieva

Deemntieva had an injury problem didn't she?

couldn't serve normally due to pain and played her entire career with basically a kid's serve

Saba should let me coach her

Uncle Beppe would make her relax

oh I had never heard of that re Dementieva.

Feb 13, 2022 -- 12:54AM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

wisey, will you go France and shout, "In Rafa, we trust and love?" and raise a KFC to me and Granty ?

only if Vekic can Shine Bright like a Donna at Roland Garros

Dementieva suffered a major shoulder injury in 2000, and altered her service motion to reduce the pain she felt when serving.

She moved her ball toss to the right, and added large amounts of slice to her serve.

The combination of the heavy slice and extreme ball toss position meant that she rarely served to an opponent's backhand, making the positioning of her serve easy to read, and it also meant that her serve was much slower than those of many WTA players: her first serve speed frequently averaged 90 mph (144 km/h), and her second serve speed averaged 75 mph (120 km/h).

Her issues with her serve were further compounded by the fact that the altered ball toss made it difficult to control whether the ball would land in the service box, meaning that she had low first-serve percentages and double faulted frequently.

This was most evident in her loss to Anastasia Myskina in the 2004 French Open final, in which she had ten double-faults.[9]

Between 2004 and 2009, Dementieva was the WTA tour leader in double faults for every year but 2008; in 2009, she served 387 double faults. Her serve made major improvements by the end of her career, and, in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinal, her serve peaked at 112 mph (181 km/h), her first serve speed averaged at 104 mph (167 km/h), and her second serve speed averaged 91 mph (148 km/h).

In her final year on the tour, Dementieva's serve peaked at 119 mph (192 km/h) at the Australian Open.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Dementieva#Playing_style

with Saba it is just a mental thing (hopefully)

edylein are you still around?

All those years I made fun of Dementieva's serve and then there was a legit reason for it. I am so sorry.

you looking forward to WTA Dubai next week?

I'm looking forward to March. Should be able to get 8 hrs sleep per day. Field in Dubai is great though

Garbine vs Danielle 1st rd

hopefully KAMAN wins

is edy still around tonight do you think?

it's hard to figure out his schedule with all the ITF/UTR on offer these days.

They just played Macklemore & Lewis in Dallas and he didn't comment so probably not around.

Giron mugging on MP's.

TBOTAJ

There will be a replay of last week's W25 Tucuman in this week's W25 Tucuman final. Paula Ormaechea will try to get revenge while Brenda Fruhvirtova will attempt to add a second consecutive W25 title to her cv.

Actually, Fruhvirtova and Ormaechea played at the SF stage last week

Still a revenge opportunity for Ormaechea and a title opportunity for Fruhvirtova

Dubai keeps losing Tomljanovic-Watson coverage because the Sony Handycam switches to its promo of how awesome all of its features are.

It can record in 4K and uses XAVC for compression. Has a zeiss wide angle lens, clear image zoom, a built-in stabiliser for steadier video while walking, super sampling for use on normal HD televisions.

Sounds like an impressive piece of hardware.

and 30x clear image zoom when in 4K mode.

I hope my young flag doesn't burn out/have their career ruined by injuries like other players who have had success at that age.

last time we see the epic St Pete intros

Feb 13, 2022 -- 1:26PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

I hope my young flag doesn't burn out/have their career ruined by injuries like other players who have had success at that age.

Well, she is under age rules. She is only allowed to play like 10 tournaments or so this year.

so was Laura, no?

Just past 6 pm in Dubai and they reschedule matches because Hevvur is being too plucky and reached a third set. That's a bit silly. Who reschedules a match that was bound to start at like 7 pm local?

Sack attack withdrew from Dubai. Danielle avoids the Garbine meeting.

Feb 13, 2022 -- 1:54PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

so was Laura, no?

Robson? Well....injuries happen and I'm not sure if she really started getting the injuries before or after her 18th birthday.

it's small data, but a lot of wear and tear from an early age (when your body is still in developing stage) can attribute to injuries later, no?

Anett turned into one of the most fightingest players in the WTA.

this silence very disrespectful towards Felix who is one set away from his maiden ATP title.

we're going three!

3 hr 27 mins loss for Heather. So plucky

Feb 13, 2022 -- 3:23PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

this silence very disrespectful towards Felix who is one set away from his maiden ATP title.

yay Felix

Felix shuts up his haters.

Stefanos Tsitsipas@steftsitsipas
One minute you're young and fun. And the next, you're turning down the stereo in your car to see better.
4:15 PM · Feb 13, 2022·Twitter Web App

Good for Anett if OCC sessions never return. She is so good at figuring out things on her own.

who's the best? ANETT'S THE BEST!!

who's the future Grand Slam winner? probably Felix multiple times!

Russia so good at producing WTA tournaments. Shame they can't just stick to that and have go invade neighboring countries instead

pfft. they say they were witnessing a world level tennis match. how can it be world level when there as no TBOTAJ to end it?

there was* no

Maria

sure you don't want more TBOTAJ's involving Anett after BK pojded in your face.

don't remind me

she literally pojded in my face after a huge TBOTAJ. you couldn't make it up. she was silent during the whole thing, then when she was finally victorious she walked right up to the camera. her face right in the camera, and brutally podjed right into it

Sakkari saying this is "one of the best or the best tournament for us during the season".. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9f4sjYF8es&t=3083s

"Hopefully the world is gonna return to normal soon"
Sadly not gonna happen

wow this guy just won the WTA 500 Grand Slam

go Anett! super Anett!!!!

Anett Kontaveit taking the wigs of all your favourites at all the non Grand Slam tournaments

Ben Rothenberg@BenRothenberg
Indoor events by tour:

1994:
ATP - 25
WTA - 16

2014
ATP - 15
WTA - 8

Poor Anett. Poor Camila. Poor Petra. Poor AVU.

Feb 13, 2022 -- 5:12PM, wisewords wrote:

Anett Kontaveit taking the wigs of all your favourites at all the non Grand Slam tournaments

my faves lose in qualies or R1 Anett has a bye and has her first match in R2.

why do you think there has been a reduction in indoor events?

i think variety is good: clay, indoor hardcourt, outdoor hardcourt, grass

Feb 13, 2022 -- 6:03PM, Giuseppe wrote:

why do you think there has been a reduction in indoor events?

they moved events to China and most events there are outdoors.

do any of you guys remember carpet courts, or wood?

what were they like?

just saw Dayana beat Clara in Dubai qualies. was it streamed?

wow Harriet beat Samsonova! Toad will have been buzzing

Feb 13, 2022 -- 1:18PM, edy wrote:

and 30x clear image zoom when in 4K mode.

I wish I could afford one of those cameras

Opelka facing BP!

Brooksby got a good return in, Opelka finished the point with a GOAT winner.

Feb 13, 2022 -- 6:54PM, Giuseppe wrote:

I wish I could afford one of those cameras

Martingale on Juve every game day, no?

funnily enough, i am doing that

https://www.instagram.com/stories/sabinelisicki/2772903917059988090/

Someone sabotaged Sabine's car (or another car she likes)

why? so she comes back to tennis, earns some monies and can buy new tires.
how? well I'm not gonna say that.

The how question is a bit silly imo.

very silly

maybe she wanted to do a revenge and wanted instructions on how to do it.

Opelka won the title braking serve twice all tournament. Both against Mannarino.

That is just so wrong.

so wrong but oh so right

B. Fruhvirtova wins it all again.