Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 19 (Nottingham, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stuttgart)

Marton tapped?

Hmmm retired.

Fucsovics never amounts to much. always remember this. can do damage on the odd occasion but don't rely on him on the big occasion

no Darty Party this time Toad

he was good for about a year, but like Jen Brady that one year was during covid rankings where rankings were all messed up so his success was never reflected in the rankings. And now he seems to be badk to his old self

Betfair markets not dispeyed properly in p+l so can't see results

we were almost back to normal rankings and now they're doing this no points for Wimby muggery. And possibly with some sort of frozen points from last year

Sabine is up against Asia Muhammad and Saville/Noha Akugue to qualify for the main draw in Berlin.

SaMeBe, I know you recently commented how much you enjoyed Shapovalov growing out his hair again, but he instagram storied himself getting a considerably shorter style again about half an hour ago. Sort of the undercut side part that he sported previously.

Can't blame him. Long hair is annoying in the summer.

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/60k-biarritz-qf-q-mina-hodzic-def-1-chloe-paquet-7-6-4-6-7-6.1393250/#post-83438151

Picture of Wang from yesterday. Noticed the right thigh strapping, but didn't see the right leg also being wrapped and taped all over the place in the bits I watched of her match against Tomova.

Assume it is from yesterday anyway.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/carina_witthoeft/2858083289551578579/

Anett Kontaveit is inspiring flower lovers all over the globe.

Mike Cation
@MikeCTennis
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14h
a 3 foot snake interrupted play for 5 minutes in the Gomez-Quiroz match. 

@hotdog6969
where are you?

Jun 11, 2022 -- 9:54AM, edy wrote:

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/60k-biarritz-qf-q-mina-hodzic-def-1-chloe-paquet-7-6-4-6-7-6.1393250/#post-83438151Picture of Wang from yesterday. Noticed the right thigh strapping, but didn't see the right leg also being wrapped and taped all over the place in the bits I watched of her match against Tomova.

I saw there were at least two MTO's in that match, but I didn't bother checking who took them.

A court invasion by a snake in Florida. Why does this sound terribly familiar?

https://www.instagram.com/stories/cristiana_ferrando/2857798729269651923/

Cristiana Ferrando has been contacted by the betting mafia.

Mats Morainged after losing the 1st set.

https://www.atptour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour/challenger-tv/challenger-tv-search-results/2022-9152-ms007-orlando-roberto-quiroz-vs-emilio-gomez/2022/9152/all

Snake invasion at 19:30 (less spectacular than the Chirico-Lee snake invasion in Palm Harbor )

Mats Moraing really is the very worst.

Did one out of Papadakis and Korpatsch retire?

Guess not. Berlin just can't get its scoring and streaming right.

Russian hackers doing some test hacking before Wimbledon.

Eikeri-Parks also seems to have some scoring problems.

thanks

Tereza the tapper

Beatrice aka Her dad Mayer in a grass final

Had previously beaten Rybarikova and Wimbledon champ Muguruza on the surface.

Speaking of grass courts - Paszek hasn't played since January. Comeback attempt over again?

Jun 11, 2022 -- 12:26PM, edy wrote:

Had previously beaten Rybarikova and Wimbledon champ Muguruza on the surface.

oh
I will have to stop thinking of her as Errani 2 then.

oh no
look who Steve Johnson is playing!

She is definitely not Errani 2. Biggish serve, offensive lefty game.

Shouldn't label someone an Errani just for having been caught doping.

Haddad Maia is much more Brazilian Kvitova (I think she's actually indeed called this by some on TF), albeit at a much lower level than the Czech.

Petra would never dope.

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/prague-r2-bia-brazilian-kvitova-haddad-m...

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/prague-r2-bia-brazilian-kvitova-haddad-maia-shocks-stosur-6-3-6-2.1233881/

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SJ decided he had had enough beatings from Kozlov. 5-0 up now

Remember when Kozlov was the next big thing on grass when he played Polish Fed close at Newport as a 15-year old?

sounds like arrong hype

9/19 (Han) vs. 13/31 (Voegele) on grass. Gotta love this time of the year.

Kyrgios destroyed the holy turf with a racquet smash. Got a point penalty when he really should have been defaulted.

thought you were gonna argue for a bonus.

I hate grass courts, but I do not condone their willful, senseless destruction.

Will Kyrgios carry on all the way to a disqualification?

And poor lil Kyrgios feels treated unfairly again.

Murray into top 50 with a win today. Should shut the WC haters up for a while.

Wimbledon should arbitrarily seed him second.

game penalty too?

[i]Reem Abulleil
@ReemAbulleil
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1h
I applied for the UK visa 7 weeks ago, a permitted paid engagement visa so I can work for the All England Club during Wimbledon from June 20-July 10

I received my passport today (June 11) with a visa that WAS valid from May 2-June 2

He got

a warning for smashing the ball out of the court after he had conceded a mini break early in the tiebreak
a point penalty for trying to destroy the turf after he had lost the tiebreak (so started at a 0-15 disadvantage in the first game of the second set, in which he was then broken on a double fault)
a game penalty for being mean to fans, ranting or something like that after he had been broken (made it 2-0 Murray)

Fans should boo him much more.

Yeah. It's quite sad to see someone so talented just not be able to cope with losing so they can't properly apply themselves.

is he not on probation? Or did he get away with all his antics in the US without being put on it? I don't wanna defend Zverev but he did one thing. Nick does **** every tourney. He's been fined in EVERY tournament he has played in 2022.

He's like the juveline who does his very best in behaving as badly as disrespectful as possible because it's keeeeeeeeeeewwl. From underhand serves at 40-0 with the lone intention of humiliating the opponent, to deliberately not putting in any effort for most of the match like against Fucsovics yesterday, to what he did today.

They replayed what Kyrgios got the game penalty and the commentator and Tommy Haas both said he insulted the spectator with an obscene four letter word, but I didn't make it out.

Tbf, underhand serves should be treated like a drop shot.

Having a fast serve is negated when opponents stand so far back so it should be routine to mix it up a bit imo.

It is a great tool and a legitimate shot. It's more about the timing. Kyrgios, from everything I have seen, doesn't use it to mix things up or surprise his opponent and make them stand closer to the line. He uses it when it's 40-0.

Well I never see hardly anyone else do  it.

You watch last  week's RG final, Nadal was almost standing on the adverting boards to return serve

Totally negates the serve.

Kyrgios says a fan was racist towards him today.

https://twitter.com/ReemAbulleil/status/1535658707492691974

black sheep doesn't sound racist to me, but I suppose it is. Any translation gone wrong from the person who said it? It's an odd thing to say in English.

Two clay WTA125s during the second week of Wimbledon to get busy with while the Russians hack the SW19 tournament's scoring system.

Jun 11, 2022 -- 12:48PM, edy wrote:

Haddad Maia is much more Brazilian Kvitova (I think she's actually indeed called this by some on TF), albeit at a much lower level than the Czech.

Speaking of this....

Kvitova and Haddad Maia will play each other in the first round of Birmingham if both make the trip.

https://twitter.com/TennisWorlden/status/1355083022798786563

Jun 11, 2022 -- 5:56PM, n88uk wrote:

Kyrgios says a fan was racist towards him today.https://twitter.com/ReemAbulleil/status/1535658707492691974

https://twitter.com/TennisWorlden/status/1355083022798786563

The plot thickens. Was it in fact Tsitsipas who stayed in Stuttgart to heckle Kyrgios once the opportunity arose?

It makes Stef's loss to Andy less bad if other good players are losing to him too.

Exactly, so Stefanos chose to help with that.

Busted!

McHale lost in straight sets against Alexandra Osborne (27, career high ranking of 626, only previous victories on grass against Lukosiute and Ozeki)

mto Med. Nose bleed.

McHale clearly must have stopped practicing at all with some of the losses she has suffered this season.

Sabine

Big crowd for Sabine in qualies.

Some women's grand slam finals have smaller crowds.

Sabine won 3 points in the first set today.

any chance Sabine gets in as LL?

Only if there are masses of withdrawals.

Before qualies are completed, they draw lots from the highest ranked players (number of withdrawals plus two for the draw). Sabine was the lowest ranked player in the qualies draw, so....

For main draw withdrawals made after qualies are completed they just go by rankined. ....Again, Sabine was the lowest ranked player in the qualies draw....

She'd basically need six withdrawals or some other qualifying losers to not sign up for a potential lucky loser spot. The latter is probably unlikely, especially in a WTA500.

Trainer Murray

https://twitter.com/muguhsieh/status/1535764517975638023
classic video game

Jun 12, 2022 -- 3:47PM, edy wrote:

Before qualies are completed, they draw lots from the highest ranked players (number of withdrawals plus two for the draw). Sabine was the lowest ranked player in the qualies draw, so....For main draw withdrawals made after qualies are completed they just go by rankined. ....Again, Sabine was the lowest ranked player in the qualies draw....She'd basically need six withdrawals or some other qualifying losers to not sign up for a potential lucky loser spot. The latter is probably unlikely, especially in a WTA500.

should be called HRPWALLWTDL instead of LL

Jun 12, 2022 -- 4:10PM, edy wrote:

Trainer Murray

Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg
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One of the most incredible fairytale runs ever at an ATP tournament for 205th-ranked Tim van Rijthoven, whom I'm pretty sure I had never heard of before this week.

He's not some complete randomer, has played Rotterdam a few times iirc.

Rothenberg is some tennis journalist and podcaster.

Trainer Murray mid game now.

zero wins on ATP main draw main tour before this week. And now he beat Fritz, Felix and Med for the title!

Hopefully Murray will recover in time for his Wimbledon title run.

Ball kid collapsed under the heat during the Stuttgart ceremony, but is ok now apparently. Berrettini a bit flustered by it.

UTR standout Mina Hodzic randomly stormed through a W60 tournament this week all the way from qualies. Including a 20-18 3rd set in qualies.

Qinwen will debut in the top50 tomorrow.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cetfbghg9Us/

So this is why Zvonareva hasn't been around since after Miami.

Saw a cat invasion at the Corrientes challenger today.

In Orlando the snakes invade, in Argentina the cats. Saw a big nasty spider crawl over the camera lens today as well. Think that was in Italy.

Tim was really excited about his win today.
https://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1535981290108993537/photo/1

Is Serena free for Wimbledon?