Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 20 (Halle, London, Berlin, Birmingham)

Jun 19, 2022 -- 1:56PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Zizou to Wimbledon! (probably)

Shame

Beatriz crying now.

How many percentage of the fans in Birmingham now are aware of her previous doping ban?

2%

was thinking that too.

Was Zhang acutely injured by the grass btw?

Wozniacki pregnant with number 2.

The next villain of the tour Holger Rune spoke to Ekstra Bladet, a danish tabloid, and said:

"If you saw Roger Federer as a youngster, back then he was maybe 40 times worse than I was - and he is one of the most beloved tennis players on the tour, so I think I have plenty of time to get an even better image,"
"I have an extreme passion for this sport, and sometimes I show it too much. But I'm 19, I'm still young, and I work every day to bring out only the positive in my attitude, and that's a process,"
"I just see it as differences, and I think that's nice. If all people were the same and thought the same, it would be horrible to live in this world. It's cool that you think what you want, and you like the character you like,"
"Fortunately, I have many good Danish fans and followers who follow my career and want the best for me, and I really appreciate that."

https://www.menstennisforums.com/threads/holger-rune-federers-behaviour-as-a-youngster-was-40-times-worse-than-me.1009635/

Thoughts?

PHH had to retire after this bizarre tumble

And he actually made the shot to create a BP!

https://www.menstennisforums.com/threads/the-all-purpose-challenger-tour-happenings-thread.994942/page-101#post-42325110

Has video

Jun 19, 2022 -- 4:25PM, edy wrote:

Was Zhang acutely injured by the grass btw?

don't think so. Neck injury.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 2:53PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

https://twitter.com/doublefault28/status/1538515957269909504I hope edy didn't have anything to do with this.

you didn't.. did you edy?

Jun 19, 2022 -- 4:42PM, edy wrote:

The next villain of the tour Holger Rune spoke to Ekstra Bladet, a danish tabloid, and said:"If you saw Roger Federer as a youngster, back then he was maybe 40 times worse than I was - and he is one of the most beloved tennis players on the tour, so I think I have plenty of time to get an even better image,""I have an extreme passion for this sport, and sometimes I show it too much. But I'm 19, I'm still young, and I work every day to bring out only the positive in my attitude, and that's a process,""I just see it as differences, and I think that's nice. If all people were the same and thought the same, it would be horrible to live in this world. It's cool that you think what you want, and you like the character you like,""Fortunately, I have many good Danish fans and followers who follow my career and want the best for me, and I really appreciate that."https://www.menstennisforums.com/threads/holger-rune-federers-behaviour-as-a-youngster-was-40-times-worse-than-me.1009635/Thoughts?

I didn't really see Federer at 19, but I think he made matured by then?
Rune is already too much of a polarizing player and has showed it for the world to see (whereas Federer's and Borg's bad temper days were before they broke through), so he will never be as loved as Roger regardless of what happens from here.
Other than that I don't really disagree with anything he says.

Hipster comp is up. But I haven't found women's draw yet.

*had matured

Jun 19, 2022 -- 3:59PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Beatriz crying now.

yay Beatriz

Wimbledon website says the Ladies' Qualifying Draw will be available on June 20.

but play starts tomorrow, right?

No, Wimbledon qualies for women start on Tuesday.

or do they do men Mon start, women Tues start?

is Beatriz gonna play Eastboure next?

oh I see.

Or at least they did so in the past and with them stating the draw will come out tomorrow I assume it will start on Tuesday this year as well. If you look for it, you will probably find verification elsewhere. Looked briefly on the Wimbledon website event schedule, but that only seems to have main draw.

Men should start tomorrow.

Why can I not see any option for Wimbledon full stop on exchange. Can't even see the outrights, as Wimbledon isn't listed in tennis?

The reason the men start a day earlier is that, weather permitting, they give them a day off after the first two rounds because final round is best of five.

I think.

Same here
The menu is always playing up. Seearch for a player's and you should find markets that way.

That makes sense, edy. Thanks.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 5:05PM, n88uk wrote:

Why can I not see any option for Wimbledon full stop on exchange. Can't even see the outrights, as Wimbledon isn't listed in tennis?

https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/tennis/market/1.186487901
,

The markets are definitely there.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 5:07PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Same here The menu is always playing up. Seearch for a player's and you should find markets that way.

Thanks, but f me, ridiculous.

almost every weekends, there are issues with the menus.

why doesn't Beatriz play Eastbourne

Cos she's not stupid.

oh wait, Beatriz plays Eastbourne!!!

You don't win Wimbledon if you win three tournaments in three weeks beforehand.

that's really stupid.

Still plenty of time for her to withdraw.

Beatriz says shut the hell up all of you!

Got to come up with fake injury excuse first.

Beatriz plays Kanepi

How crazy is it that Errani made a final on grass after I told him ~last Saturday that Haddad Maia is definitely not Brazilian Errani and can play a bit on faster surfaces.

after I told SaMeBe

Beatriz will need to win 5 more matches to win Eastbourne

Jun 19, 2022 -- 5:12PM, edy wrote:

after I told SaMeBe

you called her Brazilian Kvitova

she has really nice defence on grass

Jun 19, 2022 -- 5:11PM, n88uk wrote:

Got to come up with fake injury excuse first.

I found it funny that Genie clearly said she wouldn't play Wimbledon due to the lack of points (and that she needed to be careful with how she used her PR) and yet in the official documentation it cited shoulder as reason for withdrawal.

Speaking of Eastbourne: Did you see the pervert Essex seagull trying to sneak a look into Katie Boulter's room, likely in the hope of her undressing?

Jun 19, 2022 -- 5:13PM, wisewords wrote:

Jun 19, 2022 --  5:12PM, edy wrote:after I told SaMeBeyou called her Brazilian Kvitova

Yeah, I said she's more Brazilian Kvitova than Brazilian Errani.

I don't think it was the seagull that was the perv in this case.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/katiecboulter/2863994354145309331/

Pervgull

Only just noticed that the sister clash between Hanna and Sophie Chang ended in a TBOTAJ.

#TooMuchTennis

#TennisIsGreat

#TennysNotSoMuchAnymore

#TennysBeatingThiemWasAnnoying

WTA Insider @WTA_insider
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Belinda Bencic forced to retire due to ankle injury in Berlin: "I just slipped, not sure how. I feel it's something in my ankle/achilles. I'm going to evaluate it with the doctors, go home and rest.

"It was a very positive week. My tennis was great. I'm happy with my level."

grass doesn't care if it's an Olympic Champion.

WTA Insider @WTA_insider
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Active players with multiple @WTA titles in 2022:

Iga Swiatek: 6 (Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, Roland Garros)

Ons Jabeur: 2 (Madrid, Berlin)

Beatriz Haddad Maia: 2 (Nottingham, Birmingham)

go Beatriz!! hopefully will have won 4 three weeks from now

Market still thinks Zheng can play on grass.

Serena practicing.
https://twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1538548784736751616
Not enough footage to draw any conclusions from though.

ATP Halle must have a small penis
https://twitter.com/HubertHurkacz/status/1538543198611587073

Del Potro should have played Mallorca instead of Queen's that year.
https://twitter.com/UnArdeal/status/1538557695862636545

Ann Li hit a lineswoman in the throat like Djokovic at the US Open that one year, but she did it with an errant shot during a rallye, so nobody bothered disqualifying her.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 6:00PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Del Potro should have played Mallorca instead of Queen's that year.https://twitter.com/UnArdeal/status/1538557695862636545

It's like 30°C a day on Mallorca and it has rained about twice this month. Don't expect the grass to have the same lush wetness that the grass on rainy Britain shows.

during a rallye?

https://twitter.com/ReemAbulleil/status/1538532410597548032
Reem Abulleil @ReemAbulleil
The 2 finalists sat side by side during the trophy ceremony in Berlin

Was this Ons's idea?

Jun 19, 2022 -- 6:07PM, edy wrote:

Ann Li hit a lineswoman in the throat like Djokovic at the US Open that one year, but she did it with an errant shot during a rallye, so nobody bothered disqualifying her.

Umpire: I'll let this one pass. But if you do it two times ...

I was waiting for the two times joke to arrive..

It's been a while since I played the song.

wait until she does a noteworthy win!

i'm surprised you haven't posted Beatriz a few more times recently though

Here is a cover of Beatrice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_x5tGqsxMo

When she wins Wimbledon some Brazilian artist should make a cover in Portuguese. It should be a huge hit in Brazil.

but nothing beats the original of course with it's Abbaesque sound.

Good thing Qinwen was smart enough to sign up for Bastad in the second week of Wimbledon.

I wonder if market will have smartened up to her grass play next week. Mug markets both times she has played. Frech not even a bad player. Pushed Beatriz the hardest of the players she's played in recent times.

Qinwen defends quite a few points from clay ITFs in the next few weeks. Her ranking might go down again.

But then nothing from end of July until mid-October.

To infinity and beyond!

Jun 19, 2022 -- 6:36PM, edy wrote:

Good thing Qinwen was smart enough to sign up for Bastad in the second week of Wimbledon.

Not only is grass her worst surface. The Iga match was on May 30th so her menstrual cycle is likely to start again in week 1 of Wimbledon.

There goes the hope of her winning at least the first one or two rounds if she draws some even bigger grass no hopers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItzZJ_q1iA
Karatsev and Bitcoin still going hand in hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoG8qa9SZWI

Do you know Roger Federer better than Roger Federer does?

What court is that they painted on the UTR Atlanta courts? I thought it was going to be pickle ball, but apparently a pickle ball court would barely extend past the service line. The additional lines on this Atlanta would be a court that's quite a bit longer.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 6:44PM, edy wrote:

But then nothing from end of July until mid-October.To infinity and beyond!

Beatriz, Beatriz!

https://twitter.com/christophclarey/status/1538573662768578560
too young to be edy.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 6:55PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItzZJ_q1iAKaratsev and Bitcoin still going hand in hand.

go Aslan go go go

Is this lake clean? Or will she get ill and be a lay for Wimbledon?
https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1538592983800479755

Jun 19, 2022 -- 7:40PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

https://twitter.com/christophclarey/status/1538573662768578560too young to be edy.

It's also a woman. I am not a woman.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 7:49PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Is this lake clean? Or will she get ill and be a lay for Wimbledon?https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1538592983800479755

Last time a relative of mine bathed in a body of water in Berlin they almost died.

But that was many decades ago in the river Spree full of industrial pollution.

In hindsight it was not the smartest decision ever, but Berlin can get quite hot in summer.

The climate protester was Lina Eichler btw., who already went into hunger strike ahead of the election last year and demanded to be talked to.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 7:54PM, edy wrote:

Jun 19, 2022 -- 7:40PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:https://twitter.com/christophclarey/status/1538573662768578560too young to be edy.It's also a woman. I am not a woman.

oh. Hard to tell with some of these nerds. On the running one it looked like a woman, but on this closer one it for sure looks like a dude.

Jun 19, 2022 -- 8:04PM, edy wrote:

The climate protester was Lina Eichler btw., who already went into hunger strike ahead of the election last year and demanded to be talked to.

At least the French protester was cute.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_0otSs9ly/

Hubi on what he is going to do to his coach.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/tessahandrian/2864211459676667380/

Madagascan dads seem ...eccentric.