Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 25 (Atlanta, Kitzbuhel, Umag, Prague, Warsaw)

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Kyle Edmund playing a challenger in Winnipeg now.

What a win for Kyle!

Mili Poljicak is quite the character.

Out of gas 2 games into set 2 and retorting to underarm serving, ball bashing and stalling.

does have a good forehand though.

Yeah, but his movement is among the worst you will ever see.

I'm not flagging him anytime soon.

won the set!

I thought stamina would be an issue, but he's hanging in there.

It's a sign. Flag him.
You're two points behind a banned forumite

Out of flags for 2022.
I also let this banned forumite among others have the first picks, as I didn't want to be a bad host and steal those myself.

Marco pointing to the head after struggling to beat an 18 year old weight lifter.

Sonego 1.01 gubbed
(lost from 4-0 up in 3rd)

haha classic Maria Sakkari
https://twitter.com/BwehRublev/status/1552215662063456257

has Nick Kyrgios turned babyface?

no, but a small section of fans will always cheer the heels.

Stephanie Myles @OpenCourt
Dutch coach Max Wenders, who worked most notably with Demi Schuurs but also dated former No. 4 Sofia Kenin on and off for several years, has been banned for 12 years for match-fixing.

https://opencourt.ca/2022/07/27/dutch-coach-max-wenders-banned-12-years-for-match-fixing/

Jul 27, 2022 -- 2:18PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

no, but a small section of fans will always cheer the heels.

he did a babyface speech last night when he was forced to withdraw from his singles match due to injury

he does babyface tweets on twitter quite often. In the heat of the moment his true colors show.

so he's a natural heel pretending to be a babyface. gotcha

Livesport Prague Open @tennispragueopn
Meet our first quarterfinalist! @MagdaLinette beat her enemy Viktoriya Tomova. She will face the winner of Wang - Jakupovič.

her enemy? wtf

I know right

https://twitter.com/DanWolken/status/1552057419668373505/photo/1
proper hipster info this.

Disappointing that they only got the racquet company instead of the model for Ben Shelton.

That's very interesting. Demon super low. Kyrgios pretty high, favouring control.
Would be good to see the womens board.

he spelt Kokkinakis wrong

Linda N in to 2.88 against Cornet. Interesting to see where she's at on a hard court (coming in off winning a clay W100) against a WTA top 40 known quantity in decent form.
Won an ITF hard court title in April, (her massive potential is as an allrounder).

why is Iga Schwontek bothering playing this tinpot thing? I know it's a home tournament but bleh

Sexy Dasha and gf
https://twitter.com/kasatpova/status/1552408936942288898

Jul 28, 2022 -- 2:58PM, wisewords wrote:

why is Iga Schwontek bothering playing this tinpot thing? I know it's a home tournament but bleh

It does ruin the tourney a bit (so many trains), but she loves Poland and Poland loves her.

Jul 28, 2022 -- 2:50PM, Journeyman wrote:

Linda N in to 2.88 against Cornet. Interesting to see where she's at on a hard court (coming in off winning a clay W100) against a WTA top 40 known quantity in decent form.Won an ITF hard court title in April, (her massive potential is as an allrounder).

I flagged her friend.

Should have included points for Fed Cup titles in the rules. But too late now.

Betfair getting rid of WTA streams has kinda killed my interest in WTA. I very rarely bother to do anything other than scoreboard watching these days, especially for tinpot events

Yeah she looked good against Kontaveit. Scoreline a bit deceptive.

I think overall your rules have held up well. Particularly the hard limit on points for one player which means the winner has to make lightning strike at least twice. You can't just pick (for example) Alcaraz and sit back and snaffle the title.

yeah, thanks. I think it's worked out quite well too, especially considering everything about the format was all new. We're more likely to have a winner for these unlike with the maiden comps where you only had a lifetime limit of picks.

is there any lower for this one hit wonder fat cow? Seriously man, how you can be so fckng trash to lose to Hibino from serving for the match at home in front of home crowd :D

Jul 28, 2022 -- 3:46PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Betfair getting rid of WTA streams has kinda killed my interest in WTA. I very rarely bother to do anything other than scoreboard watching these days, especially for tinpot events

it's a pain in the arse

Just had a look at the ATP Maidens. You've got ;[p on the scoreboard. Although his selections (Rublev/Thiem/Demon) have a live shot you ruled him out in January 2017.

Probably only the womens is winnable and probably only by mk.
With Pavs knee issues (even with Bencic winning the FO being a given at some point) it's really only Garcia that can do it now.
But she certainly fits the profile of a surprise late period slam winner.

But yeah that Krejčíková result. What an opportunity for Linda N to progress if she can consolidate here.

Did you read the Cornet book yet?

No my plan with that was to do a batch of them at the same time and do a tennis books review thread. But what's delaying me is I can't find an English version of the Alizé Lim book.

That's annoying me because that's the one with all the wild philosophy and hot sex in it, so the thread won't work without it.

might just have to learn French.
I've been waiting for an English version of the Pennetta book forever, but it doesn't look like it's gonna happen so I might have to learn Italian.
Anyway, Cornet in her book does mention she usually runs out of steam towards the end of the season, but we might not be there yet.

let's go Maja!!

class finish from Linda (after choking a bit).

Jul 28, 2022 -- 3:48PM, Journeyman wrote:

Yeah she looked good against Kontaveit. Scoreline a bit deceptive.I think overall your rules have held up well. Particularly the hard limit on points for one player which means the winner has to make lightning strike at least twice. You can't just pick (for example) Alcaraz and sit back and snaffle the title.

market was in love with Alize the whole time

Yes sorry Edy, nothing personal just the most obvious example.

Btw the Czech crowd aren't the most vocal with their own up and coming talent.
It was Set 3 before I heard a properly agitated 'come on Linda'.

caramba are you doing ATP Atlanta?

don't mess with Big Bad John Isner in Atlanta!

Jul 29, 2022 -- 3:00AM, wisewords wrote:

caramba are you doing ATP Atlanta?

I have been.

They are so excited about their tennis in Kitzbuhel, even with two non-Austrians playing.

Anett back in form.

Jul 29, 2022 -- 11:51AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

They are so excited about their tennis in Kitzbuhel, even with two non-Austrians playing.

oops Misolic is Austrian

It's an all Czech semi final in Prague.

Bouzkova just took Oksana's serve apart. Even got the locals excited.

Jul 29, 2022 -- 11:53AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Anett back in form.

Petra M gubbed

1.02            £608
1.03            £60,131
1.04            £15,395
1.05            £20,734

classic final stats:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY_pyMHWIAAckBn?format=jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/MubadalaSVC/status/1553417027745751040

It's a shame Bianca, a Slam winner, can't afford new jeans and have to wear old ones with holes in them.

Zheng and tonight's dinner!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZA---uVEAA8d9n?format=jpg&name=360x360

Remember when Carlos won finals?

2 weeks, 2 finals, 2x3sets loss to an Italian and 2 weeks of terrible service games from Carlos. Does he go down on a path like the "ex-future-nadal" Munar? At the end of the day they both serving like a woman so might they should play in WTA. Too high expectations while Carlos can`t even win a mickey mouse trophy. Time will tell.....getting humiliated by clown Musetti and then choke to Sinner from a set lead.....no words. The match went off when Carlos couldn`t break from 0*-40 up for 2-0 lead in the second set.

Jul 31, 2022 -- 2:10PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

classic final stats:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY_pyMHWIAAckBn?format=jpg&name=small

Wow that must be some kind of record.

Imagine winning & with a bagel to boot without hitting a single winner?

The loser here must've been in serious self destruct mode.