Tennis Talk 2023: Vol 4 (Hua Hin, Lyon, Davis Cup)

Betfair really testing the OCD in me when they use different formats for the upcoming week's tennis threads ...
Tennis Offering Week 6: 06 FEB - 13 FEB
Tennis Schedule Week Commencing 30th January
Tennis Schedule 23 January - 29 January 2023

It's messy looking. Let's get Leopard onto it

No, let's leave it as it is!!! I need to work on my OCD anyway.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

OBSessIVE cOMPUlsive OrdERS aRe haRD TO OVErcoME in FAIrnEsS

disorders ffs

Dayana mugging today.

Heather loves to play long matches.

thoughts on Potapova against Clara Burel?

odds look about right to me

Clara Burel is going to be top 20 someday. think she's got potential

I have big green on AP retirement, but then I hear her stubbornly say "I'M NOT STOPPING" That hasn't stopped her before, so we'll see.

1.1 on Clara matched

what a faker AP

AP to win then withdraw before next match NAP

the sensible thing would be to stop to make sure you're not making things worse for yourself long term

Feb 2, 2023 -- 9:29AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

1.1 on Clara matched

shame that wasn't there longer. Looking back I should have layed much more at 1.3-1.4 but she has a history of retiring over nothing so I didn't want to do that and have her retire two pts later.

plus I thought a future top 20 player would have no problem beating a one legged player

edy will approve of this tweet from Bianca.
https://twitter.com/Bandreescu_/status/1621151113767526400

Good start for Alison the indoor GOAT against home fave CaGa.

^that post was PONR

I think Erika's a big price at 3.1 here

^
Even bigger price now . But she started slow against Blinkova as well though and she should come back into this.

(Sorry. Never use 'but' and 'though' in the same clause)

Thanks for the English lesson

Sabine lost

Aw Sabine.

Paolini way too comfortable on serve here. Need to make her uncomfortable.

A relatively early finish for Erika. She can still get in bed in good time for school tomorrow.

Yeah she doesn't look 18.

She's just been rolled over here. At least make her serve it out

Marcinko lost too. Not a good hour for forum flags or faves.

Also Robin Montgomery lost about an hour earlier.

what an unbelievable collapse from Van Uytvanck

Yeah that match has a wild looking scoreline

You'd think it would be a good time to catch Garcia just after wasting another of her remaining slam opportunities.
Smashed her racquet in her previous match.

Feb 2, 2023 -- 3:58AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Heather loves to play long matches.

Death, taxes and Heather Watson going three sets.

woah Lesia 6-1, 6-1
MOTD up next.

injury caught up with Pots eventually

Marko Hrastar @Markohrastar
Portorose is waving goodbye to WTA Tour and now for good! Owner of TC Marina, Spa Čatež, said they're selling grounds unless municipality equals bid of 4.8 million EUR.

Tennis Slovenia is exploring alternative options for hosting 125 event

Bye bye Portoroz

I hate it when they cancel Portoroz.

oh no, Portoroz made edy go blue

Camila the walking wounded kept hanging in there and took her chance.

Big test now for Linda N.

can she fight like Linda F?

what a fighter Cami!

Cami moves really well on these courts / this week

didn't realise there was proper Davis Cup this weekend. GB away in Colombia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBAd_Fu5Sps

Top 10 Ballkid Moments Ever! | Australian Open

There should be one for all moments, not just AO.
Ballkid murdering bug next to Sabine
Novak hitting model ballkid with mishit in Madrid
Ballkid running into wall when Almagro was playing
Madrid ballkid changing sides when she wasn't supposed to and ballkid's friend making fun of her for this

should all be on that.

It just occured to me that Natalie Portman and Monica Puig are lookalikes.

sounds like an idea for a YouTube channel caramba!

I can't find all the clips.

some are gone, just like Donna being said about the ****g wet grass.

the too ****g wet grass

*sad (my keyboard is working, and I still can't spell )

Hua Hin DJ a bit behind the time.
Barbie Girl, Blue Da Ba Dee. Bit more recent now with Gangnamn Style.

trainer Bianca.

thai massage for Bianca.

Feb 4, 2023 -- 7:14AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Hua Hin DJ a bit behind the time.Barbie Girl, Blue Da Ba Dee. Bit more recent now with Gangnamn Style.

back to 90's euro stuff now. My oh My.

Vera vs Shelby in Abu Dhabi qualies.

WOAH, mega ROAR/SHRIEK from Bianca.

that was as loud as a big POJD from Petra. but one in frustration.

"I've lost all my power. My legs don't work"

she says after just having a MTO for her shoulder.

Lesia matched 1.01 already

yeah, Bianca walked towards the net. Lesia 1.01 backer forgot this was during a change of ends.

Yeah. Very trigger happy ! Least they can bail at 1.1x now !

Sulk retirement!

Now we get the real retirement !

1.14    £652.80        £132.47
1.15            £381.83
1.16            £1,015.20
1.17    £16.00        £14,361.29
1.18            £5,414.98
1.19            £40,803.29
1.2            £105,050.16
1.21            £77,243.12
1.22            £32,030.00
1.23    £0.81        £42,074.45
1.24            £36,046.78
1.25            £57,568.40


Bianca cooked.

quite annoyed with that one. Plenty of arbs in the 1st set but I didn't take them because Lesia is so injury prone. Then I went in mid 2nd set, because I didn't think Bianca looked all that bad, and had already stayed out there 4 games since the initial MTO, and isn't a quitter. A few points later there was the handshake. With any other opponent than Lesia I would have had big win on this, now instad small/midsize loss.

on the other hand something was probably wrong, or she wouldn't have lost 7 games in a row or whatever it was. Just strange when she takes an MTO for the shoulder, tells her team it's ok, but then says her legs don't work.

Alycia 18-2 in her last 20 matches. Sloane knew!

Parks 1.55 after taking the 1st. 1.3x matched during it.

just the 13th retirement of Andreescu's career at the age of 22, her glass body means we're unlikely to see her anywhere near the top again, hope Garcia beats down Osorio, her demonstrative actions against Novoska were annoying

Osorio is always like that, very positive body language when things are going well. she moves well on these courts

should have known going 0-4 down was a big risk.
22‑Mar‑2021    Miami    Hard    F    9    1    (1)Ashleigh Barty [AUS] d. (8)Andreescu    6-3 4-0 RET (ch)
28‑Oct‑2019    Shenzhen Finals    Hard    RR    4    2    (2)Karolina Pliskova [CZE] d. (4)Andreescu    6-3 RET (ch)                               
18‑Mar‑2019    Miami    Hard    R16    24    19    (21)Anett Kontaveit [EST] d. Andreescu    6-1 2-0 RET (ch)   
22‑Oct‑2018    Saguenay $60K    Hard    SF    243    399    Quirine Lemoine [NED] d. Andreescu    7-6(4) 2-0 RET                               
9‑Jul‑2018    Winnipeg $25K    Hard    R32    184    635    (Q)Lorraine M Guillermo [USA] d. Andreescu    3-6 6-4 4-2 RET                               
21‑Apr‑2018    Fed Cup WG2 R1: UKR vs CAN    Hard    RR    197    41    Lesia Tsurenko [UKR] d. Andreescu    4-6 6-3 4-0 RET (ch)   
1‑Jan‑2018    Playford $25K    Hard    QF    189    378    Zoe Hives [AUS] d. (8)Andreescu    7-5 5-4 RET                               
3‑Apr‑2017    Santa Margherita Di Pula $25K    Clay    R32    217    321    Bernarda Pera [USA] d. (8)Andreescu    6-2 2-0 RET                               
7‑Nov‑2016    Waco TX $50K    Hard    R16    306    211    (SE)Beatriz Haddad Maia [BRA] d. (JE)Andreescu    3-6 7-6(1) 4-0 RET   

big hold Alycia

she's a head pointer

great mentality from Alycia Parks!

she hs come a long way since getting into fights with Sachia Vickery.

Price, Exchange Available and Traded
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1.03    £2.00       
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1.25            £100.00
1.26            £452.06
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1.28            £1,592.18
1.29            £284.90
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1.34            £727.69
1.35            £1,427.75

Zverev done !

I don't like him, but it's not good for tennis if he ends up another Thiem. Tennis needs all the stars it can get. But only 1 month into his comeback, so too early to count him out yet.

Novak is holding the show together but there must be alarm bells.

Tsitsipas should get a few cracks at finals and he clearly has Djokovic's respect. Alcaraz is theoretically in the mix unless injuries act as a limiter like Del Potro.
Trying to name a solid third candidate of this gen to consistently challenge is actually quite tricky.

It was a good spectacle in its own way, Novak just annihilating the field, But you couldn't have too many non-competitive slams before it starts to harm the product.

Medvedev is only one successful therapy session away from contending again imo. I think Rune has a great future.

Forgot about Rune. I was thinking mainly about the 'new Big 3'

Rune wont amount to much, it's Alcaraz that I'm convinced will start to dominate, he'll be the next 10+ slam winner, it's strange how's his height is deceptive, you wouldn't think at first glance he was over 6ft, like Gasquet, short legs, longer torso.

Leylah versus Kiki tomorrow morning could be a cool matchup

edy once famously proclaimed that 'Khachanov was just going to fill the Berdych role' and tbf that assessment is looking pretty accurate.

The Berdych Role Or JWT

I don't know if there's a single one of them that Novak doesn't privately think he can keep a step ahead of.

Berdych born 10 years later would probably win Slams (the ones Novak didn't play or was defaulted in).

he is much better than Khachanov, but yes they will end up with a similar record

Tsonga was very talented, after that Aus final in 08 you'd never have bet against him reaching more slam finals but it never happened, closest I remember was the year Ferrer got to the French final, I think Nadal had just had a marathon 5 setter match against Novak and the crowd were knackered and all filtered out to get drinks, rest and whatnot, Tsonga walked out onto court in the one of the biggest matches of his life on home turf to an almost empty stadium and you could see the complete dejection on his face as he was walking out onto court, this off of the back of knocking out Federer, it refilled somewhat but he never got the energy back and was beaten easily, a shame that Tsonga v Nadal final never happened because although Rafa would no doubt have won, it'd been interesting to see the a packed crowd completely against him for that one match. The organisers can be to blame for that, they had it in their minds that they wanted Tsonga on at peak time for the French audience, they should have had the foresight to see what would happen, suffice to say the former Bricklayer was just an easy tune up in the final. Think some mug in the stand tried to get on to court with a flare as well.

WTA next gen GOATing. Well one is a former gen now.
https://twitter.com/WTA_insider/status/1360087335333888003

Alycia Parks won