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20 Oct 25
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The final spot for WTA Finals will be decided this week as Elena Rybakina will try to make semis in Tokyo as Mirra Andreeva will be watching from her couch.
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Death, taxes and Anna Kalinskaya calling the trainer 0-5 in the 1st set.
Guess one of Kudermetova or Samsonova were going to put claim on that brain cell eventually after Alexandrova had hogged it for most of the past few weeks.
I wonder if they камень-ножницы-бумага to decide brain cell lender when they play one-another.
She had to give up one rib in exchange for the braincell today, but is seemingly winning regardless.
Market went 1.10 to 1.5 for the MTO but EA looks alright.
In the changeover just before the MTO she was feeling the ribs a lot and I thought about doing something (the market didn't react at all), but then umpire asked her if she was ok and she was so I believed her, but just a few points later she decided she wanted medical attention after all.
did you see that challenge? Are you sure she has the brain cell at the moment?
this 3rd has taken longer than the first two combined.
Goods selling with Karolina Muchova Part XXVII
yikes! Belinda out of challenges at 3 all in the 3rd.
OMG this match is amazing. Late Tokyo has delivered today.
woah I thought Belinda was gonna go crazy with the celebrations after winning that rollercoaster of a match, but she just celebrated Rybakina style.
epic muggery from shuai. serves for the win, broken. serves to stay in the second set, broken. serves to consolidate third set break, broken.
breaks again for a chance to serve for the win again. guess what. broken again and after having 2 mps at 40-15, didnt win another point. unreal
volynets deserves to win. much better in the clutch moments. saved way more bps than shuai
wta tennis is hilarious. shaui serving for it again. tb to decide it should be fun
https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1of0t2k/bizarre_retirement_from_shapovalov/
Mirjam married such a quitter.
Mirjam married such a quitter.
it was very out a character for him. Only his 2nd tap ever, and for that other one I believe he really was injured.
Market thinks Ruud is done here (leg issue).
Basel not happy with its 3rd retirement in 4 matches today.
That one cost me a bit, but can't complain too much after benefitting from the other two.
there was no sign of injury, he just tapped so he could go home early, should be a fine
what heroics to beat both Leylah and Vicky in Tokyo with a weak back!
Fokina going into the 1st set TB 1.5x (Humbert just sent off for new racket strings). 1.3x Fokina starting the 2nd set when market realises Humbert isn't tapping at the end of the set
Lost out on nice profits there, but at least I kept the tap loss very small due to minimizing potential loss. Odd time to tap just after a hold. I thought if it was going to happen, it would be at 0-2 or 0-3.
Yeah. Strange timing. Looked very ominous after the initial break given how he was slapping so many errors long but then played out 2 more games.
I would like to see a list of retirements by nationalities on the men's main tour going back to the year 2000, without knowing I'd guess the French would be top of the list.
always end up thinking of the monty python description
Certainly more likely to be the French rather than the British with them having about 10 more top100 players at any given time during that period.
Radacanu and Draper doing their best to add to the tally ! (Though not sure if they tap a lot, or are just out injured quite a bit)
You can divide the total number of retirements by the total number of players to get an average per player, the French will still probably win.
Draper is definitely made a of glass thought, but he comes from a very wealthy family so probably just doesn't have the heart to fight like a true working class hero would.
been enjoying wta this week. absolute dross muggery in these lower level tournaments. match after match after match has seen a player all set to win if they could just serve out failing to do so, with the latest in the line of chokers being grabher. served to win and got to 40-30, didn't win another point, then served to win again and managed to get broken from 40-15.
and so a tiebreak to decide it. toss a coin because grabher and her oppo are both mugs
Feels like Japan would end up high on such a list with Morita, Nishioka, Nishikori all tapping a lot. France has Bartoli and Monfils as notorious tappers, but they also have a lot of players that don't tap much which draws the average down.
never made any sense why Monfils tapped so much, he looks like a specimen, maybe it was the way he was training.
Constantly running into advertisement boards doesn't help in staying injury-free.
all part of the show edy
I did google this question but no real answer, saw a player called Stevenson who was the most retired for a wta player for a period of time, I'd never heard of her.
I did google this question but no real answer, saw a player called Stevenson who was the most retired for a wta player for a period of time, I'd never heard of her.
You do not know the legendary 7-6,6-7,6-7 that Alexandra Stevenson and Alexandra Muller played in the first round of qualification of 2013 Quebec?
A full three sets of finest WTA without a single break of serve!
in non-hipster circles more known for making Wimbledon semis in 1999.
I honestly never heard of her so imagine my surprise to see she peaked at 18 in the world, but then realised that was 1999, and the only players I knew back then were Henman, Sampras and Agassi. She seemed to have a real high in her teens then just played a load of ITF's for years, and I never watch or bet on low level tennis.
Quebec was a primetime northern American WTA main tour tournament.
In fact it was the primest of prime north american indoor tournament.
re Monfils, it also has to be taken into consideration how many matches he has played. He has tapped in 28 matches out of 1040, so in 2.7% of all matches. Now compare that to Paula Badosa who has tapped in 35 of 564 matches, so in 6.2% matches. Now lots of that is ITF for Badosa, but even if you remove that she has a higher percentage than Gael. Bartoli was 4.0%.
You do not know the legendary 7-6,6-7,6-7 that Alexandra Stevenson and Alexandra Muller played in the first round of qualification of 2013 Quebec?
Knowing this is still hipster stuff.
Knowing this is still hipster stuff.
She finished that year in 1999 in 46th in the rankings
Was looking at the other players in the top 50, Barbara Schett finished 8th
have a look at the spoiler, how many names do you know, I counted 22 out of the 50, like the name Anna Smashova
Spoiler: Show
1 Hingis Martina
2 Davenport Lindsay
3 Williams Venus
4 Williams Serena
5 Pierce Mary
6 Seles Monica
7 Tauziat Nathalie
8 Schett Barbara
9 Halard-Decugis Julie
10 Mauresmo Amelie
11 [b]Coetzer[/b] Amanda
12 Kournikova Anna
13 Testud Sandrine
14 Van Roost Dominique
15 Martinez Conchita
16 Huber Anke
17 Sanchez-Vicario Arantxa
18 Likhovtseva Elena
19 Frazier Amy
20 Dragomir-Ilie Ruxandra
21 Schnyder Patty
22 Rubin Chanda
23 Capriati Jennifer
24 Sugiyama Ai
25 Dechy Nathalie
26 Farina Elia Silvia
27 Zvereva Natasha
28 Raymond Lisa
29 Talaja Silvija
30 Appelmans Sabine
31 Kremer Anne
32 Pitkowski-Malcor Sarah
33 Sidot Anne-Gaelle
34 Nagyova Henrieta
35 Spirlea Irina
36 Plischke Sylvia
37 Morariu Corina
38 Fernandez Mary Joe
39 Serna Magui
40 Panova Tatiana
41 Sanchez Lorenzo Maria
42 Schwartz Barbara
43 Dokic Jelena
44 Peschke Kveta
45 Habsudova Karina
46 Stevenson Alexandra
47 Clijsters Kim
48 Zuluaga Fabiola
49 Smashnova Anna
50 Lucic Mirjana
Was looking at the other players in the top 50, Barbara Schett finished 8th
have a look at the spoiler, how many names do you know, I counted 22 out of the 50, like the name Anna Smashova
Spoiler: Show
1 Hingis Martina
2 Davenport Lindsay
3 Williams Venus
4 Williams Serena
5 Pierce Mary
6 Seles Monica
7 Tauziat Nathalie
8 Schett Barbara
9 Halard-Decugis Julie
10 Mauresmo Amelie
11 [b]Coetzer[/b] Amanda
12 Kournikova Anna
13 Testud Sandrine
14 Van Roost Dominique
15 Martinez Conchita
16 Huber Anke
17 Sanchez-Vicario Arantxa
18 Likhovtseva Elena
19 Frazier Amy
20 Dragomir-Ilie Ruxandra
21 Schnyder Patty
22 Rubin Chanda
23 Capriati Jennifer
24 Sugiyama Ai
25 Dechy Nathalie
26 Farina Elia Silvia
27 Zvereva Natasha
28 Raymond Lisa
29 Talaja Silvija
30 Appelmans Sabine
31 Kremer Anne
32 Pitkowski-Malcor Sarah
33 Sidot Anne-Gaelle
34 Nagyova Henrieta
35 Spirlea Irina
36 Plischke Sylvia
37 Morariu Corina
38 Fernandez Mary Joe
39 Serna Magui
40 Panova Tatiana
41 Sanchez Lorenzo Maria
42 Schwartz Barbara
43 Dokic Jelena
44 Peschke Kveta
45 Habsudova Karina
46 Stevenson Alexandra
47 Clijsters Kim
48 Zuluaga Fabiola
49 Smashnova Anna
50 Lucic Mirjana
Didn't even know Monfils had topped 1000 matches, that's impressive
Or Kveta Peschke, who is super famous on this forum for her Polish WTA Luxembourg adventures.
no never heard of her, I was too young in the 90's to consume tennis like I do know, really only knew 3 players as I was of school age, maybe I head of McEnroe as well because they used to talk about his 'you can't be serious line'.
Still, Anke Huber is super famous. WTA Stuttgart tournament director and all that.
I honestly didn't even know Sue Barker was a former slam winner or tennis players for years when she was Presenting Wimbledon on the BBC until they mentioned it one day, saw her in a a different light after that, always thought she was a bit of a dowdy presenter just put there to do a job, turns out she had a bit of talent.
Men's final top 50 in 1999
Recognised 34 names, at the time I wouldn't have done, but in the early 2000's started to watch tennis more full time so the names became familiar. Chang was still hanging around top 50.
Spoiler: Show
1 Agassi Andre
2 Kafelnikov Yevgeny
3 Sampras Pete
4 Enqvist Thomas
5 Kuerten Gustavo
6 Kiefer Nicolas
7 Martin Todd
8 Lapentti Nicolas
9 Rios Marcelo
10 Krajicek Richard
11 Haas Tommy
12 Henman Tim
13 Pioline Cedric
14 Rusedski Greg
15 Norman Magnus
16 Rafter Patrick
17 Kucera Karol
18 Costa Albert
19 Philippoussis Mark
20 Spadea Vincent
21 Hrbaty Dominik
22 Mantilla Felix
23 Hewitt Lleyton
24 Moya Carlos
25 Safin Marat
26 Corretja Alex
27 Grosjean Sebastien
28 Zabaleta Mariano
29 Meligeni Fernando
30 Alami Karim
31 Medvedev Andrei
32 Courier Jim
33 Santoro Fabrice
34 El Aynaoui Younes
35 Golmard Jerome
36 Arazi Hicham
37 Escude Nicolas
38 Clavet Francisco
39 Rosset Marc
40 Johansson Thomas
41 Novak Jiri
42 Pavel Andrei
43 Ferrero Juan Carlos
44 Vacek Daniel
45 Schalken Sjeng
46 Koubek Stefan
47 Di Pasquale Arnaud
48 Schuettler Rainer
49 Vicente Fernando
50 Chang Michael
Recognised 34 names, at the time I wouldn't have done, but in the early 2000's started to watch tennis more full time so the names became familiar. Chang was still hanging around top 50.
Spoiler: Show
1 Agassi Andre
2 Kafelnikov Yevgeny
3 Sampras Pete
4 Enqvist Thomas
5 Kuerten Gustavo
6 Kiefer Nicolas
7 Martin Todd
8 Lapentti Nicolas
9 Rios Marcelo
10 Krajicek Richard
11 Haas Tommy
12 Henman Tim
13 Pioline Cedric
14 Rusedski Greg
15 Norman Magnus
16 Rafter Patrick
17 Kucera Karol
18 Costa Albert
19 Philippoussis Mark
20 Spadea Vincent
21 Hrbaty Dominik
22 Mantilla Felix
23 Hewitt Lleyton
24 Moya Carlos
25 Safin Marat
26 Corretja Alex
27 Grosjean Sebastien
28 Zabaleta Mariano
29 Meligeni Fernando
30 Alami Karim
31 Medvedev Andrei
32 Courier Jim
33 Santoro Fabrice
34 El Aynaoui Younes
35 Golmard Jerome
36 Arazi Hicham
37 Escude Nicolas
38 Clavet Francisco
39 Rosset Marc
40 Johansson Thomas
41 Novak Jiri
42 Pavel Andrei
43 Ferrero Juan Carlos
44 Vacek Daniel
45 Schalken Sjeng
46 Koubek Stefan
47 Di Pasquale Arnaud
48 Schuettler Rainer
49 Vicente Fernando
50 Chang Michael
What can I say edy, German players just don't leave a long lasting effect on me 
The year Tim Henman won his one and only Masters in Paris - it was from that point on where I started watching tennis full time, whatever year that was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVBKN8kDUpA
Vinny Ice Spadea.
Vinny Ice Spadea.
Schuettler beat some good names enroute to his Slam final
Krakicek > Safin > Blake > Nalbandian > Roddick
Krakicek > Safin > Blake > Nalbandian > Roddick
Stefan Koubek is a legend for choking Daniel Köllerer on court.
He took offence to apparently having had been called a "w*nker* in German.
oh yeah, I know that guy, wonder why Kollerer did nothing
Can't provoke many better players into choking you so you get the win by qualification.
Though if I remember his exploits on German trash TV correctly, he is very decently sized...you know where....
I'm honestly amazed we've never seen a proper fight on a tennis court, or an empire having enough of a player's abuse. What we have seen is mostly handbags stuff. Rarely happens in football either, famous account was once in 70's involving Hamburg's finest, Kevin Keegan, where proper punches were actually thrown.
meanwhile Sinner is struggling against Zverev in this all Austrian clash in Vienna.
this is annoying, I have the tennis on the laptop, the Arsenal build up on the TV, and El Classico starts at 14:!5 as well with Fonseca match starting at after half 2 ffs
woah Sinner smiling mid-match at Zverev's almost muggery.
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