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Tennis Talk 2026: Vol 16 (French Open)
Tennis Talk 2026: Vol 16 (French Open)
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oh yeah of course 2021 was the really random one.
But 2020, where Iga won, was a bit random as well. Had Podoroska in the semis. I keep confusing 20 and 21 cause both were a pendemic blur and then you had stuff like Euro 2020 and Olympics 2020 taking place in 2021. |
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great rally at 30-30
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Wimbledon should have somehow taken place in 2020 rather than creating a hole in it's history, but because they were randomly insured against a pandemic of that nature, they never bothered trying.
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I don't think 2020 was that random, Podoroska was random but the other semi did have two slam finalists, one winner
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actually Collins final came after, Kenin won Aussie before, what a random winner Kenin was
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Kenin's won just 3 out 13 matches this year, 9 round 1 losses, and a qualification loss, only 27 years old
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We would probably already have Novak on 25 if that Wimbledon took place
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He won the 2 before, and the 2 after, robbed of 5 in a row, didn't want him to match Federer (nap)
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She's an odd one, goes on bad runs like this, and then will go and have some good results again. Rinse and repeat. Has been like that since her big win in 2020.
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and 26 mes if he hadnt been a massive tool and belted a line judge at the us
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or 27 if the Aussie mugs didn't stop him coming down under, which also could have made it 5 in a row
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This semi's better than the last one already
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Not sure what the solution should have been because the tour only resumed late July/early August. So no time to have it there as US Open took place in August and then RG booking the September/October slot made that slot also not possible. How late in the year can you even play on grass?
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I wonder if he regrets missing out on some great chances due to not getting vaccinated. Probably not as I can see him as the type of person proud of sticking to his guns.
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28 if he hadnt mugged against istomin in aus
29 if he hadnt got injured at wimbledon against berdshyte 30 if he hadnt played one of the muggiest clay matches of his life at the french against cecchinato and theres probably more. hes had more than enough chances to run down the all time record even without the wimbledon that was cancelled and the aussie open he was banned from |
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You'd could have got rid of qualification for a start but maybe even that wasn't needed, and just start with the main draw, it was possible to have kept the original slot and re-start the tour earlier than they did, lockdown ended in mid may, - other sports were being played after that, the Premier League restarted mid June, Wimbledon was due to start end of June.
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Been a fairly high quality match so far, especially in contrast to the last one.
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With a domestic league it's a completely different set-up than a tour with international tennis players. It's not like AELTC can just override decisions on the tour resuming late July just so they could get their flagship tournament in. Plus it wouldn't be ideal to just have players start cold at Wimbledon after being off since March. Some warmups like they did at USO would be needed.
But like you say their insurance made it easy. Would be interesting to know how they would have handled it differently if not for that. Maybe consulted with other Slams and done USO in late August, Wimbledon in late September and RG in late October. |
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woah set Maja.
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Awesome TB from 4-2 down
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least surprising thing ever caramba. like i said see it all the time. big win followed by a flop and as mes said, shnaider didnt really win saba just completely imploded. its always easy to play well when theres no pressure and shnaider was under absolutely no pressure against saba it was a free hit. this on the other hand is absolutely not. chance to make a slam final and the favourite to do it which she would have known going in
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by the same token though, pressure now goes on to chwalinska. a set away from a slam final when she was losing to ponchet recently which is nuts
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Whilst all that may be true, if they did not have any insurance for that slam, there's no way they would have allowed a big black hole in their finances, that would have cost them hundreds of millions, no business if they can help it would allow for that, they would have somehow got it on when it was scheduled even if it meant losing some big players who didn't want to come or whatever, but they just made no effort as they didn't need to.
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When that Morillo didn't go Shnaiders' way in the tie break when she was 3-1 up, that was the PONR, adjusted my position there. And that drop shot from the baseline from Maja showed how confident she is, even though it was returned, the winner from that was unreal.
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High quality relentless, clean hitting from both.
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so smart from Maja.
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Doc for Maja?
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just medication
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another bagel in the decider from Diana coming?
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1.43 at 40-30
1.53 game 1.63 docs come out |
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1.73 30-15
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Market always short-sighted when it comes to this. Thinks it's Berrettini all over again.
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that's brutal if whatever it is is going to affect her in the match of her lifetime.
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the likes of Sabalenka will get more chances but Maja might only get this one.
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1.43 at 40-30 1*-1
1.83 at 3-2* |
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1.43 at 40-30 1*-1
2.0 at 3-2* |
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If this goes to a third set, then you really would have to worry about Maja, those strappings, which I know a lot of players have, are optics that will also start to spook people as well into thinking she may physically start to crumble
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