Tennis Talk 2026: Vol 18 (Queens, Halle, Berlin, Nottingham)

Clare Balding has entered. Poor Isa :(

Potapova tapped for the 2nd week in a row.

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Lumpy on Joint

Balding talking about 3 set matches for slams but no TBs

System is fine imho, just need a more relaxed calendar at parts or maybe bo3 for mens up until the QFs or something

almost become a national sport this time of year, castigating Balding for anything she says or does

muggy the tennis and World Cup overlaps

not only is shapovalov and absolute ****house he's a massive **** as well. telling the ball girl to adjust the umbrella. just hold it yourself you ****

Jun 15, 2026 -- 2:23PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Balding talking about 3 set matches for slams but no TBs System is fine imho, just need a more relaxed calendar at parts or maybe bo3 for mens up until the QFs or something

Jannik Sinner's burner account found.

Wonder if Emma pulled out of Nottingham to spend more time with her new 32 year old PR boyfriend, maybe thinks no point in chasing a seeding position for Wimbledon.

She's safe. 31 in the live rankings. Mboko and Baptiste are out. Did have that fall at Queens so better to go into Wimbledon with confidence and not risk making that worse or overplaying going into Wimbledon.

unless you mean she should aim for the 24 ranking to avoid big seeds in R3.

didn't know Baptiste was out, but was thinking more of the players behind her but seems a few aren't even playing this week either

Zverev about to lose to that well known grass court goat kopriva from a set up as a massive favourite.

Jun 16, 2026 -- 2:36PM, mesmerised wrote:

didn't know Baptiste was out, but was thinking more of the players behind her but seems a few aren't even playing this week either

I think without those being out, others could have caught her.

Re Baptiste I don't know for sure, just assumed so because she had surgery after her fall at RG, but so did Djokovic a few years back.

Kyrgios withdrew. There his goes Wimbledon chances you would think as a good showing this week could have earned him a WC.

To be honest, it probably wouldn't happen anyway, AELTC is a very posh club, they used to frown upon Murray a lot with his on court behaviour in the early days, although Kyrios is box office, he's not their cup of Rosie Lee and they're not really an event that needs to sell themselves. He is the antipathy of everything they stand for.

They will instead hand out a bucket load of nonsense wildcards to nice, plummy voiced, well mannered but hopeless Brits that the unsuspecting casual-viewing British public has no idea about but think they're future stars, even if they're mid 20's with career high ranks in the hundreds.

Fery nearly doubled in price because of a nose bleed

Did not see that Badosa win coming.

Jun 17, 2026 -- 4:26PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Fery nearly doubled in price because of a nose bleed

Silliest market move since Jankovic's price went up because her dress needed repairing.

Gauff pretty hopeless at grass even at the best of times.

2025 Eastbourne finalist bagelled on grass by a Clayer with no grass pedigree

Think it is just that time of year where some players just turn up to small tournies to fulfil mandatory tournament entry requirements for the season, then go home

Is this mug actually going to get double bagelled

0-40 up and lost the next 5 pts, Jenson Mugsby

Jun 17, 2026 -- 5:11PM, TheCarambaExperience wrote:

Jun 17, 2026 --  4:26PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:Fery nearly doubled in price because of a nose bleedSilliest market move since Jankovic's price went up because her dress needed repairing.

Felix prevails.

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not tennis, but these are telling images about delays in sports.

https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/401965/kan-inte-halla-sig-naer-plinget-kommer

https://www.flashscore.com/news/badosa-takes-aim-at-toxic-ex-boyfriend-tsitsipas-following-win-over-gauff-in-berlin/8pA99Bhc/
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Not surprised it turned out like that to be fair.

^ lol, I had just finished reading that, copied the text ready to paste

Is Kaplis on the way back to Wimbledon glory ?

FINAL MEN'S WIMBLEDON WILDCARDS ANNOUNCED!
Harry Wendelken
Felix Gill

more interestingly women's final one still not decided.
Serena milking this imo.

that Zverev slip earlier in the tie break could have been nasty, that's why you need to play warm up events on grass so your brain gets used to the footing  needed from the clay switch, never done Novak any harm missing them but his talent got him through.

even with no Carlos around I have to put up with Clare Balding and her Alcarath pronounciation

yeah that is really annoying, commies do it as well, it's because it's the BBC and they have to be correct on everything when most people would simply anglicise his name to Al-ka-Razz.

and in two weeks there will be Ree-'BIKE-ina

Only recently found out that Azarenka is actually Azarenko, apparently she changed herself years ago, was news to me.

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Rybakina backers must not have watched her at Queens

lehecka mugging hard against a bang average hijikata. loves a loss as a short odds fav though so no surprise and on course to do it again from a set and a break up

indeed toad. she was rotten in queens and rotten again in germany. couldnt be any clearer she couldnt give a toss about either tournament if she had a big flashing sign on her head that said so

Spot on tobes. Zero motivation, bizarre market throughout.

lehecka 1.03 busto

useless mug

served 8 times in that deciding breaker. lost the point 5 times.

against hijikata. the mind boggles

at least the fraud loses a load of ranking points behind that utter *****

Fritz vs Shelton went exactly how you would expect it too. 3 TBs

20 years on and still lumps left up at crucial moments to get swiped, none matched by myself sadly. Oh to have those raw pictures !

There's only one way to get those raw pictures Angela, a nice seat in the stadium, courtsiding alive and well.

My understanding is it's the providers with their computers and raw pictures on the grounds but behind the scenes ! Quite a few different companies will be at the site with the raw feeds.

bartunkova having a very good grass season

saba is legitimately one of the worst wta no 1s of recent years. absolutely braindead and has only risen to where she is because of the weakness of the era

She's up there with the least talented, but Pliskova has to be the worst number 1 of them all.

1.19 Fery up in smoke, a most plucky effort !

We are in the full throws of plucky Brit season

Altmaier breaks Daniil to serve for the match.
Altmaier gets broken serving for the match.
Altmaier breaks Daniil serving to stay in the match.

1.4 Paul SP
1.44 Paul 3-3 in the second set TB, a set up

humbert giving hijikata the full treatment and after playing earlier today as well. makes leheckas performance look even worse

Jun 19, 2026 -- 2:50PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

My understanding is it's the providers with their computers and raw pictures on the grounds but behind the scenes ! Quite a few different companies will be at the site with the raw feeds.

I had Cobain for 18 months. It gives you an advantage over others, but there were still those ahead of me.

and it was only good for WTA

Cerundolo chose to receive first, smart when you're the third best best returner of the last 52 weeks, not so smart when you realise those stats are clay dominated and that it's baking hot, so the balls will fly through the air more than usual coming from a good server on grass.

Live player is about 4-5 seconds ahead of my tv pics

So he breaks, how long will that last though

paul has mugged this final hard. in control at a set and a break up, gives the break straight back, fails to break from 15-40 then broken again to go to a decider.

been a good final though in terms of quality of play

and as for cerundolo. loses to an absolute mug at the fo on his favourite surface and then wins a title on grass. tennis. you couldnt make it up

the worst thing about his lost the French was that he lost to a player who has one of the worst clay records on tour

and thats the match. paul is a mental midget. bp after bp after bp but cant break in this final set. cerundolo one bp and breaks.

exactly. was a disgusting result

lame way to finish but totally paul. broken again and the first bp in the game again

got away with it. just delaying the inevitable

3 Championship points, I'd imagine he's feeling tight now

he will hold. just been that kind of match since paul blew the set and break lead. all gone cerundolos way

even if it goes 15-40 hes holding. reminds me of brooksby in the us last year. just would not lose despite facing mps in multiple matches

so that three ues from paul. 40-30 cerundolo. mp

Wow

another paul ue. another cerundolo mp. cant keep missing them

paul has no excuses, had loads of second serves to go at this game

got all he deserved there, absolutely dismal from a set and a break up

the muggings in tennis never stop. osaka 5-0 to 5-4 against frech. just ridiculous

saved by the rain

Looks like Emma has another injury ccoming up to Wimbledon, im afraid the girl is never going to be consistent.