Tennis Thread

[Letters]

Hope so, well don’t care if it’s a procession or not but definitely want a Sinner-Alcaraz final

Sinner despatched Djokovic quite easily at the French open.

I like Djok - well, he’s not that likeable at times, but I have warmed to him and I definitely respect and admire him. But his time has clearly passed and Sinner vs Alcaraz will be the better final.

[Mac76]

Sinner two sets up

[Letters]

Dinner with 2 set points.
Takes the first one with an ace.
6-3, 6-3

[Letters]

Dinner

[Mac76]

Meanwhile Djok getting treatment, probably not in the very best shape but it's more that Sinner's just that much better I think

Could he quit the match maybe?

[Mac76]

Djok fighting back with an early break

[HCZ_Reborn]

I like Djok - well, he’s not that likeable at times, but I have warmed to him and I definitely respect and admire him. But his time has clearly passed and Sinner vs Alcaraz will be the better final.

Unlike someone else we know on here, I’ve always been a big fan of Roger Federer…thats really why I really took against Nadal (although I immensely respect his achievements, especially at Roland Garros). Djokovic?, I first remember watching him about 18 years ago when he reached his first semi at Wimbledon….he was clearly playing whilst injured (had revolting blisters on his feet) but got past players like Hewitt, Baghdatis etc in Marathon matches.


Ear marked him as a player to watch, but even after his first Australian open win. Felt like he wouldn’t ever quite meet his potential, and struggled with injury etc.

Then came 2011 when he was just unplayable, everything you threw at the bugger he’d return

He’s had his peaks and troughs but he outlasted Nadal by being last man standing and he was able to maintain physical fitness to the point where at 38 he’s still reaching the business end of tournaments (the only player doing that back in the day was Jimmy Connors)


So yeah I have no great love for him but no great dislike either, but mainly I don’t want him to win because I want Federer’s 8 Wimbledon titles to stand alone (although Alcaraz could just as easily challenge that). He played in some fantastic matches, the best of those in my view being the 2012 Australian open final which was a punishing match of almost six hours…at the award ceremony neither he or Nadal could even stand.

Even though he beat Murray, I did kind of think “good for him” when he completed the career grand slam at the French open

[Letters]

Yes. I had to miss a bit, came back and Djok is 3-0 up!
And has a break point

[Mac76]

Yes. I had to miss a bit, came back and Djok is 3-0 up!
And has a break point

And now it's 3-1, you need to take a break from it again

[Letters]

Oh Djok. Sinner breaks back.
And now Djok is going full “old man yells at cloud”.