Tennis Thread

[HCZ_Reborn]

So, this final (not in terms of the tennis played, this was far better) reminded me of the 1988 Wimbledon final (not the fa cup ) between Edberg and Becker

Becker was the two time champion (although he wasn’t the reigning champion, as he’d gone out in the second round in 87 to a shock defeat to Australian Peter Doohan who sadly passed away a few years ago)


Becker took the first set and was expected to go on comfortably to win, but Edberg took the second set in a tiebreak and went on from there


The other final that it reminded me of was 2011 Wimbledon final, between Nadal and Djokovic (which Djokovic won in four)
Slightly different as despite a wobbly third set, Djokovic just played Nadal off the court where as Sinner I think had to produce a more controlled performance slowly turning the screw and building up more confidence.


Nadal was a two time winner, and Djokovic playing in his first Wimbledon final

[Letters]

Literally no idea how you remember all this stuff

[HCZ_Reborn]

Literally no idea how you remember all this stuff

Partly ADHD brain and partly using AI as a reference to make sure what I’m saying is correct

[HCZ_Reborn]

I can assure you though that given I would have been 4 when that match (88 final) was played I have no actual memory of watching that game (have probably watched highlights back at some point, although with two serve volleyers there wasn’t much in the way of highlights).

First final I remember watching was Kraijeck vs Washington


Wasn’t that big on Tennis until saw Federer beat Sampras in five sets in 2001

[Mac76]

Sinner didn’t bow to Kate properly.
Off with his head!

Disrespect to the royal family? I'm in...

[HCZ_Reborn]

Cincinnati open. Alcaraz breaks Sinner three times in a row, before Sinner retires

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/a...s/c0qly4k97q0o

[HCZ_Reborn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/a...s/c0qly4k97q0o

I don’t know what he’s complaining about, sounded like the photographer did him a solid. He was about to go out in straight sets but was able to fight his way back to two sets all as the incident seemed to bother his opponent more than him

[HCZ_Reborn]

US open seems to be going as you’d expect, with it becoming more and more likely that Sinner and Alcaraz square off again in the final

Alcaraz has not dropped a set on his way to the semi finals, but he has not really faced any opponents that might have challenged him, Sinner with the exception of Shapovalov who took a set off him has had similarly easy encounters (beating Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in the 4th round)


Sinner has to face off against fellow Italian (even though I still struggle to think of Sinner as an Italian, when he’s really more of a Tyrollean Austrian) Musetti before facing the winner of Auger Aliassime (another player who hasn’t ever really quite matched his potential) and Alex De Minaur (probably the best currently out of a very ordinary bunch of Aussie Tennis players)

Alcaraz has to get past a 38 year old Djokovic (who beat Alcaraz in the Australian open at the beginning of the year) though I’d favour Alcaraz as the surface at flushing meadow has a quicker but lower bounce allowing him to finish points easier