The Tennis Thread

According to BBC, last one was 1911

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Absolutely outrageous. I watched a part of the semi between Sabalenka and Anisimova, and the latter was really good! Bencic too is in good form currently, and was still wiped away 6-0 6-2 by Swiatek in the other semi-final.

So, in John Henry’s words: what are they eating over there in Swiatek-land?

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3 mill for that nonsense. Good hourly rate.

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Swiatek got a new coach and worked on her service motion. Markedly more power, accuracy, and most importantly increased first serve percentage. Has almost been transformative for her whole game.

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Alcaraz Sinner alright so far

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Now a best of 3 shootout

Yeah much better than yesterday.

That was top shelf tennis.

Congrats to Sinner. Commiserations to Alcaraz. Love the admiration and respect between the two.

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Sinner plays like Djokovic but with Federer-like flatter ground strokes and has the same court demeanour as the Swiss great.
Alcaraz has the fire and athleticism of Rafa but also the touch, finesse, creativity of Federer.

Amazing new rivalry!

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USO day 1 babyyyy.

Not long to go now till Raducanu kickstarts this shabang off. She’s coming into this in very good form, playing some of the best she has since the win here 4 years ago and free from injury almost the whole year. Expecting her to at progress through to the quarters.

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I’m not..:smirking_face:

She’s got one of Nadal’s coaches now, hope that helps her improve. She has all the tools to be a regular top 10 player

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Well she’s seen off the 1st round easily enough.

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Raducanu looking impressive again.

On the flip side Drape had to withdraw. He just didn’t look right. At least 10 mph less on his serve. Best not do any further damage and heal properly.

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Fact he went in with an injury it’s not a surprise. Shame as he’s very easy to watch.

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Bloody looks like superman! No wonder Burberry snapped him up for modelling

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Yeah he can fall back on that if his injury falters his career.

Ot oh, Rybacanu in 3rd round…might have to withdraw that QF prediction then…

Looking forward to the double partners facing off.

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Bad show from Ostapenko. Shake hands with Townsend and move on. No, she said something about Townsend being “badly educated”. Cue a full blown post match altercation. No need for that.

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