Tennis
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So this will again stir up the debate about who is the greatest male tennis player of all time
Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title
He's an absolute penis but unquestionably the GOAT IMHO. He'd like have another 2-3 slams if not for Covid.
Although they were definitely competing I think the careers of Federer, Nadal and Djoc overlapped more than directly parralleled.
Federer is 5 years older than Nadal and 6 than Djoc.
He was winning slams for 5 years before Djoc and 5 before Nadal won outside Paris.
On clay Nadal is unparalleled. His first Roland Garros title was only two years after Federers first.
You can make an argument for any of the three being a contender as the GOAT but you can't argue against Nadal being supreme on clay. His record is most skewed towards one surface though.
The longevity of all three is amazing. I get that they drove each other to greater heights but you have to wonder how immense any of them would have been without the competition. At times they each prevented one of the others from completing a grand slam.
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So this will again stir up the debate about who is the greatest male tennis player of all time
Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title
He's an absolute penis but unquestionably the GOAT IMHO. He'd like have another 2-3 slams if not for Covid.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Tennis:
So this will again stir up the debate about who is the greatest male tennis player of all time
Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title
He's an absolute penis but unquestionably the GOAT IMHO. He'd like have another 2-3 slams if not for Covid.
Haven't really followed tennis, so I don't know if he is a penis. But since he bucked the Covid narrative I'm in his camp. Perhaps should be talking about 25 or 26.
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First NZ woman to win any GS title. I didn't even know who she was until she played and beat Leyla Fernandez in an earlier round
First NZ woman to win any GS title. I didn't even know who she was until she played and beat Leyla Fernandez in an earlier round
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Connor#:~:text=Judith Connor
A corrector!
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First NZ woman to win any GS title. I didn't even know who she was until she played and beat Leyla Fernandez in an earlier round
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Connor#:~:text=Judith Connor
A corrector!
@Chris-B said in Tennis:
First NZ woman to win any GS title. I didn't even know who she was until she played and beat Leyla Fernandez in an earlier round
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Connor#:~:text=Judith Connor
A corrector!
Bad intel!
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Check this out:
The top players are like supermen these days. Great win for Dinner, because Alcaraz is a freak who is so tough to beat
Carlos is still very tactically naive. Sinner seems to have the game to push him, for now.
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Check this out:
The top players are like supermen these days. Great win for Dinner, because Alcaraz is a freak who is so tough to beat
Carlos is still very tactically naive. Sinner seems to have the game to push him, for now.
He had an amazing GS record though. Comes through most of the time when it matters most
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/525576/tennis-erin-routliffe-wins-cincinnati-open-doubles-title
“ winning 3-6, 6-1, 10-4 in one hour, 20 minutes”
The old “win by 6” rule in play for the 3rd set eh?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/525576/tennis-erin-routliffe-wins-cincinnati-open-doubles-title
“ winning 3-6, 6-1, 10-4 in one hour, 20 minutes”
The old “win by 6” rule in play for the 3rd set eh?
No. In non-GS tournament play there is no third set in doubles, they play a super tie breaker first to 10 wins
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/525576/tennis-erin-routliffe-wins-cincinnati-open-doubles-title
“ winning 3-6, 6-1, 10-4 in one hour, 20 minutes”
The old “win by 6” rule in play for the 3rd set eh?
No. In non-GS tournament play there is no third set in doubles, they play a super tie breaker first to 10 wins
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Djokovic out in third round. Popyrin prevails 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
2002 the last year none of the 'big three' (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer) won a grand slam.
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev has lost the first set in his third round match currently in progress.
Just gone midnight in New York and Women's second seed Aryna Sabalenka has just started her third round match.
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I wonder if the extra load of the Olympics is a factor? Both Djokovic and Alcaraz just seemed flat, with due respect to their opponents who both played well
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Sabalenka wins, but a very swingy second set - she won three straight games to be 0-3 up, then dropped 5 straight games to be trailing 5-3 only to win 4 on the bounce to close out the title in straight sets. I wonder how often you win 5 straight games but still go down in straight sets?
