2019 Running Tennis thread

[BTExpress]

She was the seventh seed. Quick now, what percentage of US sports fans had heard of her before today. She won the French last year. She's a fine player. But sports stories lead with the star and always will.

She has held the No. 1 ranking for 64 weeks, three times longer than Maria Sharapova ever held it and almost six times longer than Venus Williams ever held it.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

She has held the No. 1 ranking for 64 weeks, three times longer than Maria Sharapova ever held it and almost six times longer than Venus Williams ever held it.

Her accomplishments do not address my question in that post.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

What did you expect. If Tiger loses the Open next weekend in a playoff with some worthy figure of the Euro Tour, Matt Wallace, say, who do you suppose will be mentioned first in the ledes of every US media outlet?

Well, certainly the ones that use Doug Ferguson’s story. :)

 

[BTExpress]

LONDON --- Serena Williams deposited quite a few balls into the net on Saturday.
She did not, however, deposit any down the ****ing throats of any lines people, which perhaps was the bright spot in her otherwise desultory 6-2, 6-2 loss at the hands of Simona Halep in the women's final at Wimbledon.

 

[heyabbott]

Good finals. These 2 apparently don’t like each other

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Djokovic's support of Gimelstob is an interesting subplot, too

 

[Cosmo]

I like Federer, and I hope he wins. But there's something oddly endearing about Djoker's gives-no-**** arrogance that makes me respect him. You kind of have to have that in an individual sport.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I don’t watch tennis often but I do for matches like this

 

[MileHigh]

This is some high drama playing out. Incredible match so far.

 

[ChrisLong]

I don’t watch tennis often but I do for matches like this

... with a sixer of Dos Equis ...

 

[MileHigh]

Good Lord this match is mesmerizing.

 

[DanOregon]

crappy way for it to end. A miscall and then the whiff by Fed.

Looking at the crowd, these Wimbledon matches always seem like conventions for Bond villians.

 

[Cosmo]

Fed had his chance with two championship points at 9-8 (I think?) ... when he didn't win there, he wasn't winning the match. Incredible cojones from Djoker.

 

[heyabbott]

US Open better seed these guys 1&2. A repeat of Borg-McEnroe 1980

 

[Batman]

So is it a sign of the lack of depth in men's tennis, their own dominance, or just one of those freaky statistical things that the top three on the all-time Grand Slam singles championship list is from this generation of players?
It's amazing to think that Federer is six clear of Sampras' old record and might wind up third all-time by the time he retires.

 

[heyabbott]

So is it a sign of the lack of depth in men's tennis, their own dominance, or just one of those freaky statistical things that the top three on the all-time Grand Slam singles championship list is from this generation of players?
It's amazing to think that Federer is six clear of Sampras' old record and might wind up third all-time by the time he retires.

It’s modern money, medicine and training. Emerson was in it for 7 years, Laver for 10, Borg 7 years. From the time they won their first to their last. These guys can play longer because they have better opportunities to stay healthy and get healthy.

 

[BTExpress]

Until the 90s, nobody (other than Australians) wanted to play Australia. Facilities were low-rent, and it was held around Christmas. Then came Flinders Park, a switch to mid-January, and now everyone goes there. That's good for several of the Big 3's major titles.

Connors played it twice, won it (1974) and was runner-up (1975). Skipped it 19 times. Borg played it once.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

The Big 4 is rapidly dwindling. Murray has retired, Nadal and Federer are hanging on, and that leaves Djoker, who is 32, to be dominant for the next 3 years. Who's the next foil? Wawrinka was a late bloomer and his window has come and gone.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Federer looks like hes doing a lot more than hanging on

 

[Batman]

Federer looks like hes doing a lot more than hanging on

Murray was very good, certainly, but other than a couple of brief spurts was he ever on the same level as those other three? He always struck me more as an Andy Roddick type -- a contender, a guy who could win some big tournaments and even a few Grand Slams, but never as consistently great as Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.