Running tennis thread 2021

[da man]

Shame a kid as good as Sinner has to be out in the first round after such a strong performance against a big-time player. I guess the early loss will hurt his ranking, and it shouldn't. He should be a seeded player, soon if not now.

 

[BTExpress]

Interesting exchange between Shapovalov and the chair umpire, who refused Shapovalov's request for a bathroom break between the fourth and fifth sets.

“What happens if I go? Do I get a fine? I don’t care. What do you mean I can’t go? Are you going to disqualify me? I have to pee!”

“I’m going to **** my pants. I’m going to **** in a bottle. You guys are not allowing players to ****? I don’t understand this rule.”

After the match:
“I’ve got the smallest bladder ever, so I literally got to take a **** every set. It’s difficult, especially when you’re on that court for so long. Before the match I’m trying to hydrate as much as possible. So yeah, I gotta pee.”

 

[da man]

Isn't there a break already built in before a fifth set?

 

[poindexter]

Isn't there a break already built in before a fifth set?

That isn't going to help the women too much.

 

[da man]

That isn't going to help the women too much.

1. Shapavalov is a woman? Then she's in the wrong draw.

b. I think there's also a break before the third set.

 

[BTExpress]

Isn't there a break already built in before a fifth set?

Players are allowed two breaks per five-set match. BUT he also had called a medical timeout to receive treatment on his shoulder, and players are not allowed to leave the court while waiting for that help to arrive.

 

[poindexter]

1. Shapavalov is a woman? Then she's in the wrong draw.

b. I think there's also a break before the third set.

Ooops. My **** up.

 

[BTExpress]

Obviously you were thinking about Angelika Shapovalova.

https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/angelika-shapovalova/800333992/rus/wt/s/overview/

 

[da man]

Defending women’s champion Kenin looked lost and scared in an ugly loss to Kaia Kanepi.

 

[Cosmo]

She got her ass kicked. Not great Bob.

 

[da man]

Andreescu looked just as bad in her loss, at least had an excuse — she hadn’t played in a tournament in more than a year.

 

[BTExpress]

Player who beat Andreescu is actually a fun player to watch. Hsieh Su-wei is 35 years old, a master of drop shots, slices, lobs and angles.

They call her "The Wizard," basically the female version of former French player Fabrice Santoro ("The Magician"). A player who just gives her opponents fits by being so different.

 

[da man]

Player who beat Andreescu is actually a fun player to watch. Hsieh Su-wei is 35 years old, a master of drop shots, slices, lobs and angles.

They call her "The Wizard," basically the female version of former French player Fabrice Santoro ("The Magician"). A player who just gives her opponents fits by being so different.

She’s also the world’s No. 1-ranked doubles player (just won a doubles match last night/this morning).

 

[da man]

The woman who beat Kenin has a similar deal. Kanepi is 35 and has a well-known reputation for beating highly ranked opponents -- this was her eighth victory over a top 10 opponent in a major. She beat Wozniacki when she was No. 1 and took out No. 1 seed Simona Halep in the first round of the U.S. Open a few years ago. Kanepi has been ranked in the top 20, but her ranking fell I believe as a result of a couple of long layoffs due to injury/illness.

During the match last night, Darren Cahill, Halep's coach (and ESPN commentator), said when they're getting ready for a tournament, Halep always asks where Kanepi is in the draw, because she doesn't want to play her.

 

[BTExpress]

And The Wizard played another entertaining as hell match, overcame a 3-5 deficit in the third set and advanced to the Round of 16.

 

[poindexter]

And The Wizard played another entertaining as hell match, overcame a 3-5 deficit in the third set and advanced to the Round of 16.

She's awesome. And likeable.
Odd match. The opponent had "the yips" serving, as described by the Tennis Channel announcers.

 

[MileHigh]

Future of sports? No lines people Down Under. All electronic. Or a high school match where the opponent calls the lines.

What else?

No plate umpire?

Chips in footballs and get rid of chains?

 

[playthrough]

She's awesome. And likeable.
Odd match. The opponent had "the yips" serving, as described by the Tennis Channel announcers.

That really was. In my limited tennis viewing I've never seen so many aborted tosses like that.

Kyrgios ... never a dull moment, Part 276.

 

[BTExpress]

Tournament known for some 104-degree days really catching a break with the weather. Not even a single day in the 90s forecast through the rest of the event.

 

[JC]

Future of sports? No lines people Down Under. All electronic. Or a high school match where the opponent calls the lines.

What else?

No plate umpire?

Chips in footballs and get rid of chains?

Hopefully