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I'm not sure of all the ins and outs, but ESPN is not in Australia. They depend on this "world" feed that I guess they have little control over.
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I'm not sure of all the ins and outs, but ESPN is not in Australia. They depend on this "world" feed that I guess they have little control over.
There’s a much better chance the women’s winner will be an American than the men’s.
Not coincidentally, also guaranteed an American man will make the semis.
I’d like to be wrong about this, but I don’t see anyone left who can beat Djoker.
Didn’t see the match (I’m not THAT hard core), but the score looks like it was not pretty.
Pegula has now made the quarters in four of the past five majors and five times in her career, but has yet to reach a semifinal. Has she hit her ceiling?
Just big claps for Vika, to do this now at this stage of her career. Would love to see her win the Aussie again.
One thing I learned last night is Jelena Ostapenko is apparently a crazy lady.
Apart from the silly faces she makes while hitting shots and the constant complaining to about computer-generated line calls, here are some of the things said about her during her match by the commentators:
"She's nutty as a fruitcake."
"I wonder how many people she's cheated in practice."
"She's got to be really hard to coach."
Apart from the silly faces she makes while hitting shots and the constant complaining to about computer-generated line calls, here are some of the things said about her during her match by the commentators:
"She's nutty as a fruitcake."
"I wonder how many people she's cheated in practice."
"She's got to be really hard to coach."
I guess Yoda would say "the hook is large with that one." [tennis saying when someone is calling their lines and cheats its a hook.]
Who told Magda Linette she could play?
30 years old, never cracked the top 30 in the rankings, never made it past the third round in a major (and has only gotten that far five times in 29 previous starts). Rolls into Australia ranked 45th.
But she’s now beaten four seeds in a row, including No. 4 Caroline Garcia, and just polished off Pliskova to get to the semis.
30 years old, never cracked the top 30 in the rankings, never made it past the third round in a major (and has only gotten that far five times in 29 previous starts). Rolls into Australia ranked 45th.
But she’s now beaten four seeds in a row, including No. 4 Caroline Garcia, and just polished off Pliskova to get to the semis.
ESPN just flashed a great stat on the bottom of the screen.
Ben Shelton has held serve in his past 59 service games. The last time he was broken was in the first game of his second-round match against Nicolas Jarry. He then held the last 17 service games of that match (won 7-6, 7-6, 7-5), all 16 against Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 7-6, 6-4), and all 26 in his five-set win over J.J. Wolf (6-7, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2).
Ben Shelton has held serve in his past 59 service games. The last time he was broken was in the first game of his second-round match against Nicolas Jarry. He then held the last 17 service games of that match (won 7-6, 7-6, 7-5), all 16 against Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 7-6, 6-4), and all 26 in his five-set win over J.J. Wolf (6-7, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2).
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Weird stuff happens south of the border. That's how I approach it.
She still has a chance to win her first major title -- she and Gauff just breezed into the women's doubles semis with a 6-1, 6-1 rout.
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I get to steal it sooner than I thought, thanks to Rybakina's victory.
"Wimbledon champion enjoying another fab fortnight." :)
NOW so much for Pegula.
