The New and Improved Tennis Thread

look up his record in match ending tie breakers. I think he has won like 75% of them.

 

cool to see Arthur Ashe at #2

 

Who do we think has a shot at us open if djoker isn’t there and nadal definitely not looking 100%.

 

Has to be Medvedev. He should be fresh.

 

Saw this in another thread, but SIAP here.

 

Decided we going to take the fam to the US Open in 2023. Excited

 

Thiem gets his first tour level win since May 2021. Of course, he needed a 3rd set breaker to beat Ruusovori, but have to start somewhere.

 

Hot take incoming

 

Anyone trying to make it to Cincy this year?

 

The Newport camera angles are all time horrible. Every year I watch I wonder how long it’s been since they updated infrastructure. It’s a horrific venue on TV and they have more money than God there, I just don’t get it.

edit: if you’ve never been, go there. It’s awesome. Just saying they could made it a proper venue for a tournament. It’s absolutely immaculate.

 

It’s so bad on TV. Camera looks like it’s in a birds nest up high, and has like a light filter on it that washes out the picture color.

 

And they cut the cameras every 10 seconds. You get dizzy watching.

 

Daria Kasatkina came out as gay yesterday. A huge act of bravery considering Russia's stance toward LGBTQ+ folks which is trending in an even worse direction.

 

Nice to see Thiem finally putting things together.

 

Replaced with…….


The six new events are in San Diego, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Florence, Gijon and Naples between September 19 and October 23.

All six are ATP 250 tournaments, with the men's tour announcing that two existing 250 events in Astana and Tokyo were being upgraded to 500 level.

 

Good. Fuck China.

 

Thiem-Berrettini tomorrow in Gstaad. Sign me right up.

 

Pera is on fire lately. She looks absolutely incredible.

 

I didn’t realize Pera had to qualify for last week and she won it. Some great wins for her the last two weeks. Also not sure if anyone is watching but Kontaveit took her out at Wimbledon.

 

Won the Aussie Open Boys title earlier this year.

Think he should’ve gone to college but turned pro instead. Really great mover and athlete, but think the lack of size is going to hurt him at tour level. Fantastic juniors player though who could overachieve.

 

Wow. Musetti wins Hamburg in a three hour grinder over Alcaraz.

 

Sebi Korda now with Nike it appears.

 

Ben Shelton on court now in Atlanta. Plays for Florida, he is awesome to watch.

 

NCAA champ as a sophomore, clinched the team national title for Florida as a freshman. Reminds me a lot of Kyrgios in terms of style and energy, though a little less crazy lol

 

Really nice win for Ben. Isner next round is likely going to be less fun.