The General Tennis Thread

Vamos!

 

Are they swinging?

 

7am

 

Bah. When they called it "yesterday," they said "today's" weather wasn't going to be much better.

 

Who you got, KB? Think Nadal closes him out?

 

He is down a break so it won't be easy. I don't have money on this one, but I would lean towards Nadal. But did y'all see that third set? Djoker was just disgusting

 

TGGRN prevails! Djoker double faulted on match point.

7 French Open's for TGGRN. 11 slams overall.

1) Any chance that TGGRN is now in Djoker's head?
2) How many slams do you think TGGRN will end up with?
3) How much confidence does this give TGGRN going into wimbledon?
4) Why in the world is TGGRN better on grass than on hard courts?
5) Who has the best chance at Wimbledon besides Djoker and TGGRN?


Look at the results from recent majors:
2012 French Open Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic
2012 Australian Open Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
2011 U.S. Open Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
2011 Wimbledon Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
2011 French Open Rafael Nadal Roger Federer
2011 Australian Open Novak Djokovic Andy Murray
2010 U.S. Open Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic
2010 Wimbledon Rafael Nadal Tomas Berdych
2010 French Open Rafael Nadal Robin Soderling

The last 9 majors have been won by two guys. Has this ever happened before?
Oh, yeah it has. The below 11 consecutive majors were either Nadal or Fed.

2007 U.S. Open Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
2007 Wimbledon Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
2007 French Open Rafael Nadal Roger Federer
2007 Australian Open Roger Federer Fernando Gonzalez
2006 U.S. Open Roger Federer Andy Roddick
2006 Wimbledon Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
2006 French Open Rafael Nadal Roger Federer
2006 Australian Open Roger Federer Marcos Baghdatis
2005 U.S. Open Roger Federer Andre Agassi
2005 Wimbledon Roger Federer Andy Roddick
2005 French Open Rafael Nadal Mariano Puerta

 

I don't think Nadal is in his head. Without the rain break, Rafa was about to be humiliated. Once they get back on a bar court I think the match willore than likely favor that level of competition.

 

Without the rain break, they would have been playing in mud and with completely water-logged balls. They should have stopped playing 30 minutes earlier.

I just think that the Aussie Open showed that Rafa was on the same level as Djoker on a hard court. He lost, but that match really could have gone either way. So I wonder if the extra momentum/confidence doesn't put Rafa right back on the same level as Djoker on every surface.

 

I don't disagree about the rain break, but the point remains that Rafa was having his ass handed to him. I don't think Djok is capable of pulling that off if Rafa was in his head.

 

The "in his head" was phrased as a question and intneded as a talking point. I agree that it's an overstatement. But perhaps there could now be in Djoker just that smidgeon of self-doubt that we haven't seen in him since the 2010 US Open.

Confidence is no small deal in tennis.

 

If any of y'all have twitter and wanna follow Rhyne Williams he is @RhyneWilliams

 

Dirty. Girl. Smirk.

 

Venus sure looked rough. Got to retire soon.

 

Would the average poster on this website rather

a) watch Wimbledon, or
b) be kicked in the ****

I say b.

 

I'll take a.

 

B.

 

Hmmm. You had to be lurking the tennis thread to even answer the question. Closet fan imo.

 

I bet even the guys saying B would have enjoyed the Federer-Nadal final about three years ago.

 

Here are the Vols' updated ATP Tour rankings as of June 25, 2012. The Vols are listed by highest singles ranking first. The number in parenthesis denotes change from previous week.

Rhyne Williams
Singles: 268 (0)
Doubles: 368 (-3)
Note: Off last week ... Off this week ... Next playing in the $50,000 Winnetka Challenger in Illinois (July 2-7).

Tennys Sandgren
Singles: 289 (-1)
Doubles: 316 (+8)
Note: Off last week ... Off this week ... Next playing in the $50,000 Winnetka Challenger in Illinois (July 2-7).

John-Patrick Smith
Singles: 298 (+6)
Doubles: 157 (-1)
Note: Back in the top 300 after making the final round of qualifying at the UNICEF Open, an ATP 250 event in The Netherlands ... Off this week ... Next playing in the $50,000 Winnetka Challenger in Illinois (July 2-7).