parsforlife Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Monfils balls to the wall way of playing is fantastic to watch when you don't care if he wins or loses but if you were a fan of him or even worse his coach it would be rather hard not to be permanently raging with him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Seems a bit mental that Djokovic Mussetti is playing to a finish. 1am in Paris and they have just started the 3rd set tied at 1-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Djokovic is having quite the tournament. He came into this well out of nick, hasn’t made a single final this year. Age clearly catching up with him, finally. He came back from 2-1 down to beat the in form Musetti in five sets on Saturday night, the match actually finished at 3am on Sunday morning. About 36 hours later he’s 2-1 down to clay court specialist Cerendulo today and, understandably, blowing out his arse. Naturally he comes back and wins 3 sets to 2. He’s 37, it’s hard to imagine that he’s going to have enough gas in the tank to reach the final, but who knows with him. He will play the winner of Zverev and Rune in the quarters, he should lose that. Expect the winner of that quarter final to play Alcaraz or Sinner in the final, both of the young stars coasting through on the other side of the draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lex Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Djokovic would play Zverev in the semis of course, not the quarters. Needs to beat Ruud first, I don’t think he will. The Norwegian is playing well and loves the clay, he has reached the last two French open finals after all. De Minaur probably the only name that you’re a bit surprised to be there. He’s never been any good on clay, hadn’t even made it beyond the second round before this year. Beat Medvedev in the last 16 though, who’s also notoriously hopeless on the red stuff. Alcaraz looking back to his best and he’s the player to beat I think. He’s only dropped one set in his four matches so far and smashed Auger-Alliasame off the court in straight sets in the last 16. I think he’ll beat Zverev in the final . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Djokovic withdraws from the tournament injured and Ruud gets a walk through to the semi. Got to feel for Cerendulo, 2-1 up against an injured 37 year old and still loses. Reminds of the Fritz v Nadal Wimbledon quarter final a couple of years ago that led to Kyrgios getting a walk to the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 After the French, for the first time in 19 (nineteen) years, the world number one will be someone other than Djokovic, Federer, Nadal or Murray. That is utterly ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 No surprises In the quarters. Sinner, Alcaraz and Zverev all breeze through in straight sets. The best two players in the world this year will play each other in what should be an epic semi. The winner of that will be heavy favourite to beat Zverev or Ruud in the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 3 hours ago, MONKMAN said: After the French, for the first time in 19 (nineteen) years, the world number one will be someone other than Djokovic, Federer, Nadal or Murray. That is utterly ridiculous. I'm guessing something's lost in the translation here? Do you mean at the particular week the French Open finishes or something? Or am I completely misunderstanding this stat? Both Medvedev (3 weeks Feb / Mar 2022) and Alcaraz (36 weeks in the last year and half) have been World Number one within the last 19 years, in fact within the last 2 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said: I'm guessing something's lost in the translation here? Do you mean at the particular week the French Open finishes or something? Or am I completely misunderstanding this stat? Both Medvedev (3 weeks Feb / Mar 2022) and Alcaraz (36 weeks in the last year and half) have been World Number one within the last 19 years, in fact within the last 2 years. Djokovic regained #1 at the French last year so I think the statement is correct. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Zverev v Alcaraz in the final then. The alcaraz/sinner semi was an epic five setter full of twists and turns. These two are going to be slugging it out at the top of the game for the next decade. Zverev is playing well despite the unsavoury off court issues dominating the discussion. Still, can’t see him beating Alcaraz. Expect the young Spaniard to get 3/4 of the way to a career grand slam a few weeks after his 21st birthday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Alcaraz does it for his first French open title and third grand slam. In five sets right enough so a bit harder than most expected. He’ll fancy his chances of retaining his Wimbledon title next month. Zverev is one of the lost generation of guys who spent the early part of their careers getting beat up by Djokovic/Nadal/Federer and are now spending the latter part getting beat up by the Sinner/Alacaraz duo. Can’t see him ever winning a slam, good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 7 minutes ago, Lex said: Zverev is one of the lost generation of guys who spent the early part of their careers getting beat up by Djokovic/Nadal/Federer and are now spending the latter part getting beat up by the Sinner/Alacaraz duo. And in turn he beats up... let's not go there. A disappointing number of douchebags in men's tennis these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Youngest man in the open era to win slams across the three different surfaces. Choked a bit in the third set, but just went up several gears and took it comfortably in the end. In another universe it is Sinner with three slams and Alcaraz with one. Swiatek in the women’s side was just imperious, she just starts winning and gets in her groove. Mirra Andreeva continues to build and gets better each competition. Will be interesting to see if Zverev plays Stuttgart. Murray will be playing Tuesday where he will play Marcus Giron which will be tricky, and then Draper if he makes it through. If Zverev pulls out a Lucky Loser will take his place in the draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Confirmation that Andy and Jamie will play Wimbledon in the summer. The Olympics team will be announced later this week as well, qualification was up to and including the French Open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 37 minutes ago, Loki said: Swiatek in the women’s side was just imperious, she just starts winning and gets in her groove. Mirra Andreeva continues to build and gets better each competition. She's an absolute machine on the clay, yet Osaka had a match point against her. Osaka won 17 games in that match; Swiatek only lost 20 games in total across her other 6 matches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Swiatek is getting double figure Grand slams easily, barring injuries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 10/06/2024 at 11:44, TheScarf said: Swiatek is getting double figure Grand slams easily, barring injuries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbelle Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Murray horsed again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 If there was any doubt about Andy chucking it this year today should seal it. Sad to see him lose to players who never will be near the level he was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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