Tennis 2016 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 13,267]

[Wanderer 1,597]

OMG, that last game

 

Congrats Pome! And I thought she would beat Angie. Angie's serve was really bad today, also many unforced errors. But Domi constantly pushed her with her amazing offensive shots, returns... I was afraid after miss on third match point, but she survived it and won biggest title in career. Congrats Dominika  

[hckošice 13,267]

10 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

OMG, that last game

 

Congrats Pome! And I thought she would beat Angie. Angie's serve was really bad today, also many unforced errors. But Domi constantly pushed her with her amazing offensive shots, returns... I was afraid after miss on third match point, but she survived it and won biggest title in career. Congrats Dominika  

 

Not a tennis history expert, but I am pretty sure she is the smallest player ever winning this tournament ? how is this even possible ? anyway very succesfull day for slovak sport. Congrats Domi , enjoy your huge triumph

[crovitlaci 177]

And finally, Marin Čilić won the first ATP500 tournament in his career, though he already have GS and Masters title. Usually players firstly win smaller tournaments and then are trying to get GS/Masters, but for him that was obviously too mainstream.

[kungshamra71 687]

Amazing Cibulkova!!! And what a match! 

 

I guess the secret to win the WTA Finals is to lost the first two group matches! 

[Wanderer 1,597]

4 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Not a tennis history expert, but I am pretty sure she is the smallest player ever winning this tournament ? how is this even possible ? anyway very succesfull day for slovak sport. Congrats Domi , enjoy your huge triumph

 

I am not an expert in players' heights but I wouldn't be surprised if she actually is. Dunno about Henin though 

[Wanderer 1,597]

Well done, Dominika

 

[Wanderer 1,597]

WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai draw:

 

Azalea Group: Johanna Konta, Samantha Stosur, Caroline Garcia

Camellia Group: Carla Suarez Navarro, Timea Bacsinszky, Shuai Zhang

Peony Group: Petra Kvitova, Roberta Vinci, Barbora Strycova

Rose Group: Elina Svitolina, Elena Vesnina, Kiki Bertens

[Wanderer 1,597]

Hopman Cup 2017 (January 1-7) provisional teams have been announced while ago. 

 

Group A
Kristina Mladenovic/Richard Gasquet

 Andrea Petkovic/Alexander Zverev

 Heather Watson/Dan Evans

 Belinda Bencic/Roger Federer

 

Group B

 Daria Gavrilova/Nick Kyrgios

 Petra Kvitova/Adam Pavlasek

 Lara Arruabarrena/Feliciano Lopez

 Coco Vandeweghe/Jack Sock

 

 

I wondered will we have some African team any time soon. At the moment South African women's tennis is nowhere and the only decent African team I can think of would be  with Ons Jabeur and Malek Jaziri. Meanwhile, South American women are also poorly ranked... Hopefully Japan/China/Kazakhstan will show interest some day.

[Wanderer 1,597]

Suarez Navarro withdrew from Zhuhai, Timea Babos in as alternate. Looks like Zhang Shuai can be in SF easily...