Tennis 2023 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

On 1/25/2023 at 3:13 PM, Grassmarket said:

Good news: Wimbledon is cutting Men’s Doubles to three sets.  They will use the time available to increase Women’s Singles to five sets.  
 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/64401075

 

Had missed that so far but wow, that's sad news  

 

I'm still waiting for all tennis to move into a one-set format in every tournament, so it's more urban.

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

 

 

WOW , when was this ad 

[Makedonas 2,155]

Big win today for 18 yo Dimitra Pavlou  at the ITF W40 event in Split, Croatia

 

The world number 790 defeated world number 159 Elena Gabriela Ruse  7-6(5) 7-5 in the first round!

 

She came from qualifying with a 6-1 6-4 win over world number 403 Anna Turati  and 6-0 6-2 over world number 576 Adrienn Nagy 

 

Very good results from Pavlou this week, who is Sakkari's first cousin. With the resources she has access to, being the niece of a former top 50 player and cousin of a current top 10 player, I wonder how far she can go in her career.

 

It's a shame that Maria Sakkari's siblings did not ever play tennis, Greece could've had more good players 

[Monzanator 4,502]

BJK Cup this week including vs @hckošice

 

The real Italian #1 has landed in Bratislava already!

 

 

[hckošice 14,824]

3 hours ago, Monzanator said:

BJK Cup this week including vs @hckošice

 

The real Italian #1 has landed in Bratislava already!

 

 

Other than the expected 0-5 for I just hope and wish the captain will give Renáta Jamrichová the opportunity to play and gain very needed experiences, she is basically our Tennis existence only hope for the future

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

Djokovic daughter during his match 

[Makedonas 2,155]

On 4/10/2023 at 2:24 AM, hckošice said:

Other than the expected 0-5 for I just hope and wish the captain will give Renáta Jamrichová the opportunity to play and gain very needed experiences, she is basically our Tennis existence only hope for the future

Slovakia almost came back from 0-2 down to win, I believe they even served for the match in deciding doubles but lost 2-3 in the end.

[hckošice 14,824]

2 hours ago, Makedonas said:

Slovakia almost came back from 0-2 down to win, I believe they even served for the match in deciding doubles but lost 2-3 in the end.

I wouldn´t overestimate it. It only happened because Italy fielded their benchwarmer for the last two Singles, otherwise it would have ended 0-5

[Monzanator 4,502]

That benchwarmer would be Jasmine Paolini? She's fallen off the pace in the last few months, used to be Italian #2 behind Giorgi but she's basically dropped behind Trevisan and Cocciaretto on the pecking order to say the very least.

[Josh 10,506]

 

Just bought a ticket for the Vancouver 2023 Laver Cup  ticket ended up costing me 483$, but I got pretty solid seating so well worth it IMO. Super super excited, my first time ever getting to watch a professional tennis match live.

 

Really hope the matches are good that session. (I personally am hoping for FAA v. Meddy, but anything other than a Kyrgios match would be fine with me. He’s an entertaining player, but I don’t like his antics.)

Edited April 30, 2023 by Josh