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Tennis US Open 2020


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The 5th set is a tragedy. Totally not watchable for audience. I really like Thiem and I know he will win the GS sooner or later but I couldn't congrats him based on the poor quality of this match.

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What an absolutely odd final. Made for compelling viewing, but in terms of quality of play it was... bad.

 

First men to win their maiden grand slam singles title since Marin Cilic way back in 2014. Kind of wild.

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And yet Thiem still plans to enter some B-tournament over the Olympics...?

 

Ugh, I could never care about his titles then. It's not like Austria has many medal chance (at all).

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16 minutes ago, dcro said:

And yet Thiem still plans to enter some B-tournament over the Olympics...?

 

Ugh, I could never care about his titles then. It's not like Austria has many medal chance (at all).

Which tournament is he planning to enter over the Olympics?

 

Also, why would one not care about his titles in (in this case) the biggest events, just because he doesn't go to the Olympics? Plus what does Austria not having many medal chances have to do with that? :d 

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3 hours ago, dcro said:

And yet Thiem still plans to enter some B-tournament over the Olympics...?

 

Ugh, I could never care about his titles then. It's not like Austria has many medal chance (at all).

All that suggest to me is that Thiem has a Western ( European) mentality which doesn't see the Olympics as the be all and end all . Doesn't every ( Western ) tennis person acknowledge that he Olympic tennis tournament is not among the first rank of tournaments ?

 

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42 minutes ago, rajiv said:

All that suggest to me is that Thiem has a Western ( European) mentality which doesn't see the Olympics as the be all and end all . Doesn't every ( Western ) tennis person acknowledge that he Olympic tennis tournament is not among the first rank of tournaments ?

 

Not only Western, no. The Grand Slams are the major prizes in tennis, that's just how it is and how it's seen by most - except for someone like Monica Puig of course :p 

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1 hour ago, rajiv said:

All that suggest to me is that Thiem has a Western ( European) mentality which doesn't see the Olympics as the be all and end all . Doesn't every ( Western ) tennis person acknowledge that he Olympic tennis tournament is not among the first rank of tournaments ?

 

 

Thiem is at whole another level. Almost all of the other top players do take part at the Olympics, after all.

 

For a player of such rank and wealth as Thiem, there is simply no valid excuse for skipping the Olympic tournament...

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