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58 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

iga can be the one , it doesn't mean that she lost this year that it's the end of the world , she can return stronger next year talking about clay , ofc on hard courts we have Osaka who can eat anybody alive , for grass after Serena and Venus there's none 

Kvitova should be #1 Wimbledon favorite but she's very incosistent in the last few years. And I have no idea why Pliskova never reached QF there given her serve potential. That's a real head-scratcher for me and she's kinda past-prime already.

3 hours ago, NMQ said:

Well, at least Jankovic and Radwanska can say they faced Serena in their finals, but the other ones... Myskina 

 

Roland Garros has been quite random for years as there hasn't been a dominant clay player since Henin retired and after Serena and Sharapova's peak passed. Halep could have been, but keeps losing to teenagers  

 

Wimbledon, on the other hand, is the less random GS. I think the last non GS finalist that won a title was Kvitova in 2011 (and was already in SF the year before) and before that Sharapova in 2004.

There are very few clay speciallists in the women's game these days. And basically all of them are second-tier players who don't have a shot at winning GS anyway. Sharapova became a force on clay after years of being the "cow on ice" by her own accounts, RG was Serena's worst slam forever so she was never a clay speciallist to begin with, quite the contrary given mobility was never her strong suit. Simon Halep should be the next Henin but she's finding ways to lose matches Henin never would have.

Myskina was basically a more elegant & leaner version of Kuznetsova. Very accomplished player in the early/mid 00s. People don't remember her much anymore since she retired early with a chronic ankle injury.

14 minutes ago, hckošice said:

I mean no wonder our only win this year was against Russia, they are really bad

Hey, we couldn't beat Russia last week Admittedly we played our B squad

Cherchesov takes no prisoners. Cheryshev who came in the 29th minute is off in the 63rd

Shot map for Denmark vs Finland (Hradecky obviously Man of the Match):

Meunier 2-0. Russian defense is bad.

Just now, LDOG said:

Sometimes a coach should know better and not give in to player wishes.

 

Horrible penalty, clearly unfocused! They were crying and stressed two hours ago, it's not so easy to get back into competition mode just like that.

They will be affected for the rest of the tournament anyway IMO.

Lukaku scores after a huge blunder from Semyonov.

Horrible penalty from Hojbjerg.

Pohjanpalo scores! Literally the first shot Finland had!

4 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Good that the match will continue. Will this push Belgium-Russia later as well?

No. That game will start at 9 pm like planned.

Match will be resumed at 8:30 pm CET!

2 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

I am MD. I was working in ER. 

So i have witnessed this many times.

Medically speaking, it cant be prevented but medicine can recognize subtle signs of failing heart or any other organ. 

I bet he had medical checks before the tournament. And you don't really expect a heart attack around age 30-ish unless there is some undisclosed condition or outside influence like steroids. My uncle who didn't smoke had a heart attack at age 34 for instance. Granted it was in the 70s.

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

Thank God Eriksen dodged the bullet, but i think it's time to call it a career. If it happens once, chances are things could repeat or get worse are much bigger..

Doctors probably won't let him resume his career anyway. And I'm not even talking about his wife/partner.

1 minute ago, ChandlerMne said:

And it still amazes me that even best 21st medicine cant prevent this happening.

Heart is a basically a muscle. You can't really prevent a heart attack.

He's alive.

"Kicker" journalist says the docs gave him thumbs up so more positive news coming.

Polish journalist says he got a SMS from a buddy who is at the Parken and that guy says Eriksen is indeed alive.

Looks like a heart massage. Definitely not good.

Eriksen is unconscious. Ugh.

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

A bus has entered the field.

Turkey and Slovakia bus challenge?

Paulus Arajuuri (Finland #2) played for Lech Poznan for 2,5 seasons. He was one of the best center-halves in our league but that doesn't say much

First yellow card for Finland after 4 minutes

4 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Lol there are like 5-6 more interesting Czech players and Krejcikova is the one to win a GS  I think she was playing ITF tournaments leading up to last years RG.

Last year it was COVID-affected but in 2019 she played random ITFs on clay before RG and got bounced by Robin Anderson in first round of qualifying.

She's a genuine doubles speciallist since 2016.