Talk About Tennis 2.0

Cori may have peaked too soon. We'll see.

watching Cerundulo versus Mensik.. both wearing eactly the same clothes, to the same cap even. Should not be allowed! very hard to tell one from the other, on video especially..

Sabalenka has not been so very convincing thus far..I don't think she will beat Coco..unless the 'bad Coco' comes to play..

Unless Sabalenka is also serving bombs... which then would be a terrific match.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 2:45 pm Unless Sabalenka is also serving bombs... which then would be a terrific match.

She always does, so nothing new..of late anyway

3rd time in his career Ruud reached a final of ATP1000. Will he gets a title this time...

Or Draper joins rather short list of players, who won multiple masters in the same year in post "Big 3" era.

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 3 MAY 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - start 3:30 PM

ATP - Doubles Final - [1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) vs [5] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Not Before 6:30 PM
WTA – Singles Final - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY 4 MAY 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - Starts At 3:30 PM PM

WTA - Doubles Final S. Cirstea/A. Kalinskaya Vs V. Kudermetova/E. Mertens
Not Before 6:30 PM
ATP - Singles Final - [5] Jack Draper (GBR) vs [14] Casper Ruud (NOR)

Madrid is a strange tournament. I still remember Aravane Rezai...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 11:55 pm Madrid is a strange tournament. I still remember Aravane Rezai...

In case you don't remember..in 2010 she won this tournament beating Henin and Venus, then was never heard of again (by me, at any rate)..I remember her mostly for her flashy game and even more flashy synthetic clothes..she was French, iranian origin

And a crazy father.

She unfortunately was coached by insane father who abused her and her boyfriend and would often physically attack people on opponent’s team.

Swiatek seemed unable to find her footing on this clay.. stumbling, unbalanced, slipping even. Is this clay different? The blue clay was slippery - this one isnt, is it? She did well enough last year.. I wonder if Swiatek's body has changed.. making balance more difficult for her..

I always feel Ruud is a bit over-rated, like Pegula.. he has yet to win a 1000 level event on any surface.. Draper seems more authentic as a Master's champion.. I would bet on him.