ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024

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[ashkor87]

we both (my wife and I) got up at 130 am to watch the Saba match.. not likely to do it again today! Highlights will be good enough.. I dont anyway expect a very good match.. something like 7-5,7-6,6-2 is my expectaton.. the crowd will make it close in the second set and Sinner will run away with it in the third.. let us see what happens.

[Fastbackss]

we both (my wife and I) got up at 130 am to watch the Saba match.. not likely to do it again today! Highlights will be good enough.. I dont anyway expect a very good match.. something like 7-5,7-6,6-2 is my expectaton.. the crowd will make it close in the second set and Sinner will run away with it in the third.. let us see what happens.

Today starts two hours earlier

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Ben Rothenberg
@BenRothenberg

Honest and revealing of Sinner not to shy away from alluding to his anti-doping travails both at trophy ceremony and then again at ESPN desk.

Reckoning with that uncomfortable saga has to be an important part of understanding and contextualizing this win and his entire season.

[ashkor87]

Now that we can look back at the whole season of slams - what I have predicted is exactly what happened - Sinner won the two on fast courts (Australian and USO), Alcaraz won the two on (slightly) slower courts - French and Wimbledon. This is the pattern I expect to see for a few years more.

[ashkor87]

It is interesting to see Wimbledon evolving to be closer to RG.. champions like Alcaraz, Krejcikova, Vondrousova...all FO champions or RUs, doing well at W. Only Swiatek hasn't made the adjustments yet..Paolini did well on both too..
Not a bad thing, perhaps- too much change in court surface within a few weeks is not good for the players , or the game - as we saw this year with Olympics on slow clay followed by the USO on fast hard courts..

[ashkor87]

Sinner combines the strengths of Djokovic (the stretch, the speed, the defense) and Federer (the effortless ease, serve, forehand) - Alcaraz combines the best of Nadal and Federer ..and he is a better volleyer than Federer ..the future of tennis is bright, and Djokovic/Nadal/Federer get some credit for it ..

[skatingfan]

It speaks to the difference between natural surfaces, and hard courts. The way natural surfaces take spin, and angles, and drop shots to a greater extent than hard courts.