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Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 12:19 am
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 12:19 am
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 12:20 am
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:09 am
by 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.
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 11:49 am
by Fastbackss
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:09 am
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

Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:21 pm
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:25 pm
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:15 pm
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:08 pm
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:17 pm
by ti-amie
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:22 pm
by ti-amie
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.
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:53 am
by 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.
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:33 am
by 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..
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:06 am
by 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 ..
Re: ATP WTA GS US Open 8/26 - 9/8 2024
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:30 am
by 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.