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Rybakina isn't having problems with her slice back hand anymore.
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They've shown TD Tommy Haas a lot during the tournament. I don't think they show any other TD half as much.
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The first 4 or 5 games went to multiple deuces.
The entire set was even and back & forth until the last point.
Double faults are creeping back into Sabalenka's life.

Advantage Rybakina in the second set thus far (4-2).
I suppose they are playing some 'spectacular' tennis... but it's not the kind of tennis I enjoy the most. There is no point construction, no creativity, very little variety (unless one considers double faults as being a variation). It's just bang-bang-bang - whoever hits hardest wins the point.
I prefer thinking tennis to this bashing tennis.

We're lucky here in Canada that TSN has carried the entire tournament on TV - but, once again, there are free streams that are quite easily available for anyone who wants to watch.
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I came to say that the level of tennis has been under whelming from both players. Sabalenka was on a bit of a roll until that short walkabout she took in the first set. Everything she did after that was reactive and smelled of desperation. She was competitive during the TB but I never thought she had control of the set. Also Rybakina got control of her slice backhand.
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There are many more people in the stands now by the way.
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Wow!! rybakina!
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Rybakina seemed to deal with the wind better than Sabalenka.

I don't think I'll ever complain about someone overdoing it again after winning after watching Rybakina celebrate a big win like she just finished the warm-up.
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ti-amie wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:00 pm They've shown TD Tommy Haas a lot during the tournament. I don't think they show any other TD half as much.
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skatingfan wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:18 pm
ti-amie wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:00 pm They've shown TD Tommy Haas a lot during the tournament. I don't think they show any other TD half as much.
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ti-amie wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:20 pm
skatingfan wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:18 pm
ti-amie wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:00 pm They've shown TD Tommy Haas a lot during the tournament. I don't think they show any other TD half as much.
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Ah. Of course.
I think James Blake is up there, as well, in terms of camera time.
Basically, any decently known ex-player who is now a tournament director.

Sabalenka's post match on-court comments are the most awkward of any player. She often cracks 'jokes' that fall flat, and she ends up being the only one laughing at them. I suppose it can be seen as 'endearing', but it kind of makes one cringe a bit, too. She's like the opposite of Sasnovich, who is an absolute master of on-court post match comments.
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Deuce wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:27 pm
ti-amie wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:20 pm
skatingfan wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:18 pm

Feliciano Lopez
Ah. Of course.
I think James Blake is up there, as well, in terms of camera time.
Basically, any decently known ex-player who is now a tournament director.

Sabalenka's post match on-court comments are the most awkward of any player. She often cracks 'jokes' that fall flat, and she ends up being the only one laughing at them. I suppose it can be seen as 'endearing', but it kind of makes one cringe a bit, too. She's like the opposite of Sasnovich, who is an absolute master of on-court post match comments.
Azarenka's jokes fall flatter than a French crepe too.
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