Talk About Tennis 2.0

texasniteowl wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:37 am

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:04 am About Muchova/Cirstea opening set, that may be one of the closest bagel sets I've ever seen.

And yet Patrick McEnroe kept saying how Muchova blazed through the first set. hah! A 17 minute game is blazing? A 43 minute set is blazing? Someone needs to buy him a watch! And he said it 3 or 4 times?! I was shouting shut up to my tv.

After I've woken up each morning- I try to remember to scream for Pat McEnroe to shut up, out there somewhere in the universe. It'll make you feel better.

skatingfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:30 am I didn't expect Tiafoe to defend the semifinals from last year, but I didn't expect Shelton to be the person to deny him the spot.

I didn't expect Tiafoe to make the QF (or R16, etc.) So, these days, a solid result for him- albeit, CLEARLY, the draw was his friend.

skatingfan wrote:Murray-Raonic 2016 Wimbledon

Alcaraz-Ruud USO 2022.

Thiem-Zverev USO 2020.


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skatingfan wrote:Those are the 3 finals since Safin def Hewitt in the 2005 Australian Open final to include none of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic.

I think we have named 4

Cilic-Nishikori USO 2014
Murray-Raonic Wimbledon 2016
Thiem-Zverev USO 2020
Alcaraz-Ruud USO 2022

What an insane stat.


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texasniteowl wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:37 am

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:04 am About Muchova/Cirstea opening set, that may be one of the closest bagel sets I've ever seen.

And yet Patrick McEnroe kept saying how Muchova blazed through the first set. hah! A 17 minute game is blazing? A 43 minute set is blazing? Someone needs to buy him a watch! And he said it 3 or 4 times?! I was shouting shut up to my tv.

The easiest job on earth. Being a Talking Head. They have their pre-set analogies and there is seldom any form of analysis from their side. So, if a set is 6-0, it was a trashing. Never mind everything you say. It was 6-0, and that is a fact. But that was a very odd 6-0 for all the other reasons you mention.
It is like they have preset narratives. Zverev cannot hit one double fault without everybody bringing up he fact that he is a "serial double faulter". Rune hits 12 DF in a match? Nah, no mention of that because the narrative on Rune is not that he double faults a lot (it is a different narrative).