Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:02 am I just hate that the men played to a screaming full house and the women are playing in almost total silence. Unless you're a tennis nerd you haven't heard of either of these two women and I blame the WTA.

They were also the 2nd match on tonight on a weeknight. The WTA semis were playing 2nd fiddle to the ATP quarterfinals.

That is a bit misleading..Collins has been to the AO finals, beating Swiatek, no less, on the way..

ashkor87 wrote:That is a bit misleading..Collins has been to the AO finals, beating Swiatek, no less, on the way..

Collins is also the last person to beat Barty, in an Aussie tuneup.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alcaraz versus Dimitrov.. Alcaraz' topspun shots sat up and begged Dimitrov to hit them. Topspin isnt really very effective on a hard court..

What caught my attention is how good Grigor's anticipation was. Alcaraz is very versatile, but still has some patterns. And Dimitrov studied them well. On many occasions he was guessing right.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:25 am Alcaraz versus Dimitrov.. Alcaraz' topspun shots sat up and begged Dimitrov to hit them. Topspin isnt really very effective on a hard court..

Depends on what kind of hard. On a sandpaper-like in IW it was quite effective ))

mick1303 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:00 am On a sandpaper-like in IW it was quite effective

yes, then it is quite like a clay court in the way it grips the ball? I dont know, will have to watch a bit more.

Sinner - Medvedev: they are both doing better than I expected.. I still think the winner will be Zverev..let us see..

skatingfan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:53 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:02 am I just hate that the men played to a screaming full house and the women are playing in almost total silence. Unless you're a tennis nerd you haven't heard of either of these two women and I blame the WTA.

They were also the 2nd match on tonight on a weeknight. The WTA semis were playing 2nd fiddle to the ATP quarterfinals.

The price to be paid for this parity.
WTA Semis: #4, #14, #27 and unseeded. One slam winner.
ATP: #2, #3, #4 and # 11. Two slam winners, two ATP championship winners.

I love the parity in the WTA, but it works against it marketing its products.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:19 am Sinner - Medvedev: they are both doing better than I expected.. I still think the winner will be Zverev..let us see..

I said this to my daughter last night. I think it's Abuserev's tournament to lose.

From last night:

I would love to know what she was thinking.