The Tennis Thread

The uplift in quality of womens' tennis in just a few years has been amazing.

And Norrie through to his first 4th round in Oz - well done Cam.

Having watched Norrie's last set I feel it should be studied and shown to some of the younger British players, men and women, for how to construct winning a point.

Norrie was very rarely hitting through the ball with full power to try and force a winning shot but rather he was continuing to move his opponent around and stretching the opponent further and further until when a winning shot chance came it was relatively easy to hit the shot with a hugely reduced risk of it going out.

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Shame a certain number 2 Spaniard in the quarter if he wins next, shame as Carlos is on form and not tested yet

Didnt think today result with Zverev would go his way, good game?

Whoever faces DJOKO in the final needs to come in fresh. A long 5 setter in the semis and they probably lose.

I wouldn’t bother with the lotto this weekend…

Has someone finally got Djokovic’s number? Three wins out of the last four matches for Sinner.

About a year ago, when everyone was raving about Alcaraz, saying he was going to dominate, I saw a video with Patrick Mouratoglou, saying that people should really be looking at Sinner and that although he was taking longer to get to the top, he could be the real deal. Later in the year Sinner beat Alcaraz comprehensively.

It Sinner plays his best, he will probably win, but will he be able to do so in his first GS final?

Djoko will probably be the last dominator in the game. The level of fitness/skill seems to be evening out at the highest level so that anyone from the top 10 or maybe 20 will have the potential to win on any given day. It will come down to key points, weather, court surface specialisms and injuries.
Golf's going the same way.

Bonkers tennis in the other Mens singles semi final - Zverev almost gifted the 12th game to Medvedev with three unforced errors after AZ being 5-2 up and allowing DM back to 5-5. A silly long 40 shot rally bought Zverev to set point followed by a ridiculous 51 shot rally to take the set.

The balls are getting battered by these two I don't think they will last seven games.

Let alone 9!

I am thinking 55/45 probability for Sinner in the final. Should be tight.

What does everyone think?