Tennis

[whoareyaaa]

What time does play stop ? She losing anyway tbf

Edited 4 July 2025 by whoareyaaa

[BeaumontFox]

Very frustrating game this

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

This one will go down as a very brave try, then. 

Back to the default British performances then? Oh well...

[HighPeakFox]

It was the overhead she missed, I think she was gassed at that point.

[st albans fox]

Momentum is so important in sport

2 break points for 5-1 and loses the set 6-4 !

[StanSP]

Sabalenka's ability to recover is impressive. 

 

Both sets she's been down 4-1 or 4-2 and then just powered her way back into the game. 

[whoareyaaa]

Women’s sets should be 5 not 3 

[Super_horns]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

What time does play stop ? She losing anyway tbf

Would be 11 but doesn’t matter now .

[Fear Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

Amazing how many times the top player win games at that point of a set. 

A man with just a power serve can take advantage of a break. Raducanu will always be in danger losing a set against players like Sabalenka even after being 5-0 up. 

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, whoareyaaa said:

Women’s sets should be 5 not 3 

They'd ahve to completely restructure the calendar for that, though, given that the time contraints are designed for 3-sets - the Grand Slams would probably need another week, which would then add to everything else.

[Fear Of The Fox]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Women’s sets should be 5 not 3 

Why? Do you want to see them crawl? 

[Fear Of The Fox]

My ears are also hurting Sabalenka and I wasn't even there. My wife asked me if I'm watching porn again. 

[RowlattsFox]

Sometimes opponent is just better and that's it. Shame for Raducano but she gave a good account of herself. 

I don't watch a lot of women's tennis but it felt one of the more competitive ones.

[leicsmac]

14 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

Back to the default British performances then? Oh well...

With a couple of laudable exceptions, yes. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

13 minutes ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

My ears are also hurting Sabalenka and I wasn't even there. My wife asked me if I'm watching porn again. 

 

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

With a couple of laudable exceptions, yes. 

[kingfox]

Raducanu missed the boat tonight, but despite that, encouraging signs with how she’s played at times recently, slowly but surely, she’s heading back in the right direction. 

[AjcW]

Had an incredible day on centre court, what an experience 😁

 

Shame for Emma in the end, that world number one class shone through, just like Alcaraz (2) the game before. 

[everton carr]

11 hours ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

Why? Do you want to see them crawl? 

If they get the same prize money surely they should play under the same conditions

[Raj]

13 hours ago, whoareyaaa said:

Women’s sets should be 5 not 3 

 

13 hours ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

Why? Do you want to see them crawl? 

 

2 hours ago, everton carr said:

If they get the same prize money surely they should play under the same conditions

Bang on👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[Raj]

Radacanu is lcfc.

One amazing out of this world tournament win when all the stars were aligned and then back to normality fir the rest of her career!!!

 

(Atleast we won the FA cup before being back to our yo yo years of obscurity!!!)

[The Bear]

Raducanu played quite well but she makes far too many unforced errors, stopping her creating any real momentum. 

 

Once Sabalenka raised her game in the second set, she couldn't cope with it. Too powerful for her. 

[Super_horns]

Saw this on YouTube .

 

From 1994.

 

Had to wait a while .

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ipHbQJLwk&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

Edited 5 July 2025 by Super_horns

[Fear Of The Fox]

9 hours ago, everton carr said:

If they get the same prize money surely they should play under the same conditions

I agree but they can't play 5 sets. They'll be dropping like flies and there's a massive risk of serious injuries. The argument of equal salaries/payments in sports is ridiculous by default. 

[leicsmac]

The "equal pay" argument is always going to be subjective because the idea of "what" the sportspeople should be remunerated for is likewise subjective. Degree of physical/mental exertion? Amount of revenue brought to the sportspeople? Other factors? A combination thereof? 

 

I certainly wouldn't want to say that just because women play three sets and so apparently (subjectively) put less effort into a contest, that they don't deserve the same pay as the men. 

[Torquay Gunner]

Djokovic at 38 is unreal. Can see another final with Alcaraz, unless they meet before.