Tennis

[Super_horns]

I see Lleyton Hewitt's son is in action.

 

Cruz aged 17.

 

That makes me feel old at 41!

[StanSP]

Nick Kyrgios suspended for cocaine use. 

[kingfox]

Spouts off on drug bans, then gets banned for drug use himself.

 

Can’t get more Nick Kyrgios than that.

[kingfox]

Wow, just as Alcaraz returns, Sinner is now down

 

[Super_horns]

Trying to avoid each other !

[purpleronnie]

Boulter not happy about getting high on someones else's supply.

 

Katie Boulter says cannabis smell at US Open is distracting - BBC Sport

[Manwell Pablo]

Ferry in the final at Winston Salem tonight, think his guaranteed to go top 32 regardless. 

 

Nice to see the Wimbledon may not be a flash in the pan. 

[leicsmac]

14 hours ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Ferry in the final at Winston Salem tonight, think his guaranteed to go top 32 regardless. 

 

Nice to see the Wimbledon may not be a flash in the pan. 

Beaten, but as per above here's hoping we see more from him in the future.

[PhillippaT]

Go Samuel?  Who's he? Exactly

 

(Checked his bio on the atptour site: been on the challenger circuit for the past few years, really started to get somewhere last year, and has finally broken through to the main tour this summer  )

 

And he's won Yay!  He'll need a lot of luck for the next match, but still - big payday  

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Good start for Boulter  

 

Lee's fighting back in the 2nd set...

But it looks like that took too much out of her...

Bageled in the 3rd...  Still, not a bad match for/from the newcomer American

 

*swaps to Fearnley match, only to see him lying down being treated and taking a medical timeout  *

Edited 30 August by PhillippaT

[Dr Marco]

Best news of the night:

 

[Super_horns]

Will look like a shock but think Djokovic was struggling again fitness wise at the end.

 

Hopefully he hasn’t done any long term damage physically but credit to Navone for taking advantage of.

[Dr Marco]

20 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Will look like a shock but think Djokovic was struggling again fitness wise at the end.

 

thank God he didn't get the Covid vaccine, otherwise he might have died

[Silebyfox_89]

He's done for me

[Manwell Pablo]

Yeah, the end is nigh for Nole. 

[Super_horns]

3 hours ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Yeah, the end is nigh for Nole. 

This is the first time that we haven’t seen Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, or Rafael Nadal in the second round of a Grand Slam since 2003.

[PhillippaT]

Nice one Fearnley   (Shame it clashed with the Arsenal match.)

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Nice try Wendelken, but not to be, today.  Oh well, onward and upward, eh?  

Edited 31 August by PhillippaT

[PhillippaT]

And now Fery's losing by two sets, which isn't too surprising...

 

And that's the third.  Oh well...

Edited 1 September by PhillippaT

[Super_horns]

1 hour ago, PhillippaT said:

And now Fery's losing by two sets, which isn't too surprising...

 

And that's the third.  Oh well...

Yes definitely had a tough draw. 

 

Bigger problem in New York is the rain!

[spacemunky]

Felix 

[Super_horns]

4 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Felix 

Seems to be a bug going around as he and Harriet Dart were suffering in their matches.

 

Not been a great few weeks for Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter since they tied the knot .

 

End of the Grand Slams era for Monfils. 

[PhillippaT]

7 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Seems to be a bug going around as he and Harriet Dart were suffering in their matches.

 

Not been a great few weeks for Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter since they tied the knot .

 

End of the Grand Slams era for Monfils. 

Another Grand Slam 3rd round without a Brit left in the singles

 

for some success in the doubles...

[Super_horns]

What a great final set comeback by Qinwen from 5-0 down v Keys !

[Corky]

Saw the news about "influencers" making a lot of noise during matches and causing disruption. What a delightful bunch.

[purpleronnie]

6 minutes ago, Corky said:

Saw the news about "influencers" making a lot of noise during matches and causing disruption. What a delightful bunch.

I'm sure they made it worse but its always like that in the US, they just can't keep quiet.

[Corky]

1 hour ago, purpleronnie said:

I'm sure they made it worse but its always like that in the US, they just can't keep quiet.

It is part of this bizarre current trend of trying to attract a new audience without realising that generations have followed a sport and its traditions and coped with it.