Tennis

[Manwell Pablo]

Karen is having one of the best meltdowns ever against Foxestalk favourite Dan Evans in Antwerp. 😂 

[Jimothy]

Australian Open: Francesca Jones qualifies for first Grand Slam tournament - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55645519

 

Fantastic achievement

[kingfox]

The joys of stamping out Covid.

[Jimothy]

Typical. 2 Brits in the men's draw and they draw each other.

[Jimothy]

One for @kingfox 

 

https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/12211183/dan-evans-wins-first-atp-tour-title-defeating-felix-auger-aliassime-in-final-ahead-of-australian-open

[kingfox]

4 hours ago, Facecloth said:

One for @kingfox 

 

https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/12211183/dan-evans-wins-first-atp-tour-title-defeating-felix-auger-aliassime-in-final-ahead-of-australian-open

Finally accomplished something that Jerzy Janowicz didn’t.

 

Took him long enough.

[Jimothy]

9 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Finally accomplished something that Jerzy Janowicz didn’t.

 

Took him long enough.

How is Jerzy doing these days? 

[kingfox]

13 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

How is Jerzy doing these days? 

Probably injured again.

 

But if injuries hadn’t wrecked his career, we both know he would have been a Grand Slam Champion by now 👍🏻

[kingfox]

I expected Danny Evans to fall to Rafa in R3, not Cam Norrie in R1  

 

It’s alright winning an ATP 250 event, but I don’t see him making Grand Slam Semi Finals, like Foxestalk favourite Jerzy Janowicz  

 

 

[Jimothy]

1 hour ago, kingfox said:

I expected Danny Evans to fall to Rafa in R3, not Cam Norrie in R1  

 

It’s alright winning an ATP 250 event, but I don’t see him making Grand Slam Semi Finals, like Foxestalk favourite Jerzy Janowicz  

 

 

Any mug can swing a racquet and make a semi final, even Edmund did that 

[kingfox]

A thread of a drunk woman getting kicked out for swearing at Rafa  

 

[RowlattsFox]

Just watched the last couple of sets of the Thiem/Krygios match. I don't see much Tennis these days but thought Thiem was really impressive, how he handled the chaos Krygios brings and with the crowd against him. 

 

Also noticed they appear to have done away with line judges? Assume it might be covid related unless i've missed something in recent years, but interesting development as it didn't seem to make much difference. The umpire have control or is there some sort of line technology telling him when its out? 

 

 

[HighPeakFox]

Medvedev is one hell of a player.

[Manwell Pablo]

9 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Medvedev is one hell of a player.

Yep, he’s had a decent amount of recovery time now but with Djokovic perhaps carrying a bit of a knock I think there’s a genuine chance he’s going to win on Sunday 

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Yep, he’s had a decent amount of recovery time now but with Djokovic perhaps carrying a bit of a knock I think there’s a genuine chance he’s going to win on Sunday 

Hope so, he has a style of his own. It appears that the Top 4 are now pulling away again.

[Manwell Pablo]

2 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

Hope so, he has a style of his own. It appears that the Top 4 are now pulling away again.

hmmm not sure myself.

 

Nadal looks highly beatable on everything bar Clay.

[HighPeakFox]

6 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

hmmm not sure myself.

 

Nadal looks highly beatable on everything bar Clay.

Just looking at the ranking points purely.

[Manwell Pablo]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Just looking at the ranking points purely.

Ah yeah think Covid has had a lot to do with that, Will have given anyone who was at the tour finals a huge boost.

[kingfox]

For the sake of Men’s tennis, Medvedev winning on Sunday is much needed.

 

He ran Rafa close at the US Open, Thiem ran Djokovic close at last year’s Australian Open; however the next generation still haven’t been able to get a major win against the big three.

 

Thiem winning at last year’s US Open was a tainted victory.

 

Hopefully Medvedev starts to stamp his authority, starting with Sunday.

[Jimothy]

Brady put up a little bit of a fight, but it was never really in doubt.

[Manwell Pablo]

22 hours ago, kingfox said:

For the sake of Men’s tennis, Medvedev winning on Sunday is much needed.

 

He ran Rafa close at the US Open, Thiem ran Djokovic close at last year’s Australian Open; however the next generation still haven’t been able to get a major win against the big three.

 

Thiem winning at last year’s US Open was a tainted victory.

 

Hopefully Medvedev starts to stamp his authority, starting with Sunday.

“Tainted victory” 😂

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said:

“Tainted victory” 😂

What’s funny?

 

Considering Djokovic got disqualified and Nadal & Federer didn’t play, Thiem’s victory was clearly tainted 

[Manwell Pablo]

1 hour ago, kingfox said:

What’s funny?

 

Considering Djokovic got disqualified and Nadal & Federer didn’t play, Thiem’s victory was clearly tainted 

That’s Sport. 
 

No such thing as a tainted Grand Slam win, you still have to get through a field of 128 of the best professional tennis players in the world, if you win one you hold your head up high and don’t worry about how it happened.

 

Are we going to call Nole’s win on Sunday tainted because Federer hasn’t played and Nadal bombed out against Tsisisisisipass?

Edited 20 February 2021 by Manwell Pablo

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said:

That’s Sport. 
 

No such thing as a tainted Grand Slam win, you still have to get through a field of 128 of the best professional tennis players in the world, if you win one you hold your head up high and don’t worry about how it happened.

 

Are we going to call Nole’s win on Sunday tainted because Federer hasn’t played and Nadal bombed out against Tsisisisisipass?

 

Thiem winning a Grand Slam without playing one of the big three, isn’t all that impressive is it, as they’ve dominated Slams for four bloody years, therefore tainted victory 

[Manwell Pablo]

55 minutes ago, kingfox said:

 

Thiem winning a Grand Slam without playing one of the big three, isn’t all that impressive is it, as they’ve dominated Slams for four bloody years, therefore tainted victory 

In your head maybe.