Topic: Tennis League All Thread - page 13. (Read 201721 times)

While many players are trying to get a place to play at the Paris Olympics, there are at least two female tennis players who have stated that they will not play at the Paris Olympics. The surface for the Paris Olympics is clay but after it is finished, all tournaments will immediately switch to hardcourt which makes some of these players need to skip the four-year tournament to avoid injury, or like Aryna Sabalenka who wants to focus on preparation on the hard court.
Tunisia's Jabeur to skip upcoming Olympics, concerned with change of surface
Aryna Sabalenka to skip Paris Olympics to focus on hardcourt swing
However, for Iga Swiatek it is clear that the Paris Olympics will be her favorite place, she has a very big chance of winning a gold medal here. Several top players have confirmed that they will play at the Olympics, such as Novak Djokovic and also Carlos Alcaraz, he is even reported to be playing doubles with Rafael Nadal, but I doubt there will be anything good they can produce because players who are used to playing doubles will have a better chance of winning gold.

Yea the first set was great tennis by both players but Sinner only got better as
he quickly got ued to the grass. He made a fantastic shot in the 3rd set, people calling
it the shot of the year. After making that diving winning shot his confidence grew
even more.

Other top seeds as expected won today, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Bublik but the upset of the
day was Rublev losing to Giron...in 2 sets!

He needs to try and manage his mentality, he was so angry and hard on himself
during the match.

Nice match by Sinner today. Odds sky rocket after first set arriving up to @1.90 --> Initially it was @1.15
I think it was a real crazy value since Griekspoor is a nice player but not able to fight for a whole match against the 1st player of ranking.
In second and third set there was no match... let's see how the Italian player will perform next, this is not the best surface for him so "surprises" are behind the corners....

Finals today at Hertogenbosch

Mens final: De Minaur v Korda, 6-2, 6-4
Womens Final: Andreescu v Samsonova, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7

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Next week Alcaraz is playing Queens, Sinner, Zverev and Medvedev are playing Halle,
Looks like Carlos could have it all his own way at Queens but even if he wins that and
Wimbledon he still cant catch Sinner at no.1

Mens Quarter finals are set for today in Rosmalen, s Hertogenbosch.

Korda v Paul - paul to win here, he is seeded 2

Griekspoor v Vukic - defending champion to go through

de Minaur v Raonic - this could very well warrant an under or over bet, Raonic is actually
playing great tennis.

Humbert v Brouwer - havent seen either play, probably fancy the number 3 seed that is Humbert

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On the womens side I am delighted and excited that Osaka is playing Andreescu
later today in her quarter final and is big favourite to win @ 1.24 v 4.00

Can totally understand that decision, its a very busy schedule anyway, they need
a break every so often and manage the injury risks.

I'm following the new grass season at Hertogenbosche in The Netherlands, defending
champion Griekspoor is into the quarter finals after beating McDonald in 2 sets, he
is looking good for the title again.

Other top seeds he may have to meet are Korda, Paul and de Minuar...

Yes, I have quite high expectations that Naomi Osaka can become one of the challengers not only for Iga but also for other top players in the remaining two Grand Slams, especially the US Open, especially as a former champion at the US Open, she knows very well how to handle the pressure in this big tournament, and she is experiencing very good development if he continues like this, no longer hampered by her mental health as soon as possible she can return to the position of a top player and compete even more because of course she will get easier draws at the start of big tournaments.

Alexander Zverev withdrew from Stuttgart due to fatigue, and I think that's normal after the long schedule since Mutua Madrid got to the French Open, especially since he reached two finals in Rome and the French Open which obviously took a lot of energy, and many top players chose to skip the opening two events of the grass season.
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/zverev-stuttgart-2024-withdrawal

On clay Iga is just too strong, its a pity in a way that Sabalenka got injured but I think she
was the biggest challenge to Iga, no disrespect to Paolini or any other of the players.

I think if Osaka continues to improve ang get up to speed she will be am even bigger challenge,
she cam close to beating her in Clay which is not her favourite surface. Obviously the US open
later in the year is probably what she is targeting but it will be interesting to see what happens
on Grass - neither player has won it - looking forward to this actually, hopefully they meet
each other at some stage . . .

Iga Swiatek's biggest challenges on clay were Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina and when both of them lost in the quarterfinals, it strengthened Iga who would become champion again. Carolina Muchova, who was her opponent in last year's final, might be one of the challengers, but unfortunately, a long injury means she cannot participate in many tournaments and there is currently no sign that Muchova will return to playing.
There are many predictions that Iga Swiatek can match Nadal's record at the French Open but I think her career journey is still too long and many unexpected things can happen, but after the French Open and entering the grass seasons Iga has never been a favorite

It is very impressive to see that Carlos Alcaraz was able to win the French Open, meaning he was 100% in the Grand Slam final that he went through, and at his current age he has quite a long career ahead of him, if he can experience fewer injuries he is predicted to be one of the players who can win many titles Grand Slams.
There is a GS title he has to defend after this which is Wimbledon and Sinner is also quite good on grass, so both of them will compete again, then what about Djokovic? not very clear about him even though the grass is one of the surfaces where he performs very well.

As expected, Iga Świątek won the Women's single title of French Open 4th time, 3rd consecutive.
On the Men's single, Carlos Alcaraz had his first ever French Open title after the defending champion Novak Djokovich withdrew due to injury.

Men's tennis would be a highly competitive ground when and if Novak Djokovich retires. Djokovich has been the unchallenged power for a while. And there are no clear stars like Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal at the moment.
For Women, Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka has some lead and younger players are too coming up for challenge and it would remain a challenging competition.

As predicted it was an "easy" win for Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev can't keep the pace of Carlos.

Next appointment is for next month in Wimbledon and there it should be a different story.

Alcaraz now can challenge for the Number one ATP Sinner.


It will be a fun race until the end of the year between these 2.

Alcaraz simply has an extra gear when needed. He played a really good tournament and deserves the title, he'll be the biggest favorite for the upcoming Olympic games as well.
Would have been interesting if Đoković didn't forfeit, but probably wouldn't end differently.

Swiatek on the other hand made an already boring sport barely watchable.

Zverev, just like Tsitsipas, showed he still lacks consistency in his tennis, there were episodes where he was flawless and Carlitos didn't stand a chance. But there were some awful moments too, like losing his serve game to 0 several times for example. This lack of consistency also lead to this painful loss. Sascha sounded a bit bitter after the match when he congratulated Carlitos with his 3rd GS title (Sascha is yet to win his maiden GS).

Interesting your quote on "clear gap" and I agree bitbollo and @Webetcoins, eventhough
it was a 5 set final early in the 5th set it was clear to me he would win.

The big one for me was the lack of intensity by Zverev again in the 5th set. I didnt make a
bet but I was tempted to do an over of some kind.

I think Carlos is headed for the #1 position, watch out Jannick!

Alcaraz was very impressive in some points he played...
there is a clear gap between him and Zverev... the starting odds at @1.35 for the Spaniard was not bad... Despite the physiotherapist's intervention 3 times, he was able to handle the whole match.

We are currently having last game in progress with Alcaraz done impressive comeback and after losing two sets fight back for the title Zverev is also having good game but still he is not capable of having win this title but as he won second and third sets I have feeling today he can do but Alcaraz is surely one of the best new generation talent which is currently doing amazing stuff and things are clearly indicating about his long future with much success and records.

We have won for the Alcaraz as he breaks too many points in last two sets and completely outclass Zverev with his skills and amazing talent on Clay, congrats to winner and good luck for his long run here in this amazing game.

Ah it was a tough ask for Jasmine to beat Swiatek, at least she took a few games
off her. Jasmine was happy enough to get to the final itself and delighted to be in
the top 10 as a result. She said herself that she never dreamed she would have either!

Today I was hoping herself and Errani would win the doubles final but it wasnt to be.

No wins at all this weekend for Italian players, even the mens doubles yesterday
with Vavassori and Bolelli, still shows Italian Tennis is on the up still.

Now we have just few minutes left into WTA Final between Paolini vs Swiatek this is going to be fourth final for the Polish in last five years with she already won three times and Italian star Paolini is going to play her first Roland Garros final with she is also having double final as well which is good for her as things are going clearly Polish star is going to win with odds are not good @1.05 most chances we will have this final ended in quick time because she is hot and having good time in last few games.

After three sets there were fair chance Sinner can win but Alcaraz have good fight back and not allowed him to have any chance against him on Clay court now we're going to watch final between Zverev vs Alcaraz with in last three meetings we are having Zverev winner for the two times but still Alcaraz is favourite to win this final game easily.

I saw the incredible match played by Sinner and Alcaraz, incredible, truly incredible, analyzing the match I would say that there was a big improvement on Sinner's part on clay (he was never good) and his technique on clay improved a lot. what for alcaraz is his specialty, I noticed that alcaraz is really physically strong compared to sinner who instead manages to destroy his opponents mentally which is still a lot of stuff, I think that in the next few years unless someone new arrives we will see some beauty between these two guys

Sinner yesterday was very close to the win, there was a strong fight with Alcaraz.
Now he is the number 1 in ATP. Even without reaching the title he has already reach a top result.

For sure Zverev needs a lot of effort to reach the title...
Alcaraz on this surface is able to play with confidence.

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Odds for Paolini winner for the WTA final... are @11 !!!