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Just watching it now, I have my bet on Kyrgios. I heard today that this is Nick's
most successful tournament, he has reached the semi-final's twice.
The match seems a little subdued ATM, both players are keeping things under
control, Nick is very business like, and Fabio is looking his usual lethargic self.
Kyrgios has broken Fognini twice so far in the first set, serving for it now.
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Anyone noticing Nick Kyrgios at Miami?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
Wow just seen this now,didnt follow him in Miami but this results is just insane. Rublev is one of the best players in the world and Kyrgios destroyed him. I think he is finally getting serious,he is back on tournament and i think we can expect big things from him
He will win against Fognini easily i think. He is much better plus Fognini is struggling on hard court so this should be an easy win by Kyrigos honestly. The only way like you said to lose if he goes into some crazy mode and starts doing some stupid stuff. Who knows what can click inside his head
Anyone noticing Nick Kyrgios at Miami?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
Wow just seen this now,didnt follow him in Miami but this results is just insane. Rublev is one of the best players in the world and Kyrgios destroyed him. I think he is finally getting serious,he is back on tournament and i think we can expect big things from him
Anyone noticing Nick Kyrgios at Miami?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
Wow just seen this now,didnt follow him in Miami but this results is just insane. Rublev is one of the best players in the world and Kyrgios destroyed him. I think he is finally getting serious,he is back on tournament and i think we can expect big things from him
Anyone noticing Nick Kyrgios at Miami?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
He seems to be on a bit of a stormer, he beat Rublev in his round of 64, Final score
3-6, 0-6, thats remarkable! He beat Mannarino in the round of 128 in straight sets
and faces Fognini tomorrow in the round of 32.
Has he knuckled down and taking the matches MORE seriously or is this normal?
In women’s tennis, there has been a change at the top.
''Miami Open: Iga Swiatek to become world number one after Ashleigh Barty retirement''
''Poland's Iga Swiatek says becoming world number one is "surreal" after a second-round win in Miami that means she will take the mantle from Ashleigh Barty, who has retired from the sport.''
"I never really imagined that moment because, truth to be told, I was working day-by-day and playing tennis well," Swiatek said.
But I never had the strong belief that it can actually happen. So, it's even more surreal for me.''
Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/60885024
Swiatek is a young 20-year-old girl who is just at the beginning of probably a great tennis career.
She has already made history as the first Polish to top the rankings.
Barty had been world number one for 114 consecutive weeks.
Can Swiatek surpass that?
Unlike “boring” men’s tennis, women’s tennis has a lot more changes at the top and a lot more different winners.
''Miami Open: Iga Swiatek to become world number one after Ashleigh Barty retirement''
''Poland's Iga Swiatek says becoming world number one is "surreal" after a second-round win in Miami that means she will take the mantle from Ashleigh Barty, who has retired from the sport.''
"I never really imagined that moment because, truth to be told, I was working day-by-day and playing tennis well," Swiatek said.
But I never had the strong belief that it can actually happen. So, it's even more surreal for me.''
Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/60885024
Swiatek is a young 20-year-old girl who is just at the beginning of probably a great tennis career.
She has already made history as the first Polish to top the rankings.
Barty had been world number one for 114 consecutive weeks.
Can Swiatek surpass that?
Unlike “boring” men’s tennis, women’s tennis has a lot more changes at the top and a lot more different winners.
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
The article I read mentioned a couple of other names that I didn't recognise, also GS winners. The only one I remember myself was Hingis as I mentioned above, IIRC was No.1 also at the time but Barty's probably the most accomplished being #1 for over 2 years. Apparently, she was damned good at cricket, and has a handicap at golf, which her partner's active in. Some kind of sports prodigy or something!
Her story should give hopes to the likes of Osaka -- also took a long break in her teens and then came back strong.
P.S. Lost your passion for your job? There's such a thing as passion for job? haha
I wonder if the likes of Osaka and the top 10 on the womens side will be
more driven now that Barty is out of the picture.....hmm it probably doesnt matter really.
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
Pretty easy win by Osaka in this match but i guess you won both bets. Exactly 7 games so the handicap of +7.5 on Kerber is a bearly win. Also the odds were pretty low,but a win is a win and thats important when it comes to betting on these odds
Osaka won convincingly. Bartley has retired from tennis (at least for now). I think Osaka is/was also one of the few players who could really match Bartley. The women's top is now drawing closer together. Bartley was in a class of her own, it's really a shame she stopped at such a young age. Could possibly be the hormones, I suspect she will come back to her decision at some point.
I really dont know why Barty retired from tennis. She is playing the best tennis of her life and wins all of the big tournaments most of the times and to retire from tennis out of nowhere is a huge shock for sports and tennis world. Hopefully she comesback to tennis.
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
The article I read mentioned a couple of other names that I didn't recognise, also GS winners. The only one I remember myself was Hingis as I mentioned above, IIRC was No.1 also at the time but Barty's probably the most accomplished being #1 for over 2 years. Apparently, she was damned good at cricket, and has a handicap at golf, which her partner's active in. Some kind of sports prodigy or something!
Her story should give hopes to the likes of Osaka -- also took a long break in her teens and then came back strong.
P.S. Lost your passion for your job? There's such a thing as passion for job? haha
I wonder if the likes of Osaka and the top 10 on the womens side will be
more driven now that Barty is out of the picture.....hmm it probably doesnt matter really.
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
Pretty easy win by Osaka in this match but i guess you won both bets. Exactly 7 games so the handicap of +7.5 on Kerber is a bearly win. Also the odds were pretty low,but a win is a win and thats important when it comes to betting on these odds
Osaka won convincingly. Bartley has retired from tennis (at least for now). I think Osaka is/was also one of the few players who could really match Bartley. The women's top is now drawing closer together. Bartley was in a class of her own, it's really a shame she stopped at such a young age. Could possibly be the hormones, I suspect she will come back to her decision at some point.
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
The article I read mentioned a couple of other names that I didn't recognise, also GS winners. The only one I remember myself was Hingis as I mentioned above, IIRC was No.1 also at the time but Barty's probably the most accomplished being #1 for over 2 years. Apparently, she was damned good at cricket, and has a handicap at golf, which her partner's active in. Some kind of sports prodigy or something!
Her story should give hopes to the likes of Osaka -- also took a long break in her teens and then came back strong.
P.S. Lost your passion for your job? There's such a thing as passion for job? haha
I wonder if the likes of Osaka and the top 10 on the womens side will be
more driven now that Barty is out of the picture.....hmm it probably doesnt matter really.
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
Pretty easy win by Osaka in this match but i guess you won both bets. Exactly 7 games so the handicap of +7.5 on Kerber is a bearly win. Also the odds were pretty low,but a win is a win and thats important when it comes to betting on these odds
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
I can't imagine it is worth it to play +7.5 handicaps on WTA. Odds are very low in this case and WTA match can always have 6:0 set in it. Much better bet for me would be Kerber +5.5. Pays much better and WTA side matches are either very close or total stomps. At least those that I look at.right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
I have a bet on Raducanu tonight even though I don't trust her at all but there isn't much to bet on. My tip of the day would be Thompson to win against Tsonga @1.65, I expected much lower odds so I took this one as well.
Congrats on your two winning choices but this second one you can thank me for. No way it would be exactly 7 games difference if I did not write that My choices are not going so well at this moment. Tsonga won first set and Raducanu just lost second.
Now that the coronavirus is also slowly extinguishing, can all tournaments soon be played again under the watchful eye of the spectators? Especially at Grand Slam tournaments that was a really strange sight to see. It sometimes seemed like a training party because there was no cheering from the audience. And there are also players who will perform better if there is a large audience. It remains strange that Djokovic simply still does not get vaccinated and that he is refused, unimaginable that he has his own ego so high.
Surely it's very good news for many sports fans and players in many countries restrictions are ended with life is coming to normal after nearly two years, and we will be able to have some good things back like hopefully in coming weeks we will have tennis events without any restriction with full of audience in ground. But recently we have few bad news as well because Ash Barty is already announced retirement and now Nadal is also out of tennis for 6 weeks which is surely the worst news hopefully after end of these restrictions we will have Djokovic in action again in coming few weeks.Next big event is Roland Garros which is going to start 22nd May with Djokovic is going to defend his title.
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
I can't imagine it is worth it to play +7.5 handicaps on WTA. Odds are very low in this case and WTA match can always have 6:0 set in it. Much better bet for me would be Kerber +5.5. Pays much better and WTA side matches are either very close or total stomps. At least those that I look at.right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
I have a bet on Raducanu tonight even though I don't trust her at all but there isn't much to bet on. My tip of the day would be Thompson to win against Tsonga @1.65, I expected much lower odds so I took this one as well.
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
The article I read mentioned a couple of other names that I didn't recognise, also GS winners. The only one I remember myself was Hingis as I mentioned above, IIRC was No.1 also at the time but Barty's probably the most accomplished being #1 for over 2 years. Apparently, she was damned good at cricket, and has a handicap at golf, which her partner's active in. Some kind of sports prodigy or something!
Her story should give hopes to the likes of Osaka -- also took a long break in her teens and then came back strong.
P.S. Lost your passion for your job? There's such a thing as passion for job? haha
I wonder if the likes of Osaka and the top 10 on the womens side will be
more driven now that Barty is out of the picture.....hmm it probably doesnt matter really.
Osaka is playing Kerber next, Rollbit have Osaka as favoirite @ 1.37 which is probably
right and they are giving Kerber +7.5 handicap @ 1.13, I've taken both. This might be a nice
double bet on one match.
I don't recall anybody leaving so abruptly in their prime - with potentially 10 more years ahead of them.
Justine Henin springs to mind. Serena Williams wouldn't be pushing the grand slams record if Henin had continued playing.
And thinking of Henin reminds me of Clijsters, too. Not sure how much of this is just dealing with injuries, but again, injuries are due in large part to the ridiculous demands of the tour, and a lot of players' bodies can't cope with it. Hingis is another one who quit young and whilst at the very top of the game. It does seem more prevalent on the women's side, I can't think of as many on the men's side, Borg being the only obvious example (although I'm sure I'm missing some).
Just found out meself about Barty, feels pretty rare an event but I haven't followed tennis properly but hey, too short for us, just enough for her, fair game. Reminds us that these are people in the end and with goals and dreams, but damn, she went out on a high, didn't she? Aussies hearts be broken.
P.S. Wouldn't be ruling out a future return, though if she does, hope better than Hingis did on her second, third return? Ultimately incomparable of course.
P.S. Wouldn't be ruling out a future return, though if she does, hope better than Hingis did on her second, third return? Ultimately incomparable of course.
I usually don't follow tennis that closely if there are no Grand Slams ongoing, so i am not really up to date with the current matches and tournaments and stuff but that news about Ashleigh Barty's retirement were almost impossible to miss as they were even part of the mainstream news on television. I was also extremely surprised that she is retiring with only 25 years of age, i mean she is still so young that you could play for like 10 more years if no major injuries would happen. You also have to admire that she is doing that even though she could earn millions and millions of dollars in the next few years but she does not really care about that apparently which is a great trait for a human.
I feel that’s she’s justified in retiring because if you’ll read her statement then you’ll notice that she said that she had lost her passion for the sport, and the efforts it takes to be on the top were taxing her hence those are reasonable reasons for her retiring quiet early. Furthermore I feel that she will yet be remembered as a legendary player of this sport, and I hope that she find success in her next venture.
Well, I lost my passion for my job 10 years ago and I still need to work
I think what she did was really brave, it's a shame because she was one of the rare women tennis players I liked to watch. Professional sport is both physically and mentally excruciating and to be where she's at - it took 20 years of playing tennis day after day.
After winning Wimbledon and fulfilling her dreams, she has the rest of her life to enjoy the money she's made. Well done.
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
The article I read mentioned a couple of other names that I didn't recognise, also GS winners. The only one I remember myself was Hingis as I mentioned above, IIRC was No.1 also at the time but Barty's probably the most accomplished being #1 for over 2 years. Apparently, she was damned good at cricket, and has a handicap at golf, which her partner's active in. Some kind of sports prodigy or something!
Her story should give hopes to the likes of Osaka -- also took a long break in her teens and then came back strong.
P.S. Lost your passion for your job? There's such a thing as passion for job? haha
I feel that’s she’s justified in retiring because if you’ll read her statement then you’ll notice that she said that she had lost her passion for the sport, and the efforts it takes to be on the top were taxing her hence those are reasonable reasons for her retiring quiet early. Furthermore I feel that she will yet be remembered as a legendary player of this sport, and I hope that she find success in her next venture.
Well, I lost my passion for my job 10 years ago and I still need to work
I think what she did was really brave, it's a shame because she was one of the rare women tennis players I liked to watch. Professional sport is both physically and mentally excruciating and to be where she's at - it took 20 years of playing tennis day after day.
After winning Wimbledon and fulfilling her dreams, she has the rest of her life to enjoy the money she's made. Well done.
Just found out meself about Barty, feels pretty rare an event but I haven't followed tennis properly but hey, too short for us, just enough for her, fair game. Reminds us that these are people in the end and with goals and dreams, but damn, she went out on a high, didn't she? Aussies hearts be broken.
P.S. Wouldn't be ruling out a future return, though if she does, hope better than Hingis did on her second, third return? Ultimately incomparable of course.
Also heard the news this morning and didn't saw it coming. I don't think she will come back for a third time, she seems pretty convinced this time that it has been enough and she wants to enjoy life. She earned around 22 million $, so that's also a quite nice amount to do something lol!P.S. Wouldn't be ruling out a future return, though if she does, hope better than Hingis did on her second, third return? Ultimately incomparable of course.
We have another bad news now Rafael Nadal is also having Rib injury and now with this he is going out of tennis for five to six weeks which is surely not good news for tennis community as Djokovic is already out just because of having no vaccination and now Rafael Nadal is also out. https://twitter.com/RafaelNadal/status/1506273644917530629?s=20&t=3mXD0MtPBJEaBtFNpYSe1Q
This is really bad news for Nadal after playing really good since the beggining of the year. Also Djokovic will return i think first at Serbian open then he will play in Monte Carlo and on Rolan garros so finally we can see Djokovic play this year on some of the tournaments
Jeez, I've been sleeping under a rock I guess. I just heard that Barty retired - seems like a weird choice at first glance. She could have cruise controlled to like 30 mil $ extra prize money in the next 5 years or so - but maybe she decided she's got enough money already.
I don't recall anybody leaving so abruptly in their prime - with potentially 10 more years ahead of them. What's the reason?
I don't recall anybody leaving so abruptly in their prime - with potentially 10 more years ahead of them. What's the reason?
I feel that’s she’s justified in retiring because if you’ll read her statement then you’ll notice that she said that she had lost her passion for the sport, and the efforts it takes to be on the top were taxing her hence those are reasonable reasons for her retiring quiet early. Furthermore I feel that she will yet be remembered as a legendary player of this sport, and I hope that she find success in her next venture.
I would be more than happy if I needed to work just half a year,
I know that only the best results count (although I didn't know the exact number - thanks casperBGD). But it's not like they can play say January to June and then have six months off. The big tournaments run throughout the year, and you have to keep yourself in perfect physical condition for the whole year. You can't say have a month off and then turn up at Wimbledon and expect to win it. And playing fewer tournaments is only really an option if you know you're going to score big points in all of them... if we're looking at the tour as a whole, most players will get knocked out early by a seeded player, score hardly any points, and need to play another tournament. I'm not just talking about someone at the top like Barty, but I think it affects the top players too.
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