Topic: Tennis League All Thread - page 313. (Read 202212 times)

For me the best potencial of them all is the spanish player Alcaraz. His style and how hood he is playing i see him in top 5 in the next 2-3 years honestly. I think he can make it really fast into the top 10 as well if he wins a few tournaments.

There are a lot of young talents coming up (besides Sinner, you have Alcaraz, Tsitsipas,...) that have a bright future but we need to wait and see how all these talents develop and what they can achieve. I think at this moment Medvedev and Thiem stand the furthest and have already achieved the most.

What Medvedev has accomplished today shows why he is the number 2 in the world. match point and he has also trailed 2-0 in sets. Then you see the class of such players. if he wins the tournament, he would become the new number 1 in the world. It's strange that he is then above Djokovic, but he may not try to defend his title for the next 3 years. I'm curious how that ends. that guy should just get vaccinated and stop making excuses and think he's an exception because he's Djokovic.

I love see Sinner playing. He is a very young talent that will compete at higher and higher level year by year.
 He has not enough experience but Is just matter of time he will " litterally explode". I have placed a lot of winning bets thanks to his performances.

I think we will see Sinner develop more this year and even as the year progresses,
he is still young and ranked 11, he should definitely break into the the top 10 this year.


Couldnt believe what I was seeing when I checked in the 3rd set, Felix AA up the
first 2 sets. I like Felix but I have Medvedev to win the title!

That's a really interesting image, particularly for someone like me who likes digging into the data. Thanks for sharing.

It's interesting how the last few years 2017-18 onwards have really seen a lot of newcomers break through. We were aware that the Federer/Nadal/Djokovic era was ending on the men's side, and we can see that a bit here.

This is maybe a little counterintuitive from 2020 onwards, where the tour has been hampered by the pandemic, so you'd maybe think it's harder for new players to break through in slams as they just haven't gained the experience of going deep in a big tournament. But of course the last women's US Open really showed that it's possible.

Man but Medvedev just made it as hard as possible on himself, didn't he? For a moment 3:4 on final set, thought Aliassime would get the tiebreak and smash his way on but Russian too good, then showed him how to do it. Almost forced another epic late on, but lost his composure already.

Tsitsi v Medvedev it is! I can't wait!

Anyway, didn't read until recently about Special Ks on-field antics. I mean, I do think there's a reason why some players are friends with others, but surely opponents know Aussies can be quite "cruel" with the support, but I'd love getting the crowd against me for no reason. Moral high ground right?

Anyway, first time in 33 GSs that all semifinalists in men's and women's aren't virgins Proper good, huh? Image from Ben Rothenberg Twitter



Haha, well it's on topic since it relates to our ability to watch sports. I have a full-time "domestic engineering" job, from or at home or on the road 18 hours a day since 2016 so the pandemic way of life IS my way of life haha.

On regular days I am up very early, before 6 am, but chores and cooking and then I have to then commute once or twice throughout the day to send/fetch a kid to school that's unfortunately quite far away, to be home in time to make food and clean etc. So I'm really only free to start work by 830-930 once back home. I've been freelancing all these years so I manage my work in short spouts of hours in between the entire day.

I actually post on this forum about 25% from my phone while on bus/train? I never really calculate but I do post 1/2/3 daily from my phone.

The past 2 weeks though, we have all been on lockdown and personal situation and when I get precious days like these I stay up late and wake up late;) So no need to wake up too early, as the day becomes so gruelling once everyone is up!

Medvedev looking the likelier winner now, a break up in the fifth set (3-1) ... of course this means whoever wins, they will be tired when they play the semi against Tsitsipas... so maybe we will see Tsitsipas in the final against Nadal?

TBH I'm surprised this has gone to a fifth, I'd have thought Medvedev would win fairly comfortably... but my tennis betting record is not great

Wow, F. Auger-Aliassime won the first set mate, 7-6, was really very close match indeed.
Odds though still favors Medvedev at around 1.60 and Felix at 2.30.
So I guess it's a good odds you got early, you can still go and bet for Felix because the odds are still very good. So good luck with that.

hey, good luck today

not following much AO this year, due to karma
Sinner was fast to lose, but Medvedev and Felix could see much longer match (not watching, just following results)
women tennis seems more interesting at the moment, since there is a few good players, that could all win the any tournament, though Barty is seen as a winner here

The match had ended and Nadal won the match. Shapovalov did good but it was not enough against the experience Nadal. He took every advantage he could take from Shapovalov's mistakes and in the last set, he won 6-3

And Tsitsipas got a clean sweep against Sinner as he won 3 straight sets and eventually the game. He won 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. A great show match from Tsitsipas. Looking forward to his more matches.

Experience does play a huge role but also the physical situation also plays a big part in terms of Tennis. He may be able to clutch out pressure situations with the help of his experience, but in terms of pace, he will fall behind other younger players.

And also if we talk about endurance, he will also be behind other players. So I think it's a 50-50 chance.

^^ It's because Tsitsipas was really playing very high tennis and Sinner has no answer.

Good match between Medvedev vs Felix AA, no break yet, score 5-5. And by the looks of the match, this could be another 5 setter. Unless either one really exploded. But I'm not seeing that, and just for fun, I have Felix-AA @4.30 ML.

Yeah, I know, it was really close up to the last set. Great chances for me to win my win, unfortunately, it was just 1 point.

Surprising results from the Tsitsipas vs Sinner game. I thought that this could be at least 4 to 5 setter, but Tsitsipas completely demolished Sinner in straight sets.

I'll pass on the match between Medvedev vs FAA for now. Be back tomorrow for Nadal vs Berrettini.

Congrats to Nadal for getting the win as he proved me wrong. I thought that as the match goes longer, chances of him winning will only get steeper.
But he took good advantage of Shapolov's mistakes and that's what he expect from an experienced player.


The other match has ended and Berrettini has won it. It was an exciting match in my opinion as he won the last set against Monfils 6-2. I have to say after losing 2 sets in a row, he came back strong.

Well I have a child, but today was wife turn to take her to daycare on the way to her work No job at the moment but I have interview for one a couple of hours later, so morning just for myself. And still can't say that I got much sleep since I watched Collins until 3 in the morning, have to earn money somewhere.

Medvedev looks sharp from the get go.

a bit off-topic
would not comment on tournament, but do you people work, have children or something, I was awake to follow from second set, since my toddler saw the day-light, and told me we have to read before kindergarten, or we will lose time
can't say that I would sleep longer in any case, since I get up early, but it is good to know that some people could afford more sleep

^Yeah I woke up even earlier than usual to try and see if I could watch this one a bit too but it was all wrapped up, even after almost half hour delay while they covered up. Read that Sinner actually improved after the break, but then so did Tsitsi.

I actually lost my bet thinking Sinner would take one set, but my outright pick is now in the Semis and I couldn't have asked for a better roundup. Medvedev was always going to be the fav here but I'm very pleased as this now allows me to begin my hedging and at least get some money back on 2022 betting!

I expected much more from Sinner in this match, I just got up and expected to find them 1:1 in sets or something like that and it was all finished. Tsitispas found his form at right time and he always was a player for big stage. Ah, well gonna have to watch Medvedev.

WTA started to be much more interesting. We have a couple of heavy hitters now on the tour and it is much more fun to watch now. Watched Collins yesterday and he was hitting some great shots against Cornet.

Yea Sinner is already broken in the 3rd, its 1-3 there to Tsitsipas, I cannot see
this going past 3 sets either.

I definitely wouldnt write off Nadal for the final. He doesnt have 20 Grand Slams
for nothing and as they say great champions always find a way even with the odds
against them, he might not be 100% fit but skills and experience have to play
a big part still.