Tennis 2022 (soccer, champion, finals, won)

[Derek41]

Originally Posted by MAGAalot

He's always "on" when he plays Nadal, except Nadal leads their h2h 6-3
There isn't much to be hopeful about if you are a Kyrgios fan, he's only made TWO quarter-finals at slams, 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 AO.
Australian tennis is in a very sad state, if he's their biggest hope....

Nick Kyrgios is pretty much a BO3 specialist.
He doesn’t train physically enough for the Slams.
In saying that, his meltdown at the Miami Masters against Sinner was very poor.

[MAGAalot]

Alcaraz couldn't even beat 35.8-year-old-broken-rib-Nadal at Indian Wells.... His future is screwed, until Nadal retires, and probably until Djokovic retires too.
Actually I think Korda will be the best player of that generation.
Korda has the most natural ability and the calmest personality.
Alcaraz has started faster, but I don't think that matters.
Neither of them will win a slam anytime soon anyway....

[danielsa1775]

Originally Posted by MarisaMay

I agree but think we will hear a lot more from her in other ways. She is extremely popular here because of her personality and she is keen to work with Indigenous kids, in particular. She is getting married later in the year, lives in a very average sort of area and is close to her family. As she said she wants other things from life now.

She played professional cricket during her last Absence, though not the best player by the looks of it.

https://www.cricket.com.au/players/a...jPKTwNQ/career

Apparently she lives in Brookwater in the outer area of Metro Brisbane in the city of Ipswich, their is a beautiful golf course designed by Greg Norman in Brookwater, who knows she may take up Golf? I am sure she would be very good at it.

[MAGAalot]

Originally Posted by danielsa1775

She played professional cricket during her last Absence, though not the best player by the looks of it.

https://www.cricket.com.au/players/a...jPKTwNQ/career

Apparently she lives in Brookwater in the outer area of Metro Brisbane in the city of Ipswich, their is a beautiful golf course designed by Greg Norman in Brookwater, who knows she may take up Golf? I am sure she would be very good at it.

And her partner is a golfer, so I bet she'll play a lot of golf with him and if she's good enough then it'd be logical for her to try being a pro, or caddie for him.

[Gulf coast jon]

Originally Posted by Derek41

Nick Kyrgios is pretty much a BO3 specialist.
He doesn’t train physically enough for the Slams.
In saying that, his meltdown at the Miami Masters against Sinner was very poor.

As an individual sport, bad behavior is on display. Part of the entertainment value of tennis. But you have to have empathy for people thrown in public view at such a young age. I couldn't understand why Andre Agassi behaved so poorly until I read his book.

Then again, some behavior really crosses the line.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/te...stan-wawrinka/

As for the training, we just don't know if his body could hold up to it, so I'd cut him some slack. Though they aren't crash-test-dummies like other sports, tennis players have to live with their share of chronic pain and physical breakdown.

I'd be fine with him only playing best of three as he sure is entertaining to watch. He and Kokkinakis even bring entertainment value to doubles.

[TheWiseShopper]

Our gold medalist, Belinda Bencic, is finally back! Congrats to her for her win at Charleston yesterday!

[MAGAalot]

Djokovic on clay: “I think clay requires a lot of adjustments, the ball bounces irregularly. It’s quite unpredictable at times. “If the courts are not in a perfect state — which is normal if you have rain, wind, different conditions that can affect the condition of the court — then obviously mentally you just have to stay out there…I will use this term ‘grind’ [for what you have to do] mentally and physically more than any other surface…It can be very frustrating at times, because sometimes you just feel like maybe you can’t make a winner, you can’t make an easy point with your serve like you usually do on the other surfaces…It requires a tactical and definitely technical adjustment. The positioning on the court has to vary all the time. It’s a very strategic surface that requires a lot of strategic thinking and tactical adjustment.”

[TheWiseShopper]

Originally Posted by MAGAalot

Djokovic on clay: “I think clay requires a lot of adjustments, the ball bounces irregularly. It’s quite unpredictable at times. “If the courts are not in a perfect state — which is normal if you have rain, wind, different conditions that can affect the condition of the court — then obviously mentally you just have to stay out there…I will use this term ‘grind’ [for what you have to do] mentally and physically more than any other surface…It can be very frustrating at times, because sometimes you just feel like maybe you can’t make a winner, you can’t make an easy point with your serve like you usually do on the other surfaces…It requires a tactical and definitely technical adjustment. The positioning on the court has to vary all the time. It’s a very strategic surface that requires a lot of strategic thinking and tactical adjustment.”

The guy lost his first match. Not good!

[MAGAalot]

Originally Posted by TheWiseShopper

The guy lost his first match. Not good!

But very good for me.
The tour is much better without Djokovic.
He plays the most boring style of tennis I've ever seen.
And that is why the Australian Open this year was more entertaining than usual.

[soccerules]

while boring is because he dominates and wins lol