The Natural Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Boris loses the lie breaker. Sentencing in the Judge's Court. Racketeering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I feel like this was a long time coming with Becker. Been hearing for years that he's sketchy as heck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Wimbledon announced that all players from Russia and Belarus will be barred from playing in this year's tournament Quote The call means men's world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and women's world No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka -- who reached the semifinals last year at Wimbledon -- are prohibited from playing. This has a huge impact on both the men's and women's singles draws at Wimbledon. On the men's side, it prevents Australian Open finalist and No. 2 Medvedev from competing, as well as No. 8 Andrey Rublev, No. 24 Karen Khachanov and No. 30 Aslan Karatsev. The top-ranked Belarusian on the men's side is No. 42 Ilya Ivashka. On the women's side, five of the top 40 are affected. World No. 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Daria Kasatkina (No. 26) and Veronika Kudermetova (No. 29), all of Russia, will sit out this year's competition. The decision also prevents Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka (No. 4) and former world No. 1 and current No. 18 Victoria Azarenka from competing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 The ATP/WTA are against this for now, and are hinting it is discrimination by nationality. Apparently, the Ukranaian tour players want the Russian and Belarussian players to publicly state if they are for or against the war/government/Putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Becker to serve. Boris loses the lie breaker. Sentencing in the Judge's Court. Racketeering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 What a fall from grace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Even for a red haired, light skinned German kid who played Tennis as a kid, it has been long since obvious everything Becker did after he retired tore down and destroyed his legacy. As to why? He was a huge star as a teenager, never had a shot at growing up before being under the microscope. Whoever took care of him when he was active seemingly dropped him like a bad habit after his playing career. Going the Ric Flair route with lots of wives/gfs probably did not help. But while it's all understandable to a degree, it's just so sad and embarrassing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Just to tag onto the Becker stuff, I will share one of the best stories about him growing up. I was at the Lipton one year and my friends and I saw he was playing a doubles match, so we went over we were, shall we say, less than impressed by his effort and appearance. Looking back, it's clear he was miserable because he was hungover to the point that whoever his partner was, said something to him like 'come on man you gotta get that.' To which he replied, 'Oh fuck off. It's doubles. I just want to go home.' He stayed cranky until the end when they lost and as he was leaving, my friend says he heard him say 'Fuck this man, it's Miami. Sleep all day, fuck all night.' --- Anyway.... Chris Evert update: Ring the fucking bell, indeed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The ATP & WTA have pulled their ranking points from Wimbledon in response to Russia and Belarus being banned from the tournament. This essentially makes Wimbledon an exhibition: https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/33952469/atp-men-tennis-tour-award-ranking-points-wimbledon-russia-ban 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 A callback to simpler times in Tennis-related entry matters: the incumbent Australian government got voted out today (the margin right now is 72-50-15 with 14 seats uncalled). So check back in a few months for how Novak still won’t be let back into Australia for 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 First massive upset happened in the French: Defending champ Barbora Krejcikova was knocked out in the first round. Naomi Osaka is also out in the first. She lost in straight sets and is 'leaning towards' skipping Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Anything can happen in WTA tennis. It’s probably more of a strength than having dominant players win everything. But people might not be huge fans of parity and chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I really hope Rafael Nadal doesn't lose to Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the French Open tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 5/31/2022 at 7:03 PM, The Natural said: I really hope Rafael Nadal doesn't lose to Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the French Open tonight. Nadal wins in four. Thank you, Rafa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 All of Rafael Nadal's 21 Grand Slam wins. Nadal is 36 today. Happy Birthday to a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Nadal's 13 French Open titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) Rafael Nadal is in his 14th Men's French Open Final, he's never lost one after Alexander Zverev had to retire hurt from a fall needing a wheelchair. It's a bad injury. Edited June 3, 2022 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Sucks to loose a match that way for Zverev, but happy for Nadal. With Federer pretty much gone from the big three, I like him to pick up the Grand Slams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 It's a 30th Grand Slam final for Rafael Nadal. He's won 21 of his previous 29. Incredible numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 That's a terrible way for a semi final to end. The crazy part was that the match was already3 hours long and they were still in the second set. God knows how long it would have taken if Zverev had won the set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 5 hours ago, ohtani's jacket said: That's a terrible way for a semi final to end. The crazy part was that the match was already3 hours long and they were still in the second set. God knows how long it would have taken if Zverev had won the set. This. First set was 90 minutes with Nadal saving four set points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, The Natural said: It's a 30th Grand Slam final for Rafael Nadal. He's won 21 of his previous 29. Incredible numbers. Said this before and will again, beating Rafael Nadal at the French Open is the toughest task in all sports and of the toughest of all time. 13 French Open wins. 111 wins, 3 losses. The 3 losses: Robin Soderling, 4th Round 2009. Novak Djokovic, Quarter-finals 2015. Novak Djokovic, Semi finals 2021. https://racingfiles.com.au/nadal-french-open-record/ Staggering numbers. Edited June 4, 2022 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Top seed Iga Swiatek underlined why she was the red-hot French Open favourite by beating Coco Gauff in straight sets to win her second Grand Slam title. Poland's Swiatek, 21, won 6-1 6-3 against the American teenager to record her 35th straight victory - equalling the longest WTA streak this century. Gauff, 18, was contesting her first major final and made a nervy start. Swiatek, who also won Roland Garros in 2020, took full advantage and went on to win her sixth successive title. By fighting back from a break down in the second set, Swiatek won the 56th of her past 58 sets. She also maintained her streak of winning in finals, extending that record to nine in a row. What a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) On 6/4/2022 at 5:02 AM, The Natural said: Said this before and will again, beating Rafael Nadal at the French Open is the toughest task in all sports and of the toughest of all time. 13 French Open wins. 111 wins, 3 losses. The 3 losses: Robin Soderling, 4th Round 2009. Novak Djokovic, Quarter-finals 2015. Novak Djokovic, Semi finals 2021. https://racingfiles.com.au/nadal-french-open-record/ Staggering numbers. 22 Grand Slams. 14 French Open wins: 2005-2008, 2010-2014, 2017-2020, 2022. 112-3. 14-0 in Finals. Staggering numbers. Edited June 5, 2022 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Very odd situation with Nadal's foot and the retirement rumors swirling around him. It ended up being an anti-climatic Roland Garros with the lopsided draw and the Zverev injury. The Djokovic/Nadal match ended up being the title decider despite the drama surrounding Nadal's foot. Maybe the Zverev match would have worn Nadal down a bit if it had gone more than 5 hours, but we'll never know. I can see Nadal skipping Wimbledon and Djokovic winning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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