The Natural Posted September 12, 2023 Posted September 12, 2023 Simona Halep, two-time Grand Slam champion handed four-year ban for doping. 1
The Natural Posted January 26, 2024 Posted January 26, 2024 Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic in Australian Open men's singles semi-final in 4 sets. 33 match winning streak ended. First time Novak has lost a semi-final there having won 10 in a row. Before today, his last loss at the Australian Open was in 2018.
The Natural Posted January 28, 2024 Posted January 28, 2024 (edited) Daniil Medvedev has spent 24 hours on court at this year's Australian Open. More than anyone at a Grand Slam ever. Medvedev won three five set matches to get into the final vs. Jannik Sinner. Medvedev won the first two sets but lost the last three. You have to feel for Medvedev. Edited January 28, 2024 by The Natural
SirFozzie Posted January 28, 2024 Posted January 28, 2024 Get the UK press headline generator going.. there has to be at least one who's going to go "Sinner's a Saint!"
odessasteps Posted January 28, 2024 Posted January 28, 2024 2 hours ago, SirFozzie said: Get the UK press headline generator going.. there has to be at least one who's going to go "Sinner's a Saint!" Oh, Sinner Man
SirFozzie Posted January 29, 2024 Posted January 29, 2024 23 hours ago, odessasteps said: Oh, Sinner Man The Sinnerman won? Obviously, the Chase was on. (UK Television reference)
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2024 Posted March 15, 2024 Had a 2 hour delay at Indian Wells due to bees. Then the beekeeper showed up:
Pete Posted March 15, 2024 Posted March 15, 2024 Quote “I brought all my equipment up and then they were on the spider cam, so they just swung the spider cam over. I had my equipment set up and I vacuumed up the bees into a live-catch cage,” Davis said. “Then I can take them out... and release them into one of my hives that I have. They're set up just for this type of thing. “This time of year is swarming season, so they go everywhere. And I'm just happy to be there for them so they could not have any incidents.” THANK YOU. I was worried the tennis knuckleheads would just have them all killed, so this was a pleasant surprise.
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 15, 2024 Posted March 15, 2024 4 minutes ago, Pete said: THANK YOU. I was worried the tennis knuckleheads would just have them all killed, so this was a pleasant surprise. Yeah this is what usually happens with bees these days. Dogs and cats usually get sent to a local pound if they're strays. Just don't ask what happens when a raccoon or a possum gets caught... 1
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 28, 2024 Posted May 28, 2024 Rafa Nadal has probably played his last match at the French Open. He got straight setted by Zvervev and just looked like the magic was gone. He leaves RG with a career mark for 112-4. He's skipping Wimbledon and will try to qualify for Spain's Olympic team, so he can play one more time in Paris.
The Natural Posted May 31, 2024 Posted May 31, 2024 On 5/28/2024 at 4:31 AM, Dolfan in NYC said: Rafa Nadal has probably played his last match at the French Open. He got straight setted by Zvervev and just looked like the magic was gone. He leaves RG with a career mark for 112-4. He's skipping Wimbledon and will try to qualify for Spain's Olympic team, so he can play one more time in Paris. Toughest challenge in sport beating Rafael Nadal at the French Open. The four losses: Robin Soderling: Fourth Round, 2009. Roger Federer beat Robin Sodering in the final to win the French Open for the first time and the Career Grand Slam. In the past Nadal walloped Federer there. Novak Djokovic: Quarter Final, 2015. Novak Djokovic: Semi Final, 2021. Alexander Zverev: First round, 2024.
The Natural Posted June 4, 2024 Posted June 4, 2024 Defending champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the French Open before his quarter-final with a knee injury. The scan revealed Djokovic has "torn medial meniscus" in his right knee. Wimbledon and the Olympics are in jeopardy there.
ReiseReise Posted June 6, 2024 Posted June 6, 2024 Men's Semis are Alcaraz v Sinner (seems like a final) and Ruud v Zverev. I would say Alcaraz is the absolute favourite, but that might be Spain on sand clichée. 1
The Natural Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 (edited) Andy Murray out of Wimbledon singles but set to play doubles with brother Jamie. Andy's last Wimbledon. Edited July 2, 2024 by The Natural
The Natural Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 Defending Wimbledon women's champion Marketa Vondrousova beaten 6-4 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Marketa Vondrousova made history last year when she became the first unseeded player to win the women's title but her defence ends in the first round this year.
The Natural Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Defending Wimbledon women's champion Marketa Vondrousova beaten 6-4 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Marketa Vondrousova made history last year when she became the first unseeded player to win the women's title but her defence ends in the first round this year. It's the first time since 1994, when Steffi Graf lost to Lori McNeil, that the women's defending champion has lost in the first round at Wimbledon. 30 years!
The Natural Posted July 4, 2024 Posted July 4, 2024 Harriet Dart was in tears in the 10-point tie-break as she found herself 6-2 down, but somehow she recovered and regained her composure to win a thriller. She edges the 10-point tie-break 10-8 and the British number two has beaten the British number one. Katie Boulter, the 32nd seed and seeded for the first time, is out in the second round. Bbc.co.uk.
The Natural Posted July 4, 2024 Posted July 4, 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/videos/crgm7xg04yro Ons Jabeur is the best.
The Natural Posted July 11, 2024 Posted July 11, 2024 Jasmine Paolini comes back to beat Donna Vekic 2-6 6-4 7-6 (10-8) to reach Saturday's women's Wimbledon final. At two hours and 51 minutes, that was officially the longest women's semi-final in Wimbledon history.
The Natural Posted July 11, 2024 Posted July 11, 2024 Donna Vekic in her first ever Grand Slam semi-final. In the 43 Grand Slams she's played in, she has lost in the first round 20 times - that is her Grand Slam history.
The Natural Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 Barbora Krejcikova beat Jasmine Paolini yesterday to win the Wimbledon ladies singles championship. I was rooting for Paolini who has lost the French Open and Wimbledon back to back. The crowd was also rooting for Paolini.
The Natural Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 Britain's Alfie Hewett won his first Wimbledon wheelchair singles title to complete a career Grand Slam with a convincing win over Spain's Martin de la Puente. Hewett fell to agonising defeats in the last two Wimbledon finals but this time looked utterly dominant in his 6-2 6-3 win on Court One. After taking the title with a crushing backhand return the 26-year-old threw his racquet into the air and then dropped his head into his lap in front of feverish support. Hewett became the second male player after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda to win both the singles and doubles of every Grand Slam. --- Congratulations!
The Natural Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 I predicted Carlos Alcaraz in 4 vs. Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final. Alcaraz is twatting Djokovic 6-2, 6-2. 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The Natural Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Natural said: I predicted Carlos Alcaraz in 4 vs. Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final. Alcaraz is twatting Djokovic 6-2, 6-2. 1 hour and 15 minutes. 6-2, 6-2, 7-6, 2 hours and 27 minutes. 4-0 in Grand Slam Finals: 1 US, 1 French and 2 Wimbledon. Amazing. Edited July 14, 2024 by The Natural
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