The Official Tennis Thread

[#1 pick]

WTA talent pool is still trash but she's gotta drop at least 15 pounds. You can't be pushing 40, be heavier and somehow mentally weaker than as a youth

WTA pool is MUCH stronger now than it was in 2000 or 1990 but it has nothing on the men tour where anyone can beat you if you are slipping.

 

[GetSomeMoney]

Made my money with Azerenka tonight. Saw this coming, Serena is a fighter but her serve isn't the weapon it once was and her movement is average at best. Serena will need things to be perfect for her to win another major. Prime Serena never had to go through this many 3 set matches to get to a Semis.

 

[distinguishedNOW]

WTA talent pool is still trash but she's gotta drop at least 15 pounds. You can't be pushing 40, be heavier and somehow mentally weaker than as a youth

She is what she is at this point. Can’t really expect a 39 year old mom to get in the best shape of her career at this stage of her life.

 

[mson]

All she needs is one more to tie court.

 

[The M.I.C.]

All she needs is one more to tie court.

She needs to be content with that 23 and call it day. This was her best chance to win with a depleted lineup at the Open and she blew it, I didn’t even expect for her to pull it out versus Pironkova a couple nights ago tbh.

 

[nyknick]

She is what she is at this point. Can’t really expect a 39 year old mom to get in the best shape of her career at this stage of her life.

I'm not expecting her to be in the best shape of her life but to realize she's 39 and adjust her fitness and game to that fact.

And with all due respect miss me with that mother shyt It's her age and lack of movement/footspeed/stamina that comes with it that's the issue. Didn't Clijsters and Davenport both have kids during their careers?

This being a mother push started after Serena's fukk up against Osaka and with Nike's marketing. Now we have to pretend we care that Azarenka is a mother

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

gritty performance from azarenka. smart play with great striking i was begging for her to hit some drop shots. serena busted her ankle the following point. making her move is the obvious play..cant just sit there and expect to out slug her

 

[mson]

She needs to be content with that 23 and call it day. This was her best chance to win with a depleted lineup at the Open and she blew it, I didn’t even expect for her to pull it out versus Pironkova a couple nights ago tbh.

She's still good enough to make it to the semis. It took shorty that just beat her 7 years to get back in the finals. You never know. I know she wants to win one as a mother. Plus it will tie Court. I don't know if she wants more kids, because that will seal her window if she does it naturally.

 

[malbaker86]

One thing we all under estimating is that these players aren't shook of Serena anymore. That ruthlessness she use to possess is gone forever. Kind of like Fed but he stays in tip top shape so his skills are still elite even if he isn't physically at his peak anymore.

She can still win a Gs but she's going to need the PERFECT draw and other favorites to get upset along the way to help her out.

Osaka vs Vika is 50/50 to me

 

[Rigby.]

nah, she moves just fine in them.

I'm just playing armchair psychologist and suggesting she doesn't have the confidence to wear a bodysuit without something to make it more modest, like the shorts.
We all know she suffers from confidence issues, so when she's comfortable enough with that outfit, it should come alongside her being comfortable with her own ability to dominate on the court.

Oh yeah you can see the evolution of her slowly and surely. Not to sound like im on some stan shyt but you can really chop it up to before taking that hardline about being black AND japanese, getting a boyfriend (which it seems like her dad aint allow growing up), posting them bikini pics (those were more significant than I thought at the time), and now being outspoken about social justice. Its like you legit seeing a coming of age story in fast forward

 

[malbaker86]

I got New Fed and new Novak today (Zverev and Medvwdev)

 

[phillycavsfan]

Sascha's gonna get veteran'd by PCB

 

[Regular_P]

I got New Fed and new Novak today (Zverev and Medvwdev)

You're gonna stop disrespecting the GOAT with this bullshyt.

 

[FaTaL]

Osaka vs Vika is 50/50 to me

why?

 

[Formerly known as...]

I got New Fed and new Novak today (Zverev and Medvwdev)

Thiem taking US this year breh