The Official Tennis Thread

[ciubaca]

Welp....you're probably not going to wanna watch the men's finals tomorrow morning then

I know, Murray has to be the saddest tennis player of all tile. Didnt he lose like 4 finals in Australia?
He's such a great player but, unlucky when you have Roger, Nadal and Novak as opponents for most of your career

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

This is what burns the most.

I waited 5 months for her to redeem herself from the U.S. Open

If those people making you so mad over a computer you need to delete them out your life.

I'm coming to the conclusion y'all love being mad

 

[Black Bolt]

Nah, that "Serena gave the match away" shyt isn't gonna fly. Yes she played below her best, but Kerber earned this win. Serena was down 2-5 and had the serve on her racket for 5-5, and didn't finish. Kerber gets her props.

45 UEs speaks for itself. Kerber didn't have to peak to win this, she let Serena get to her self.
Congrats to her, she's the deserved champ, not trying to discredit her as she was undoubtedly nervous herself. Jut noting that like the Vinci match Serena came massively below par due to the occasion.

 

[Black Bolt]

when she lost the second set and her serve at 5 - 3 in the third, i thought it was over.
Great match, glad she won. The same person winning over and over ruins the sport

I trust you haven't bothered with the ATP for the past 10 seasons

 

[JameisNewton]

If those people making you so mad over a computer you need to delete them out your life.

I'm coming to the conclusion y'all love being mad

I mean, it doesn't burn me, it's just interesting watching people get so engaged in a women's tennis match all of a sudden when 99% of the year they don't give a fukk about the sport, let alone women's athletics in general. Unless it's Ron DeRousey

 

[yoyoyo1]

45 UEs speaks for itself. Kerber didn't have to peak to win this, she let Serena get to her self.
Congrats to her, she's the deserved champ, not trying to discredit her as she was undoubtedly nervous herself. Jut noting that like the Vinci match Serena came massively below par due to the occasion.

You have to see where the UE came from though. Almost all under a bit of pressure after Kerbs was getting it back. It wasnt a Vinci-like "spin it back in" return, they had power to then

 

[Yapdatfool]

YEP I was thinking that too.

Im like yeah its Serena, shell just hit an ace. Then on second serve im like.. Its serena shell just - wait, serena double faults during these moments too, she aint a guy. Never would you be thinking this of any top male player at that moment

Federer??

Novak??

your better than this

 

[ciubaca]

I trust you haven't bothered with the ATP for the past 10 seasons

Federer, Nadal, Novak, Murray, Stan.... The ATP had great competition For the past decade

 

[yoyoyo1]

Federer??

Novak??

your better than this

You may have a point but Fed novak rafa been missing volleys like that to finish a gs final?

 

[JameisNewton]

You may have a point but Fed novak rafa been missing volleys like that to finish a gs final?

and to DF and collapse like that in a game to STAY IN THE GS FINAL in the deciding set when you're a HUGE favorite? Yeah, that would never happen with Joker or Federer.

 

[malbaker86]

YEP I was thinking that too.

Im like yeah its Serena, shell just hit an ace. Then on second serve im like.. Its serena shell just - wait, serena double faults during these moments too, she aint a guy. Never would you be thinking this of any top male player at that moment

Berdych

 

[Liu Kang]

but she actually represents the limits of mental toughness for female athletes though. Djokovic isn't blowing serve up 40-30 like that to stay in a championhip match. It's true, but feminists hate the truth.

Countless times in her career, her mental toughness saved her. Now because she lost where she had a serve to simply tie a game, her mental toughness is limited ? The very fact that she made it a three setter by playing badly all the while Kerber played great is a proof her mental toughness was a factor. Without it, she would have lost in straights, let's be real. Last set of a championship match, she down 0-2 and she ties it. She's then down 2-5 and makes it 4-5 40-30 ? Come on, Serena is the worst example at female mental toughness being limited.

More often than we admit, Serena doesn't play well but she still manage to win thanks to her mental strength. What was the last major match she actually played great ? Last year, she had numerous 3 setter wins where she was absolutely awful though she still overcame. Her French Open run was quite a struggle for example.

 

[Black Bolt]

Federer, Nadal, Novak, Murray, Stan.... The ATP had great competition For the past decade

Bullshyt, the nerve of putting Murray & Stan in there too

You had Fed dominating for years ( 3 seasons with 3 Slams) beating up Hewitt, Philippousis, Roddikk,, Safin etc then Nadal came through and now Djoko. Djokovic last year alone won 10 Masters titles and 3 Slams. He's in his 5th consecutive Slam final but to here you tell it there's great competition gtfo You ain't slick

 

[Yapdatfool]

You may have a point but Fed novak rafa been missing volleys like that to finish a gs final?

So we gonna act like Wimby 08 didn't happen to federer?

Or wimby * i forget the year) where federer was service to stay in the match and df on a bp for nole??

Once again your better than this.

 

[mr x]

Countless times in her career, her mental toughness saved her. Now because she lost where she had a serve to simply tie a game, her mental toughness is limited ? The very fact that she made it a three setter by playing badly all the while Kerber played great is a proof her mental toughness was a factor. Without it, she would have lost in straights, let's be real. Last set of a championship match, she down 0-2 and she ties it. She's then down 2-5 and makes it 4-5 40-30 ? Come on, Serena is the worst example at female mental toughness being limited.

More often than we admit, Serena doesn't play well but she still manage to win thanks to her mental strength. What was the last major match she actually played great ? Last year, she had numerous 3 setter wins where she was absolutely awful though she still overcame. Her French Open run was quite a struggle for example.

You could argue that gettting down in the first place shows lack of mental toughness as much as fighting back shows it(when you're the better player)