The Official Tennis Thread

[Regular_P]

Exactly. Both need to tank. I think whoever can avoid Novak at the USO until the finals should make it through pretty safely to the finals. Both need to avoid Del Potro.

Murray rounding into form too....so is Stan

I think Fed has Murray in the second round at Cincy.

 

[Regular_P]

Rafa won't do it but he should skip Cincy. His potential draw, if the seeds play out, is BRUTAL:

2nd round: Raonic
3rd round : Shapovalov/Tiafoe/Edmund
QF : Djokovic
SF : A. Zverev/Cilic
F : Federer/Del Potro/Anderson

He skipped Cincy. Now Fed's in a lightning delay playing Stan in the quarters after 11:00 ET.

Side note: Did you guys see this about Novak advocating for three sets at Majors?

Djokovic, Federer unsettled on match length

The top stars of men's tennis are divided on how long they should be playing.

Novak Djokovic, responding Wednesday to Roger Federer's pitch for more five-set matches during the season, said he wants to go the other way, even reducing Grand Slams to three sets to keep the attention of younger fans.

"I would have even Grand Slams best of three, to be honest," Djokovic said in an interview on the Tennis Channel. "This new generation of tennis fans and millenials, they don't have the great attention span. They want things to happen very quickly. So for the players as well and to attract more people, more viewers of a younger audience, I think we have to keep tennis matches dynamic, shorter and no shot clock."

A day earlier, Federer had proposed adding five-set match to Masters 1000 events and the ATP World Finals.

"On the ATP Tour, we actually don't have any best-of-five-set matches. They're all at the Slams, Davis Cup and at the Olympics finals," Federer said in his Tennis Channel interview. "I feel like that's a bit of an opportunity wasted. I know it's also for player protection, for injuries. ... I think that's a bit of a pity, but I understand the reasons."

Attrition has been an issue for the "Big Four" of the men's game. Federer, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have all dealt with injuries that have forced them out of at least one Grand Slam since 2016, and Federer recently withdrew from last month's Rogers Cup, citing his schedule as the reason.

Murray, who hasn't played a Grand Slam since last year's Wimbledon due to a hip injury, was split in his opinion, telling The New York Times that he enjoyed playing five-set matches but found them less enjoyable as a spectator.

"As a player, I really like best-of-five. It's been good to me," Murray said. "I feel like it rewards the training and everything you put into that. But then, when I sat and watched the match -- that Nadal-[Juan Martin] del Potro [Wimbledon quarterfinal] in the commentary booth -- it was an amazing match, it was a brilliant match, but it was really, really long to sit there as a spectator for the first time."

Murray added that he thought this year's Wimbledon semifinals, in which both matches lasted more than five hours, was not "good for tennis."

"People that are sitting there during the week watching that all, I don't think you can plan to do that," he said. "A lot of people are going to be getting up and leaving the matches and not actually watching the whole thing."

Novak wants shorter matches, but get rid of the shot clock, which was brought in because him and Nadal took for fukking ever on serve. :fukkit:

Nice of Murray to not mention the ridiculous fifth set tie break rule at Wimbledon or lack thereof.

 

[malbaker86]

He skipped Cincy. Now Fed's in a lightning delay playing Stan in the quarters after 11:00 ET.

Side note: Did you guys see this about Novak advocating for three sets at Majors?

Djokovic, Federer unsettled on match length



Novak wants shorter matches, but get rid of the shot clock, which was brought in because him and Nadal took for fukking ever on serve. :fukkit:

Nice of Murray to not mention the ridiculous fifth set tie break rule at Wimbledon or lack thereof.

Nadal wisely skipped and now Fed and Novak gotta play around the rain and thunder in Cincy

Not that it matters with a week off before the USO starts.

Fed played like a clown in the first set but played "better" i suppose in the 2nd set.

 

[MillionMills]

Fed needs to even this rivalry tomorrow and claim his 8th title

 

[mr x]

Damn, another 1000 going to fedalovic

 

[mr x]

Why argue a time violation?

Like there's a fukking clock for everyone to see and you didn't serve before it hit zero.

 

[mr x]

Joker wins

 

[Regular_P]

I dunno if the two matches in one day really affected Federer, but he was sloppy as fukk today. Lotta bad unforced errors.

Djokovic looks great heading into the US Open though. Definitely the favorite.

 

[malbaker86]

I dunno if the two matches in one day really affected Federer, but he was sloppy as fukk today. Lotta bad unforced errors.

Djokovic looks great heading into the US Open though. Definitely the favorite.

Co favorite

 

[Regular_P]

Co favorite

Be happy with 17* :bernieumad:

 

[malbaker86]

Nadal/Novak
Fed
Delpo
Stan

Those how i rank the 5 best on form going into the USO

 

[malbaker86]

Be happy with 17* :bernieumad:

Crazy to think he has 17 damn GS titles. When i first started getting back into tennis in 07, i would have never envisioned him getting 17.

Him, Roger, and Novak have 50 damn GS titles between them. and they all have aent through each other on each other's favorite surface to get it too

 

[MillionMills]

Halep

 

[Mr. McDowell]

These US Open brackets are ass on the Men's side. How are Djoker and Fed in the same QF pod. Makes no sense. Should have moved Cilic (as he is the lower seed).

 

[Regular_P]

These US Open brackets are ass on the Men's side. How are Djoker and Fed in the same QF pod. Makes no sense. Should have moved Cilic (as he is the lower seed).

Yeah, they definitely should have swapped that shyt. Zverev has an easier draw to the semis than Fed for godsakes.