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Saw this on Talk Tennis…

Alcaraz has -

Australian Open
Indian Wells
Miami
Monte Carlo
Madrid
Rome
Roland Garros
Cincinnati
Wimbledon
US Open

he is missing as of now

Canada
Shanghai
Paris Indoors
Year Ending Championship
Olympics
Davis Cup


Sinner has -

Australian Open
Miami
Wimbledon
Canada
Cincinnati
US Open
Shanghai
Paris Indoors
Year Ending Championships
Davis Cup

he is missing as of now

Indian Wells
Monte Carlo
Madrid
Rome
Olympics

That is insane considering their age. Olympics will be the tough one for both to achieve as they need to face off on each other every 4 years and it is best of 3 sets so you can get someone else come in and edge one of them out of it.

 

[malbaker86]

That is insane considering their age. Olympics will be the tough one for both to achieve as they need to face off on each other every 4 years and it is best of 3 sets so you can get someone else come in and edge one of them out of it.

It is insane how they REALISTICALLY can win whatever they already haven’t THIS YEAR outside of the Olympics and they aren’t fully into their primes yet

 

[Nero Christ]

It is insane how they REALISTICALLY can win whatever they already haven’t THIS YEAR outside of the Olympics and they aren’t fully into their primes yet

Yea I saw Carlos has made 46 tour level semis…he’s 22

Sinner has 1 less at 23…fukking crazy

 

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It is insane how they REALISTICALLY can win whatever they already haven’t THIS YEAR outside of the Olympics and they aren’t fully into their primes yet

Yep from the 2 Sinner can literally win what he hasn't this outside of olympics. Carlos has it slightly tougher with Davis cup and year end on his need list but this will be an interesting season.

 

[BlackAchilles]

got Carlos or Sinner winning IW and Miami (if they play Miami)

Hard to pick against Don Carlos in IW rn

But if he doesn't go all the way I'm thinking maybe the slower conditions means its a good opportunity for a non Sincaraz dude to bag themselves a big trophy ... Lowkey wouldn't be shocked if this was old man Nole's last significant trophy

It's gonna be lit on the WTA end Lotta legit contenders and big time players defending a lot of points

This is the biggest HC trophy that's eluded Sabalenka so she got something to prove but the conditions might be partial to Iga, Coco or Jess ... Also got Rybakina, Anisimova and Mboko in the cut

 

[malbaker86]

 

[BlackAchilles]

Also I'm disappointed that the tournament wimped out and didn't have Eala in Iga's section of the draw

 

[BlackAchilles]

Bianca She really completely broke down after winning in Flushing

 

[Nero Christ]

Bianca She really completely broke down after winning in Flushing

I like the variety she plays with but she just doesn’t hit big enough to make the other shots work off of it.

Would still love to work some backshots with her tho

 

[BlackAchilles]

And damn Stef loses to Shapovalov in the Larry Holmes Open Dude is undeniably cooked

 

[BlackAchilles]

Taylor Townsend making moves in singles Lowkey she's a physical phenom; to play the sheer volume if tour level tennis and defend in the rallies like she does at 200+ lbs is kinda crazy

 

[BlackAchilles]

Big Emma in a serious slump

 

[Nero Christ]

Big Emma in a serious slump

Time for her to settle into a life of being a billion dollar heiress

I can help wit that

 

[UpAndComing]

Alcaraz was just down 0-30 on his serve against Dmitrov. Then he just said fukk it and served 4 straight elite serves to win the game

 

[Nero Christ]

A great yet long read on the changes to Alcaraz's forehand that have improved his consistency

tldr is basically he dropped the elbow and shortened the backswing ala Thiem, but I’d still read this article with some great visuals to show the changes

Alcaraz vs Fritz: Tokyo Final Recap

reception then projection — 'Fed 05' — short slice — square stance forehands

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