Querrey played amazing, though both he and Djokovic made a bunch of errors. Now that Djokovic’s out, it seems like anyone can win…
Earliest loss at a slam since 2009.
It would be nice for one of the young guys to finally come through. Zverev, Vesely or Kyrgios. Tennis really needs some fresh blood.
God forbid Kyrgios ever wins anything. He’s a terrible role model and belongs as far away from the limelight as physically possible. He’s one of very few tennis players I’ve ever disliked for their person as opposed to their play.
Brilliant - just got in, and probably should have watched what I PVR’ed today instead of reading from post #60 on.
:smack: times a lot.
Seconded. And thirded if I can vote twice.
Federer comes back from 2 sets down to beat Cilic, not a small feat.
I’m sure he’s hoping Murray loses so he has an easier path to the championship. Murray is probably the favorite at this point.
After two sets, I would say the odds do not favor that particular outcome.
Cool seeing Milos get past Sam Querry, who had just come off beating Djokovic. I like how MR is coming to the net a lot more now, quite often displaying soft hands that would make Dick Stockton look like Jabba the Hut.
In the final year coach Ivan Ljubicic had with MR, they focused on his return of serve, court moment, and net play - all three areas that markedly improved over 2015. This was a nice development considering HOW ABSOLUTELY BORING AS FUCK he used to be.
As a result of these improvements he’s no longer Mr. Ace-O-Machine that he once was, but I’m okay with that if his rankings start to go up.
And this match (with the exception of the nervous error-fest that the last set was) MR totally put in maybe one of his best performances. At one point the announcer said, “Sampras-esque”, which is a comparison I’d already been formulating for some time.
Still weird seeing McEnroe coaching him - you can only imagine him reinforcing even further the importance of serve and volley.
Alas, that Maureen McGovern song’s playing as this Canadian frets over MR locking horns with my hero Mr. Federer.
Sure, MR’s 2 - 11 with Federer, but one of those victories came in their most recent match in January. This Friday I can see both of them jockeying for the net.
Oddly, I think Raonic’s best bet against Federer may be to try to outhit him from the baseline as much as possible. One of the things Roger has become increasingly vulnerable to across the years is being bullied off the baseline, and I think if Raonic can consistently dictate points with his forehand, he has a good chance.
Federer’s return game has always been sort of odd, in the sense that he never really punishes poor servers to the same extent that Djokovic and Murray are both capable of, but on the other hand he’s arguably been the best player in the last 15-20 years at dealing with extraordinary servers like Raonic, Roddick, Karlovic, etc - all of whom he has a rather spectacularly one-sided career H2H against. I distinctly recall a number of heartbreaking attempts at following the serve to the net from Roddick in the 2009 final - attempts that would have worked splendidly against any other player on tour, but were foiled constantly by Federer’s preternatural ability to love-tap a 140 Mph serve back across the net and into the feet of an on-rushing opponent.
Funny!
How come tennis announcers discount major wins “before the open era”? Margaret Court’s 24 titles don’t seem to have the same ‘cred’ as Serena’s and Steffi’s 22.
Wikipedia indicates that before the Open Era, professional tennis players were barred from playing the Grand Slam tournaments. I suppose there’s a lot less cachet in beating a field of amateurs.
I see, kind of like the Olympics. So which tournaments did pros play? When I was a kid, the Olympics were only for amateurs, which confused me because I couldn’t understand how the athletes were considered the best (and broke world records) if there were others who were good enough to get paid.
Jay Onrait is God.
(and on alternate days - Mr. Sid Sixeiro)
So - with Milos and Andy going at it, tomorrow…The last six times they’ve met Andy’s won, so it sounds like time for that streak to be broken. Despite AM’s relatively easy handling of Berdych, I’d be very surprised if AM has as easy a ride with MR.
Hopefully Tonya Harding’s former bodyguard will be on hand, waiting in the wings for AM, ready to accidentally-on-purpose let that crossbow go.
Even with Kerber playing excellent tennis, she still couldn’t take it against Serena.
Not sure what that white square was, tucked under the left side of SW’s bra.
It was my pocket square, for luck, after I pledged my undying love.
She was amazing today. And then a few hours later, she and Venus won the doubles title.
Well done Andy Murray, he played exceptionally well today. Absolutely rock-solid against a brutal serve. The way he chased down lost causes was phenomenal.
I’m afraid to say that I watched the women’s final yesterday and found it laughably poor, even more so now in comparison to that performance.
What was so bad about the women’s final? Kerber played very well and Serena played even better. I’ve seen matches in which Serena plays poorly and still wins, or plays poorly and loses, but this wasn’t one of those.
Kerber getting only 9 unforced errors for the whole match is not laughably poor, and she still lost, which is probably testament to how stellar Serena’s game was. It was also SW’s best serving of the year. Definitely not a blow-out, either. Not sure what constitutes a legitimate, entertaining game for you.
Well, I didn’t expect Milos to get to the final - so good on’im.
This Canuck almost saw a Canadian double whammy!
Cool seeing Shapovalov win the boys singles.
I watched it immediately after watching a replay of the men’s semi’s, perhaps it suffered in comparison but certainly I felt there wasn’t a huge amount of quality on show. Had it not been a historic final it wouldn’t go down as a great game.
Not sure what stat could be used as a proxy for “quality” my impressions of the momens final was that it had a high level of unforced errors. I’ll have to have a look at the stats to see if I am way out
edited - seems like Serena had 1 unforced error for every 3.5 points she won, Andy Murray had 1 for every 10