# Tennis 2023 Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** tennis\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929 "2023-01-09T17:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/21 "2023-01-29T13:33:35Z")
Now Djokovic has tied Nadal with 22, and unless some of the newer players step up, it looks like he will pass him in Grand Slam totals, maybe by 4 more. It is interesting that the women’s major total that seemed impossible to surpass, even though Serena tried, maybe soon be reached and passed. Of course Shingo Kunieda, the wheelchair tennis player who just retired earlier this month with 28 major singles titles probably can rest easy. I am not predicting anything though, as you never know what will happen. Tennis has such long season that there is no telling what or who might derail the expected trajectory. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/22 "2023-01-29T16:31:28Z")
> [@icon](#): > > I am not predicting anything though, as you never know what will happen. Tennis has such long season that there is no telling what or who might derail the expected trajectory. I think it is incredibly likely Novak will end his career with the most slams. There will still be debate over who is the greatest of all time, but it will always be Federer, Nadal, Djokovic in those top three slots with no wiggle room. It’s fun to debate, but I think all three of those players basically share “best of all time” status. I like Roger the most and I really like Nadal as well. I’m not a huge Novak fan, but he is obviously amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/23 "2023-03-09T20:14:01Z")
The Indian Wells tournament has begun. Seeded players have byes in the first round. Weather looks like it’ll be perfect for tennis, in the low 80Fs with no rain. I’ll be headed out there to watch some matches in person. In the early rounds, even seeded players are in the side courts. It’s a great to watch pros up close. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/24 "2023-03-10T22:27:02Z")
**Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk snubs Russian opponent after winning WTA tournament** > **[Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk snubs Russian opponent after winning...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/tennis/marta-kostyuk-ukraine-russia-wta-spt-intl/index.html)** > > Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with her Russian opponent Varvara Gracheva after claiming victory in the final of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/25 "2023-03-14T13:59:13Z")
We had a nice long weekend at Indian Wells and saw many great matches. Most exciting moment: Felix Auger-Aliassime cut himself in the chin with his racket. Took a ten-minute medical timeout to stop the bleeding. Ouch! Today is the tournament’s “super Tuesday”. It’s the round of 16 and all remaining players have a match today. There’s two American women left, Jessica Pegula (3) and Coco Gauff (6). Amazingly, there’s five Czech women still in the tournament, although one definitely goes home today because two play each other. The number one seed and defending champion, Iga Świątek from Poland, has got to be the favorite to win. Three American men remain, Taylor Fritz (4), Frances Tiafoe (14), and Tommy Paul (17). Interesting advances: there’s two unseeded Chileans still in. I’m hoping Taylor Fritz can successfully the championship, but it’s likely he’ll meeting number-one seed Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) in at the semi-final. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/26 "2023-03-17T15:56:30Z")
Today are the women’s semifinals: Maria Sakkari (7, Greece) vs Aryna Sabalenka (2), and then Iga Świątek (1, Poland) vs Elena Rybakina (10, Kazakhstan). Tomorrow are the men’s semifinals: Daniil Medvedev (5) vs Frances Tiafoe (14, USA), and then Carlos Alcaraz (1, Spain) vs Jannik Sinner (11, Italy). Finals are on Saturday and Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/27 "2023-03-20T15:53:43Z")
Women’s final was exciting and close. First set was decided by a long tiebreaker, 13-11. Elena Rybakina won in straight sets over Aryna Sabalenka. Rybakina moves up from rank 10 to rank 7. She is under-ranked due to Wimbledon not being worth ranking points last year. Men’s final was short and boring. Carlos Alcaraz efficiently defeated Daniil Medvedev, who barely avoided getting bageled in the second set. Alcaraz is on course to be the new dominant force in men’s tennis. His playstyle is all movement and skill shots. He is friendly to fans and shows great sportsmanship. He knocks off Djokovic from number 1 rank with this championship, but will go down if he fails to win the Miami Open. Next up is the Miami Open. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/28 "2023-05-10T15:11:16Z")
Controversy at the Madrid Open. Short summary: at the conclusion of the Women’s Doubles Final, the tournament refused to allow any of the women to speak. Probably because there had been earlier criticism of the tournament by players and the press. > **[Pegula and Gauff criticise the silencing of female tennis players at Madrid Open](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/may/09/pegula-and-gauff-blast-decision-to-deny-doubles-finalists-a-speech-in-madrid)** > > Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula have spoken out at the controversial move after losing to Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia at the Madrid Open ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/29 "2023-05-19T16:31:55Z")
Well, it is official Rafa will not win Roland Garros this year: > **[Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this year's French Open](https://www.npr.org/2023/05/19/1177022213/rafael-nadal-french-open-2023)** > > Nadal, who has won 14 French Opens, injured his hip in January during the Australian Open. He has pulled out of other matches earlier in the year, but has not said if he will retire. Maybe he will retire later this year? `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/30 "2023-05-19T16:40:07Z")
According to a BBC Sport article I read earlier, he’s already announced that 2024 will be his last season, and it seems he plans to try and spend most of this year getting healthy enough he can do a proper send-off at his favourite tournaments - which will obviously include Roland Garros, and I assume Wimbledon too. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/31 "2023-05-19T17:30:10Z")
I had not heard he already had retirement plans. It certainly will open up Roland Garros in a way it has not been for about 20 years! Which is quite something. Of course it could become dominated by another Spaniard, Alcaraz, since he is young enough to achieve longevity. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/32 "2023-05-31T17:26:33Z")
Anyone been watching the French Open? I was too busy over the holiday weekend to watch anything. Hopefully this coming weekend. It’s into the second round. Looking over the results, no big upsets except for Maria Sakkari (8) and Felix Auger-Aliassime (10). > **[Draws - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/results/SD?round=1)** > > The exclusive home of Roland-Garros tennis delivering live scores, schedules, draws, players, news, photos, videos and the most complete coverage of The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/33 "2023-05-31T19:59:20Z")
Medvedev also lost. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/34 "2023-06-02T22:04:57Z")
Alcaraz - Djokovic final would be great… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/35 "2023-06-02T23:49:40Z")
Is that possible with the draw? It would be incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/36 "2023-06-03T00:02:35Z")
They are in the same half of the draw so they’d need in the semifinal. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/37 "2023-06-04T13:17:07Z")
> Hopefully this link comes through. Doubles player defaulted after hitting a ball kid. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/38 "2023-06-04T14:03:35Z")
Started with a warning until the other team asked for then to be disqualified. It does sound correct, though. She was quite hurt and distressed. > **[Doubles team DQ'd as errant hit strikes ball girl](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/37793468/doubles-team-disqualified-errant-hit-strikes-ball-girl)** > > Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from their third-round doubles match at the French Open on Sunday after a ball hit by Kato struck a ball girl. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/39 "2023-06-04T22:18:31Z")
It looks like Djokovic, Tsitsipas and Alcaraz for 2023. Yeah I kinda like Alcaraz, but I’m rooting for the old guys this year. Looking forward to the Alcaraz - Djokovic match at the French Open. I just wish it could be the final. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929/40 "2023-06-05T15:36:36Z")
Anyone else notice that they have singles nets set up for almost all the singles matches? Typically tournaments have doubles nets with singles sticks to get the right profile. I forget which match: a player managed to return the ball beside the net, instead of over it. Won the point, because the opponent wasn’t expecting it. Of course that shot is much easier with a singles net rather than a doubles net. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929.md?page=3)