Tennis Thread

[Goldstar88]

You have to be an amazing athlete to succeed at tennis. Much respect to them, but my Lord do I find it to be a boring sport and extremely difficult to watch.

It can be boring, but that depends entirely on the matchup. Some of the big servers, like Isner, who hit the ball 140mph on their first serve and have 2-3 hit rallies are not fun to watch at all.

Try to tune in for the quarters or Semi’s of Wimbledon or another major tournament. Watch Federer, Nadal and Djokovic play against each other or some of the other top 10 players in the world. It’s a different game.

You have to be an amazing athlete to succeed at tennis. Much respect to them, but my Lord do I find it to be a boring sport and extremely difficult to watch.

Women's tennis is often better to watch for that reason.

Women’s tennis has been good. I’ve really enjoyed watching Coco Gauff.  it’s incredible how good she is at 17 years old. I saw her play live at the US open 2 years ago and I wouldn’t  be at all surprised if she wins a major While still in her teens. Ash Barty is another player that’s fun to watch.

[Moranis]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

[Roy H.]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

[gouki88]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

This is like if Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano all fought in the same 20ish year period. Ludicrous concentration of winning

[Moranis]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

He said today he was now only 50 50 on if he was going to do the Olympics

[Roy H.]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

He said today he was now only 50 50 on if he was going to do the Olympics

I get it.  It’s not a typical tournament, there’s no financial incentive, he could use the rest, the Covid protocols are in place and seem ridiculously restrictive.

Still, I hope he does it.

[Goldstar88]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

The calendar slam plus a gold medal= The Calendar Golden Slam. Steffi Graf is the only player to have ever won this.

[Goldstar88]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

He said today he was now only 50 50 on if he was going to do the Olympics

Yeah... he’s full of it. There is no way he passes up the opportunity to do something that no one else in men’s tennis has ever done.

[Moranis]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

He said today he was now only 50 50 on if he was going to do the Olympics

Yeah... he’s full of it. There is no way he passes up the opportunity to do something that no one else in men’s tennis has ever done.

I don't know about that.  He can't take his full team with him, including his stringer which when he talked was clearly a big deal for him.  He will basically be isolated and can't even go watch other events.  It sounds like 2 weeks of basically quarantine with all the added stress of that.  I'm sure he'd love the Gold Medal, but there is no guarantee he wins it and it will make his US Open more difficult so I get why he has some hesitation.  When he said he was going earlier this summer it didn't look like they were going to be nearly this restrictive in the covid stuff.

[Goldstar88]

No surprise, Novak won and picked up his 20th grand slam title tying Federer and Nadal and is still on pace for winning the calendar year slam and breaking the tie

The calendar slam plus a gold medal.

He said today he was now only 50 50 on if he was going to do the Olympics

Yeah... he’s full of it. There is no way he passes up the opportunity to do something that no one else in men’s tennis has ever done.

I don't know about that.  He can't take his full team with him, including his stringer which when he talked was clearly a big deal for him.  He will basically be isolated and can't even go watch other events.  It sounds like 2 weeks of basically quarantine with all the added stress of that.  I'm sure he'd love the Gold Medal, but there is no guarantee he wins it and it will make his US Open more difficult so I get why he has some hesitation.  When he said he was going earlier this summer it didn't look like they were going to be nearly this restrictive in the covid stuff.

We shall see, but I would be very surprised if he didn’t go. Olympics end Aug 6th and the US open starts Aug 30th. That’s plenty of time for him to recover, plus the Olympic matches are best of 3, not 5, so it’s not going to be as taxing on his body.

[Goldstar88]

Novak Djokovic tweets that he is in for Tokyo Olympics

After Djokovic won Wimbledon on Sunday for his record-tying 20th career Grand Slam title, he said he didn't know whether he was going to play in Tokyo.

If the top-ranked Djokovic wins gold in men's singles and at the US Open, he would become the first male tennis player to complete a "Golden Slam" -- all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympics in the same calendar year.

Steffi Graf is the only woman to have done it, in 1988.

While Djokovic is headed for Tokyo, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios are among the top men's players who won't be competing in the Olympics.




https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31824066/novak-djokovic-posts-for-tokyo-olympics

[Moranis]

No Golden Slam as Novak loses.  Hopefully he still gets the US Open and this Japan trip doesn't derail that.

[Roy H.]

No Golden Slam as Novak loses.  Hopefully he still gets the US Open and this Japan trip doesn't derail that.

Bummer. 

[Goldstar88]

No Golden Slam as Novak loses.  Hopefully he still gets the US Open and this Japan trip doesn't derail that.

Wow, I’m shocked. Who did he lose to?

[Moranis]

No Golden Slam as Novak loses.  Hopefully he still gets the US Open and this Japan trip doesn't derail that.

Wow, I’m shocked. Who did he lose to?

Alexander Zverev of Germany. It was in the semis, so he can take the bronze still.  He can also take the bronze in mixed doubles.