Tennis Thread

[byennie]

Yes insane. De Minaur went out today also, leaving Zverev and Auger-Aliassime as the only single digit seeds left on men's side and they haven't played their 3rd round matches yet.  The women are having a much more normal bracket. Perhaps it is the extra sets causing this.

Clay courts have always warped the field more than anything, and you could argue all top 3 (meaning Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic) have either gone down to injuries or the heat. Makes for an interesting tournament for sure.

Anyone remember Thomas Muster? I had to look up some stats, but this checks out.

Clay Court: 426 wins, 40 titles
Hard Court: 126 wins, 3 titles
Grass/Carpet: 55 wins, 1 title
Wimbledon: 0 career wins

[Goldstar88]

Yes insane. De Minaur went out today also, leaving Zverev and Auger-Aliassime as the only single digit seeds left on men's side and they haven't played their 3rd round matches yet.  The women are having a much more normal bracket. Perhaps it is the extra sets causing this.

Clay courts have always warped the field more than anything, and you could argue all top 3 (meaning Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic) have either gone down to injuries or the heat. Makes for an interesting tournament for sure.

Anyone remember Thomas Muster? I had to look up some stats, but this checks out.

Clay Court: 426 wins, 40 titles
Hard Court: 126 wins, 3 titles
Grass/Carpet: 55 wins, 1 title
Wimbledon: 0 career wins

Never heard of him. 

Still a few Americans alive! Tiafoe and Svadja

[Moranis]

There have always been clay court specialists, that is not new, but this year isn't that.  It is just weird. 

Gustavo Kuerten is the guy that comes to mind of fairly recent success.  Won the French Open 3 times, never made it past the quarters of any other grand slam. 

[byennie]

There have always been clay court specialists, that is not new, but this year isn't that.  It is just weird. 

Gustavo Kuerten is the guy that comes to mind of fairly recent success.  Won the French Open 3 times, never made it past the quarters of any other grand slam.

As I said multiple factors were involved (Alcaraz, heat), but this still probably doesn?t happen on hard court or grass. Sinner and Djokovic both lost 5 set matches to guys who would be top-10 if all matches were on clay, and out of the top-100 is none were.