Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Calibandar said: Are you sure about that? Cause Ive been reading the Kyrie-Nets stuff for months and Ive never heard it brought up that the Nets could have evaded this drama by paying a small fine for him each time he plays. NYC's enforcement mechanism is a $5,000 fine each time an unvaccinated person enters an indoor public space. In theory the Nets could just pay the fine each time he plays. Right now the NBA isn't allowing it, but a team could challenge them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Murray wins, good for him. He is a bit cantankerous but he seems like a decent human being. And without his injuries he was clear world number one in his last proper season (when he pretty much won the Davis cup). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Raducanu match is weird. She won first set 6-0, lost second 6-2, now is steamrolling Stephens again in the 3rd 4-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Not particularly uncommon in women's tennis. She already won the third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Yeah, especially for younger players without much of a track record. Fernandez, who Raducanu beat in the U.S. Open Finals, just got upset in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Raducanu match is weird. She won first set 6-0, lost second 6-2, now is steamrolling Stephens again in the 3rd 4-0. Apparently Sloane Stephens got married on New Years Day so I suspect she didn't have the ideal preparation to hit peak physical fitness for this tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Murray wins, good for him. He is a bit cantankerous but he seems like a decent human being. And without his injuries he was clear world number one in his last proper season (when he pretty much won the Davis cup). Took him 5 full sets but then again Basilashvili is a very tough opponent. Its been interestnig watching Murray's comeback the last 6 months, he's played a great deal of matches and started to get better last year. He just got very tough draws all the time due to the ranking. Comfortable wins for Zverev , Tsitsipas and Medvedev. Players to watch: Monfils. Korda. Sinner. Alcaraz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Nadal advances in straight sets. Optimism level rises to two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Alcaraz looking superb so far, 18 years old. Zverev also very good. Medvedev just survived a tough match against Kyrgios. Taylor fritz continues his run, easily dismissing Tiafoe in straight sets. A player I really like to watch is American Maxime Cressy, he went to the final against Nadal last week and plays old style serve and volley. Its just so rare and its a joy to see him to do it, really. He's now through to round 3 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 How can a proffesional tennis player get blisters on their dominant hand? I assumed their skin would be tough as shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: How can a proffesional tennis player get blisters on their dominant hand? I agree it is kinda weird, though not entirely unheard of. Even Nadal had problems with blisters I remember. Anyway, favourites fall down like flies in the women's part of the draw. Muguruza, Kontaveit, Rybakina and Raducanu only today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Yeah women's tennis has always been... either much more competitive or much less consistent depending on what spin you want to put on it, Williams dominance aside. Personally while I enjoyed watching Raducanu win the US Open last year I rolled my eyes at her instant ascent to megastardom and the trappings that come with it because of this stuff - there've been so many zero-to-hero and then back to... if not zero then certainly just "mixing it up in the majors but maybe not even making it consistently to the second week" stories in women's tennis that it always seemed absurd to pin so much on her so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Yeah, it was shocking to hear after her U.S. Open win that she could expect to sign upwards of $100m in endorsement deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 100M is probably way too excessive, but it isn't that unusual for companies to take a chance on potential. Venus Williams, as the movie King Richard showed, got her $12 million deal with Reebok before she won even a single Grand Slam. I think its tough for Raducanu to be in the spotlight and have all these weights of expectation on her. Might also be a uniquely British problem since they have a tendency to do this to their (future) champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nah, it was the same with Iga Świątek in Poland after she won at Roland Garros, at least to some extent. I guess it depends on individual player's character how they deal with it. Some of them can't handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, IheartIheartTesla said: I think its tough for Raducanu to be in the spotlight and have all these weights of expectation on her. Might also be a uniquely British problem since they have a tendency to do this to their (future) champions. In fairness expectation in tennis is very much Wimbledon focused in the UK, everything else is a bit of an afterthought. I'm sure there's always going to be a reasonable amount of pressure to do well having won the US Open at such a young age but the sort of football equivalent unrelenting press attention doesn't really happen outside of Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Big clash between Berrettini and Alcaraz, someone had to win in a 5 set face off. I rooted for Alcaraz because he's more interesting to me and has a higher ceiling. Monfils, Zverev and Medvedev continues to breeze through. Shapovalov once again the single most entertaining player to watch. I like Opelka too but was glad to see Shapo advance, but now he faces Zverev in round 4, thats gonna be a superb match. And the winner of that probably plays Nadal, so that means Zverev is having a much tougher schedule than Medvedev who's got a really easy draw. Some big clashes due on the other side of the draw with Sinner vs De Minaur, Sinner just beat Taro Daniel who eliminated Murray in sraight sets ( remarkably). Tsitsipas vs Fritz looks like it will be very close to me. Which players do you guys love watching the most in absence of Federer? For me its Shapovalov at 1, and then Zverev as well the last year, he's been on a tear and he is just playing such great tennis with hardly any weaknesses. Also in my top 5 would be Sinner, Alcaraz and Cressy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Nice, Fritz came back! Damn these middle of the night matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Marin Cilic turning back the clock with a win over Rublev last night. He was his usual self slapping the ball around the court with authority - could be a dangerous sleeper in the draw. If they both get through their next matches, a matchup between Cilic/Medvedev would be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Shapovalov beats Zverev in 3, wow. These two have played some beautiful matches in the past. Zverev not having a great day today though and I had actually picked him to win this tournament. Hopefully Shapovalov will beat Nadal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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