The Official Tennis Thread (Vol. 2024 Oz Open Nadal Out)

[champcruthik]

Let's go, Kei and Chang!

 

[bronconation24]

Is stanislas getting fatter each major?

 

[champcruthik]

Is stanislas getting fatter each major?

He's losing in the quarters.

 

[Sinner]

5, baby! 

 

[champcruthik]

5, baby! 

Nearly 2 AM. Staying up for this. Sleep is overrated.

 

[otakuant]

 

Welp, there goes that Vika/Kvitova match I was hoping for. There's so much inconsistency in the WTA, unfortunately.

Nice to see Djoker playing very solid through the first three rounds. His next match should be a good test for him against either Isner or Kohlschreiber.

Nishikori/Raonic in round 4... Should be great. Looking forward to Masha/Woz as well.

Kei and Milos going five sets. Instant classic, one can hope.

Looks like you were right.

 

[champcruthik]

Looks like you were right.

Thanks, man. After Rafa, I like both players a lot. Nishikori slightly more if I was forced to pick. Feel like they're always in the same part of the draw for Majors.

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

Milos got real complacent.. probably thinking, "I got this at the tiebreak." Really nice to see the fight in Kei. For some reason though, I have a feeling the 5th set will be a lopsided affair.

 

[champcruthik]

Milos got real complacent.. probably thinking, "I got this at the tiebreak." Really nice to see the fight in Kei. For some reason though, I have a feeling the 5th set will be a lopsided affair.

Hope not. Uncertain how much Kei has left with a bothersome foot and history of fading.

 

[Sinner]

Nearly 2 AM. Staying up for this. Sleep is overrated.

Impressed that there's still a decent-sized crowd...

But if you're staying for the 4th, might as well stay for the 5th.

I haven't been watching the entire match, but so far, it doesn't feel like a "classic"... still a bit too scrappy at times.  Tough battle, no doubt.

 

[champcruthik]

Impressed that there's still a decent-sized crowd...
But if you're staying for the 4th, might as well stay for the 5th.

I haven't been watching the entire match, but so far, it doesn't feel like a "classic"... still a bit too scrappy at times.  Tough battle, no doubt.

Term is relative, but for these two young, great but not elite players...feels like a classic to me.

Not like you're going to hit traffic heading home. Contemplated tickets. Courtside seats for upwards of $5K. I'm doing well, but not remotely on that level.

 

[Sinner]

Yes, of course... if both guys tighten up their games, it could still turn into a classic... 

 

[champcruthik]

Yes, of course... if both guys tighten up their games, it could still turn into a classic... 

Nishikori break here?

 

[Sinner]

Errorrrrs... 

 

[champcruthik]

Errorrrrs... 

Honestly shades of the Gasquet match if Raonic "gives" this away.

 

[Sinner]

Kei steppin UP.

 

[champcruthik]

Kei steppin UP.

Turnt up. That backhand winner down the line. Drop shot followed by touch shot. Amping up the serve.

 

[Sinner]

Hahahahaha... that forehand bunt winner...

 

[champcruthik]

Hahahahaha... that forehand bunt winner...

Far from over, but did not expect this response from Kei in the fourth and fifth sets.

 

[Sinner]

Hitting the ball so cleanly now... 

 

[champcruthik]

Hitting the ball so cleanly now... 

Bigger Canadian disappointment: Genie or Milos?

 

[Sinner]

Probably Genie cuz of all the WTA & media hype.  Lot more people know who Genie is vs Milos.  

 

[champcruthik]

Probably Genie cuz of all the WTA & media hype.  Lot more people know who Genie is vs Milos.  

Read Genie would ascend to a #2 ranking if she had won the USO.

 

[Sinner]

Bravo, Kei! 

 

[champcruthik]

Bravo, Kei! 

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