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Tennis 2025
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So apparently the young portuguese guy currently about to lose to Nole is a huge sporting fan, and hyped himself for this match by imagining Djokovic playing in a Benfica shirt 
Oh and he's friends with Gyokeres
But anyways
Where Were You When Joao Fonseca Made His Grand Slam Debut
Holy shit that kid is a monster
Oh and he's friends with Gyokeres
But anyways
Where Were You When Joao Fonseca Made His Grand Slam Debut
Holy shit that kid is a monster
Brutal early draw for Djokovic (now that his ranking has gone down) Machac awaits next and then potentially another Czech Lehecka in the 4th round. Both are the most in form players on tour since the US open having collected the most ATP wins on tour. If Djokovic manages them both the quarterfinal is set up to be against Alcaraz.
Anyone have a river? Trying to catch Hadi Habib's match with Humbert thats about to start
I'm really annoyed I missed that, the match wasn't on eurosport for some reason.
Was he really as impressive as everyone is saying? Seen some people compare it to alcaraz beating tsitsipas at the us open a few years ago. Obviously that wasn't alcaraz's grand Slam Debut though.
Yes. First set tie-break and the beginning of the second he played in God-mode. Genuinely, even Sinner wouldn't have been able to do shit about it. Think Alcaraz in the final TB in Beijing. Through the first two sets his serve was terrifying - like DVerez terrifying, only he was hitting basically 2 first serves and committed 0 DF. He visibly started running out of gas in the 3rd and Rublev helped him out a bit in fairness, making a few too many mistakes, but for the most part he just played ridiculous tennis in the pressure points
At one point early in the third he got out of a trouble spot at like 30-30, saving the point from a crushing Rublev return in his feet with a half-volley, then resetting the rally by answering Rublev's acceleration with a deep BH, then somehow managed to push Rublev into defence with a crushing running cross court FH, then ended the point by hitting a FH at 190 Km/h. He consistently out-hit Rublev off both FH and BH. He hit 51 winners, and that's with a significant drop in performance in the 3rd. The stats after the first 2 sets didn't even seem real
Sounds really promising, apparently sinner was asked about him and said he could be top 25 by the end of the year. Think they may have trained together at the atp finals last year (may be wrong on that). But if so then sinner would know first hand how good he can become.
There's always going to be an adjustment period when young players join the tour fitness and intensity wise. Especially when playing seasoned pros/top 50 players over 3/4/5 sets. Like the kid who played djokovic in round 1, played brilliant first set but couldn't keep that intensity up. He started struggling toward the end of the second set but that's to be expected.
Good to see fonseca seemed to deal with that OK. Although it'll be interesting to see how he fares in a match that goes to four or five sets.
He's been brilliant in recent months. A lot of people have a lot of faith and hope in him becoming a superstar.So apparently the young portuguese guy currently about to lose to Nole is a huge sporting fan, and hyped himself for this match by imagining Djokovic playing in a Benfica shirt
Oh and he's friends with Gyokeres
But anyways
Where Were You When Joao Fonseca Made His Grand Slam Debut
Holy shit that kid is a monster
His maturity was mind blowing. Especially in the third set when he was visibly lagging in terms of energy, the composure he kept in the pressure points, the tactical nous, it was almost like he was the veteran and Rublev the newcomer
Yeah very impressive debut. Probably end up a top 25 player by the end of the year.So apparently the young portuguese guy currently about to lose to Nole is a huge sporting fan, and hyped himself for this match by imagining Djokovic playing in a Benfica shirt
Oh and he's friends with Gyokeres
But anyways
Where Were You When Joao Fonseca Made His Grand Slam Debut
Holy shit that kid is a monster
Looks like we’ve again reached the ‘we’re so back’ section of the Raducanu hype cycle, with the ‘it’s so over’ bit coming up on Saturday. I imagine she’ll go a set and a break down against Swiatek and then retire hurt. Still, she’s probably on her way back into the world top 50 this season.
And of course he comes out today and looks every bit like an 18 year old
Battling though, won't go down gently
Rune vs Berrettini not looking good for Teo
Battling though, won't go down gently
Rune vs Berrettini not looking good for Teo
Fonseca going to a fifth set. Rune should close it out in 4.
Sinner a set down to some Australian I've never heard of before..
Tristan "Botic" Schoolkate
What's up with Medvedev?
Just got a much needed break in the third and immediately gave it back.
Looks like he's in a lot of trouble here.
Medvedev takes the set, start of a turnaround or just delaying the inevitable?
Tien is another absolutely incredible kid. Not quite as obviously staggering as Fonseca, but the sheer level of his mental aspects is mind blowing. Djokovician even
No wonder he made the next gen final vs Fonseca
Meddy looks broken though. Second match in a row he's serving up sitting ducks. His tennis doesn't work if his opponent can just tee off on him at will....
No wonder he made the next gen final vs Fonseca
Meddy looks broken though. Second match in a row he's serving up sitting ducks. His tennis doesn't work if his opponent can just tee off on him at will....
I could never be a tennis player I like my sleep too much to be playing until nearly three in the morning
I should have paid more attention to the next gen finals. The winners have had a bit of a reputation of doing big things or making good runs at the AO a few months later.
Great effort from.the young American.
I'm scared for Medvedev honestly, I'm not sure where he goes from here. Today Tien made him look downright obsolete for most of 3 sets, and then still beat him in the deciding tie-break by being an updated and just outright better version of Meddy
Tien is a future top 10 at the very least in my opinion. Medvedev was bad, unlike Rublev the other day, and quite possibly the perfect big name opponent for Tien right now, but in many ways this performance was even more impressive than Fonseca's the other day
Tien is a future top 10 at the very least in my opinion. Medvedev was bad, unlike Rublev the other day, and quite possibly the perfect big name opponent for Tien right now, but in many ways this performance was even more impressive than Fonseca's the other day
Christ that Danielle Collins interview is a Trainwreck. Basically just her being a stuck up bitch with no concept of real life, just on about money she makes and going on 5* holidays and shit
Seems like the type of dickhead born into money and thinks everyone else are plebs and below her.
Seems like the type of dickhead born into money and thinks everyone else are plebs and below her.
It was a dig at the crowd booing here mid interview, let those pearls go ffs
They barely even boo'd her from what I've seen, just the normal home crowd against non home player.
She's just a clown.
Draper vs Alcaraz on Sunday. I think Draper has probably played too much tennis (and from the sounds of it not playing well enough) to make it competitive. He's had 15 sets of tennis and over 12 hours played. Alcaraz in comparison has played 10 sets and just over 6 hours of tennis.
It will be a good physical test for Draper at the very least who has been a bit fragile physically.
It will be a good physical test for Draper at the very least who has been a bit fragile physically.
Vukic played possessed by Federer today, Draper didn't play badly at all. Prime Djokovic gets forced to the 5th by Vukic today it was completely insane and absurd
and Draper's body has held up well so far, showed impressive stamina in fact. He has the tennis to trouble and potentially beat Alcaraz in these conditions, too, courts appear quite fast
it was completely insane and absurdand Draper's body has held up well so far, showed impressive stamina in fact. He has the tennis to trouble and potentially beat Alcaraz in these conditions, too, courts appear quite fast
Still to early into the Slam for fitness to play a major part, they will have a day off and these are insane athletes.
Three four matches back to back is bound to take its toll on most and Draper isn't used to it either.
Monfils playing great.
Wow, Monfils beating Fritz is quite the shock. I was expecting Fritz to make the SF with his draw.
Feeling pretty confident that one of Emma Raducanu’s 19 new coaches in 2025 will arrest this slide.
Monfils playing some of the best tennis of his life at 38
Move over Novak!
Move over Novak!
Meh, she lost to Iga. Even at her very best she wouldn't take more than 4 games off Iga. She just doesn't have the tennis for it. You need serious power to trouble Iga
I think for her, it's more about becoming a top five player. Being top dog isn't in the cards for her.
I’m obviously not talking about her losing today. Her game is visibly worse than a few years ago. She’s burning through her most important developmental years making the wrong choices in almost every situation.
But conversely, she's shown serious improvements at this AO compared to a few months ago
Post-cramp Rune
He should just always play like that. Forget about defending, just be Safin and go for a winner on every shot
He should just always play like that. Forget about defending, just be Safin and go for a winner on every shot
Rune going to try and derail the match vs Sinner as much as Sir Kyrgios would do!?