The 2014 In Between Grand Slam Thread

MisterAnarchy · 17-06-2014 12:25am

I see Wimbledon is moving back a week next year ,nice one ,they finally saw some sense.
3 week break between the French Open and Wimbledon is badly needed.

RosyLily · 17-06-2014 11:18am

I wonder will Tennis Ireland think about putting on a tournament during the extra week next year. Maybe a Challenger or 250. Many players would be around Europe at the time. Throw their hat in the ring now before we end up with the Sunderland Open, or something like that.:pac:

Just an idea.:)

MisterAnarchy · 17-06-2014 6:32pm

RosyLily wrote: »

I wonder will Tennis Ireland think about putting on a tournament during the extra week next year. Maybe a Challenger or 250. Many players would be around Europe at the time. Throw their hat in the ring now before we end up with the Sunderland Open, or something like that.:pac:

Just an idea.:)

Maybe something for you to organise next year RosyLily ?

The_Monkey would be eager to act as a chaperone for his idol Nadal I am sure

On a serious note are there many grass courts left in Ireland ?

yerwanthere123 · 17-06-2014 6:44pm

RosyLily wrote: »

I wonder will Tennis Ireland think about putting on a tournament during the extra week next year. Maybe a Challenger or 250. Many players would be around Europe at the time. Throw their hat in the ring now before we end up with the Sunderland Open, or something like that.:pac:

Just an idea.:)

We can dream

Bizarrely enough though, the WTA recently announced a new grass-court tournament in Majorca, of all places. Will be played alongside Birmingham as a Wimbledon warm up from 2016.

I wonder is it too early to suggest that Cibulkova has gone back to her pre-2014 form? She hasn't done much since March, her clay season was a disaster (although she was unlucky to run into Stosur twice) and now losing to Shvedova. We'll have to wait and see I guess.

Surprised Genie lost, but being fresher for Wimbledon will hardly be a bad thing. Good to see Muguruza winning on grass, would be exciting if she brought her form to Wimbledon

RosyLily · 17-06-2014 6:47pm

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Maybe something for you to organise next year RosyLily ?

Off to copyright the Rose Open! Patent pending!:pac:

Not sure if there's many grass courts. Could always jointly hold a tournament, a la Rogers Cup.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-06-2014 10:59pm

I think they're moving one of the current grass events into the extra week, are they not?

Henry9 · 17-06-2014 11:31pm

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I think they're moving one of the current grass events into the extra week, are they not?

It's unlikely to be left vacant.

Back in the day some players used to come to Dublin to practice in Carrickmines, their courts were very highly regarded.

IIRC the Goal events with McEnroe, Wilander and Co used to be on leading up to it too, so they probably overlapped. I think they were in Fitz though.

walshb · 18-06-2014 12:00pm

Seeds for Wimbledon announced:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2014-06-18/seeds_announced_for_the_championships_2014.html

flazio · 21-06-2014 3:06pm

Great win for Keys.

Great game.

yerwanthere123 · 21-06-2014 3:11pm

Jesus, Kerber's record in finals is just 3-8 now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 07-07-2014 1:27am

James McGee just missed out on qualifying for Newport this week. Lost in the last round of Q, again. 7-5 in the TB. He keeps getting so close

James Clusky is in the doubles in Bastad with Kukushkin. They start on Tuesday, I think.

yerwanthere123 · 07-07-2014 3:07am

Ah no, poor James. He'll qualify for a main draw soon I hope

I hate when Wimbledon ends, I find the wait until things get going again incredibly long. A lot to look forward to over the summer. Anyone have any wild predictions they wanna make?!

RosyLily · 07-07-2014 11:43am

FEDERER TO WIN US!!!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 07-07-2014 12:44pm

I'm looking forward to a little break now, at least from the big events. Rogers Cup isn't until August, that's the next "big" one.

Quite a few clay tournaments going on this week. So weird that people will go back to the clay after the grass when it's about to be hard courts again. I suppose some of them want to rack up a few points away from the bigger events. Personally I hate the clay and I'm glad to see the back of it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 07-07-2014 4:45pm

Louk Sorensen has made it into the main draw at Stuttgart via the lucky loser system. Plays Igor Sijsling.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 09-07-2014 7:54pm

Sorensen won his R1 match today against Sijsling in Stuttgart.

Clusky lost his doubles match in Bastad.

Rjd2 · 10-07-2014 2:30pm

Strange win for Sorensen sadly, some very odd betting movement on that match. Sjisling opened up about 4/11 and then was odds against, most bookies closed the match in the afternoon.

Last time I looked it had taken 300k match betting and over 50k matched on 2-0 Sorensen, which shockingly was the final score.

Injured, or something more suspicious.

:eek:

yerwanthere123 · 10-07-2014 3:55pm

Louk lost today anyway, although did take Bautista Agut to three sets.

irishguy1983 · 17-07-2014 7:10pm

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I'm looking forward to a little break now, at least from the big events. Rogers Cup isn't until August, that's the next "big" one.

Quite a few clay tournaments going on this week. So weird that people will go back to the clay after the grass when it's about to be hard courts again. I suppose some of them want to rack up a few points away from the bigger events. Personally I hate the clay and I'm glad to see the back of it.

I love August and the I'll never forget last August as a Nadal fan.

I love it due to the matches being on around 8/9 in the evening although I miss some with them being on so late. Friday and Saturday nights are special in August with quarters and semis on

yerwanthere123 · 18-07-2014 12:29am

Elle magazine did a piece on Sloane Stephens. She doesn't come across well at all.

http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/sloane-stephens-profile

smurfs5 · 18-07-2014 12:44am

Interesting interview with Nick Kyrgios in yesterday's Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/15/nick-kyrgios-i-walked-out-on-centre-court-thinking-i-could-win

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-07-2014 12:48am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Elle magazine did a piece on Sloane Stephens. She doesn't come across well at all.

http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/sloane-stephens-profile

People never come across well in those types of "interviews". It's like they don't think what they say and do is going to be reported unless they're actually having a face to face question and answer type interview.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-07-2014 12:56am

smurfs5 wrote: »

Interesting interview with Nick Kyrgios in yesterday's Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/15/nick-kyrgios-i-walked-out-on-centre-court-thinking-i-could-win

I like that attitude that some of the young players have. As the article says there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance but I think it's what's missing from some of the older players when it comes to facing the "big 4". They've lost to them so many times that they don't really believe they can win when they go up against them. Whereas the younger players, or some of them anyway, actually do believe they can win and you see the difference in the performances. Sure, they don't always win but they put in better performances than the older guys do.

On the WTA side you see the likes of Bouchard with the same attitude. She gets a bit of stick for it but if you think about it these people have been playing tennis since they were 4 or 5. They've committed their entire childhoods to the sport so by the time they get to 19/20 and are on the big stages they should be feeling like they belong there otherwise what's the point of the last 13/14/15 years?

Rjd2 · 18-07-2014 12:39pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Elle magazine did a piece on Sloane Stephens. She doesn't come across well at all.

http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/sloane-stephens-profile

She comes across as pretty annoying, and a little hyper, but they are not the worst characteristics in the world and she will grow out of them. She is still pretty young to be fair.

Bykobap · 18-07-2014 4:09pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_OjTlC0t8

yerwanthere123 · 20-07-2014 3:03am

Rjd2 wrote: »

She comes across as pretty annoying, and a little hyper, but they are not the worst characteristics in the world and she will grow out of them. She is still pretty young to be fair.

Well yeah she's quite young, but she should still know better at 21 imo. And the autographs thing was extremely petulant.

Meanwhile, a nice surprise seeing Bernard Tomic in the Bogota final.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 20-07-2014 10:00am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Meanwhile, a nice surprise seeing Bernard Tomic in the Bogota final.

It seems like dropping out of the top 100 and being dropped by IMG gave him a kick up the bum. We'll see how long it lasts though.

yerwanthere123 · 20-07-2014 11:51pm

Nice win for Woz today. Amazing to think she's been around this long, winning a title for a seventh straight year! Great to see Mona win a title also. She probably won't win a match for the rest of the Summer, but hey, she's got Bastad! :pac:

Nice, random win for Tomic also. Certainly made the most of his wildcard. Would be cool if he started to turn things around... but I'm not holding my breath.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-07-2014 1:46am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Nice win for Woz today. Amazing to think she's been around this long, winning a title for a seventh straight year!

It was her birthday the other day and I was a bit surprised to see she was only 24, I think, it kind of feels like she should be hitting 30 by now.

Nice, random win for Tomic also. Certainly made the most of his wildcard. Would be cool if he started to turn things around... but I'm not holding my breath.

He actually looked like he cared this week. Would be great to see it continue but who knows.

youtube! · 21-07-2014 2:44am

He actually looked like he cared this week. Would be great to see it continue but who knows.[/QUOTE]

I reckon he is getting big inspiration from the successes of Nick Kyrios.

He certainly looked more focussed this week than I ever seen him, you gotta make allowances for his wackjob of a father too who really hasn't helped his career.

To me I reckon Tomic would be top 10 material if he puts it all together and keeps his discipline, I also reckon in the back of his mind he sees himself as better than Kyrios which he isn't right now but could be capable of in the future, all good for Aussie tennis either way!

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