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Wimbledon 2023

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    #332
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Nice break of momentum just there

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    #333
    lbunnae
    Registered Users Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    Standard wise it feels like I'm watching a first round match



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    #334
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,403 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Big change now Jabeur dictating more of the points, really clicked into gear easy hold of serve.



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    #335
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Has she finally woken up?

    Talk about making it a hard road for yourself!!



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    #336
    Swaine
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    The amount of breaks is mental. C'mon Marketa!



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    #337
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,186 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    Jabeur is an utter moan.



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    #338
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    There's more breaks of serve in this than in my casual games down the club!!

    Vondrousova is seriously good at digging balls up from her feet on the baseline, and a lot faster around the court than I had given her credit for.



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    #339
    Swaine
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120854910#Comment_120854910

    Strange thing is her serve is not even good today. It was exceptional in the semi.



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    #340
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120854919#Comment_120854919

    As I said earlier, if V wins this it won't be because she won it - J will have lost it.

    Jabeur unforced errors must be through the roof at this stage.



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    #341
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Now, can Jabeur break again, and just bloody hold on to it!



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    #342
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Maybe not....

    Jabeur's body language is appalling. She's just dragging herself around the court. And dragging herself down by the looks of it.



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    #343
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,403 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Jabeur 100% threw that away, so erratic, all the ability in the world...

    Vondrousova solid not spectacular but that was enough, unseeded amazing achievement for her.

    Poor final.



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    #344
    newmember2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭newmember2


    Good grief...just caught the final game there and the standard of tennis was on the floor.



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    #345
    Swaine
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    Well done Vondrousova. Not at her best.

    I must say I do feel for Jabeur, her head was not right at all.



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    #346
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Oh wow, this will take a while for Jabeur to get over. Vondrousova was solid, but not much else. Much more about Jabeur imploding and giving it away.



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    #347
    lbunnae
    Registered Users Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    Class 1 possibly class 2 standard there. Shockin



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    #348
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users Posts: 9,069 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Pathetic from Jabeur.



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    #349
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,186 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    Rarely have I seen a worse attitude in a final. Jabeur was appalling.



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    #350
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,403 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120855001#Comment_120855001

    Really bad.

    Even the atmosphere is poor.



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    #351
    lbunnae
    Registered Users Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120855011#Comment_120855011

    I genuinely thought my TV was muted there! While she was hugging her people



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    #352
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    If Jabeur ever gets to a final again - and I really hope she does - she'll need a party pack of valium before setting foot on court.

    All credit to Vondrousova, she can't have expected that - she held her head and her nerve brilliantly and let Jabeur beat herself.

    What a shame I hope she can recover from this.



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    #353
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Oh would someone just go and give her a hug!



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    #354
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,858 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    What a damp squib of a finals game!



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    #355
    Augme
    Registered Users Posts: 5,569 ✭✭✭Augme


    Very disappointing final given the quality of most of the matches up until now. Jabeur just places so much pressure on her to win though, and tbf, the external pressure on her is huge as well. 48% of first serves in just isn't good enough.



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    #356
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,162 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Awful tennis. Reminds me why I am loath to tune into women’s tennis.



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    #357
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120855096#Comment_120855096

    Probably reflective of the state of women's tennis at the moment.

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    #358
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,069 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Aaaand time to check out of the thread as it descends into the utterly predictable "awful show, how very dare they" "state of women's tennis these days" "tennis is doooooomed" naysayers party.

    Finals are pressure, people crumble under pressure, she didn't do it on purpose, she's undoubtedly absolutely mortified and heartbroken in equal measure - and I'd love to see any of you geniuses out on centre court in a GS final.

    🙄

    But GO ALCARAZ!!!



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    #359
    lbunnae
    Registered Users Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120855108#Comment_120855108

    Absolutely, unseeded winner , least tomorrow is by far the best 2 in the world.



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    #360
    Augme
    Registered Users Posts: 5,569 ✭✭✭Augme


    The women's game is currently in a much stronger position. Swiatek, jabeur, Rybankina and Sabalenka have all been consistently challenging and playing to a high standard.


    The mens game is in a much worse position. Having the best two players casual stroll so easily to the final, especially when one is 36, really doesn't bode well for future of sport.



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    #361
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,858 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120855127#Comment_120855127

    An unseeded player that was a former junior no 1.

    She has been training since she was 4! So 20 years of training have brought her to this point.

    Not like she stepped off the tube 2 weeks ago and wandered onto a tennis court!



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