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Wimbledon 2023

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    Amazes me they get the same prize money as the men. Also, only playing a max of 3 sets.

    Madness.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    She missed loads of tennis in recent years because of her wrist injuries. This unseeded bull needs to stop. She's a proven top class player.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    They cleverly brokered it, we have seen years of 70 min grand slam finals , they know themselves it's a joke prize money wise. But fair play to them for getting it!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭lbunnae


    She has been a top 20 player , a french final and a few 4th rounds and shag all wimbeldon wins. She shouldn't have been winning a wimbeldon title straight AFTER those injuries. But in fairness the draw was very one sided. Was that her first tournament win?? Unseeded is a pretty fair description.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,878 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    To be fair it's only at the grand slams this happens. In every other combined tournament on tour the men are paid more, despite the fact they both play best of three. Men always make more money than women in tennis.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Swaine


    But shouldn't be at grand slams either. Why don't the wheelchair players get the same money?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭raclle


    Yeah I felt Hurkacz threw away those first two sets and possibly the match. Apart from the serve everything else was awful.

    Congrats to Vondrousova, was hoping she'd win. Had Jabeur played her A-game she would have won.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭newmember2


    Ah, I think the women's Wimbledon draw was a lot more competitive than the men's tbh.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,451 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    No but you were agreeing that it was awful tennis, reflective of the state that the women's tennis was in that an unseeded player won!

    I do think it was an awful match but that was because Ons absolutely bottled it. As soon as scores were even she panicked and tanked it. While her tennis game might be strong, her mental game needs to be stronger. She reminds me of Murray , you can almost predict he'll lose by the way he walks onto the court.

    The point I was making is while she might be unseeded at present, she has been playing tennis for a long time. Very good tennis at that!

    I do think if she had played Ons in one of the first round matches Ons would have wiped the floor with her.

    Centre court final the slightest knock had Ons off kilter and she paid a massive price for it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,022 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Really looking forward to tomorrow’s final



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Girly Gal


    Delighted Vondrousova won, listening to the BBC commentary it was like there was only one player playing, it was all about Jabeur, same as last year. Unless Jabeur learns to deal with her temperament she will never will a slam. She gets too high when on top and too low when things are against her, also came across as very cocky after winning the semi final. Vondrousova kept her calm well, considering the crowd were mainly for Jabeur and showed great mental strength to overcome a slow start and going a break down in the second, the narrative will be the Jabeur lost it, which is doing Vodrousova a disservice, credit where credit is due she took her chances and deserved her win



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    Did you know that Jabeur is aiming to be the first African and Arab winner of a women's grand slam.Just thought people would like to know this piece of information seeing as the BBC never mentioned it at all.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭patob


    Was rooting for Jabeur but felt she bottled it somewhat, probably got too hyped and was going for the lines a lot for winners. She had big weight on her shoulders as trailblazer for African/Arabic tennis. Thought BBC coverage was pretty good overall. Still think Jabeur will get a Major or two though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭forumdedum


    Yes, serve only. Like Roscoe Tanner. Jabeur just did not turn up today. Shame as it could have been a super match.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    For what ever reason the pressure got to Jabeur, maybe she just wanted it too much, maybe it was the hype around her, the fact she was heavy favourite, or the pressure of the african/arab thing...or maybe it was a combination of things who knows, but she's definitely a person who struggles to control her emotions, she was all over the place today and you could see the occasion was getting to her, she was never calm, she was sulky when things went wrong and just looked unsettled from start to finish.

    The talent is there but I think there are now serious questions about her mentality, does she have what it takes mentally to go on and win big...only time will tell.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭chicorytip


    Tanner had a bit more about him than just that serve.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,992 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    On two Djokovic set exactas @ 40/1:  LWLWW and WLLWW 



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,022 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Very quiet here!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭cmac2009


    Head says 3-1 Novak.

    Heart hoping Carlos somehow manages to do something special.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,022 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Alcarez in 4



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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,878 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    I'm surprised how few seem to be giving Alcaraz a chance to win this. Understandable I guess, given who he's playing, but still somewhat surprising. Djoko is obviously the favourite, but I actually think we could see an upset. Alcaraz in 4 🤐



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,803 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Very enjoyable first game...missed break point for Alcaraz.

    Can I endure Andrew Castle for this entire final.....it will be a struggle!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,022 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    If Alcarez keeps up the UE count he’s screwed



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,803 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    ...and Djokovic breaks ...yikes



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Looks ominous already

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭forumdedum


    So yet another bottler. When will Djokovic meet a player who can keep a basic shot in the court. Sad that it's so simple to accumulate so many slams, distorting the history of the game



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭forumdedum


    This is all Djokovic meets for the past several years. Bottlers. The game is gone



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭forumdedum


    Real players can focus on the ball, nothing else. 1 point at a time



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