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2025 US Open

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  • #122
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭watchclocker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794658#Comment_123794658

    He's a golden child of America

    I understand them showing the celebs that are there but find it really odd they keep just focusing on him, why? What are they hoping for?



  • #123
    klr87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭klr87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794658#Comment_123794658

    Even I've heard of Stephen Curry (despite not following the NBA), but I had no idea what he looked like.

    Alcaraz is just one hold away from the title.



  • #124
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,393 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Delighted with that 😍 Finally back at no. 1 too.



  • #125
    hold my beer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Unbelievable tennis from Alcaraz. His 1st serves were quality. So many winners too. Brilliant performance

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  • #126
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,073 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Well that was.... impressive!



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  • #127
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    So delighted 😍 Grand slam #6 for Alcaraz!



  • #128
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭watchclocker


    Wasn't expecting to get to bed so early I have to say!



  • #129
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,866 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794661#Comment_123794661

    NBA is one of the big 3 sports in the US: tennis would be niche in comparison. Steph Curry as a spectator would be more interesting to US audiences than the Sinner Alcaraz match.



  • #130
    klr87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭klr87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794732#Comment_123794732

    Also, just the fourth man (and I suspect the youngest) to win at least two slams on each of the three surfaces, after Wilander*, Nadal and Djokovic.

    *Yes, Mats Wilander, which may come as a shock to some.



  • #131
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,073 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    That's a fairly efficient looking golf swing he has to boot!



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  • #132
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,073 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Ivan Lendl 😍

    He was my absolute hero when I was playing as a teenager!



  • #133
    hold my beer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794747#Comment_123794747

    Wikipedia has Wilander at only 1 Wimbledon?

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  • #134
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,393 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Two of his Australian Open titles were played on grass.



  • #135
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,073 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    God, the speechifying by the players has to be the most boring thing ever - the same formula trotted out every single time 🙄

    And I'm fascinated by the struggle to find a PC term for the ball "personnel" - they seem to have settled on "ball kids" - but there's a few I've seen through the tournament (and other tournaments) who are a few years past being kids!!

    Delighted to hear that the US will have nothing to do with the towel nonsense that's crept back in lately, and here's hoping others will follow suit.



  • #136
    klr87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭klr87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794771#Comment_123794771

    Wilander never won Wimbledon, but the first two of his three Australian Open title were on the grass at Kooyong. He won his third in 1988, first year it was played on hard courts at Melbourne Park.



  • #137
    Pipmae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Pipmae


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794754#Comment_123794754

    Mine was Stefan Edberg. I loved his style of playing.



  • #138
    Jack Daw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,180 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    Delighted Alcaraz won today, he was brilliant I thought, he's such an exciting player to watch aswell. Sinner made a huge number of uncharacteristic errors I thought but i guess the pressure coming from the other side of the net can cause mistakes like that.



  • #139
    Floppybits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,164 ✭✭✭Floppybits


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123794804#Comment_123794804

    Mine was Becker. Think it was all the diving on the grass when he first broke onto the scene. :)

    Delighted Alcaraz won, some feat to have won 6 slams by the age of 22.

    I am worried though, Alcaraz and Sinner seem to miles ahead of the pack and it will get pretty boring if we just have Alcaraz and Sinner playing each other in the finals. The only other player to make a Slam final this year was Zverev back in Australia, since then it has been the Alcaraz/Sinner show. Badly need some more talent to step up, even in the Federer/Nadal era we had Murray, Wawrinka, Del Potro, Berdych, Tsonga, Ferrer and couple of others who could take on Federer and Nadal but at the moment I don't think there is anyone, Medvedev and Tsitsipas seem to have gone backwards, Zverev like Draper don't seem to have mental toughness and the game to go toe to toe with Alcaraz and Sinner. If one of them gets injured the other will clean up.



  • #140
    JM2300
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭JM2300


    Until yesterday I regarded Federer as the best player I have ever watched playing tennis. With the improvement in Alcaraz's serve and focus, he's overtaken Federer in my opinion. He's like a hybrid of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, with their best traits combined.



  • #141
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,073 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    1000049979.jpg

    I bet all the thousands who paid a fortune for tickets and missed the first set are only delighted



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  • #142
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,635 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123795334#Comment_123795334

    Looking back, Wawrinka winning three grand slams in that era is perhaps the most under-rated achievement in all of sport. Bet the world no.1 in the three finals as well.



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