The 2015 In Between Grand Slam Thread

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-08-2015 03:27PM

Pighead wrote: »

It wasn't McEnroe who asked for him to be replaced as Kyrgios played the event (He was McEnroe's doubles partner). It's rumoured Nadal pulled out of the doubles because he heard Kyrgios was playing which adds up as he ended up playing Hewitt in a singles match instead.

Bloody twitter, gets everything wrong.

ConM96 · 31-08-2015 02:37PM

ConM96 wrote: »

On the wta side my predictions would be:
AO: Wozniacki
FO: Halep or Ivanovic
W: I'm expecting a surprise winner here,like Kerber or radwanska but wouldn't rule out Kvitova or Halep.
UO:Between Wozniacki,Williams and Azarenka if she is back to full fitness.

On the Atp side I see Stan retaining the title in Melbourne and Djokovic winning the rest of the grand slams this year.ðŸ˜„

Said I'd search for my predictions from the start of the year before the U.S open gets underway. Pretty accurate on the men's side so far but what a disaster on the ladies.

StillIntact · 14-09-2015 07:08PM

Moving away from the US Open, it's Davis Cup time again, very much an afterthought.

It's no surprise that Australia have replaced Kyrgios with Tomic so more unpredictability (at a minimum) is in store. The Australian team has lots of potential although you wonder whether it will all come crashing down once Hewitt retires. I'd favour Britain to progress although it's been a long summer for Andy Murray - whether he can play all three matches remains to be seen.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-09-2015 07:14PM

StillIntact wrote: »

Moving away from the US Open, it's Davis Cup time again, very much an afterthought.

It's no surprise that Australia have replaced Kyrgios with Tomic so more unpredictability (at a minimum) is in store. The Australian team has lots of potential although you wonder whether it will all come crashing down once Hewitt retires. I'd favour Britain to progress although it's been a long summer for Andy Murray - whether he can play all three matches remains to be seen.

It's actually quite surprising given Tomic was supposed to be on strike from Davis Cup and Tennis Australia. Best shot Australia have had for quite some time and it's probably going to be derailed by all these shenanigans.

StillIntact · 14-09-2015 07:29PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

It's actually quite surprising given Tomic was supposed to be on strike from Davis Cup and Tennis Australia. Best shot Australia have had for quite some time and it's probably going to be derailed by all these shenanigans.

Was aware of that and a lot of the Tomic family issues but was thinking more that it's very hard to leave out another guy high in the rankings after Kyrgios was dropped. What chance would they have with Kokkinakis and Groth as singles options?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-09-2015 07:35PM

StillIntact wrote: »

Was aware of that and a lot of the Tomic family issues but was thinking more that it's very hard to leave out another guy high in the rankings after Kyrgios was dropped. What chance would they have with Kokkinakis and Groth as singles options?

Yeah, I just think it's funny they were hanging Tomic out to dry before the Kyrgios thing happened. Between a rock and a hard place.

StillIntact · 14-09-2015 07:47PM

Given that it would be Belgium or Argentina in the final I think it's the pragmatic decision. I still can't believe Belgium are in the semifinal - they got some luck with the draw and absent players but it is a surprise.

cowboyBuilder · 15-09-2015 11:24AM

is Great Britain Australia being played in the UK ?

whiterebel · 15-09-2015 11:27AM

I can start looking forward to the BNP Paribas Masters now in November. Tickets booked for the last 3 days, I'm really looking forward to it. Maybe try Wimbledon next year for a day.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-09-2015 11:31AM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

is Great Britain Australia being played in the UK ?

Yes. It's in Glasgow. They wanted to play it in Manchester but Florence & the Machine had the arena booked that night

StillIntact · 15-09-2015 12:58PM

whiterebel wrote: »

I can start looking forward to the BNP Paribas Masters now in November. Tickets booked for the last 3 days, I'm really looking forward to it. Maybe try Wimbledon next year for a day.

Now that they are leaving a week's gap between Bercy and the World Tour Finals it is much better.

Always felt it was too difficult to get tickets to Wimbledon with ballots when you consider that you can freely buy tickets to the other majors.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-09-2015 01:14PM

StillIntact wrote: »

Now that they are leaving a week's gap between Bercy and the World Tour Finals it is much better.

Always felt it was too difficult to get tickets to Wimbledon with ballots when you consider that you can freely buy tickets to the other majors.

The whole Wimbledon ticketing system is ridiculous. The queue is worse than the ballot though. Why they can't just have the same systems the other slams have, I don't know.

cowboyBuilder · 15-09-2015 11:00PM

Great, Glasgow should be a good atmosphere for Murray, indoor should suit as well.

Hewitt will be up for it .

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-09-2015 11:12PM

I wonder if there'll be many Australians at it. There's bound to be a few around for the rugby, they might make their way up to Glasgow for a bit of tennis.

smurfs5 · 16-09-2015 04:21PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The whole Wimbledon ticketing system is ridiculous. The queue is worse than the ballot though. Why they can't just have the same systems the other slams have, I don't know.

As with many things at Wimbledon, it's the tradition. Also, I have a real soft spot for the queue. When you're getting up at 4:30 in the morning to get there for 5:30, it seems like the worst thing in the world but it definitely has its charms and I think it's a good system which allows fans to get into the grounds for a very good price.

StillIntact · 17-09-2015 10:32AM

smurfs5 wrote: »

As with many things at Wimbledon, it's the tradition. Also, I have a real soft spot for the queue. When you're getting up at 4:30 in the morning to get there for 5:30, it seems like the worst thing in the world but it definitely has its charms and I think it's a good system which allows fans to get into the grounds for a very good price.

Naturally they are entitled to organise their tournament as they wish but I prefer being able to buy your tickets in advance on a first come first served basis as most tournaments do so that it is possible to plan in advance. The last thing I want to do when I visit London is get into an early morning queue for tickets. I appreciate some people like the tradition but it means I wouldn't consider going to Wimbledon at present.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-09-2015 10:36AM

StillIntact wrote: »

Naturally they are entitled to organise their tournament as they wish but I prefer being able to buy your tickets in advance on a first come first served basis as most tournaments do so that it is possible to plan in advance. The last thing I want to do when I visit London is get into an early morning queue for tickets. I appreciate some people like the tradition but it means I wouldn't consider going to Wimbledon at present.

Obviously lots of people don't mind doing it or they'd have stopped it but yeah, I would try for the ballot and if I've no luck there then I'm not going. Each to their own, I suppose.

RosyLily · 17-09-2015 01:29PM

I love the queue! I was at Wimbledon for the whole 2 weeks in 2010 and queued every morning. Really enjoyable and I thought I wouldn't like it because I went on my own. It rained one morning, think it was the second Tuesday, so there wasn't as many there. Win for me because I got Court 1 tickets then!:D Camped overnight the following year. It's not for everyone though, like the older fans or families with young kids.

I think their Ticketmaster thing is the closest they have to a first-come, first-serve system. Handy for people that are a short distance away.

Can't see them changing their ways anytime soon.

StillIntact · 17-09-2015 03:57PM

I see Britain have picked Dan Evans for their second singles position - they are really pinning their hopes on Andy Murray in singles and doubles.

cowboyBuilder · 18-09-2015 06:01PM

Who is Andy playing doubles with ? - his brother ?

are dead rubbers in Davis Cup best of 3 sets ? or did I see somewhere now they aren't even played ?

RosyLily · 18-09-2015 07:37PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Who is Andy playing doubles with ? - his brother ?

are dead rubbers in Davis Cup best of 3 sets ? or did I see somewhere now they aren't even played ?

He's not scheduled to play doubles. Jamie is out with Dominic Inglot but that could change. DC is best of 5 but I think dead matches might be 3. Think I seen one or two of them during this year's tournament.

Rjd2 · 18-09-2015 07:59PM

RosyLily wrote: »

He's not scheduled to play doubles. Jamie is out with Dominic Inglot but that could change. DC is best of 5 but I think dead matches might be 3. Think I seen one or two of them during this year's tournament.

True.

Anyway wimbledon stays on bbc.

:):)http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/34287920

cowboyBuilder · 18-09-2015 08:51PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

True.

Anyway wimbledon stays on bbc. :):)http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/34287920

Great, couldn't imagine the BBC not showing Wimbledon ... Sky Sports would ruin it ... all the adds...

RosyLily · 18-09-2015 10:37PM

Wimbledon on any other channel would be weird. Thank God BBC will keep it. I'm still annoyed they lost the British Open.

cowboyBuilder · 19-09-2015 03:30PM

Gotta go with Britain for the final now , murray should win his singles tomorrow

My god , can you imagine if Britain win it , we'll never here the end of it

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 19-09-2015 03:32PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Gotta go with Britain for the final now , murray should win his singles tomorrow

My god , can you imagine if Britain win it , we'll never here the end of it

Maybe England will win the World Cup and overshadow them.

Halloween Jack · 19-09-2015 09:07PM

RosyLily wrote: »

Wimbledon on any other channel would be weird. Thank God BBC will keep it. I'm still annoyed they lost the British Open.

Afaik they are giving it to sky a year before their deal expires to save €€. Blame the Tories on that one.

The golf that is...

cowboyBuilder · 20-09-2015 11:12PM

Murray makes the Davis Cup final!!!

Who will Andy play in the final ?

Rjd2 · 21-09-2015 12:11AM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Murray makes the Davis Cup final!!!

Who will Andy play in the final ?

http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100022385

Away to belgium who are spearheaded by the excellent Goffin.

Same story as usual for Murray, he will probably need to win his 2 single matches and dbls with his brother for the UK to get it done.

cowboyBuilder · 21-09-2015 12:15PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100022385

Away to belgium who are spearheaded by the excellent Goffin.

Same story as usual for Murray, he will probably need to win his 2 single matches and dbls with his brother for the UK to get it done.

Exactly, the competition is flawed, there should be more variation in players - singles guys excluded from doubles maybe >?

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