The 2015 In Between Grand Slam Thread

CassieManson · 21-09-2015 01:50PM

Murray considering missing Tour Finals in London to prepare for Davis Cup final if on clay. That would be a big sacrifice!

cowboyBuilder · 21-09-2015 05:06PM

CassieManson wrote: »

Murray considering missing Tour Finals in London to prepare for Davis Cup final if on clay. That would be a big sacrifice!

It would take a lot away from it too ... Djokovic Federer final for sure ...

StillIntact · 21-09-2015 10:19PM

CassieManson wrote: »

Murray considering missing Tour Finals in London to prepare for Davis Cup final if on clay. That would be a big sacrifice!

Although if he did manage to win the Davis Cup it would be remarkable as with the players they have and given their past history it's hard to see them winning it again. Especially if he had to do it on clay.

RosyLily · 23-09-2015 06:01PM

Davis Cup final will be played in Ghent on clay. Chris Kermode has said that the WTFs are mandatory so looks like Murray's gonna have to suck it up and play both.

yerwanthere123 · 26-09-2015 03:34PM

Four wins out of four for Bencic over Wozniacki this year and into the Tokyo final she goes to face Radwanska. Will be #7 if she wins the title, which she most likely will. Wouldn't actually mind Radwanska winning that one though, she's had a fairly sh*tty year, the least we can do is give her Tokyo.

Begu-Sasnovich final in Seoul.. that'll be a crowd pleaser.

RosyLily · 30-09-2015 09:43PM

Another scalp for Konta. She beat Simona Halep in 3 sets in Wuhan. Disappointing for Halep who was 5-1 up in the final set. Johanna has been on a roll since Wimbledon. She also became British #1. Poised to break into the top 50 soon. Very impressive seeing as she was around 160 at the start of the year.

yerwanthere123 · 01-10-2015 11:58AM

Serena pulls the plug on her season, withdrawing from both Beijing and Singapore. I must say, I think it's incredibly poor from her. I mean, she's still had an amazing season and to shut it down cause she lost to Vinci. Smacks of immaturity.

Anyway, if Sharapova withdraws too then Singapore will be a shambles.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 01-10-2015 12:19PM

I have no problem with Serena withdrawing. If she'd gone and played half arsed the way she's done times before everyone would be on her back about that too. I can't imagine what it would be like to have the year she's had and to be within a hair of history only to lose it. It's not at all surprising to me that she needs some time away from the sport.

cowboyBuilder · 10-10-2015 01:04PM

NADAL back

CassieManson · 10-10-2015 05:42PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

NADAL back

Hoping for a good final tomorrow against Djokovic...would hate to see Nadal beaten as easily as Ferrer!

cowboyBuilder · 10-10-2015 06:28PM

CassieManson wrote: »

Hoping for a good final tomorrow against Djokovic...would hate to see Nadal beaten as easily as Ferrer!

Don't worry , Nadal has it won , he'll be winning 4 slams next year aswell - and the WTF this year

yerwanthere123 · 10-10-2015 07:30PM

I wonder are we not supposed to realise that cowboyBuilder and the_monkey are the same person? :pac:

Anyway, so good to see Muguruza finishing the season so strongly. Highly likely she'll finish the season #3 and very close to #2. Should be a contender to win her debut slam in 2016. Hope she doesn't go and lose to Bacsinszky now!

Nadal/Djokovic final in Beijing, surely that'll be pretty straightforward for Novak.

cowboyBuilder · 11-10-2015 03:58PM

Nice ......

Floppybits · 12-10-2015 11:06AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

I wonder are we not supposed to realise that cowboyBuilder and the_monkey are the same person? :pac:

Anyway, so good to see Muguruza finishing the season so strongly. Highly likely she'll finish the season #3 and very close to #2. Should be a contender to win her debut slam in 2016. Hope she doesn't go and lose to Bacsinszky now!

Nadal/Djokovic final in Beijing, surely that'll be pretty straightforward for Novak.

Wasn't much of a final, Djokovic won handily enough 6-2, 6-2.

CassieManson · 13-10-2015 03:23PM

Federer out in the 2nd round in Shanghai - to a qualifier!

yerwanthere123 · 13-10-2015 11:30PM

What happened with Federer today, just a bad day at the office?

cowboyBuilder · 15-10-2015 11:38AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

What happened with Federer today, just a bad day at the office?

Apparently it's tough for him to adjust to Shanghai, last year he was saying he was lucky to get through the 1st rounds - and he won the tournament.

This year, not so lucky.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-10-2015 12:08PM

I see Bouchard is taking the USTA to court over her concussion. Interesting to see how that goes.

cowboyBuilder · 15-10-2015 12:53PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I see Bouchard is taking the USTA to court over her concussion. Interesting to see how that goes.

Wow ... interesting indeed

Eugenie Bouchard sues after concussion following US Open fall

Eugenie Bouchard has begun legal action against the United States Tennis Association after suffering concussion following a fall at the US Open.
The Canadian slipped in the locker room at the Grand Slam event in September.
She withdrew from the tournament prior to a fourth-round match and pulled out of her comeback event at the China Open on 5 October because of dizziness.
The lawsuit alleges the 21-year-old world number 39 slipped on "a foreign and dangerous substance" in New York......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/34536144

I just hope it doesn't affect the integrity of the game.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-10-2015 12:57PM

I'm not sure what she expects to get out of them. Medical expenses and loss of earnings seems fair but how can you prove a figure for loss of earnings for a tennis player? Especially given the year she's been having? She's also been getting some questionable medical advice given she flew all the way to China while still suffering symptoms.

I think she's right to sue, I just don't know what she's hoping to get.

yerwanthere123 · 15-10-2015 03:52PM

Yeah, I'm not sure that's a clever move from Genie at all to be honest.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-10-2015 03:57PM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Yeah, I'm not sure that's a clever move from Genie at all to be honest.

If the way her people told it is how it happened I think she's well within her rights to sue them. They're negligence led to her sustaining a serious injury. It's just a question of how much she tries to get out of them and what she does with the money. Apparently her lawyer said they're going after "millions and millions".

whiterebel · 15-10-2015 06:37PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If the way her people told it is how it happened I think she's well within her rights to sue them. They're negligence led to her sustaining a serious injury. It's just a question of how much she tries to get out of them and what she does with the money. Apparently her lawyer said they're going after "millions and millions".

If she was going after loss of earnings, she'd owe them money after last year. Sounds to me like she's setting herself up for early retirement.....

cowboyBuilder · 16-10-2015 01:48PM

Looks like Nadal is well and truly back
beat Stan 6/2 6/1 ....

Memnoch · 16-10-2015 09:16PM

Not quite fully back, but getting there. Stan stopped playing properly one Nadal went up a break. That said I thought the match again the joker wasn't as one sided as the score. But if he keeps going like this I expect Nadal to be giving Novak a serious run for his money next year.

lostcat · 17-10-2015 12:15AM

Memnoch wrote: »

Not quite fully back, but getting there. Stan stopped playing properly one Nadal went up a break. That said I thought the match again the joker wasn't as one sided as the score. But if he keeps going like this I expect Nadal to be giving Novak a serious run for his money next year.

not sure about the last bit, if Djokovic keeps up the level he is now playing at I don't think nadal can stick with him anywhere except clay. Djokovic to my eye is currently playing at a higher level than 2011, when he beat nadal 6 or 7 times. Nadal isn't going to add anything new to his game, so even if he reaches his 2011 level again (which was high) I think he looses against djokovic 4 times out of 5.

it is good to see him having one last kick at it though.

cowboyBuilder · 17-10-2015 10:53AM

Nah , Nadal is back and will dominate again , like a bad smell he just won't piss off

lostcat · 17-10-2015 11:56AM

good third set here in tjonga / nadal, both players have a first serve in of 85/86%, both playing well.

cowboyBuilder · 17-10-2015 12:16PM

Ah beautiful !!
7/5 for Tsonger in the 3rd ...

yerwanthere123 · 23-10-2015 01:05PM

Draw for Singapore made.

Red Group:
Halep
Sharapova
Radwanska
Pennetta

White Group:
Muguruza
Kvitova
Kerber
Safarova

Haven't a clue how it's all going to work out tbh, but Muguruza has momentum.

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