2021 In Between Grand Slam Thread

yerwanthere123 · 25-02-2021 3:58pm

Nadal withdraws from Rotterdam. Medvedev is now the top seed, and will rise to world #2 if he can reach the final.

dominatinMC · 25-02-2021 5:49pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Nadal withdraws from Rotterdam. Medvedev is now the top seed, and will rise to world #2 if he can reach the final.

Inevitible, he certainly wasn't at full tilt down under, back was giving him trouble pre-tournament so I presume this is a precautionary measure.

Hector Savage · 26-02-2021 7:07pm

California Masters in cancelled, is Florida going ahead ?

yerwanthere123 · 06-03-2021 4:06pm

After such an enticing looking draw initially, Rotterdam completely fell apart. Most of the top seeds out in either the first or second round.

Muguruza/Kvitova final starting now in Doha, hoping Muguruza wins. Think she's more chances of winning grand slams so I'd prefer her to get the momentum. 1-4 against Kvitova though, the only one she won was their first match back in Singapore 2015.

Federer, meanwhile, will play his first match back next week against either Evans or Chardy.

Joe_ Public · 06-03-2021 4:25pm

This looks like shaping up into a very good final in Doha. Muguruza in excellent form of late, if she can sustain it, she'd be a definite contender for slam glory this year i think. I thought she'd win this week but kvitota playing well too from the bits i've seen.

Joe_ Public · 06-03-2021 5:30pm

Well that turned into a damp squib. Muguruza didnt seem to enjoy windy conditions but not much of an excuse really. Kvitova just had her measure, 28-10 in finals now, so solid. Should never have doubted her!

josip · 09-03-2021 1:19am

Djokovic gets to 311 weeks today and surpasses Federer.
He probably would be well past him by now if it wasn't for the 22 weeks missed last year.

lostcat · 09-03-2021 9:47am

josip wrote: »

Djokovic gets to 311 weeks today and surpasses Federer.
He probably would be well past him by now if it wasn't for the 22 weeks missed last year.

Well, with ranking points now frozen/half frozen until the French, he will be able to add a couple of months without playing too much, so its swings and roundabouts in the end.

Hard to see any of the current generation having the dominance to come close to those numbers.

Medvedev is to move up No 2 next week, first time someone outside the Big 4 has been in the top 2 since mid 2005, amazing....

JPup · 09-03-2021 11:29am

Anyone else not able to watch ATP Doha on Amazon Prime? I can see all the other tournaments.

lostcat · 09-03-2021 2:54pm

JPup wrote: »

Anyone else not able to watch ATP Doha on Amazon Prime? I can see all the other tournaments.

just checked there, don't see it on offer either..

camz09 · 09-03-2021 2:57pm

JPup wrote: »

Anyone else not able to watch ATP Doha on Amazon Prime? I can see all the other tournaments.

Can you actually see any tennis tournaments on Amazon Prime since the New Year Brexit? I feel like they all turn up with "This title is not available in your location" It's all only Amazon Originals showing up on Prime now.

I learned though that you can use a Hola VPN set to UK to watch tennis/UK content. I did so when watching Rotterdam live. Unfortunately it's only on my phone, I can't use Chromecast on it like before.

Doha (or Qatar Exxonmobil) should turn up on the "Live and Upcoming Events" section if you scroll down the mainpage.

JPup · 09-03-2021 4:01pm

Strange thing is that I can see the WTA in Dubai but not ATP in Qatar this week, but last week it was letting me watch Rotterdam. Not sure what my account settings are on Amazon!

Royale with Cheese · 10-03-2021 9:12pm

Found it myself on Amazon eventually. You have to search for Qatar ExxonMobil, their search function is absolutely brutal for one of the biggest tech companies on the planet. In fact the entire UI of prime video is brutal.

yerwanthere123 · 10-03-2021 9:15pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Found it myself on Amazon eventually. You have to search for Qatar ExxonMobil, their search function is absolutely brutal for one of the biggest tech companies on the planet.

Indeed it is. Would also like to know if there's a way to pin my favourites to the top of the app? Hate having to scroll down every time to find the tennis.

Royale with Cheese · 10-03-2021 10:11pm

I don't think so. I'd say half of what I watch on Prime Video is tennis, yet when there's a tournament on does it come up in my suggestions on the home page? Not a chance, you have to search for it and even half the time that's a mission.

josip · 11-03-2021 1:24pm

Federer wins on his return.

...and all was well once again in the world.

whiterebel · 11-03-2021 3:10pm

Rusty with flashes of brilliance. Evans was a good first opponent.

josip · 11-03-2021 5:17pm

Monorail32 wrote: »

Would love to see Federer win Wimbledon and then the US Open at the age of 40.

I always wanted to fly an SR 71.
That's not going to happen either

Hector Savage · 11-03-2021 5:47pm

Was watching Fritz v Shapovalov there, fair play to Fritz for holding his nerve, He was serving for it 5-4 in the third and Shapovalov broke back 5/5 I thought he would go on with that momentum.

Fritz immediately broke back and won it 7/5.

whiterebel · 11-03-2021 6:19pm

Fed in big trouble here. Movement is gone, whether its the injury or tired playing 2 matched in 2 days.

Royale with Cheese · 11-03-2021 6:39pm

And he's out, he looked quite poor today.

yerwanthere123 · 11-03-2021 6:59pm

Basilashvili has been in terrible form for quite a while so that's a bad loss, however it's pretty understandable given his age and time away. He is going to lose a few more of these matches before he gets back into any kind of form. I imagine for Federer at this stage it's all going to be about being ready for Wimbledon.

whiterebel · 11-03-2021 8:42pm

Once BasilasMilli-Vanilli smelled blood he played fairly well. How Fed got to a match point is beyond me, but Basilashvilin dug in a few times on his service games. I doubt Fed would have showed tomorrow anyway, projecting 37 degrees in Doha tomorrow. I would have thought he would be happy with that workout, providing the knee is ok.

Hector Savage · 11-03-2021 9:58pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

And he's out, he looked quite poor today.

Pity, I was looking forward to Fritz Federer ...

whiterebel · 12-03-2021 1:16am

And he's pulled out of Dubai as well.

Hector Savage · 15-03-2021 12:08pm

Daniil Medvedev #2 !!!

deserved !

Royale with Cheese · 15-03-2021 12:09pm

First time someone other than Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Murray has been ranked no.2 since 2005.

Hector Savage · 15-03-2021 12:18pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

First time someone other than Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Murray has been ranked no.2 since 2005.

wow, I would have thought Thiem would have touched there ... just kissed it, briefly after winning the USO.

Royale with Cheese · 15-03-2021 2:03pm

I'd say he would have if Nadal wasn't still using his 2019 points from the US Open at the time.

lostcat · 20-03-2021 3:35pm

Djokovic joins Nadal, Federer and Thiem in avoiding Miami, looks like European Clay is the next time we will see anything like a complete field on the mens side.

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