2018 In Between Grand Slam Thread

Hector Savage · 05-11-2018 10:11am

Wouldn't it be funny if finally after Djokovic makes it back to #1 the young lads stepped up !

Anyway, great win for Khachanov.

I think Djokovic was tired, that 3h semi got to him, let's see in the WTF and 2019 how Khachanov and the other young lads do.
Whatever happened to that Chung fella ?

Floppybits · 05-11-2018 11:04am

I have lost faith in Zverev and Theim. Maybe Zverev will come good being only 21 but Theim at 25 needs to start making moves next year.
It would be great next year to see some of the youngsters win.
Think Chung was injured, I know he pulled out of the French Open with an ankle injury.

dominatinMC · 05-11-2018 11:39am

Floppybits wrote: »

I have lost faith in Zverev and Theim. Maybe Zverev will come good being only 21 but Theim at 25 needs to start making moves next year.
It would be great next year to see some of the youngsters win.
Think Chung was injured, I know he pulled out of the French Open with an ankle injury.

I think Thiem is going to go one better and win the FO next year.

jr86 · 05-11-2018 11:42am

As long as Nadal is in any way fit I think Novak is the only one who can possibly beat him at RG

It still wouldn't surprise me if Nadal won 3 more FOs tbh

lostcat · 05-11-2018 1:14pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

I think Thiem is going to go one better and win the FO next year.

Like FB above, I have lost faith in Thiem being much more than a (very) strong claycourter. A couple of years ago I though he would kick on but he hasn't done so. There is probably a couple of French Opens in him once Nadal packs it in but I think he will be bypassed for the other slams.

There have been a couple of new masters winners this year which is encouraging. Best of 5 over 2 weeks is a different animal, but I think we could see some new faces making the semis at least in next years slams.

Its a pity Karen hasn't made the WTF, he would do a bit of damage there in his current form.

dominatinMC · 05-11-2018 6:04pm

In what will be a surprise to no one, Nadal has withdrawn from London. Does that mean Khachanov gets his place

CassieManson · 05-11-2018 10:01pm

dominatinMC wrote:

In what will be a surprise to no one, Nadal has withdrawn from London. Does that mean Khachanov gets his place

Isner is next in line.

Floppybits · 12-11-2018 6:40pm

Federer totally out of sorts last night against nishikori. Andersson beat Thiem.

josip · 12-11-2018 11:38pm

Djokovic apparently played rather well beating Isner 6-4, 6-3

Floppybits · 13-11-2018 10:58am

josip wrote: »

Djokovic apparently played rather well beating Isner 6-4, 6-3

Seen a bit of the match and Djokovic was hammering returns back at Isner off Isners serve. There was one return from an Isner body serve that Djokovic actually held the racket up in front of himself mainly for protection and he won the point of it.

yerwanthere123 · 13-11-2018 12:28pm

Lucie Safarova will be retiring from both singles and doubles after the Australian Open, will be sad to see her go.

Floppybits · 13-11-2018 1:09pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Lucie Safarova will be retiring from both singles and doubles after the Australian Open, will be sad to see her go.

I heard that over the weekend, she is retiring due to health concerns. She was very unwell during the week.

yerwanthere123 · 13-11-2018 1:54pm

Meanwhile, Serena has been named GQ magazine's 'Woman of the year'... alrighty then.

Floppybits · 13-11-2018 5:19pm

Andersson just hammered Nishikori 6-0, 6-1. I don't what that says about Federer the other night when he lost to Nishikori

jr86 · 13-11-2018 5:21pm

Meanwhile in one of the more bizarre results you'll see, Anderson concedes ONE game to Nishikori

the WTF really throws up some strange results.

Happy for Anderson though, he's basically guaranteed a semi place now and should top his group to avoid Djokovic

yerwanthere123 · 14-11-2018 4:21pm

Wow, Agnieszka Radwanska has officially retired. Still just 29.

Floppybits · 14-11-2018 4:25pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Wow, Agnieszka Radwanska has officially retired. Still just 29.

Another one, the WTA schedule must be killing them.

yerwanthere123 · 14-11-2018 4:27pm

Floppybits wrote: »

Another one, the WTA schedule must be killing them.

It's bad on both tours tbh. Eventually something will have to give and the players should be allowed refine their schedules as they wish.

jr86 · 14-11-2018 4:56pm

Another imperious performance by Djokovic

He's really on another level playing like this

jr86 · 14-11-2018 4:58pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Wow, Agnieszka Radwanska has officially retired. Still just 29.

Probably missed her best chance to win a major at W'don 2013

Johnmb · 14-11-2018 5:48pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

It's bad on both tours tbh. Eventually something will have to give and the players should be allowed refine their schedules as they wish.

In fairness, they already can. The "fines" that are imposed from missing tournaments come out of their WTA/ATP bonus, not their tournament prize money or sponsorships. The ones it affects (the top players) don't need that money. That's how the Williams sisters have been picking and choosing when and where they played for most of their careers, without any major financial disadvantage.

walshb · 14-11-2018 6:00pm

Fed still 5 to 2 on to beat Andersson......

RosyLily · 14-11-2018 9:02pm

I loved watching Aga play. She could make a shot from anywhere and make it look easy! Will definitely miss her.

yerwanthere123 · 14-11-2018 9:43pm

jr86 wrote: »

Probably missed her best chance to win a major at W'don 2013

Absolutely. To lose to Lisicki when she would've had the chance to play Bartoli in the final, who she's 7-0 against, must've absolutely killed her. Of course, there's no guarantee she'd have beaten Bartoli in the final, but it's the best chance she'd ever have had and it got away. She also should've made the final of the Australian Open back in 2014, but I think she'd have lost to Li Na anyway.

Favourite Radwanska matches/memories? For me by far it's her takedown of nemesis Azarenka in the 2014 Australian Open QF. That was probably the best match she's ever played, and do it with a bagel in the final set was unreal. To think she was a set away from the Wimbledon title and World #1 back in 2012 too.

Hector Savage · 15-11-2018 3:23pm

The permutations on this group are silly!!

Silly!!!

Royale with Cheese · 15-11-2018 4:54pm

Anderson is through. Anything other than a straight sets loss will see Federer through, a win would see him top the group. If Anderson wins in straight sets it goes down to percentage of games won between the other three, no idea who's ahead on that.

Johnmb · 15-11-2018 6:01pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Anderson is through. Anything other than a straight sets loss will see Federer through, a win would see him top the group. If Anderson wins in straight sets it goes down to percentage of games won between the other three, no idea who's ahead on that.

From what they showed, Federer needs 6 games to finish second in the group, even if he loses in straight sets. It'll be interesting to see if Anderson can keep his level up, and which Federer shows up....

Hector Savage · 15-11-2018 7:10pm

https://twitter.com/ATPWorldTour/status/1063100093832839168

mickmackey1 · 15-11-2018 11:01pm

walshb wrote: »

Fed still 5 to 2 on to beat Andersson......

And why not? :P

yerwanthere123 · 16-11-2018 2:11am

Federer not only qualified but in fact topped the group. Round Robin formats in tennis can be very strange

Happy to see Anderson making the semi's in his debut. It's unlikely to happen, but I'd be happy to see him winning it, he seems like an all round decent fella.

Meanwhile, I've just seen an odd stat from Anderson; he's lost every match he's ever played against Berdych, twelve losses out of twelve :eek:

2018 In Between Grand Slam Thread

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