Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - main draw

indiana · Tennis legend

Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - main draw

junior · Intermediate Club Player

I was answering the golf/tennis comparison. Maybe Musetti should have just spoken in Italian, doesn't seem like the tanker type for me. If you're problem is with players "tanking" or not performing to high standards when losing, you've picked the wrong sport Indy, I spend my life trying to train players to play well/find solutions when things aren't going well, the default setting most players come to is to stop/quit than do the hard work. Have the on court/after match interviews been part of the sport for a long time? yes. Will they continue to be goinf forward? also yes, its not going to change because one player in the world suddenly decides she doesn't want to do them. You're flogging a dead horse here, so moving on in sport and life .....

indiana · Tennis legend

Sorry, junior, when you were really just responding to Chris's rather tangental golf points ( and edit: to be fair to you both thus is the men's FO thread rather than women's FO thread where most of the tennis post match interview discussion has been ).

On tennis, I have not been considering tanking at all. And my understanding is that Musettii didn't appear to do that at all before throwing in the towel because he wasn't winning points and didn't see that changing. And I personally have not been overcritical of that.

Again, speaking in a foreign language may indeed be an issue at times. It wasn't here as to why he retired.

I'm not sure at all why you are aiming "You're flogging a dead horse" at me when I have bern arguing in favour of post natch interviews . And I agrlree that they will no doubt continue. Keep up

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 10th of June 2021 05:52:10 PM

junior · Intermediate Club Player

To continue debating whether they should happen or not, they will continue. Now leave me in peace to listen to the dulcet tones of Sakkari's shrieks

junior · Intermediate Club Player

This is pretty pants SF, it's whoever were to get more offended by whatever (competition?). Zverevs winning that one so far

brendan · Strong Club Player

This Novak whatsic is way out of his depth at this stage of a slam. Totally devalues the tournament.

emmsie69 · Top national player

So no curfew tonight

indiana · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
So no curfew tonight

Ha, I just watched the end of the 3rd set on bet365 without commentary when the players then left and a guy addressed the crowd. My French is not good.

Were boos as he started, he seemed to ask to be heard out and then there was an explosion of cheers. So I'd kinda guessed.

C'mon Rafa ! ( now 2 sets to 1 down )

Bagel · Lower Club Player

Always good for honest tennis when Old Sweaty's grinding one-dimensional game is found out! No doubt the fake humility will be followed by the latest injury woes which, hopefully, will cause him to miss the grass season!

-- Edited by Bagel on Friday 11th of June 2021 09:33:11 PM

-- Edited by Bagel on Friday 11th of June 2021 09:34:01 PM

junior · Intermediate Club Player

Anyone still bored of that and prefers the earlier match?

flamingowings · All-time great

Novak is coming for that Golden Slam.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ive not seen a shot all fortnight bar some highlights so totally blind. It sounds like Novak v Rafa was a cracker , was it? Novak v Tsitsipas, could be a cracker also but Novak must go in favourite. That said, tennis abstract rates it v close 53 v 47 from memory

junior · Intermediate Club Player

Tennis abstract is bad then, I'd say 75/25 for Novak

indiana · Tennis legend

I'm not sure how much TA can factor in sheer bloodimindness in a Slam. Does it at least give additional credit to results in Slams?

bet 365 odds are Djokovic 3/10, Tsitsipas 5/2. Equivalent to 73%/27% taking out the bookies' margin, in line with junior's thoughts.

indiana · Tennis legend

It probably is worth belatedly recording that a Serbian chap won the final, coming back from 2 sets down.

He is up to 19 Slam titles so now just one behind the Swiss and Spanish fellas. And apparently the first guy to win all 4 Slams at least twice in the open era.