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View Poll Results: Will Fed retire in 2021?
Fed will never retire, he'll be playing wheelchair tennis long after we're all dead
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Lol Margaret Court joke stat. In the 11 Australian opens she won, there were never more than 52 players. A few years were 27, 27, 30, and 32.
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Not sure how to tag people, but congrats to krunic the 2+2 poster and the player
Pegula ranked #5, Krunic #400
Last edited by kerr; 06-13-2024 at 11:36 PM.
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Fritzy falling apart here
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+350 on Barbora today seemed more than generous.
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Djokovic-Alcaraz could be an all-timer for many reasons on Sunday. Really have no clue on this one. Gonna bet Djokovic just because of the great odds I can get but it can go either way.
I wish Alcaraz had taunted the crowd more on the Spain-England matchup. If you think Spain is gonna win just say it. **** the boos lol.
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Djokovic is obviously still playing well but he looks so much worse physically than he used to - he looked noticeably tired towards the end of a straight sets win today. Feels like he would really struggle if it goes long vs Alcaraz and I can't see him beating him easily.
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Beating Medvedev was impressive, but Alcaraz high variance of winners/errors should keep Djokovic in the match. I'll take +125 as value.
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Djoker and Rafa may meet in the second round of the Olympics. That would be something.
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This year yes. At the French Open courts aka Roland Garros.
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Novak, Qinwen - phenomenal
And didn’t think Popyrin or Anisimova would make 1000 finals. Amanda has amazing power, I hope she’s back for good. I still remember how close she was to making the 2019 French Open final.
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Can't believe no one is talking about the story of the year. At age 35, Donald Young has finally reached his potential, taken full advantage of the 5648145745th wildcard of his career, and is a US Open semifinalist! What a legend!
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Truly pathetic effort by Zheng here.
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Tiafoe Dimitrov gonna go 5 hours. Smart money is on D.
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Women's final was excellent. I like both players. I noticed Chris Evert taking a lot of flak for her announcing. She called something well today. When Pegula was down a set and I think a point or two from down 4-0 in the second, Evert said, "She won't give up." She insta won 5 straight games and almost flipped the match. Not quite. Great match. They were wailing.
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Sabalenka is an incredible player. She averaged the highest forehand speed at the US Open this year….men included.
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Shuai Zhang on a 24 match losing streak, the longest of all time in WTA or ATP, crushing Vince Spadea's record of 21.
She reached a career high ranking of #22 at AO 2023, reaching the 4th round. The week after that she won a first round match in Lyon, and hasn't won since. Her ranking is now #601. She's been getting into tournaments using a protected ranking because of an injury last year. It's possible she could get some WCs in the upcoming asian swing and extend her legacy. Kinda like Djokovic!
