*** Official Tennis Thread Pt. 2****

[jimbob007]

line judge made the wrong call and laughed afterwards

Not surprised, it is hard to keep a straight face with all his nonsense.

[jimbob007]

First Zverev rolling Stan, now Thiem spanking Nadal, inb4 Fed smokes Djokovic in straight sets

Not very likely-Joker has only dropped one set & that was in his first match, Fed has been in a load of tiring 4 & 5 setters with tie-breaks three matches running now. Thiem hasn't beaten Nadal, looks like it might go the distance.

[tekkenbruh]

7-6,7-6 so far =/= spanking.

I’m glad we can be joined by another objective tennis fan...

Lmao, you're ok with me calling a 3-1 win "rolling" but calling being up 2-0 "spanking" is not objective? I told you, I root for Nadal here. Sounds to me like you're very defensive when it comes to Rafa

[envisu]

Thiem Fed GF would be ideal

Great game. Dommy has that extra 5% Nick couldn't muster in the tbs

[YoungMetro24]

Always a GREAT day for tennis when the balding, cheating ass picker loses.

[Jayarbie]

I think Rafa needs to be more careful about his diet in these foreign tournaments and avoid the Aussie food. When he picked his ass and sniffed his fingers, the smell was off, and it seemed to affect his game.

[ohiostate124]

See ya later iabs and dope

[Jayarbie]

See ya later iabs and dope

They'll be back to crow about the butt sniffer as the undisputed GOAT when he ties Fed at RG even though he has 15 of the 20 at one tournament.

[iabs]

Let the cult's circle jerking begin!!

[YoungMetro24]

Let the cult's circle jerking begin!!

^^cope

[Jayarbie]

Let the cult's circle jerking begin!!

LMAO. The cult circle jerk ended today, at least until May.

[Trudope]

wait till federer gets destroyed by djokovic

predicting at least 1 bagel

[ohiostate124]

wait till federer gets destroyed by djokovic

predicting at least 1 bagel

You should probably stop making predictions chief.

[iabs]

wait till federer gets destroyed by djokovic

predicting at least 1 bagel

I have a lot of respect for Fed to troll his cult after he gets his ass handed to him by the mummy.

[ohiostate124]

[euron]

Tight butthole match from Thiem and Nadal. Still have to rewatch the match but seems like he played better when it mattered; in the tiebreaks.

Both with very positive Winners / UF ratios, which is pretty sick. Props to Thiem, and I hope he gets past this terminator version of Zverev that seems to have replaced him srs. Figure Thiem can give Djokovic more of a challenge.


Also butthurt the aus open doesnt play both SFs on Friday. Now I cant watch Fed vs Djokovic.

Question for neutrals do you consider the Australian Open to be the lesser of all the grand slams? How do you rank the 4 grand slams in importance?

In terms of entertainment:
1) Aus Open
2/3) Roland Garros / Wimby
4) US Open

In terms of prestige I really don't care. Aus Open usually delivers with most players being fit. Roland Garros has supreme clay aesthetics but hasn't had a good competitive draw in a while. Nadal still won, but atleast had memorable victories in like 2013, 2014. Wimbledon I don't care too much for, feel wise, but has been absolute FIRE in terms of the draw and entertainment in the later stages so those two are kind of weird opposite versions of each other IMO. In terms of feel, atmosphere, playstyle and looks tbh.

US Open is garbage honestly, it hasn't been very exciting the past few years, except for Medvedev's run last year which was a fever dream. Lowest point was 2016 US Open imo. That chit was straight up a dumpster fire.

[engscott]

wait till federer gets destroyed by djokovic

predicting at least 1 bagel

Wouldn't be that surprised if Federer is dealing with a groin issue. Djoker is just going to play solid D and wear him out. Court is playing too slow for Fed to really attack and finish points off in 3 - 5 shots

[Jayarbie]

Wouldn't be that surprised if Federer is dealing with a groin issue. Djoker is just going to play solid D and wear him out. Court is playing too slow for Fed to really attack and finish points off in 3 - 5 shots

I agree. There's pretty much 0 chance Fed wins. Two straight 4 hour 5 set matches will take their toll, so pulling an upset against the best player in the world currently is too big of an ask.

[waitwot]

Fed has had long matches despite playing zero seeded opponents until now, also has an injury. Maybe won't even complete the match nevermind win. Would be quite an upset.

[ohiostate124]

Apparently Fed has missed a couple practices now. The match might not even happen. If it does, he’ll stick it out like he always does if he starts it but I’m not expecting much.

[nvrstopworking]

Rafa gets out-Rafa’d again down under. Hell of a match from Thiem. Can’t be many people who have taken 3 breakers from Nadal in one set.

If Fed can’t get it done (and it doesn’t seem likely) he’s my sentimental pick now. Man... he can hit the piss outta the ball off both wings.

[JamesA1990]

Ash Barty to get up vs Kenin

Djoko to 3-0 Fed

Thiem zverv match to go 3.5+ sets

@ $3.68

You really did hear it here first

[tekkenbruh]

Ash Barty to get up vs Kenin

Djoko to 3-0 Fed

Thiem zverv match to go 3.5+ sets

@ $3.68

You really did hear it here first

Oof

[engscott]

Fed dominate first 7 games then fell apart in this first set

[Gringo12]

Ash Barty to get up vs Kenin

Djoko to 3-0 Fed

Thiem zverv match to go 3.5+ sets

@ $3.68

You really did hear it here first

Did you win?
















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[jimbob007]

Should be a great final-the GOAT vs New Gen-hopefully Thiem beats Zverev & then loses to Joker. Hoping Thiem wins RG.

[SazabiBrah]

Should be a great final-the GOAT vs New Gen-hopefully Thiem beats Zverev & then loses to Joker. Hoping Thiem wins RG.

Nah Thiem hopefully dismantles Novak.

Djokovic is a little bietch, literally the most fake person on the tour

[Jayarbie]

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...ian-open-final

[Federer] has never handed an opponent a walkover across more than 400 Grand Slam matches, never retired from any of his more than 1,500 tour-level matches.

That's insane. Props to him for playing, but it was obvious from the second that the Sandgren match ended that it wasn't going to go well for him in this one. Novak is too good to beat at less than 110%.

[Trudope]

Props to Fed for even playing the match, you never know what can happen. I would guess he talked to his trainers and they said there wasn't much of a risk to further aggravate the injury if he played, or i doubt he would have been out there. Regardless, other players should take a note from him.

Too bad he has the most insufferable fanbase in all of sports.

[skinnyfat88]

Props to Fed for even playing the match, you never know what can happen. I would guess he talked to his trainers and they said there wasn't much of a risk to further aggravate the injury if he played, or i doubt he would have been out there. Regardless, other players should take a note from him.

Too bad he has the most insufferable fanbase in all of sports.

Big props to Fed.

Lots of time to rest up before Indian Wells too. If this happened during the clay season it could've been a different story.