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General Category => Sports, Hobbies & Interests => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 29, 2019, 11:03:41 AM
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And Andy Murray pulls out of the Australia Open.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/50934605
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The inclusion of ATP ranking points makes this significant in the battle for Number 1 ranking but the dependency on the ranking of opponents is an odd feature.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/50764813
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UK loses first round match to Bulgaria. Not a great result and the doubles pairing of Murray/Salisbury would have been expected to win. Evans lost from being a set up again. The doubles match finished at 2.47 am - The scheduling issues that hit the Davis Cup also happening here.
Good win for Norway over the US
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Win for UK against Belgium. Big win for Evans.
Big win for Australia over Canada 3 -0 even without Kyrgios. Think that makes them first team through.
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UK win their 3 matches against Moldova to give themselves a chance of qualifying for next round. Not sure what the chances are of going through as one of the 2 best runners up at this stage.
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UK qualify as topping their group so will be in the quarter finals where they will play Australia who look as if they will go through without losing a match, and will have home advantage.
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UK qualify as topping their group so will be in the quarter finals where they will play Australia who look as if they will go through without losing a match, and will have home advantage.
Pretty good news all round! What happened to Johana Konta? I think I heard that she was losing something.
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Pretty good news all round! What happened to Johana Konta? I think I heard that she was losing something.
Knocked out in 3 sets yesterday in the Brisbane Open.
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Knocked out in 3 sets yesterday in the Brisbane Open.
thank you. So not a good start to the year.
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thank you. So not a good start to the year.
Given it was her first game back from injury against a player she struggles with, quite hard to tell.
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While I think so far the ATP Cup has been quite successful - I note that in the Uruguay/Georgia match up which will only determine who finishes 3rd and 4th in the group - there is match between the world 671 and the world 1657. The winner gets 15 ranking points which is quite a big deal at those levels. For Metreveli the 672 player he currently has a total of 29 ranking points and this would move him up to 562. For Roncadelli the 1657 player he would move up to 859. But I have to wonder who is watching it.
ETA Metreveli has won 6-1 6-2.
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A 3-0 victory for Argentina over Croatia lifted them into top position from fourth and dumped Croatia out as it allowed Canada to qualify in the 2nd runner up spot. This gives quarter finals of Serbia v Canada, Russia v Argentina, Australia v UK, and Spain V Belgium. All of those apart from Belgium qualified for the quarter finals in the Davis Cup 2 months ago. Russia, Australia, and Spain look likely to qualify Serbia v Canada is harder to call. After all Canada made it to the final in the Davis Cup.
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Hadn't realised the WTA Brisbane Open was being played off the show courts because of the ATP Cup. Hmmm....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51031509
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UK knocked out by Australia in a very tight match up = 18-16 in the deciding tiebreak in the doubles. Very good win for Evans vs De Minaur.
ETA Evans win has for the moment moved him up to 31 in the provisional rankings. There are a couple of lower ranked players still in who could move above him but it makes it likely that he will be seeded at the Australian Open.
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And Russia through to semi finals as well.
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Serbia though to semi finals - Spain v Belgium going to the doubles with Goffin having beaten Nadal
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Spain through on the champions tiebreak. Nadal has really put in a shift playing most of the double as well as the singles here and in the Davis Cup, and the match against Goffin was the only one he's lost
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Serbia through to the final, and with the luxury of being able to rest Djokovic from playing the doubles. Spain 1 nil up against Australia - Bautista Agut having won his 5 matches in the singles shows why Spain are the favourites. But Nadal 1 set down against de Minaur.
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Sad that Andreescu is injured again. Her last year was an astounding one for someone with the injuries she had.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51075724
Serena into a final after annihilating Anisimova, who is an emerging star though born well after Serena started winning. Next up is Pegula and you have to think that this will be Serena's first title since she returned from giving birth.
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Nadal came back to win in 3 sets. Spain through and get to rest Nadal from the doubles.
The final then is Serbia v Spain with a Djokovic v Nadal match up. Bautista Agut should beat Lajovic but Lajovic is having a good week. If it is 1-1 after the singles then likely to see Nadal and Djokovic playing in the doubles. The Djokovic v Nadal match will have an impact on the battle for the no 1 ranking.
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Serena and Serbia win. Big win for Djokovic over Nadal wh then didn't play the doubles.
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Could the Aus Open suffer air quality delays?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51131645
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51133719
Elsewhere after decent runs both Evans and Edmund lose in quarter finals, but Watson on to the semi final
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And lots obviously happened since last post on this but that's in the past...
Obviously the ongoing news is Federer not playing till the grass season - it makes me fairly certain that this will be his last year.
And I see Kyle Edmund is continuing his return to form with a good win over Lopez in the Mexican Open
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Good win for Evans over Fognini
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Looks like Murray will struggle to play much this year. If he doesn't recover to play in the Olympics, then big question as to whether he will see it worth coming back.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51637714
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And Sharapova retires. In the 2019 thread, I wondered about the number of retirements coming up this year, and while Sharapova has not been a force for some time, it's still part of a reordering that I think we will see by the end of this year. In the men's game it needs a new younger Slam winner, and to have a new number 1. The women's game already has its young stars but it will still be very different if the Williams, and a generation of Eastern European women retire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51647687
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Good wins for Evans, Edmund, and Watson, especially Edmund beating Auger Aliassime
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And another good win for Evans - into the Semi Finals in Dubai. Up to 10th in the live ATP race. And looking at it, he's beaten 2 players Auger Aliassime and Rublev who are still above him in the Race in this tournament.
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If Andy Murray has to drop out, I wonder what he will do. Do you think he would make a good coach? I don't think he'd make it as a BBC commentator - his voice just isn't right!
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If Andy Murray has to drop out, I wonder what he will do. Do you think he would make a good coach? I don't think he'd make it as a BBC commentator - his voice just isn't right!
Hi SD,
I'm sure hell make an excellent coach, in fact I've heard he's having all his teeth taken out next week and two rows of seats put in.
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If Andy Murray has to drop out, I wonder what he will do. Do you think he would make a good coach? I don't think he'd make it as a BBC commentator - his voice just isn't right!
I think he's more likely to do some lind of tennis ambassadorship. I can see him taking over the Davis Cup captaincy.
Not sure about commentating. I understand what you mean about his voice but I've heard him do some and it was pretty good.
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Edmund loses but Watson wins. Evans up against Tsitsipas in Dubai later.
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Evans beaten by Tsitsipas but Watson into final in Mexico.
Both Nadal and Djokovic reach finals in Mexico and Dubai respectively. Djokovic coming close to being knocked out by Monfils who has had a great return to form recently
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Djokovic wins in Dubai - 21 wins and counting.
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And Nadal and Watson win in Mexico
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Konta into semi final in Monterey, still not looking back to her best but good to get some wins. Nice to see Zvonareva getting to the semi finals in the 2nd tier Indian Wells tournament as she returns from injury.
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Indian Wells cancelled due to Covid-19.
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Indian Wells cancelled due to Covid-19.
For the first time in decades we have centre court tickets for Wimbledon - I am hoping that they find, at least before July, that the chances of spreading covid-19 at sports events is negligible :(
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So as noted on the main coronavirus thread there the tennis season is canclled till May. This will in some ways protect Federer's ranking as while he will lose points for being out injured till after the French, others won't be able to defend or gain points either. That said, he's likely to be a good way down the rankings by the time he returns, he could just manager to stay in the top 8 but if there is tennis from May 3rd then he could be around 12- 18th - difficult to be precise on this
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For the first time in decades we have centre court tickets for Wimbledon - I am hoping that they find, at least before July, that the chances of spreading covid-19 at sports events is negligible :(
The current wave of the epidemic will be over by then.
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The current wave of the epidemic will be over by then.
Though given the peak is predicted as 12 - 14 weeks, that would seem to be likely to affect Wimbledon.
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Though given the peak is predicted as 12 - 14 weeks, that would seem to be likely to affect Wimbledon.
By that time, we'll all be screaming to get back to normal and screw the epidemic. It's possible - probable even - that Wimbledon might be cancelled fairly soon anyway, but I think that, by the time we get to summer, all these cancellations will be widely regarded as having been a mistake.
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By that time, we'll all be screaming to get back to normal and screw the epidemic. It's possible - probable even - that Wimbledon might be cancelled fairly soon anyway, but I think that, by the time we get to summer, all these cancellations will be widely regarded as having been a mistake.
Possibly, but are you saying that the govt is now ignoring the scientific advice, or that the advice is wrong?
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Possibly, but are you saying that the govt is now ignoring the scientific advice, or that the advice is wrong?
I’m not aware of any scientific advice regarding Wimbledon.
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I’m not aware of any scientific advice regarding Wimbledon.
You posited that all the cancellations were a mistake, having previously said you support the govt for taking scientific advice. You seem very confused.
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I’m not aware of any scientific advice regarding Wimbledon.
jezza
Normally a decent tennis racket is advisable
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You posited that all the cancellations were a mistake, having previously said you support the govt for taking scientific advice. You seem very confused.
I am confused.
Where is the scientific advice that Wimbledon needs to be cancelled?
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This is an entirely too nice discussion between Murray and Djokovic but has interesting comments
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52333379
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Virtual Madrid Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52434238
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Nadal struggling to play virtually because of back injury
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52447785
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I've watched a bit of the virtual tennis and while it has some entertainment value listening to and watching the players on video. But it doesn't feel anything like the real thing.
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I've watched a bit of the virtual tennis and while it has some entertainment value listening to and watching the players on video. But it doesn't feel anything like the real thing.
What are they actually doing?!
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What are they actually doing?!
Playing computer tennis.
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Playing computer tennis.
Oh, I see - thank you. I think that sounds really boring actually!
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Oh, I see - thank you. I think that sounds really boring actually!
It's odd = it's done really well and graphics are excellent. That you see the players in real life playing the game adds something but it's utterly lacking in involvement for me - still Andy Murray is very good at it.
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And the winners are Andy Murray and Kiki Bertens
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Federer to miss the rest of season.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52991140
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I have just seen this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53148053
They knew they had tested positive for the virus, being taking part in the sport. They should be banned from ever playing professionally again!
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I have just seen this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53148053
They knew they had tested positive for the virus, being taking part in the sport. They should be banned from ever playing professionally again!
It's not clear from that report that they knew before they played
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I got the impression from what was said on the BBC News that they did know and still played.
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I got the impression from what was said on the BBC News that they did know and still played.
Then I think you need to wait before declaring that they did know
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Meanwhile the 'Battle of the Brits' continues
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53196174
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Meanwhile the 'Battle of the Brits' continues
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53196174
Thank you for posting that link. I have been catching bits of info on FivLive, but didn't know what the results were.
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Thank you for posting that link. I have been catching bits of info on FivLive, but didn't know what the results were.
Can currently be followed here and in 5 Live Extra
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/tennis/52999983
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Could be a light US Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53324986
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And More tournaments called off in China - I don't see that the Year End for men is going to make much sense. And I suspect that there are still possibilities that either or both of the US and French Opens might not go ahead. Even if they do, can imagine them being very light in participants.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53428928
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Asheigh Barty pulls out of US Open - suspect this may trigger a number of others to so the same.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53591909
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Nadal pulls out of the US Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53658175
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More pullouts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53693253
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Djokovic playing in US Open. Will admit to being slightly surprised
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Andreescu pulls out - not a surprise. Not sure when there was a US Open where both singles champions were not playing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53770601
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Halep pulls out of US Open meaning 6 of the top ten women won't be playing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53806509
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Good win for Evans against Rublev, and Murray beat Tiafoe. Tough matches up next with Murray playing Zverev, and Evans playing Raonic. Losses for Watson, Edmunds, and Norrie.
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Wins for Murray and Konta but Evans out. Big win for Murray
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Konta wins and put in an impressive performance. Murray out in straight sets to Raonic
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Impressive win for Konta but the fall out from the shooting of Jacob Blake means the semi final is postponed and Osaka has pulled out of the other semi final.
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And the Bryans retire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53933587
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Which tournament have the British men been plaing in? Is it one of those virtual ones?
From what I've heard on Five Live,
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Which tournament have the British men been plaing in? Is it one of those virtual ones?
From what I've heard on Five Live,
Western and Southern Open for both men and women. And no, it isn't virtual, it's the real thing. A Masters tournament
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Western and Southern Open for both men and women. And no, it isn't virtual, it's the real thing. A Masters tournament
Thank you. In that case, I am pleased to hear that Andy Murray is able to take part so much.
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Konta knocked put by Azarenka. Osaka returned to the tournament after the postponement on Thursday and is into the final.
In the men's Djokovic maintained his 100% record for 2020 but struggled against Bautista Agut. Big win for the returning Raonic over Tsitsipas.
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Osaka pulls out of final giving Azarenka her first title since 2016. Given her personal circs over that period, have to admit to being pleased for her.
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Ooh er
https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/tennis-roger-federer-and-rafael-nadal-oppose-novak-djokovics-planned-atp-split/news-story/bd77d73c11d15f2b8ea553ed68b6f328
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Benoit Paire tests positive in the 'bubble'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53967336
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Good wins for Edmund and Norrie. Norrie's particularly impressive as came back from 2 sets down against 9th seed, Schartzmann.
Djokovic through easily and, if his neck injury is ok, hard to see him not managing his 18th Slam, though Tsitsipas is looking good.
Pliskova played well and must be in with a great chance though the lack of 6 top ten players including the defending champion gives this a very open feel. Surprised at Gauff losing in first round, though I had forgotten that Sevastova is a bit of a US Open specialist.
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Murray wins from 2 sets down!
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Murray wins from 2 sets down!
I was so pleased to hear that very cheering news. I turned on the radio when he was 3-0 down in the third set so gloomily switched off. Turned on again later to hear the very end of the match!!
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Evans, and Konta also win. First time that 4 British men have reached the 2nd round in the US Open since 1974.
2 former champions knocked out in the women's singles, Clijsters, and Venus Williams.
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Explanation of what the ATP and WTA are doing for rankings:
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/fedex-atp-rankings-adjustments-faq
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1717831/wta-announces-revised-wta-ranking-system
Difficult to tell at this stage what the effect will be but I suspect that win in the US will make likely the end of year no 1 for Djokovic. He's also pretty well certain to break Federer's record of weeks at number 1 if he wins.
Also Federer likely to finish in the top 6, possibly as high as 4.
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Edmund out after winning the first set against Djokovic. Norrie through.
In the women's singles, Karolina Pliskova, the number one seed? Knocked out.
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I don't know yet whether Andy Murray won or lost, but I just could not listen to some of the FiveLive commentary last night. There were two female commentators talking about side issues of the life and careers of the two players on cort, Konte and her opponent. Since this is radio, you'd think they would realise that people, particularly ones like me, need to hear the commentary in order to have an idea of what is going on since we cannot watch TV at the same time. Apart from the annoyance of that, one of them had no t at the end of words which finaly drove me to switch off. Caugh* ou*,. abou* I*, le* I* etc etc etc, glottal stop t's 90% of the time. Just a few sessions with a speech therapist would perhaps make them realise that it is laziness of the tongue, which needs to touch the back of front teeth to make the t sound that is the problem. No-one expects every single t to be heard all the time but the excessive lack is irritating.
The same female commentator went on to work with a male for the Dan Evans match and again, spent time chatting about this and that and not telling the radio audience what is actually happening on court. Ah, well, I suppose it's just me being old!
Anyway, did Murray win?
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Anyway, did Murray win?
No. Was beaten in straight sets
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No. Was beaten in straight sets
Thank you.
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Konta also out, and Evans match suspended in the 3rd set with 1 set a piece. Auger Aliassime looked very good beating Murray.
Azarenka continued her winning streak with an excellent win over Sabalenka.
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Medvedev looking very good. Djokovic the only men's singles champion left after Cilic knocked out.
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And Djokovic out by default
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And Djokovic out by default
Yes, I too heard that on a news headlines some time during the night. What a silly, and rather petty thing to do.
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Yes, I too heard that on a news headlines some time during the night. What a silly, and rather petty thing to do.
Means there will be a new men's singles winner for the first time since Cilic in 2014, and first from outside the Big Three since 2016. Also means that Djokovic less likely to end World No 1 as he lost the points he gained here.
Also I think this is the first men's slam quarter finals to not feature one of the big three since the 2004 French Open.
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This is the youngest set of quarter finalists in a men's slam for a few years.
Kenin, the top seed in the women's knocked out. Serena came through tough match against Sakkari.
Joe Salisbury, now the last remaining Brit, is in the semi finals of the men's doubles.
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Barty pulls out of defending her French title
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-54068037
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Nice article on Pironkova's progress. Given she is playing Serena in the quarter final, it means there will be one mother in the semi finals. Wonder if Evonne Goolagong-Cawley's record of being the only mother to win a slam in the Open Era will go.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54066396
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Yes, I too heard that on a news headlines some time during the night. What a silly, and rather petty thing to do.
He didn't deliberately hit the line judge - he wasn't even looking where he hit the ball, so I wouldn't describe it as petty, but it was certainly reckless.
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Looking forward to the Azarenka - Williams match. Guaranteed that a mother will be in the women's final.
De Minaur didn't play his best but Thiem was brutal. Feels like winner will come from the Medvedev - Thiem semi final
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Great fight back from Azarenka having been totally outgunned by Williams in the first set. She's the current form player and having been out for some time with injury and the custody battle for her child, it's great to see the return.
Also good to see Osaka playing her way back to form after a dip in the second half last year.
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Third Slam for Osaka. She's won every slam final she has reached so far. Haven't had a chance to watch it.
Big fight back from Zverev to reach the final but Thiem looks too strong unless Zverev sorts out his second serve
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And Thiem wins in 5 sets. The first 2 he looked awful but Zverev played well. Last set was good but perhaps not surprisingly both players had nerves.
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And Thiem wins in 5 sets. The first 2 he looked awful but Zverev played well. Last set was good but perhaps not surprisingly both players had nerves.
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I started listening to the match, but as I have no idea who either man is, I gave up!
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I started listening to the match, but as I have no idea who either man is, I gave up!
Which is the big worry for men's tennis. I doubt 5 in a hundred people could identify either from a picture. By 2022, we could well have none of the the big 5 of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, and Wawrinka and it needs Thiem, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Medvedev etc to be more recognised
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One of the worrying things for men's tennis has been the lack of a true slam contender from the US since Roddick. From being the Slam that no native had won for over 75 years, Wimbledon is now the most recent citizen winner. The US is 2003, the French 1983, and the Australian 1976.
The French have had a number of excellent players in recent times - Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet but they are all nearing the end of their careers. Moutet is the closest to stepping up.
Australia, post Hewitt and Rafter, has had great prospects that haven't quite come through though Kyrgios still might. Now they have De Minaur who looks good.
The US have Fritz, Tiafoe, and Opelka but they haven't progressed as they looked to do in the last year or so.
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And Murray's win at Wimbledon in 2016 is the most recent a citizen has won any of the men's or women's slams. For the women it is 2014 in the US, 2000 in the French, 1978 in the Australian, and of course 1977 for Wimbledon.
The US is with Kenin, Keys and others in some ways the most likely to be won. And one has to think Serena will still be about next year.
There isn't an obvious French prospect though Mladenovic, Garcia and Ferro may disagree.
Barty is the big chance for Australia.
For the UK other than Konta, nothing obvious at all.
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Edmund knocked out in first round in men's Italian Open, along with a very out of sorts Wawrinka(though big win for Musetti), and also De Minaur.
Kerber knocked out in the women's, and today a stonking first round match up of Azarenka vs Venus Williams
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Azarenka beat Venus though it was quite a tough match. Excellent match between Anisimova and Yastremska who are both up and coming stars with Yastremska nicking it. And a very disappointing performance by Bencic - didn't look fit.
Nadal was brutal in beating Carreno Busta.
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Osaka pulls out of French Open.
In the Italian Open big wins for Musetti (again) and Kopfer -and they play each other today for a place in the quarters. 4 Italians in the last 16 in the Men's but not Fognini.
Thumping win for Azarenka double bagelling the Australian Open Champion, Kenin. Konta through in straight sets.
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I wonder whether they are all trying to cram in too much in a short time......
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I wonder whether they are all trying to cram in too much in a short time......
I think it's more that because their points are protected that there isn't much sense in taking risks. No one has played a 'lot' of tennis this year.
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Nadal beaten by Schwartzmann was a shock. And good wins for Shapovalov and Ruud. Been a good competition for the younger male players.
Konta out to Muguruza who in turn loses to Halep. Feels like Halep is probably favourite for the French.
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And the 2 older players in the men's won. Shapovalov is now in the top ten in the rankings, so half of the top ten are under 25.
In the women's, the final is between the top 2 seeds Halep and Pliskova, with Pliskova defending her title. Winner looks to be favourite for the French.
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Djokovic wins a record 36th Masters. The numbers between the Big 4 on these are brutal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54240701
Sad to see Pliskova injured vs Halep. Hope she can recover for the French.
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Another couple of big wins for Musetti in the small Forli tournament including Tiafoe today.
Big win for Umberto over Medvedev in Hamburg. Monfils had another bad result.
Sad to see Robredo and Karlovic lose in qualification for the French - might be last chance for them to appear in a slam.
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Good win by Ostapenko at Strasbourg but it came with Bertens retiring injured in 3rd set.
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Intriguing draw of Murray vs Wawrinka in the French. Wawrinka didn't look great losing to Musetti but Murray hasn't played competively on clay in, I think, 3 years.
Konta vs Gauff will get a lot of attention as well. Gauff hasn't looked great on clay.
Evans vs Nishikori is interesting. Nishikori is ranked only one place below the 32nd seed Evans but hadn't looked great on his return from injury.
Edmund pulled out due to injury but the men's field is strong - only 2 of the top 32 not playing - Federer and Raonic.
4 of the top ten women are definitely out. Barty due to her stance on Covid, Osaka and Andrescu because of injury. As suspected, Bencic also out due to injury - she really didn't look fit last week. Also looks as if Bertens might pull out given the injury she had against Ostapenko this week.
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Wawrinka comprehensively beat Murray. That along with Musetti's winning Forli, makes Musetti's defeat of Wawrinka look very good.
Evans and Konta both out.
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From what I heard on FiveLive yesterday, it sounds as if they might have to put on their winter woollies!
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From what I heard on FiveLive yesterday, it sounds as if they might have to put on their winter woollies!
Yes, Nadal raised the cold and its possible impact before the start.
Excellent win for Sinner over Goffin yesterday as well. Italian tennis looking good for future.
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So all the British singles players out in the first round. As Heather Watson comments, there isn't a lot of new talent coming forward.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54349009
Elsewhere Monfils was knocked out and has not looked himself since the return. Medvedev was a surprise loss but the three favourites in the men's remain Djokovic, Nadal, and Thiem. After Thiem's US win, and his being in the last 2 finals here, that is the first time it feels as if he can placed in that company.
No big shocks in the women's so far, with Konta the highest seed knocked out. Good to see that Bertens recovered quickly enough to play as if she is fit then she has a chance of winning it. Konta being defeated means, of course, that Gauff won but it still feels early for her on clay.
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Serena pulls out. Imagine there may be some impact from the weather here as well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54356293
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And I suspect Bertens will pull out next round
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54356446
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Looking like Ostapenko will put out second seed Pliskova. I suppose not a huge upset but a welcome return to form for Ostapenko
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Galan taking the opportunity of getting into the competition by being a lucky loser in qualifying by getting to the 3rd round of the men's. Though as his next opponent is Djokovic, I suspect that's as far as he will go.
And with Andreescu out injured, another young Canadian doing well in the women's, Fernandez. She's playing Kvitova next - which will be interesting.
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Looking at today's matches Korda v Martinez in the men's means that a qualifier is guaranteed to make the 4th round.
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Brutal win by Halep over Anisimova
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Bertens wins! Hmm... o
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Huge shock yesterday with Gaston beating Wawrinka 6-0 in the 5th. Gaston was ranked 239 at the start of the tournament and got in as a French wildcard.
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Galan, the (p)lucky loser from qualifying not surprisingly lost comprehensively to Djokovic.
Kenin seems to have played herself into some form and from looking out of sorts must be in with a chance of a second slam.
Halep in big trouble currently against Swiatek.
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Swiatek knocks out Halep easily, and Bertens is beaten by Trevisan.
Think this means that Barty is certain to be No1 at year end. Had Halep won the French she would have taken it.
Trevisan, another qualifier, is up 77 places in the rankings with that win to 82.
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Currently only 4 seeds left in the women's draw. Svitolina, Kenin, Kvitova, and Jabeur. Jabeur was only seeded because so many higher ranked players were missing.
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Big win for Sinner over Zverev.
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Both Kenin and Swiatek are in the quarter finals of singles and doubles.
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Catching up on the tennis news - and as usual nowadays recognising only the occasional name! I hope the Slams get back to, or rather, go forward to a system similar to the old, so that at least I can perhaps get to know a few of them and listen with more interest.
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British interest in the main competitions now over with Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski knocked out of the men's doubles.
Looking forward to Nadal vs Sinner later.
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2 more seeds knocked out in the women's, Jabeur, and the top remaining seed Svitolina. Svitolina lost to Podoroska who is a qualifier, and currently up 83 places in the rankings to 48.
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Big win for Schwartzman over Thiem. Not sure that the Paris Masters and EOY will happen.
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Nadal beat Sinner in straight sets but definitely the toughest match he has had so far.
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So the semi finals in the women's are Swiatek v Podoroska and Kenin vs Kvitova.
And Swiatek is into the doubles semi final as well
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Swiatek and Kenin into final. Youngest set of women finalists at the French since 2003.
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While it feels unlikely that we wom't get a Nadal v Djokovic final, both semifinals present a chance of an upset. Nadal plays Schwartzman who beat him in Rome, and was impressive in beating Thiem.
Djokovic has Tsitsipas who has rather like Kenin in the women's appeared to have played himself into form.
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And we are back at Nadal vs Djokovic - the most frequent men's match in the Open era. Nadal could win a 13th French Open and equal Federer's 20 Slams. And yet Djokovic's win guarantees that he will pass Federer's record of weeks at number 1 ranking.
Swiatek lost in the doubles semi final.
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Nadal's record of currently 99 wins and 2 losses at the French Open is one of the most extraordinary records in all sport.
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Utterly brilliant performance from Swiatek, lowest ranked woman to win the French. That level of performance should mean she wins more though Ostapenko's win in 2017 looked very similar, if not as dominant.
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This is actually not bad on the GOAT debate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54396063
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My thought that Andy Murray might not olay again this year was wrong. He's playing in the 250 points tournament in Cologne, and is due to play Verdasco on Tuesday.
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And brilliant from Nadal. Not Djokovic's best performance but Rather like Djokovic in Australian just too good.
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And brilliant from Nadal. Not Djokovic's best performance but Rather like Djokovic in Australian just too good.
I'm glad you posted that - saves me having to remember to try and listen later!
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Both Edmund and Murray knocked out in Cologne.
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Norrie into quarter finals in St Petersburg
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Konta pulls out of Ostrava event meaning she won't play again this year. Given the restrictions introduced in London and Paris, the Year End Men's Championship and the Paris Masters become even more unlikely
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54571527
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Murray still intended to play the second Cologne tournament but pulls out
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54590774
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Big win for Evans over Khachanov at the European Open in Antwerp. Moves him up into the provisional top 32 rankings again.
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I noticed that Djokovic is not playing in Paris next week and this explains why. Given the current Covid situation in Paris feels odd that this is going ahead
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/paris-masters/2020/novak-djokovic-pulls-out-of-paris-masters-with-no-points-to-win_sto7959889/story.shtml
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Djokovic beaten 6-2 6-1 by Sonego!
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Djokovic beaten 6-2 6-1 by Sonego!
I don't expect he was too pleased by that! Or is it unfair to think that?!
However, the article linked to in your previous post is interesting.
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Good win for Evans over Dimitrov. Only one send in the semifinals in Vienna and that's Rublev who put out the number 2 seed , Thiem.
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Sonego beats Evans in the semi finals. Rublev progresses after Anderson retired hurt which must be very worrying as this was him looking good returning from injury
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Evans beaten by Wawrinka.
Anderson played which I was a bit surprised by, won his first match against Djere when Djere pulled out injured during the match, but then Anderson has pulled out in the middle of his next match with Medvedev.
Big win for Humbert over Tsitsipas
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And Nadal records a landmark win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54784769
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Big win by Wawrinka over Rublev. When the season restarted, Wawrinka looked stale and unlikely to get back to anywhere near his best. Given he's 35 which was once a million and nine in tennis years, unless you were Ken Rosewall or Jimmy Connors, that wouldn't be that surprising. He's now up to a provisional 18 ranking, and if the results work out 1 more win could move him back into the top 16.
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Zverev beats Nadal, and Medvedev beats Raonic to make the final.
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Medvedev wins, and moves into 4th ranked pushing Federer down to 5th. There is a possibility with a set of results that I don't think will happen that Zverev could take 5th spot before the end of the year.
Medvedev has made strides over the end part of the season and it's the Slam title that he is lacking having had 2 Slam finals. Been disappointing return so far for Tsistipas.
Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski slipped from 7th to 9th in the doubles team rankings this week putting them in the 9th spot for the end of year tournament. They are playing this week in an attempt to get back into the 8th and last qualifying position before the qualifiers are finalised. I suspect given the numbers their best chance may be being the alternates and someone pulling out.
If they don't get in that will leave Joe Salisbury as the sole British representative in London
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Just noticed that Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski are followed on court in Sofia by Johnny O'Mara and Ken Skupski.
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Murray and Skupski into final in Sofia but they need to win the final and have Melzer and Roger-Vasselin lose in the semi final to get guaranteed entry to the year end Championships
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Melzer and Roger-Vasselin win their semifinal so they qualify for the year end, leaving Murray and Skupski as alternates
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Strong match to start the Singles at the Men's year end with a repeat of last years final of Thiem v Tsitsipas
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Thiem wins a high quality match.
Djokovic was awarded the year end No 1 ranking trophy today and became the oldest male player to be ranked no 1 at the end of the year. That beats the record set by Nadal last year.
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Impressive win by Nadal but that was the easiest match.
Win for Joe Salisbury in the doubles
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Straight sets wins for Djokovic and Medvedev. Strange to think that while Djokovic is going for a 6th year end title, that he has not won it since 2015.
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Wins for Thiem, over Nadal, and win for Tsitsipas mean Thiem is going to be top of group.
Salisbury lost in the doubles, including a bagel in the second set.wonder if an injury was involved.
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Medvedev beats Djokovic and will top group. Zverev beats Schwatzmann in a pretty awful match, and plays Djokovic tomorrow for a place in the semifinals.
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And Covid's effect on Tennis 2021 already being felt.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54982423
Thinking about this, it means that the ATP Cup cannot take place but not seen anything saying that explicitly
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Thiem having beaten both Nadal and Tsitsipas then loses to Rublev who they both beat. IIRC something similar happened last year with Berrettini. Nadal beats Tsitsipas to qualify for the semi final.
Salisbury and his partner, Ram, make the semi finals.
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Thiem and Medvedev into final. Both of them having beaten Djokovic and Nadal in the last few days.
Salisbury out of the doubles.
Granollers and Zeballos seemed to come to an arrangement in the last group doubles match with Melzer and Roger -Vasselin to retire at a score that put both of them into the semi finals. Hmmmmm...
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Great win for Medvedev. Excellent match. Needs to win a slam but looks ready to do. Beat the 3 top seeds in the year end.
Federer finishes year ranked 5th.
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Great win for Medvedev. Excellent match. Needs to win a slam but looks ready to do. Beat the 3 top seeds in the year end.
Federer finishes year ranked 5th.
I heard the news earlier - at least he has a name that is more pronounceable`!
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Federer may not be fit for Australian Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55300872
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Australian Open postponed by 3 weeks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55199746
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Murray beats Evans in Battle of The Brits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55387440
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Murray beats Norrie as well, and Jack Draper has another good win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55416994
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So in the Battle of Brits Watson and Matusevich win though not everyone played all the matches. Big win by Matusevich over Draper in the battle of the young Brits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55430810
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Federer out of Australian Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55464824