The 2014 In Between Grand Slam Thread

yerwanthere123

And Sloane, of course :rolleyes:

Despite losing, Sabine hit the fastest womens serve of all time!

whiterebel

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

And Sloane, of course :rolleyes:

Despite losing, Sabine hit the fastest womens serve of all time!

Holy moly....:eek:

RosyLily

Nadal out of Cincinnati and Toronto.

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/07/nadal-pulls-out-toronto-cincinnati-questionable-us-open/52293/#.U9lMW_ldWSp

On the bright side, good to hear that Matt Cronin (@tennisreporters) will be back reporting at the US Open!! Docs have given him the go ahead!:D

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Andy Roddick having a fit because they won't let him play doubles at the US Open. He's such a tool.

yerwanthere123

Utterly bizarre from Nadal. As is often the case, all it not as it seems. How can he possibly know that he wont be able to play both Toronto and Cincinnati if the injury only happened this morning? Patently obvious that he'll pull out of the US Open too.

irishguy1983

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Utterly bizarre from Nadal. As is often the case, all it not as it seems. How can he possibly know that he wont be able to play both Toronto and Cincinnati if the injury only happened this morning? Patently obvious that he'll pull out of the US Open too.

So annoyed and frustrated at this news - I am getting sick of his injuries.

Really annoyed now.

That's basically his and my year over now tennis wise.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Utterly bizarre from Nadal. As is often the case, all it not as it seems. How can he possibly know that he wont be able to play both Toronto and Cincinnati if the injury only happened this morning? Patently obvious that he'll pull out of the US Open too.

He's had a scan and been told that it needs a cast for 2-3 weeks. US Open starts in 3 weeks so it's anyone's guess whether he'll play or not.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Li Na has pulled out of the US Open and the warm up events for it. Knee injury apparently.

yerwanthere123

Li Na out of Montreal, Cincinnati and the US Open! :eek: Says she has a knee injury that's been bothering her since March. I know she's never been solid but it might explain her poor form recently.

RosyLily

Li is hoping to be back for Wuhan and Beijing. Long stint off.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

RosyLily wrote: »

Li is hoping to be back for Wuhan and Beijing. Long stint off.

Or she's planning on retiring and wants to wrap it up at home?

RosyLily

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Or she's planning on retiring and wants to wrap it up at home?

Never thought of that. Quite a possibility! She's already done loads for tennis in China and made millions to boot...why not retire young and enjoy the fruits of the labour!

yerwanthere123

With Li now out and Vika in very questionable form, Sharapova has one of her best shots in years of winning in NY. Difficult to see Serena losing though, even with how she's played at the slams this year.

Anyone know why Simona Halep isn't on the entry list for Montréal?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

RosyLily wrote: »

Never thought of that. Quite a possibility! She's already done loads for tennis in China and made millions to boot...why not retire young and enjoy the fruits of the labour!

Isn't she 31/32 now? Not that young.

yerwanthere123

I hope she doesn't retire anyway, she's still got some good tennis left in her. She can definitely win another title in Melbourne.

RosyLily

Wozniacki will be running the NYC marathon in November. Money raised will go to a children's charity

26.2 miles? Better you than me Caro!

RosyLily

Raonic beat Pospisil 6-1, 6-4 in the first ever all-Canadian ATP final. Milos will climb to 6th in the rankings tomorrow. Nicely placed for the US Open. I expect him to reach the QFs at Flushing, maybe better depending on his draw.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Kerber was up 5-1 on Serena and managed to lose the 1st set 7-6.

RosyLily

:rolleyes: Oh Angie!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

RosyLily wrote: »

:rolleyes: Oh Angie!!

She must be the worst person in finals ever, she is abysmal.

RosyLily

12 WTA finals, 3 wins. 6 of the losses were 3 setters...and she won the 1st set in a few of them.

Ouch.

yerwanthere123

Good to see Serena back winning, although her form outside the slams was never a problem this year. Remains to be seen if she'll bring it to NY. I think she will though.

Kuznetsova wins Washington. Watch her win the US Open now! :pac: Joking aside, I'd love her to have one last glorious run before it's all over, and NY would be the perfect place to do that. She arguably has the most attractive game to watch when it's in full flow. Particularly in the first set of this match with Azarenka, just a sublime mix of power, finesse and variety.

yerwanthere123

Defending finalist points, Sorana Cirstea bombs out in the very first round of the Rogers Cup. She falls to eighty in the rankings! I knew she'd been playing poorly all year but I didn't know she'd fall that low.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Defending finalist points, Sorana Cirstea bombs out in the very first round of the Rogers Cup. She falls to eighty in the rankings! I knew she'd been playing poorly all year but I didn't know she'd fall that low.

These kinds of massive ranking drops just go to show how impressive those who manage to stick around the top 10 for years are. It's relatively easy to climb the rankings, a good run one week here and there and you'll jump quite a few spots. It's consistency that counts though. Losing all the points from 1 tournament wouldn't have that big an impact on your ranking if you'd done anything else worthwhile the rest of the year.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Bouchard just got bageled in the first set by Shelby Rogers. I'd be gutted for her if she didn't pull it together in front of her home crowd. She looked so out of sorts in that opening set, told her coach during a changeover that she wanted to get off the court.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Well... she pulled it together for the 2nd set, then got bageled again in the 3rd. What a horrible result, the poor crowd were to excited to see her play and they were so deflated by the end of it.

Floppybits

Murray vs Kygrios should be interesting this afternoon. Very hard to call this game at the moment Murray hasnt be right since coming back the Kygrios is on a good roll at the moment. The other big match is Djokovic vs Monfils, I would expect Djokovic to win this in 2 sets but it you never know what Monfils will turn up.

irishguy1983

Floppybits wrote: »

Murray vs Kygrios should be interesting this afternoon. Very hard to call this game at the moment Murray hasnt be right since coming back the Kygrios is on a good roll at the moment. The other big match is Djokovic vs Monfils, I would expect Djokovic to win this in 2 sets but it you never know what Monfils will turn up.

Very interesting to see Kygrios now - suddenly he ain't unknown, pressure will be different.

Djoko in straight sets - no belief/trust in Monfils.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Azarenka managed to see off Cornet last night in Montreal but she rolled her ankle and at one point had what seemed like the entire medical supply of bandages on her knee. Not sure she was wise playing on after that. May have done more harm than good.

Floppybits

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Very interesting to see Kygrios now - suddenly he ain't unknown, pressure will be different.

Djoko in straight sets - no belief/trust in Monfils.

I think Murray will win, he will grind him down and force him into making mistakes and going for too much.

Agree on Djoko, straight sets but Monfils antics on the court will make it entertaining.

irishguy1983

Floppybits wrote: »

I think Murray will win, he will grind him down and force him into making mistakes and going for too much.

Agree on Djoko, straight sets but Monfils antics on the court will make it entertaining.

We are both agrees so I just want to see if the Aussie lad is a flash in the pan or does he play well today. I think he will lose but still interesting to see how he plays today and over next few weeks. I just find people in sport always jump the fun with new people in the game and predict too much too soon.

I've being hearing about the end of the big 4 now in tennis for about 2/3 years....

yerwanthere123

Weird defeat for Genie. Interesting to see she admitted feeling the pressure. Perhaps the wannabe ice-queen isn't as tough as she's trying to make out! Good win for Vika, Cornet is a quality opponent.

Kyrgios-Murray should be interesting, this is the first tournament for Nick since Wimbledon isn't it?

Floppybits

Murray just destroyed Kyrgios 6-2, 6-2. Murray just lost a point on his first serve.

irishguy1983

Floppybits wrote: »

Murray just destroyed Kyrgios 6-2, 6-2. Murray just lost a point on his first serve.

Cheers.

This is just so typical and a reality check for most pundits who claimed this was the new star of tennis. Now I am not saying he won't be but let's keep it in check people!

yerwanthere123

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Cheers.

This is just so typical and a reality check for most pundits who claimed this was the new star of tennis. Now I am not saying he won't be but let's keep it in check people!

Agreed, we'll need to see a lot more from Nick to determine whether or not he's the real deal. Still, he has only just turned 19, so for the moment the signs are looking good!

RosyLily

Yeah, some commentators do go OTT when a young player beats one of the established crowd. "A star in the making!" "Future Grand Slam champion!!" Calm down, they've just won one match.

Kyrgios is still young though. Judging by his huge serve, he'll probably do alright on hard courts and grass.

Heather Watson has taken the 1st set against Cibulkova 6-2.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Weird defeat for Genie. Interesting to see she admitted feeling the pressure. Perhaps the wannabe ice-queen isn't as tough as she's trying to make out! Good win for Vika, Cornet is a quality opponent.

I feel bad for her though. I won't hide the fact that I'm a fan of hers but that aside the attention she's been getting has been ridiculous. The WTA have gone way overboard with how they've pushed her as a brand already and although you can understand Tennis Canada getting a bit excited they've just heaped so much pressure on her. I know she talks the talk but it's like they've forgotten this is only her second full season on the senior tour. I know all the players have certain media obligations but I'd love to see her take a step back from the media and promotion side of things and tell the WTA to calm down a bit. I saw a rumour today that the WTA are going to pay to fly some of the "Genie Army" to Singapore for the YEC's in October. It's just gotten out of hand at this point.

yerwanthere123

^ Saw that on Twitter too, would be ridiculous if true. Genie can't complain about how much they've been pushing her though, she's as guilty of it as they are.

You're right though, a step back from the spotlight and focusing primarily on her tennis would probably do her good.

yerwanthere123

Heather Watson has let a set and 4-0 lead on Cibulkova slip, now 5-5 second set.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

^ Saw that on Twitter too, would be ridiculous if true. Genie can't complain about how much they've been pushing her though, she's as guilty of it as they are.

You're right though, a step back from the spotlight and focusing primarily on her tennis would probably do her good.

I don't know how much say players have in that kind of thing though. I know when they sign their own sponsorship deals with watch companies or other brands that's all them but how much say do they have in how the WTA or ATP uses their name or image to promote themselves? If it doesn't physically involve the player do they need their permission?

yerwanthere123

^ Don't know, tbh. The WTA have since clarified that the rumour isn't true, so at least that.

Serena destroyed Stosur, which kinda surprised me. I thought Sam would give her a bit of a match. Ana lost to Vandeweghe but apparently she was injured. Kvitova thankully won her first match back since winning Wimbledon!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Montreal actually had a really great lineup at the start of the week and had the potential to be a great tournament, it's been a bit of a mess though. Still most of the big names left though so there could still be some good matches yet.

yerwanthere123

Sharapova down a set and a break to Suarez-Navarro. Losing to Carla would be a joke that's simply not funny!

Shelby Rogers thumped 6-1 6-0 by Wozniacki, only winning 4 points in the second set :eek:

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Sharapova down a set and a break to Suarez-Navarro. Losing to Carla would be a joke that's simply not funny!

She was down a set and a break to Muguruza yesterday too and pulled it back in the end. Just won the 2nd set there.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Tsonga just beat Djokovic quite handily in Toronto. Wawrinka lost to Anderson too. People must hate playing in Canada.

irishguy1983

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Tsonga just beat Djokovic quite handily in Toronto. Wawrinka lost to Anderson too. People must hate playing in Canada.

I saw the Djoko match - haven't seen him beaten that heavily in quite some time.

To be fair he looked a bit tired (wedding and all that jazz). I'd still have him as fav for Cincy and US Open.

yerwanthere123

What the hell was up with Sharapova today? No excuse to lose to Suarez-Navarro.

Great to see Jo get a good win, he needed it more than Novak. Nole's head is probably still in a bit of a tizzy after a pretty hectic past few weeks, I expect he'll be righted for the US Open. Hope Andy can take advantage now.

Halloween Jack

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Tsonga just beat Djokovic quite handily in Toronto. Wawrinka lost to Anderson too. People must hate playing in Canada.

Maybe djokovic got too close to some gluten, his kryptonite apparently....

the_monkey

Djokovics wife had the baby or what ?


Dad's don't win slams ...

Floppybits

irishguy1983 wrote: »

I saw the Djoko match - haven't seen him beaten that heavily in quite some time.

To be fair he looked a bit tired (wedding and all that jazz). I'd still have him as fav for Cincy and US Open.

I cant remember the last time that Djokovic was not involved in the later stages of a competition. He is so consistant.

Roll on the Murray/Tsonga match later today.,