The 2014 In Between Grand Slam Thread

yerwanthere123

Del Potro has announced he's making his comeback in Brisbane. I seriously hope he's actually ready this time and not just coming back for the sake of the new season.

irishguy1983

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Del Potro has announced he's making his comeback in Brisbane. I seriously hope he's actually ready this time and not just coming back for the sake of the new season.

Great line up in Brisbane!

Can't wait for new season and fit Rafa

RosyLily

As well as hiring Lindsay Davenport as part-time coach, Madison Keys has brought Wim Fissette on board.

Pretty decent duo! Looking forward to seeing if it'll make any difference to her game.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

^ Keys looks like one of the best of the young American women. Now is the time to get that good team around her. Nobody needs another Sloane Stephens.

RosyLily

On a slightly less tennis-related note, picked up a bag of Sugarpova from TK Maxx.

Little did I know they were a year out of date!:(

RosyLily

Agnieszka Radwanska has hired Martina Navratilova as another coach. Tomasz Wiktorowski (sp?) still on the team.

Huge news imo!! Looks like Aga wants a Grand Slam in 2015. Biggest coaching coup, I think. Excited to see how it'll pan out.

yerwanthere123

RosyLily wrote: »

Agnieszka Radwanska has hired Martina Navratilova as another coach. Tomasz Wiktorowski (sp?) still on the team.

Huge news imo!! Looks like Aga wants a Grand Slam in 2015. Biggest coaching coup, I think. Excited to see how it'll pan out.

Intriguing. I also read somewhere else that she was looking to put on a few kilos of muscle during the off season also.

RosyLily

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Intriguing. I also read somewhere else that she was looking to put on a few kilos of muscle during the off season also.

Interesting!! All reads like someone aiming for a Grand Slam title next year imo. She's got a decent chance of winning any of them.

Would love to see her win one!! I love watching her play.

yerwanthere123

RosyLily wrote: »

Interesting!! All reads like someone aiming for a Grand Slam title next year imo. She's got a decent chance of winning any of them.

Would love to see her win one!! I love watching her play.

I'd love to see her win a slam as well. She's too talented not to win one. I think for a player like radwanska, who's game relies so heavily on running and having good defense, she needs to win one sooner rather than later. I'm not saying she's over the hill or anything but she's not exactly on the young side of the game either.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

John Isner has hired Justin Gimelstob as his new coach. Perfect match those two.

yerwanthere123

Jamie Hampton won't be able to return until April at the earliest. Jesus.

yerwanthere123

Fissette and Keys end their partnership after only a few days. Keys will still be coached by Davenport, plus her husband Jon Leach. I think the first arrangement would have been better.

RosyLily

^ Quite early to end the partnership but I suppose if you know it won't work, then that's that. Sneaky suspicion Keys might regret it though. I doubt Wim will be unemployed for long....someone will snap him up!

Bad news about Jamie. She is having a rough time of it!

RosyLily

Many, many empty seats at the tennis in Dubai!! Wonder will organisers come back next season.

According to Bhupathi, 4 cities are interested in hosting teams in 2015 but they can only sign 2. Could dump Dubai if numbers don't improve.

yerwanthere123

I see mumblings on Twitter of Delpo having pain in his wrist again.

RosyLily

^ Would be a disaster for Delpo!! I'm really looking forward to his return. He's too good a player to have one Grand Slam imo. Hope it's just speculation.

yerwanthere123

Agreed, but I fear it's all he'll ever win. Would have been fascinating to see how many he'd have won without the wrist troubles. I reckon he'd have at least two.

Rjd2

https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/tramlines/fears-over-wimbledon-tv-coverage-as-bt-sport-linked-with-bbc-rights-share-095425897.html

RosyLily

Ah ffs!! Hope to God it isn't true. Bad enough that BT have the majority of the big rugby matches.

This would be a huge blow to BBC. I wonder how much BT are offering to have split rights.....

yerwanthere123

I highly doubt the BBC will allow it to happen

RosyLily

I hope they tell BT to take a hike!

yerwanthere123

Daniela Hantuchova is after getting Carlos Rodriguez as her new coach. Sounds like she wants one last push before it's all over.

RosyLily

Veeeerrry interesting that one! I wouldn't be surprised if Daniela retired after the 2015 season. I've a vivid image of her crying at the back of the court mid-match against Ai Sugiyama (I think) at Wimbledon. Anyone remember the year?

Tomas Berdych has hired Dani Vallverdu. Wonder will he pass on any info from Team Murray?:p

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

RosyLily wrote: »

Veeeerrry interesting that one! I wouldn't be surprised if Daniela retired after the 2015 season. I've a vivid image of her crying at the back of the court mid-match against Ai Sugiyama (I think) at Wimbledon. Anyone remember the year?

Tomas Berdych has hired Dani Vallverdu. Wonder will he pass on any info from Team Murray?:p

It's kind of funny that Berdych couldn't get Ivan Lendl and then went for someone else from Murrays team instead. Judy was his next choice.

Randomfriend

Dustin Brown just bought a copy of this off me. Today was a good day!

yerwanthere123

Hey guys, I started the thread for the new season.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057353087