2022 In Between Grand Slam Thread

so the most successful clay court player ever has won 1 title there in the last 8 years where he has won 3 each in both Rome and Monte Carlo in the same timeframe

where Federer who has never one a single clay court masters in Rome or Monte Carlo has won multiple titles on the clay at Madrid

but there's nothing much different about it - sure!

it's the clay court masters where players who could never come close to Nadal at Roland Garros or rarely at Rome or Monte Carlo have been able to beat him and they have had more success there

2021 for Alcaraz you're quoting - that's quite funny given that Alcaraz only made his breakout in Autumn 2021 near the end of the season and obviously really came on in 2022 - expecting that to be taken seriously as a point is a bit rich

and taking 2022 ->

hard court win-rate = 87.5 %

clay-court win-rate = 86.2 % (including "Madrid")

Also Alcaraz's ELO rating is also higher on hard-court than on clay-court (ELO ratings give credit for the ELO strength of opponents)

http://tennisabstract.com/reports/atp_elo_ratings.html

Amazon prime don't play the music at the venues and they can't have commentary for every minor match in a joint ATP 500 / WTA 250 tournament really which is both a male and female event so double the amount of matches.

I'm guessing the cameras may be automated and / or fixed for the outside courts also to save on personnel.

Considering that it's included with Amazon Prime and covers a lot of tournaments AND has the replays available also I don't have too many complaints - some on the commentary side occasionally depending on who is rostered lol

First time Raducanu has managed 2 wins in a tournament on an outdoor hardcourt since the US Open last year but 50 Unforced Errors from her in just 2 sets - not going to get too far with that tbh.

I'm sure that the heat doesn't help but Samsonova who is the next opponent was also playing in the heat and didn't hit anything like that (match 20 minutes shorter)

if Raducanu manages to win would be the first time since September 2021 at any tournament to get 3 wins

has a Russian coach Tursunov - on a temporary contract of course.

created a bit of a stir in parts.

Zverev has been Type 1 diabetic since age 4

Ostapenko's circus-worthy-attire outfits have been a recent "eye-catching" feature on the WTA tour.

but looks like she has just gone and out-done herself with the latest Toronto "married-with-children" Peggy Bundy leopard-print number!

Careful now.

you're not allowed to point out the obvious apparently

Don't care for Murray's ranting on court these days but at least he cares which is to be admired even if he's a little deluded about being as effective as he once was.

Medvedev - Kyrgios on "from 6pm" Irish time today - meaning could be up to 90 minutes later depending on previous matches I would guess

Raducanu out to the dainty but hard-hitting Giorgi in 2 sets (WTA 29 even if she did win there last year, not the favourite by any means for the tournament at 50/1), not exactly fighting for the tie-break as it went 0-7, hitting a grand total of 3 winners in the entire match and the second set went 2-6

Murray is Scottish (not a big spender lol) and is estimated to be worth at least $100 million from multiple sources and up to $150 million plus, including owning a 5-star hotel up in Scotland

He doesn't need the money

He just has the genuine desire to play - coupled with a bit of delusion driving it also