2022 In Between Grand Slam Thread

Kyrgios let his concentration slip badly in that tie-break and with it the set

Kyrgios would be 15th in the world with Wimbledon points - and him getting to the final the way he did was an aberration in itself due to Nadal pulling out of a semi and Berrettini getting Covid who he would have met plus other players out - so who is to say he would have those points except for those factors in any case

Kyrgios could meet Dimitrov seeded 15 in the next round so it's only a one round effect - not exactly hugely significant in the context of where they met here

over 3 sets on a hardcourt he can beat anyone as he has already proved over the years and he has been more consistent than prior years this year.

yes Krgios has been harnessing his talent better this year for sure but the bar was very low from him in that regard for the last 10 years

he's still an arse

3 Top 8 seeds make it to the 1/4's in Montreal (1 in Toronto)

I expect that to be better next week at Cincinnati

Of course top players like zverev and Djokovic not there. And Nadal

But some players continue playing small clay tournaments when it's going to be hard court for the year so should transition to the surface in advance of bigger masters tournaments. A few of the bigger names who went straight in to hard without playing a prep hard court tournament have gone here. Not all players can get away with that

Hard to say who will go on to win it now.

Kyrgios on form I suppose

Tommy Paul is decent on the hard surface when in form, if pretty bad on clay and grass, having beaten other top 5 and top 10 players Zverev and Berrettini in the earlier masters swing already this year on the surface as well as Alcaraz here so could have a shot at getting to a final (but not win) if he can keep his level up. Polished off cilic with relative ease

The other side is tougher with Kyrgios, hurkacz, FAA and ruud

Yes Nadal will be at Cincinnati next week.

Even though had just mentioned cin "there "was referring to Montreal this week but do see how it reads

For all the perceived coolness of dumping on Ruud he was very good and hammered FAA giving him his worst-ever tour defeat for just 3 games.

His backhand looked good even and some nice lobs.

Not one for your home crowd.

Raducanu lucks out and draws on out-of-shape 40-something in the first round of Cincinnati.

I'm not sure what this match-up really offers up given the respective fortunes of both parties over the last while.

Murray nearly blew it by reverting to being too conservative as he did too often over his career

Ironically cramps forced him to be more aggressive

Williams looked like a lumbering bus trying to get around a twisty racetrack.

It was pretty pathetic.

Once the ball wasn't hit straight back to her she was done.

Lol at the idiots paying over the odds for a ticket to that match.

Williams was still effective until she was older but it's obvious that she has played very little match tennis in the last year (hitting shots way out) as well as the movement (which was never her strong point obviously) that has really really really gone to the point that she can't even get to average shots.

Her serve quality was beyond dire with her only winning 13% of her second serve points.

Return of serve was almost as bad with 25% of points won on the opponent's second serve.

Azarenka even at 33 and not remotely the player she was (and looks like serving pretty poorly herself in the first round and not on a great year) should be in a much better position to take out the "reigning US Open Champion" I would imagine because she will be able to actually move around and also punish Raducanu's not-so-impressive serve and general lack of power.