2023 In Between Grand Slam Thread

He drop shot Alcaraz to death today. They were unreal. Speaking of unreal Ostapenko in the 3rd set against Kasatkina just hitting winner after winner. She hit 48 winners in the match.

I think the plan will be cash out if he gets to the semis and he still has to get through Alcaraz, Djokovic or even Rune. There could be some shocks along the way though, the semi final line up in Madrid was very poor aside from Alcaraz.

The recent success of low ranked players like Cerundolo,Hanfmann,Marozsan and Struff against top ranked players suggests players like Tsitipas,Medvedev and Zverez are much more vunerable to early defeat than the big 3 were in their pomp.I think this will play well for Djock in RG as he is unlikely to be ambushed by a low ranked player over 5 sets but his main rivals might.

Agreed. That "next gen" contingent are slowly becoming the "lost gen". Bar Medvedev, they have been very underwhelming. Alcaraz, and potentially Rune, looks to have already passed them out.

I didn’t see this at the time but saw her tweet about her third operation and the two words that popped into my head were Laura Robson, and how she had to retire early after what seemed like a long list of injuries on her shoulder or wrist, I can’t remember exactly.

Well, Medvedev took all of 3 days to prove that prediction wrong 😳

I know Norrie is limited but Cerundolo just blew him away...he could be a tricky opponent at the French open

Nice to see Murray making another challenger final in Surbiton. He could still be a very tricky opponent for most people at Wimbledon as things stand.

Murray in another Challenger final in Nottingham, that's 9 wins in a row, ok it isn't at ATP but still! Nice to see.

Tsitsipas didn't defend his title in Mallorca, beaten in his first match.

Is Mallorca not a bit south and hot for a grass court? Or is the grass court swing the only part of the calendar they were able to find a free slot?

It’s very strange news, it’s definitely not for financial reasons, she still has plenty of sponsors and her husband had a very successful pro basketball career and is from a very wealthy background.

I guess she thinks she can still compete at a high level and she won’t lack fitness unlike Kim Clijsters whose last comeback was a disaster. I just think there are too many power players now and her speed around the court which was one of her main attributes won’t be as strong and efficient after three years out.

Nevertheless I wish her well and hope it doesn’t contribute to a deterioration of her health problems, rheumatoid arthritis is an incurable condition and from what I recall she had it pretty bad before she retired.

In other news Simona Halep was supposed to have had her long awaited doping hearing in the past day or so with a lot of speculation that she will be handed down a two year ban which if it came to pass would efficiently end her career.

Whatever about sneaking another Grand Slam title, I can't see Djokovic ever reclaiming #1 from Alcaraz and adding to his 389 weeks total.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/66286236

thats a bummer as Amazon covered every match which was great.Good match at 10pm tonite ,new break out player Talon Greikspoor playing Dan Evans,

Greikspoor going for third victory ,although hes 27 this is the first year I have noticed his name.

I am thinking new stars will emerge ,like 19 yo Arthur Fils ,Rune and Sinner should improve, but personally good riddance to the inexorable procession of the big 3 to all semi finals ,walloping Berdych,Gasquet ,Fognini ad nauseum ,with only the odd upset to prove the rule.

Some call last night by Fergus Murphy in the Tiafoe/Raonic match. How many even knew this rule existed?