The Official Tennis Thread

[Michael's Black Son]

Coco

 

[phillycavsfan]

I'm guessing Rybakina or Penko prob win it now

Idk, my Ghanaian Italian queen Paolini is on a run right now....

 

[Yapdatfool]

Ugh Perricard getting worked

 

[Nero Christ]

Ugh Perricard getting worked

This aint 25 years ago where grass was catered to servebots

Grass is now about movement & transition play

 

[malbaker86]

Ugh Perricard getting worked

don't mind it. 3rd ever GS appearance and he made it to the 4th after being a lucky loser in the qualies. Up to 44 in the live rankings now and if he can qualify for Cincy and Toronto, he can move up before the USO

 

[UpAndComing]

This aint 25 years ago where grass was catered to servebots

Grass is now about movement & transition play

Exactly. Makes we wonder how Nadal and Djokovic would have fared on that type of grass surface

You already know what I think

 

[BlackAchilles]

All the talk about consistency at the top in WTA this year and unless Paolini makes it to the final from that half of the draw, they're about to have at least one legit rando on the court on Saturday

Tour needs another marquee matchup in the final in Flushing

 

[Yapdatfool]

Exactly. Makes we wonder how Nadal and Djokovic would have fared on that type of grass surface

You already know what I think

The grass courts are now in session

Wimbledon is the only grass court Grand Slam

www.reuters.com

Baseline play​

The advent of graphite racquets after 1980 saw lighter, stiffer racquets with bigger heads and better strings that let players return previously impossible balls. This allowed players at Wimbledon to play more defensively, traversing the baseline with snappy forehands and backhands in longer rallies instead of moving forward to volley and ending the point quickly.

 

[malbaker86]

Zverev

Edit: my bad. He’s clearly favoring that knee

 

[Formerly known as...]

Props to Fritz! From 2 sets down

 

[Yapdatfool]

@malbaker86 @Nero Christ

Y'all right I wanted him to get to the quarters before losing badly... was tough to watch him slow down and then have his serve get returned easily afterwards. HC swing should play out nicely for his upside

 

[phillycavsfan]

Fritz just has to beat Musetti to get his first Slam semifinal. Musetti has been playing better this year, but Taylor should win that one.

 

[Nitro Tuggle]

Rune

 

[malbaker86]

Rune

This man down 3 games to love in the first set….in SEVEN minutes

 

[ciubaca]

You can tell Novak is getting old... he wants to go to bed early