The Official Tennis Thread

[Regular_P]

GOAT taking care of business again. Too bad he was banged up during the US Open.

 

[Formerly known as...]

Rafa's always been ass on fast courts/indoors. He's lucky to play in this high bouncing medium paced era.

He would have been food in the early 90s with a lot more indoor & carpeted courts.

Federer said a few years ago he wasn't aggressive enough against Rafa on hard courts and grass and he has changed that and just attacks him and uses his serve/volley well to neutralise him. He lost so much early to Rafa on clay he didn't know how to attack him on other surfaces for a while.

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

 

[malbaker86]

Félix Auger-Aliassime



Félix Auger-Aliassime
Country (sports)

Canada
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Born August 8, 2000 (age 17)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 2017
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Guillaume Marx
Jocelyn Robichaud
Prize money $76,876
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 168 (September 11, 2017)
Current ranking No. 168 (September 11, 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open Q2 (2017)

The past year brought the emergence of Canadian tennis star Dennis Shapovalov. The 18-year-old had a surprise run that featured a semifinal appearance at the Rogers Cup, a fourth-round berth in the U.S. Open and a top-50 appearance in the ATP rankings.

While Shapovalov garnered the majority of the headlines, one of his practice and best friends, and a player whom some think could be even better than Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime had a strong season in his own right, beginning the calendar year ranked 614th, and ending it at No. 162. But Auger-Aliassime's start to 2018 was just put on hold.


The 17-year-old Montreal native announced on Thursday a knee injury sustained in training will keep him out of the Australian Open, which begins Jan. 15 and runs through the 28th.

"My team and I judged that it would be safer to skip the Australian Open to start 2018 healthy," he wrote.

While the Australian Open begins the second week of January, the first ATP event of the year, the Brisbane International, begins Dec. 31 and runs through Jan. 7, and will feature the top-two ranked male Canadian players in Milos Raonic (No. 24 in the ATP) and Shapovalov.

 

[The M.I.C.]

I hope people don't expect a repeat of 2017 with Federer and Nadal clearing out the majors.

 

[Yapdatfool]

I hope people don't expect a repeat of 2017 with Federer and Nadal clearing out the majors.

Given both don't have 6+ month layoffs to be healthy and in shape its pretty likely 2018 may be the most open season ever for no names to win majors.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Zverev breaks through

Aus - Zverev
FO - Nadal
Wimb - Djoker
USO - Djoker

 

[The M.I.C.]

Given both don't have 6+ month layoffs to be healthy and in shape its pretty likely 2018 may be the most open season ever for no names to win majors.

Exactly.

Both have recurring and nagging injuries..Fed with his back and Nadal with them glass knees. I just don't see them playing consistently top level with everyone who was injured last year..Murray, Djokovic, Wawrinka, Nishikori, Raonic coming off months long rehabilitations.

I could easily see Djokovic going on a rampage this year honestly.

I'm not sold on Dimitrov still..I could see Zverev or Thiem sneaking a major out before him.

 

[The M.I.C.]

Zverev breaks through

Aus - Zverev
FO - Nadal
Wimb - Djoker
USO - Djoker

I don't even see Nadal winning the FO in 2018 tbh..unless he does what Fed did last year and basically play mainly a majority of the Masters and Slams on a stunted schedule.

 

[malbaker86]

I don't even see Nadal winning the FO in 2018 tbh..unless he does what Fed did last year and basically play mainly a majority of the Masters and Slams on a stunted schedule.

Rafa winning the FO if he makes it there healthy. Last year wasn't some fluke, he was prolly gonna win it in 2016 had his wrist not failed em.

Anyways....we byke tonight

 

[Roman Brady]

Damn other than looking out for nadal winning i could care less about this shyt now serena has gone off to raise the fruits of her bedwenching

 

[Miles Davis]

Felt like foreve since the us open, just a few more hours

 

[Yapdatfool]

Felt like foreve since the us open, just a few more hours

IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not predicting anything except fukkery.

 

[Yapdatfool]

So far Sloane has provided the first glimpse of fukkery, from 6-2 and serving for it at 5-4 to losing a TB and the final set 6-2...

Taylor gone and Venus struggling,

 

[malbaker86]

So far Sloane has provided the first glimpse of fukkery, from 6-2 and serving for it at 5-4 to losing a TB and the final set 6-2...

Taylor gone and Venus struggling,

Venus gone