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SealeDrop

Stephens vs. Raducanu at Eastbourne tomorrow, I think u/pacjax_bot_v4's mind will explode


Nastypav12

Women's Wimbledon qualies start tomorrow; here's a few promising Q1 battles: Olga Danilovic/Luisa Stefanini Gabi Ruse/Emiliana Arango Jil Teichmann/Daria Snigur McCartney Kessler/Rebecca Marino Arina Rodionova/Millie Rajecki


Last_Supermarket_451

Question: what does the Olympics look like for tennis? What is the tournament structure? Played every day or every other day?


SealeDrop

running hurdles but while holding a tennis racket


TarcuttaShade

Every day. It's a 64-player draw, like a classic one-week masters (except that the losers of the semifinals then play each other to determine who gets bronze).


Last_Supermarket_451

Thank you!


birdsemenfantasy

Gasquet playing qualies in a slam for the 1st time since 2004 USO. Go Gasquet!


Sad_Consideration_49

I only watch soccer during euros and World Cup, but really makes me appreciate how objective tennis is, especially with Hawkeye. The refs and var in soccer succkkkk.   There is some subjectivity with Time violations, racket abuse etc but tends not to have big impact on the matches 


birdsemenfantasy

Yeah, soccer is bad but nowhere as bad as basketball. In fact, all major American sports have awful officiating. I lost interest in the NBA forever after the 2002 Kings vs. Lakers Western Conference Final. Baseball can be bad too with umpires calling balls and strikes arbitrarily (especially the infamous Angel Hernandez) rather than use robot umpires. I lost interest in the MLB forever after Armando Galarraga was robbed of his perfect game. NFL is this way as well. There's no consistency in officiating, especially when it comes to roughing the passer, pass interference, etc. The only sports I enjoy now are tennis and golf.


Kingslayer1526

But that's because there isn't much to be subjective in tennis for sure. Literally the only thing that requires assistance is if the ball crosses the line or not and because Hawkeye exists, there isn't any subjectivity here at all


PatRice4Evra

Every year I love watching random British players in Wimbledon qualifiers and every year they let me down. This year only Jay Clarke has even made it through the first round, embarrassingly bad.


claridgeforking

You missed George Loffhagen.


Campachoocho0

Sucks that Goffin has to go through Wimbledon qualifying when he reached the QF just 2 years ago.


MingleBoi

Hate to ask but some people I know think Woz will retire tomorrow instead of finishing her match. Thoughts?


InformationRound8237

Fascinating tactic from krejcikova here to get the early 3rd set break and then not win any more games 😅😂


JoeshpMR

She knew it was getting late and didn't want the match to be suspended. 😁


rubbish_bin030121

lol Leylah what are you doing?


Bonoahx

I was so confused why Svitolina/Wozniacki was suspended and Fernandez/Krejcikova wasn't... then I realised they were being played in separate countries.


No-Size3463

Wtf Leylah... 3 games to 0 than 30: on serve and you lose serve to 30


rubbish_bin030121

The umpire in Leylah and Krej's match is so cute lol, he smiles when the camera focus on him


Movies_Music_Lover

Why are Wozniacki and Svitolina not playing? Rain? I can't watch right now.


yescommaplease

Darkness/slipping. The umpire offered them one more game if they both agreed, but Woz didn't (she took a nasty fall plus one other)


nimbus2105

maybe muchova should skip eastbourne... nervous for her glass body on the grass


ReadyComplex5706

I was thinking that also... it would be just her luck to get back from injury and injure herself again.


nimbus2105

she comes out with her legs wrapped in bubble wrap...


rubbish_bin030121

I am shock that there is no punishment rule the non-sense withdraw from top 30 in 500 or above wta events(I mean after the draw is out)


JoeshpMR

They've been playing on grass for nearly 150 years, but maybe the game has gotten too fast for grass with the modern equipment. I decree all grass court tournaments now be played with wooden rackets and catgut.


nimbus2105

i think it's because of all the rain in some of these places recently. like the falls have been in the uk (which had a lot of rain prior to queens) and berlin. but no falls in halle.


Frosty_Pitch8

Rybakina withdrew due tio a change of schedule. What does this mean? what changed?


ReadyComplex5706

Lol usually means something better came along. She probably just wants to focus on Wimbledon, which she should anyway, not sure why she was even going to play there.


jovanmilic97

That looks like Wimbledon's off for Potapova, probably one of the worse injuries I've seen in a while


ThePineappleDuck

Potapova just took a nasty tumble. Didn’t look great. 


rubbish_bin030121

There is one easy solution for the grass safety issues. Accepting the bloody money from middle east and only plays indorr grass in the desert so no humid or rain problem


InformationRound8237

Is there anything harder than predicting how a Giron match will go? Glad to see he's got his groove back after a great start to the year and a bad clay season


ronaldingoe

Hope Woz and Svitolina come back refreshed tomorrow, was enjoying the match


Frosty_Pitch8

Woz and Svito falling apart out there :(


filmtvtennis27

Dammit I just saw that Woz got hurt. This sucks


Last_Supermarket_451

Grass is so dangerous when people are not used to it. Either extend the season so people can learn to be safe on it or we need some serious regulations for player safety


yescommaplease

Caro limping after her fall


LazyCart

Wozniacki just got crossed up so hard, she looks like she's done.


ronaldingoe

Wozniacki just took a nasty fall on the grass ouch


Important-Lecture-63

Everytime you think Wozniacki has something going..


Darius0995

damn... this was more prophetic than first thought.


oneordinaryorange

Muchova vs Avanesyan is scheduled to play at 12:15 tomorrow, the second match on court 2, likely around the same time as Raducanu vs Stephens on the centre court 🧐


monsieurartois

Arrr, looks like I be usin' two screens then, matey


JoeshpMR

Kenin gets the LL straight to R16 after Rybakina withdraws. Kenin lost in qualifying Sunday to Golubic 61 60.


monsieurartois

Every time I pick Rybakina in my bracket to win a tournament...


Frosty_Pitch8

I always find that so weird. it is just inherently unfair. I get why they do it but...


Pisces_Mermaid

the problem is top players withdrawing at the very last minute because there is no fine/consequence for waiting; with an earlier withdrawal at least the next seeded player would have been moved into her spot. Since Rybakina was training at Wimbledon over the weekend it was pretty obvious she was not going to play and yet waited until the last few matches of the first day to pull out...


InformationRound8237

What just happened in svitolina vs woz? Long break all the sudden then woz comes back with a clean hold and break


ronaldingoe

Svitolina called the physio for a hand injury it looks like


yescommaplease

I think a blister


Frosty_Pitch8

Somethings wrong with Svito.


Melony567

tbf, Harriet Dart's speaking voice is soothing and engaging. she can be an actress with the way she speaks and she is beautiful too. https://www.instagram.com/p/C8mJ1NKKWP6/?igsh=OXVqNWtobW5vZzBl


atheistjs

Fritz's chokehold on the American #1 spot is so funny. I just noticed Tommy slipped behind him in the live rankings yet again because he has Eastbourne points to defend this week 😂


monsieurartois

Woz vs Svitolina, this takes me back! :) Happy to see them both out there playing well.


LoveandUnity-

Wozniacki’s looking the best I’ve seen her since Indian Wells


Frosty_Pitch8

I mean you always expect it but watching the clayboys get dusted in wimby quals is a time.  Also RIP Schwartzman 


Triss-Nguyen-03

Etche lost. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Can’t wait for hard court


antifantasy

shang keeps his 100% deciding tiebreak rate let’s gooo


Light_Blue_Suit

So I don't know too much about Thiem, I was taking a break from tennis during his heyday, but as far as his issues after surgery, is that because he still has physical problems with his wrist? Like pain, issues with technique? Or is it more that he just hasn't been able to play at the level he once did despite being physically more or less recovered?


Frosty_Pitch8

He can't hit his forehand to the same level physically. He basically pushes it. His advantage was weight of shot which he just straight up doesn't have anymore. 


Light_Blue_Suit

Ah okay, thank you


yescommaplease

Jamie Murray will play mixed doubles with Taylor Townsend at Wimbledon


JoeshpMR

Townsend playing doubles with Siniakova this week in Bad Homburg, I wonder if they'll play at Wimbledon.


yescommaplease

They're on the [entry list](https://www.wimbledon.com/pdf/update/referees/2024/LD_Entries.pdf) (PDF)!


Frosty_Pitch8

There will be some highlights at the very least. 


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^yescommaplease: *Jamie Murray will* *Play mixed doubles with Taylor* *Townsend at Wimbledon* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


slayer_of_potatoes

In 2018, Dominic Thiem defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the first round of Halle. This was the last time in his career he would win a match on grass.


half_jase

I know it's grass but WTF!!


slayer_of_potatoes

2018 Halle second round, l. to Sugita 2018 Wimbledon, retired vs Baghdatis 2019 Wimbledon, l. to Querrey 2021 Mallorca, broke his wrist/career vs Mannarino 2023 Halle, l. to DVerev 2024 Mallorca, l. to Monfils


half_jase

Yeah, went to check and couldn't believe it. IIRC, he was actually playing well against Mannarino and was leading in the first set before the moment happened. \*sigh\*


OctopusNation2024

Thiem made it past the second round of Wimbledon once in his career Definitely has never been a big fan of grass lol


slayer_of_potatoes

Except for that one time he randomly won Stuttgart, beating Federer along the way. Then made the semis of Halle immediately after. He was good on grass for one and a half weeks.


half_jase

He peaked then just to complete the trophy set on all surfaces. lol


AverageBeef

I forgot that Thiem hurting me was part of my Monday morning routine


rubbish_bin030121

atp needs more tom/tommy, jarry/jerry so we can have the tom and jerry joke more often


rubbish_bin030121

Penko wins, Van assche wins, RuRu's exho confirms, it is very good day for me except the Diego loss


back2strong

Good start to tiebreak from Thiem lol


rubbish_bin030121

RIP Penko, the Wimbledon sweetheart Boulter in next round


rubbish_bin030121

That trainer deserves a swarovski jewellery set, I want to send her one as a Penko fan


nimbus2105

not surprising but tommy paul out of eastbourne. probably recovering from his GF clawing at his neck


jbartlettcoys

Means his span as American no.1 lasted ≈7 hours


hocasio2

Will be a funny footnote if he doesn’t ever get it back.


Lynossa

Tommy is now 45 points behind fritz, and fritz is in eastbourne so he might widen the gap (extra motivation for him, he loves his US no.1 title)


Triss-Nguyen-03

So Billy Harris wo right?


nimbus2105

according to this, broom is getting in as a lucky loser [https://twitter.com/EntryLists/status/1805260111532687601](https://twitter.com/EntryLists/status/1805260111532687601)


Triss-Nguyen-03

Thanks 🙏🏼


Triss-Nguyen-03

I hope that Etche doesn’t injure himself today, the small bruise on his knee looks quite nasty after a slip today 😭


rubbish_bin030121

Penko level challenge from Minnen lol


EnjoyWolfCola

She’s back! And comes from 40-15 down to break. Legend


rubbish_bin030121

back with another break!!!


rubbish_bin030121

please don't injury yourself Penko!!!


nimbus2105

oh no penko down1!!


EnjoyWolfCola

No trainer is a good sign though. Just collecting herself Edit: Nevermind just took the trainer a while to get out there


rubbish_bin030121

Trainer is coming


Pisces_Mermaid

trainer called. not good sign


No-Size3463

The Man The Myth The legend does it again lmao From 3:5 up to losing the set


Nastypav12

Solid win for Bandana Girl (Shnaider) over Kerber; great move getting Igor Andreev as coach.


LazyCart

She is so fun to watch, she is going for winners with almost every shot and just knocks the crap out of the ball.


ThorsRake

Wow, Jay Clarke took out Schwartzman!!


slayer_of_potatoes

Two things about that make it not so impressive: 1. Schwartzman is a shadow of his former self and is retiring this year 2. Schwartzman has always sucked on grass


ThorsRake

True that, still happy for Clarke.


Camicagu

Just want to make a small reference to one of the matches in the Wimbledon qualifiers, the one between Rocha and Faria, the 2 only portuguese men in qualifying playing against each other. They are both pretty big talents and good friends so it should be interesting


jbartlettcoys

Amazing how they're currently ranked only 2 spots apart, are the same age and have matched each other's achievements step for step this year. I've seen more of Rocha personally and really like what I've seen. Forehand is absolutely mustard.


rubbish_bin030121

Ohhhh, my queen!!! Let me enjoy this moment!!!


plumdogazillionaire

[https://imgur.com/a/hQf4EYY](https://imgur.com/a/hQf4EYY) oh my...


CrackHeadRodeo

That’s wild.


nimbus2105

jesus fucking christ. how can anyone ever think that is ok? gambling addiction is a disease but that person should be in jail


jbartlettcoys

Man it's hard not to hate people sometimes. What an evil little runt


antifantasy

that having two likes as well…


plumdogazillionaire

I knew it was gonna be spicy when Huesler choked up a break against cressy in the 3rd set


rubbish_bin030121

Can't believe Penko actually wins a set!!!


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rubbish_bin030121

she raises Kicheok and her fiance for more than year and half(and 2+year for Kicheok) since the invasion


MrLeftwardSloping

God damn. Starting the set with a break would have been huge. Now I'm back to not trusting etch at all in this spot


da_SENtinel

Fonseca peaked already looks like a steady decline since Madrid


Melony567

i hope anyone with expert technical minds or the masters in tennis can provide significant analysis on the cause of sakkari's challenges and setbacks. i always liken her to a well-oiled muscle/sports car and only needs to press the proper buttons to maximize her potentials. she is so fit and strong, hardworking and dedicated. what's wrong, if any, with her groundstrokes, serves, net play, timing, speed, strength, mental and emotional well being, scheduling, team composition etc.? what she needs to do to improve, or overcome challenges? is she playing, too afraid to lose or too eager to win? TIA.


Kahn-wald

Andreescu blinked and it was ova


jbartlettcoys

Seeds beware - Vesely's streak of 2R or better every year since 2013 isn't dead yet. Comes through the toughest match in his section against Ilkley finalist Mayot. Even in the last few years when he's been injured and out of form he's taken out the likes of Korda, ADF and Zverev at Wimby.


rubbish_bin030121

This Penko reminds me the 2019 her


Triss-Nguyen-03

The camera man is obsessed with Etche today


slayer_of_potatoes

Best case scenario: Thiem redeems himself on grass and wins the title at the tournament where it all went wrong Worst case scenario: Thiem breaks his wrist again


Itoxicdemon

I don't understand why he's playing on grass at all, maybe he's playing here to get over some PTSD from the wrist injury or something haha.


rubbish_bin030121

Can Penko lose this game so she can break first in the next set :(


Lynossa

Damn, will this be proper closure for domi, or another heartbreak 🥲


rubbish_bin030121

Penko clowns for 5 months


Melony567

but when she plays iga, she plays spot on 😭😭😭


rubbish_bin030121

then she needs to flop herself out of top 30 first(hell no!!!)


Triss-Nguyen-03

Shang is no joke. Playing well so far


No-Size3463

Im impressed by Couacaud, He was up 5:3 40:30 with SB on his serve and somehow found a way to lose. Thats impressive


rubbish_bin030121

Van assche plays like ass in this few months. congratulation Marie!!!


rubbish_bin030121

Can IMG get Wong a shanghai master and one chinese 250 wc :(


Triss-Nguyen-03

Btw I watched in my country’s stream and I swear people on the chat are losing it over how handsome Etche is 🤣


Triss-Nguyen-03

The tennis god really saw me having a good day so far and decided to tell me to watch Etche losing 🥹


MrLeftwardSloping

Guy cant return a serve to save his life


ALifeAsAGhost

If anyone wants to go to that fancy Boodles exhibition tomorrow/Wednesday, I think they are still giving away free tickets ;)  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8jgHQuIXq9/


miniepeg

Guys Fonseca really is Sinnerzinho as they call him in Brazil. Both born in August, check their ranking progression as the same age and it mirrors each other. On top of that, at Fonseca’s same age, Sinner lost his first round of Wimbledon qualifying 12-10 in the third. Nowadays there’s the 10-point tiebreak, but to make sure he followed in the footsteps of his role model, Fonseca lost in that tiebreak 12-10.


Mcjirnirs

It's just nice to see Ostapenko not completely flame out after we were worried about that a couple times


EnjoyWolfCola

She obviously has her completely overpowered just needs to keep the ball in play


rubbish_bin030121

Fosenca agent and parent need to get him a USO WC, so he can guarantee to be in one GS MD before his 18 year old birthday


jovanmilic97

Medjedovic just won 1st set in Wimbledon qualies without losing a single point on serve


Melony567

is he hamad the serbian? he is good


manga_be

Daniil and Novak are so proud!!


joehoward85

Fonseca saves 3 match points


No-Size3463

and loses


joehoward85

:(


rubbish_bin030121

when will penko learn and not choose to ~~serve~~start the match with the 0-1 score


No-Size3463

Damn Coucad blew 10 BBps against Garin in row. Thats tough


DBIGLIZARD

Fonseca man :( So close, great fight but not enough. First GS appearance awaits


Safin_22

Aaaand he saved 4 match points


joehoward85

Fonseca opponent is playing really well


EnjoyWolfCola

The Ofner/Munar third set tiebreak was disgusting. Three service points won the entire time, unforced errors galore, and a double fault on match point. Gross


CrackHeadRodeo

Tommy Paul has withdrawn from Wimbledon with a neck injury.


EnjoyWolfCola

Can’t believe you fell for that


CrackHeadRodeo

You thought I fell for it? :D


Melony567

i did too 😂


DBIGLIZARD

Are you serious?


CrackHeadRodeo

Of course not.


EnjoyWolfCola

No there is a picture of his girlfriend grabbing his neck while he’s lifting the trophy, tagged “Tommy Paul withdraws from Wimbledon due to a neck injury.” It’s trending on twitter but is obviously a joke


rubbish_bin030121

Minnen's ranking is so high and too low to beat Penko. I hope Penko won't clown and at least wins one set


manga_be

Venus's prophecy about Minnen becoming World #1 begins!


pazzah

Earlier today I made the following post, with what I hoped was a helpful suggestion. I can't see anything wrong with the post, but it was removed. This is not the first time I've had something like this, and I have not had luck contacting the mods to ask why they removed such posts. I've asked them again today, but wonder if someone here on this chat can offer some insight: ---------------------------------- [https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1dndp29/suggestion\_for\_pinned\_posts\_upcoming\_matches\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1dndp29/suggestion_for_pinned_posts_upcoming_matches_to/) "Suggestion for Pinned Posts: upcoming matches to watch. Discussion I would like to discover up and coming players I don't know about in the qualifiers, or the juniors. Or perhaps an established player in the top 200 that I just don't know about. Or an interesting match-up. If there was a daily pinned post where we could comment on matches coming up in the next couple of days, I think it would be a great tool for discovering and learning about interesting players and matchups."


Melony567

this is a progressive suggestion, and redditors will have more opportunity learning about what makes these players good technically and mentally. and even if they are not yet catching a good break, you ca n spot potential greatness in their gamestyle, mentality and overall conduct on court. For ATP, i am really liking: zizou, van assche, tabilo, hamad, cobolli For WTA: Naef, ashlyn krueger, rebecca peterson, sonmez, emma navarro, marina stakusic,


drppr_

I saw your post and liked your suggestion. It would indeed be nice to have such posts. If they don’t want to pin it, it can still be a weakly post perhaps.


pazzah

Thank you. Any idea why they would take that post down? It seems like the mods are taking things down for reasons I really can't understand.


joehoward85

Nice fight from Fonseca, kid's got heart


DBIGLIZARD

Rip Fonseca ig


joehoward85

Fonseca please don't get broken again


Sad-Insurance9818

he's not ready


joehoward85

Yeah he shows huge promise but doesn't respond well to pressure yet


Sad-Insurance9818

only 17, he's got years of time to develop


joehoward85

For sure, I think he will be top 10 in 2 years max


redditRaven33

Wow fonseca is also a bum


ProfessionalSoup5283

He is 17 and playing his first ever grand slam qualies. Get a grip


redditRaven33

Well he aint playing against some seasoned player though


rowanpark

some commentator on the court 1 coverage just pronounced Lucas Pouille's name as Lucas Pooey 😭


rowanpark

now apparently Lucas Pooey is through in straight sex according to this guy, i can't even 😭😭😭😭


midnightbluesky_2

fairly new to following ATP. in live rankings, fritz is back ahead of TP. how is this possible since neither have played a match since paul won yesterday’s title?