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He was huge in Europe too, just that Borg was even more huge.

Nothing. She's based in Spain — he's from Belgium. So subject to EU law. Contracts are invalid if they breach labor laws like the right to quit or the right to be employed by a rival after you quit. These sorts of "bans" and restrictions are sometimes imposed by employers in job contracts...

Not all injuries are equal. Raducanu's and Andreescu's injuries seem like strain injuries (not freak accidents). Which is odd to have at their age. It suggests they flamed out because they were overextending... playing at a level their body never developed the capacity to sustain in the first...

Where's the live UTR ?

Now? LMAO It has always been that way. Marketing hype never been "measured" or "proportional" to tennis success or performance. Sharapova made more money than Serena from the moment she showed up in 2005 until she was drug-busted. And long before that Kournikova made more money than anyone on...

Different kettle of fish. Naomi was 20 when she won her first slam. The primary driver of Coco's hype so far has been her age. This will change into something else in the future of course. To what exactly that basis would evolve only time will tell.

Rubbish moving of the goalpost. The rating and "hype" of players is inherently a commentary on their future also, not only their present. Can't turn around and say it was true till July but not true from August. That's ludicrous and absurd. And there was no caveat to all the irrational anti-Coco...

Rog arguably hurt himself — had the tour been full of carpets his two rivals wouldn't have cought up to him. They benefited far more from the carpet ban In fact Djoko's rise literally coincides with the ban to a T — his trademark slide on a hardcourt woulda been a nonstarter if the tour had...

In isolation that was not a big deal thing indeed. But context is everything — up to that moment during all the argument, that player (Toth) was pretending not to know what was going on. She was far back at the other back corner and facing the crowd (had her back to the center of the court) —...

Odd. People who use "woke" unironically actually like Navratilova — due to her allegedly anti woke trans stance. But I guess you are the extra ultra nutty wing of the wingnut culture warriors

Neither is Kate Middleton a tennis fan. They gave the job to her cuz Wimbledon has status and they wanted to raise Kate's public profile. She is technically not the right fit as handing over the trophy had been a lifetime post. But in her case I suspect she will not hand over the trophy...

What is sexual about it? That logo hints at a tennis ball and not much else. One have to be a sick depraved pervert to see sex in there.

But isn't he a bit on the light side physique-wise? I feel like that is Sinner's true one big weakness, and that's something that can't be endlessly developed without compromising other aspects (like speed / footwork etc)

Wasn't Casanova also Czech? Ok he was obviously Italian but he kinda did reside thereabouts (in Bohemia). So I was wondering whether Radek might be a descendant — somebody better check the family tree.

Yes. Contrast that with Nadal for example, who, unlike Carlos, gives you the feeling of having endless reserves and can go on being explosive forever

Maybe at other times but this time Murray is spot-on. His point is that women playing only in Bo3 format should not be held against them. Which does happen. Everywhere including here someone always says "but they don't play Bo5 — therefore they don't deserve (fill in the blanks)". Murray is...

Halep situation is somewhat different. She took more risk. She fired literally everyone in her team (even her agent) and replaced them with Mouratoglou's people. The ATP players --both Tsi and Holger-- never did such a thing. They retained their longtime crew and complimented that with...

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Serena's serve was always good but her serve in her youth/20s was not as good as it became later. She clearly prioritized sharpening that stroke's potential in the latter half of her career, as it became even more important to winning — given that she can't rely on movement and explosive speed...

He won't pull out. Nadal is more egotist that he pretends to be His lust for calendar slam will keep him around just in case something happens to Nick (on or off court) and the Spaniard wiggles thru to the next round at the last minute

Who knew that the talent where women in this sport would trump men would be in humor of all things? Li Na is arguably the funniest tennis player (male of female) in decades, possibly since Bobby Riggs. Then just days ago this debutante just spitballing off the cuff on first try left everyone...

In "unintentionally funny" kind of way, yes Nadal is funny af. Otherwise not even remotely. The dude is as serious as a heart attack. Not one even slightly lighthearted sentence in his autobiography that I just completed reading. Roger on the other hand is goofy all his life (long before his...

Indeed. Posters seem to be misinterpreting "cleanest baseliner" as if it means "most successful baseliner". If anything Djokovic in fact excels in surviving and thriving even while having to strike the ball outside the sweet spot.

BS Moya coached nobody before. Now he's just riding the coattails of a finished product. He is ATP's equivalent of Mouratoglou (who is riding the coattails of Serena)

Toni is not a garden variety coach. He can't be for example put in charge of a Fed Cup team. He gives good behaviour an extreme importance — a level of importance that coaches normaly can't afford to give (or else will be fired inevitably, something Toni didn't have to worry about because of...

This is like trying to close the barn door only after the horse has bolted, crossed the street, got rammed by a car, given a mercy shot, sent to a restaurant, and ended up on plates in several tiny pieces

What will his ranking points be if he wins this slam? And by the way can someone help me whether last year's French Open points have already dropped off? (or is it part of the covid-preserved stuff that will not drop off until October or something?

No, usually players assume the coaching staff they hire are doing this stuff all day — but in reality no doubt many of the coaches are doing just the minimum rather than the max

The man's tirade about Chanda is also as nonsensical as that — not based on anything wrong she has done. Just personal dislike masquerading as objective disapproval.