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    Jannik Sinner's Ball

    That was pretty funny. Reporter asks Ben if he thinks his game matches up well against Sinner and Ben agrees (LOL it doesn't). He them rambles about how he likes balls that check up with spin like Sinner's shots do.The statement is bizarre after the SF. Sinner's advantage from the baseline was...
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    2025 Australian open SF - [7] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v/s [2] Alexander 'Sascha' Zverev (GER)

    Djokovic didn't play that bad. People here are really exaggerating. Djokovic mucking it up on the tennis court especially during daytime matches is something that he has done his entire career. Usually he takes a medical timeout and then steamrolls his opponent the rest of the match so its...
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    Iga Swiatek receives doping ban after positive test for banned substance trimetazidine

    Another garbage excuse from a doping tennis player and the morons at the ITIA ate it up. Hopefully WADA appeals this decision as well but if not it doesn't matter. Tennis is full of dopers.
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    THIS TIME IT'S OFFICIAL: The 1HBH is dead

    I think it's a copycat sport. There was a time when almost everyone taught the one handed backhand and the result was that you had a tour full of mediocre one handed backhands and a few elite ones that everyone remembers. Tennis in those days was more offense-oriented and the one handed backhand...
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    2024 US Open Men’s Singles

    This place always has the funniest hot takes whenever an upset is on the horizon.
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    Cincinnati Open ATP M1000 2024

    I think video replay needs to be used consistently for double bounce and calls similar to this one. Umpires are consistently bad at double bounce calls and nobody does anything about it. This situation is even worse because the umpire clearly wasn't paying enough attention. Felix very clearly...
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    Cincinnati Open ATP M1000 2024

    I'm seething over here why these morons aren't showing the god damn replay. How did you guys see? I thought FAA was right
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    Let’s talk seriously about the Alcaraz jump serve

    Is that Travlerajm? man these guys make fabrice santoro look orthodox. Trav is in great shape for someone who is around the age of 50 . Very impressive. Calfslan would be proud. As for Alcaraz's serve, I don't think he is that much different than many of his peers. Sinner, Rune, Tsitsipas and...
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    Blade V7 and V8 handle difference

    I have been using this racket for 5 months now. I also shadow swing during some cardio workouts at my place. The grip is objectively thicker and I measured it with the v8+1 wilson pro overgrip coming out at almost 4 1/2 whereas the v7s were 4 3/8th with overgrip on them. The issue is that this...
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    Blade V7 and V8 handle difference

    Hey I was wondering if anyone else feels that the handle of the V8 is significantly different than that of the V7. I used the blade V7 for years and i always used a 4 1/4 grip with 1 wilson pro overgrip. I had 2 blades and the grip felt the same on both. I bought the V8 this summer and 4 1/4...
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    Novak's Even Stevens comment

    That lob was sky high and only started dropping after it had passed the service box and had a lot of backspin on it. The only way Djokovic was smashing that was if he had the kinda of high quality dynamic overhead of a Federer or Nadal who would often backpedal rapidly and hit the overhead while...
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    Novak's Even Stevens comment

    Well I can understand why some would call that a lucky break for Alcaraz. It is debatable though since Alcaraz played a hell of a point and the lob he pulled off was so good that Djokovic couldn't exactly even smash it and had to resort to a swing volley.
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    On a scale of 1 to 10 how would rate the quality of the Wimbledon 2023 final?

    It was a great match and one of the best things any true fan of the sport can do is to not come on this forum and read the garbage posted on here during the matches. I'm convinced that the vast majority of people hating on the quality of the match were too busy sh1tposting about how "2013 X was...
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    Holy molasses at how fast the AO was before 2008

    Rebound ace wasn't particularly fast. I would say that there have been years on Plexicushion that were way faster than Rebound Ace ever was. IMO what really changed was the USO. The courts got a lot slower over the years. I really noticed how much faster the USO was from the AO when I watched...
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    Roland Garros Final: [3] Novak Djokovic vs [4] Casper Ruud

    Personally, I don't understand why it took this long for Djokovic's forehand to get the acknowledgement that it deserves. Djokovic's backhand is a great shot that is super solid and amazing at redirecting traffic but he can't overpower most players with it. Since he started winning big his...
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    Roland Garros Final: [3] Novak Djokovic vs [4] Casper Ruud

    In every sport the great players are playing better and better longer into their careers. The fact that players in the past called it a career in their late 20s and early 30s says nothing about what the big 3 were able to accomplish late into their careers. The guys in the past walked away from...
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    2023 Roland Garros QF: Casper Ruud vs. Holger Rune

    He should forget about Nadal and RG altogether and shift his focus to Wimbledon and the US Open. His groundstrokes, serve and net skills will help him greatly at those events. On clay I feel like too many of his peers hit way heavier than he does.
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    2023 Roland Garros QF: Casper Ruud vs. Holger Rune

    This match confirmed my view that Rune is the most overrated player and Ruud is the most underrated player on these forums. Rune definitely has time to improve but nothing about his game made me think he was a favorite at RG. In fact the moment he struggled against Eubanks in the first round...
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    Is Rune a cheater?

    What the hell are you talking about? Tennis umpires, even at the highest levels, are terrible with double bounces. Most of the time you can understand because it happens so quickly that both the player and umpire are duped. This was a clear double bounce and Rune saw it happen in real time. If...
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    2023 Roland Garros R16: Alexander Zverev [22] vs Francis Tiafoe [12]

    This coverage is a joke. Why won't they show the god damn shotspot mark for us to compare with the on court calls?
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    2023 Roland Garros - Men's Singles

    I wish Sinner understood basic geometry . It’s so frustrating that he can’t put away or at least set up a dink volley winner from these half court sitters. Slow conditions make it tough but most of these are inexcusable. I’m amazed at how much he struggles with generating angles . This is true...
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    2023 Roland Garros - Men's Singles

    If you gave Medvedev Korda's groundstrokes and gave Korda Medvedev's movement their troubles on clay would be over. Korda's groundstrokes are awesome but I feel that he isn't an explosive enough mover to get to the balls early and capitalize on certain options that would be available to him .
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    'Honestly I don't miss Nadal being in the draw...I don't like seeing him in the draw of RG to be honest'

    I wonder if the tennis "journalists" in the US and UK will use this quote to vilify Djokovic. They usually don't worry about context at all when it comes to Djokovic. If they do it would be funny since Nadal has expressed this exact same sentiment about Djokovic multiple times in his career...
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    Mouratoglou in Rune's box

    I have been wondering this for the past 2 months. They announced the end of their partnership, posted cheesy social tributes to each other and then went right back to working together through the entire clay season. Bizarre stuff to say the least. Holger probably couldn't quit that leech.
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    Gaston fined €133,000(!) for deliberately cheating at Madrid Masters

    This is absolutely hilarious. He went THAT far to avoid a double break. :-D
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    Medvedev has a Rome title and Federer doesn't

    Federer should be ashamed that he couldn't get it done against prime Nadal at MC and Rome. I bet he looks towards Tsitsipas and Medvedev trouncing the likes Fokina and Rune at these events these days and realizes he had it easy in comparison . Heh...Completely asinine.
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    Rome Masters F: Daniil Medvedev vs. Holger Rune

    Rune reminds me a bit of teenage Djokovic, albeit a more rambunctious one. His passive playing intermixed with explosive bursts where he reels of 3-4 games in a row, the MTOs and the constant debate about whether he is just anxious (constant heavy breathing) or physically hobbled. Hopefully...
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    Rome Masters F: Daniil Medvedev vs. Holger Rune

    This could be a fun watch. I think Rune's game is much better suited for clay than Medvedev's but Medvedev engages in sh1thousery at an elite level similar to Rune. I expect a few momentum shifts.
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    2023 ATP Rome Masters 1000

    Couldn't sleep so I caught up on some matches from Rome. Cerundolo put on one hell of a beatdown. Sinner's forehand coughs up sitter after sitter when facing someone who hits heavy topspin shots. I also realized that the only top player that Sinner has beaten consistently over the past year has...
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