swiatek

A pretty straightforward question, now that the draws have been posted. Which has a greater chance of happening: Sinner v Alcaraz or Sabalenka v Swiatek? Do you think both will happen, neither will happen, or one or the other? I almost never do polls, but I'll break that "policy" here.

Hoping to keep this positive with no arguments. Right now, who do you consider to be your five favorite players...for whatever reason(s) -- stated or unstated? Keep this a judgment-free and survey-free thread. As it strikes me right now, mine would probably be: ATP: Carlitos Novak Fonseca...

..the people who paid hundreds of pounds for a centre court ticket yesterday. 57mins of singles action for what £300-400 pounds?? Oh dear. This is one of the reasons I have never ever tried to get a ticket during the finals weekend, first week is the best with so many matches on show, especially...

So whether you go live rankings or live race or something else (other than wishful thinking), who do you regard as the Top 5 right now per ATP and WTA -- in 1-5 order? Try not to put too much stock in the past or in your projection of the future, although I may have? My own: MEN: Sinner...

Martina slams the decision of WADA to appeal the ‘no negligence’ part of ITIA’s ruling based on expert opinion. Contrary to the (ex-)players of Nasty&Company she shows an understanding of the issue, indicating a careful reading of the evidence. Contrast that to the intellectual depth of a former...

In the context of the cases of Sinner and then Swiatek, some members and I, tried to explain here a very simple logic; performing more of much more sensitive tests will result in a much larger amount of ‘false positives’, in the form on insignificant contaminations. Nice to see the boss of WADA...

Here is the update by the Taskforce created in 2023, likely caused by increasing case numbers of unintentional doping: A good explanation by one of the members:

There's much more to life than tennis, and more to tennis than slams, but here we are. As of now, Carlos (just 21) leads Sinner (23) 4-2 in slams, although arguably, Sinner is the better player on the most prevalent surface, hard courts. Regardless of who you like more, how do you roughly...

Kind of a straightforward question, but one with some subjectivity built into it. Who, of current players, do you consider to be a star? Whether by results or that "it" factor, or both? Here is an informal list of mine. Who do you agree with, disagree with, and who else would you add? Not...

Can you see the emergence that is happening in front of our eyes? All 3 are slam champs now. They have separated themselves from rest of the pack. Exciting times for the WTA. Choose your fighter.

In real life - if any of this is real - I'm a writer who can be quite imaginative, irreverent, innovative, etc. I get and write satire, understand irreverence much more than most, and am not totally averse to hypotheticals, even in sports. But, I just don't see the value in producing...

The WTA has had computerized rankings for 47 years, and Iga Swiatek already ranks 15th in most weeks (not necessarily consecutive) at #1. Below is a quick copy/paste of the top 15: So, if Iga holds on for another year, she'll already be in the Top Ten for this category. I admit to being bad at...

This is partially in jest, but I just flipped on Tennis Channel, and am casually watching a WTA match between Caroline Garcia and Shuai Zhang from Lyon. Not a bad match to my casual eye, but both players are wearing the exact same outfit. It appears to be the same one that Iga Swiatek (arguably...

Will we get a new superstar with Swiatek or will Kenin prove her Aussie win was no fluke? Discuss.