2021 Roland Garros - Men's Singles - General Discussion

[I Am Finnish]

I think most of my posts deserve to be in that thread, the TTW Sin bin

You got that right

 

[reef58]

He had extremely tough physical battles against Schwartzman in slams. A match doesn't have to be 5 sets in order to be tough. Last year's semifinal was just 40 minutes shorter than Djokovic's 5 set win over Tsitsipas.

Butt picking takes up time man

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Ymer fails to close out the set. Mug!

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

Ymer is a complete mug.

and he's bringing Sinner down to his level of muggery

 

[Sysyphus]

I like my Nordic neighbour Mikael Ymer, but I have absolutely no interest in seeing him get whooped by Humbalito. Human backboard, no weapons.

get it together Jannik

 

[dapchai]

Ymer mugging it up now.

Definitely.

 

[junior74]

I like my Nordic neighbour Mikael Ymer, but I have absolutely no interest in seeing him get whooped by Humbalito. Human backboard, no weapons.

get it together Jannik

100%

 

[ACE of Hearts]

I like my Nordic neighbour Mikael Ymer, but I have absolutely no interest in seeing him get whooped by Humbalito. Human backboard, no weapons.

get it together Jannik

Sure but i don’t see much of a chance by Jannik against rafaelito but we shall see .I feel a night match could be a disaster for him.

 

[stringertom]

Ymer fails to serve out the set, 5-5.

Andiamo, cattivo ragazzo!

 

[dapchai]

Ymer is a complete mug.

To be broken now.

 

[junior74]

Struff hangin' tuff in the breaker

 

[Pablo1989]

Sure but i don’t see much of a chance by Jannik against rafaelito but we shall see .I feel a night match could be a disaster for him.

What? Sinner has way more chances against Rafa in a night match than during the day.

 

[Sysyphus]

Sure but i don’t see much of a chance by Jannik against rafaelito but we shall see .I feel a night match could be a disaster for him.

99.9% chance Jannik gets the same treatment as everyone else Rafaello plays at RG of course, but he at least has the weapons to potentially make it interesting. Saw that last year. With Ymer, there's not even the 0.1%, outside of scenarios involving Bull getting hit by a meteor or something of the sort -- and perhaps not even then.

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

This tennis is good struff

 

[MichaelNadal]

Will miss the Nadal match, headed to church. Bamos Rafa!

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

ANDIAMO!!

 

[dapchai]

To be broken now.

Absolutely.

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

2-0 to Djokovic. It takes Berankis 2 sets to warm up so Novak is definitely in trouble

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

A shame I might never see it then. What happens at RG usually stays at RG.

I'll make sure you see it buddy!

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

aaaand just as I say that, Berankis gets broken ....

 

[ACE of Hearts]

What? Sinner has way more chances against Rafa in a night match than during the day.

Why? The ball won’t penetrate as much?

 

[dapchai]

aaaand just as I say that, Berankis gets broken ....

Bagel incoming.

 

[Cortana]

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Nice ratio for Mugrankis. 12 winners to 26 UEs.

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

My main chick and my side chick getting the job done. Very good @Nole Slam

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

Berankis showing absolute GOAT tier muggery with that overhead. In the immortal words of Rafa, this is ridiquilius

 

[El_Yotamo]

Alcaraz disappointing as well today

 

[Deleted member 748597]

My main chick and my side chick getting the job done. Very good @Nole Slam

Epic.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Ymug this guy is putrid. Lol.

 

[skip1969]

Lol, what's wrong with underhanded serves?

I just think that as a top-tier professional tennis player, there are a myriad of options available to you if your opponent is returning from the bleachers. A kick serve, a slice, a short, angled serve . . . I mean, any well-placed serve can put you in the driving seat when someone stands way back. Serving underhanded means you're either to dense or too afraid to try any of those things. You're simply looking to catch your opponent out.

For a club player, maybe. If your shoulder is injured, okay. But, in my view it makes a pro look silly. Reminds me of moonballing, back in the day. Sure, it was technically a legit tactic. But once you started doing it, the crowd would jeer and give you stick because they see it as a cowardly, last-ditch tactic employed because you can't win the honest way.

But yes, I get it. Do anything to win.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Djokovic, Schwartzman and Nadal are the only players who have not dropped a set yet

 

[skip1969]

Djokovic, Schwartzman and Nadal are the only players who have not dropped a set yet

Diego is the real shocker. He's done nothing all spring.

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

Djokovic is looking swift and clinical.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Sinner has made a bunch of UEs in this match with Ymer. That won’t cut it against rafaelito.

 

[junior74]

Berankis avoided the bagel again. Half victory.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

I just think that as a top-tier professional tennis player, there are a myriad of options available to you if your opponent is returning from the bleachers. A kick serve, a slice, a short, angled serve . . . I mean, any well-placed serve can put you in the driving seat when someone stands way back. Serving underhanded means you're either to dense or too afraid to try any of those things. You're simply looking to catch your opponent out.

For a club player, maybe. If your shoulder is injured, okay. But, in my view it makes a pro look silly. Reminds me of moonballing, back in the day. Sure, it was technically a legit tactic. But once you started doing it, the crowd would jeer and give you stick because they see it as a cowardly, last-ditch tactic employed because you can't win the honest way.

But yes, I get it. Do anything to win.

I've disagreed on this forever. As long as it's a legal shot, why not implement it as a regular part of your arsenal? I know some guys have been using it in recent years, but they'll do it max once or twice in a match. I, however, would like to see someone have the balls to use it on 10/15/20% of their serves, just to keep the backboard returners honest. I'm aware of the stigma, but I wish it'd just go away. Does anyone have a problem with pitchers throwing change-ups or curveballs? After all, they too have infinite options with their fastballs, splitters and sliders...

 

[zuluzazu]

Berankis avoided the bagel again. Half victory.

Looks like you were correct after all Kudos to you.

 

[skip1969]

A lot of straight-setters. I wonder what it could mean for week 2?

 

[I Am Finnish]

Berankis avoided the bagel again. Half victory.

Djokovic is never going to win majors ever again

 

[junior74]

Looks like you were correct after all Kudos to you.

Kudos to Berankis for trying his best in Novak's hitting session

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

Sinner got ROBBED! Double bounce caught on camera! Send the umpire to the Netherealm !!

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Wow! Blatant double bounce from Ymer to save break point. Incredibly bad call. Sinner took it all too well. Miss Asderaki looks like she's losing a beat or two.

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

100 cameras filming the match and they can't review the call because of "tradition". Clown world. Absolute clown world we live in. Joke of a civilization.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

YMug pulling a Freddy with all these blown break points .

 

[mike danny]

Alcaraz disappointing as well today

He's only 18 still. Even Nadal at 18 wasn't yet good.

 

[mike danny]

Diego is the real shocker. He's done nothing all spring.

He's faced nobodies so far though.

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

Ymer redlining like Mario on shrooms. Despite that, Sinner holds. ATG in the making, folks.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Either way GOAT Ends at this tournament for Fed. Nadal/Djoker are winning too easy and conserving energy. Cant see both guys losing

 

[ACE of Hearts]

He's only 18 still. Even Nadal at 18 wasn't yet good.

He’s very fortunate that by the time he’s in his late 20s the big 3 will not be there. Maybe lol

 

[junior74]

Boobthrower through