2024 Beijing Open - ATP 500

[ppma]

Got a break. Got broken back in the next game. Very bad a game.
Next game, 0 40; 3 more break chances for Carlos. Carlos throws a rocket 3m behind the baseline to earn the break in the first opportunity. Crazy match.

 

[Move]

Medvedev seems out of ideas how to play Carlos at this court

 

[marc45]

edit...

 

[Move]

Anybody watching Sinner - Bu ?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Anybody watching Sinner - Bu ?

Yep! Bu is holding his own against the #1. Saved a few break points to start the match and is hanging in early days.

 

[Move]

Bu really rising to the occasion, plays very good

 

[Move]

2 break points for Bu !

 

[Move]

Chinese crowd goes wild (for their standards)

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Bu is putting on a show and really hanging in there!

Deuce for like the 6th time now.

 

[Move]

This match is highly entertaining !!

 

[Drighiz]

Great match so far. Can Bu keep it up?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Sinner ends up saving 3 break points and he holds.

Bu showing he's not here just to make up the numbers but.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Sinner breaks.

Well it was fun while it lasted.

 

[Move]

Sinner breaks.

Well it was fun while it lasted.

Some crazy returns from Sinner to set up the break

 

[Hitman]

Bu looks like a cross between Federer and Jackie Chan.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Bu looks like Alcaraz Ferrer mixture.
More consistent and able to grind like David but stays inside baseline like Carlos.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Sinner wins less than 25% of dropshot points today

So bad.

 

[Move]

Sinner gets cynical to himself (gives himself thumbsup) wasting so many breakpoints. Rare sight
Also old habit of not enough variation in spin and height of the balls. Plays into Bu's strengh : tenacious hitting the same balls over and over again

 

[nolefam_2024]

+1 aggression after huge kick serves

Sinner don't want to play Bu's game, he plays number 1 player tennis.

 

[Hitman]

Bu has done himself proud this week, no question.

 

[Bride of Alcaraz]

The Sinner is about to be 0-2 vs. Alcaraz on hardcourt in 2024 if he's man enough to beat Bu whom i've never even heard of !

 

[Move]

The Sinner is about to be 0-2 vs. Alcaraz on hardcourt in 2024! if he's man enough to beat Bu whom i've never even heard of

oh look ... a new user with very interesting tennis insights
did you forget to type capital bold letters at every sentence ?

 

[nolefam_2024]

Bu has done himself proud this week, no question.

And sinner has not.

Can't allow to be bullied from baseline

 

[JJGUY]

It looks like this is only the 2nd ATP tour Bu ever entered, the previous one was Hangzhou 250 a week ago, before that he played in Challenges.

 

[nolefam_2024]

It looks like this is only the 2nd ATP tour Bu ever entered, the previous one was Hangzhou 250 a week ago, before that he played in Challenges.

As he is inside top 65 now, he will play Shanghai anyway despite ranking but now he will get direct entry to all slams and masters

 

[Move]

very business like tiebreak from Jannik

 

[Move]

As he is inside top 65 now, he will play Shanghai anyway despite ranking but now he will get direct entry to all slams and masters

Beware of the Chinese David Ferrer !

 

[nolefam_2024]

Number 1 Sinner

vs Carlos who is 7-1 vs top 5 this year

 

[NaDjoFed]

Great, a Sinner vs Alcaraz final.

 

[JJGUY]

As he is inside top 65 now, he will play Shanghai anyway despite ranking but now he will get direct entry to all slams and masters

I am reading his bio now. Bu had a tough childhood, lost his dad when he was just a toddler, his mom remarried but under the Mongolian customs, the children stay on their father's side family, he can't follow his mom, he was under the care of the grandparents, they don't speak Mandarin, so they sent him to a boarding/foster house for disadvantaged kids, while Bu was there to receive education, he was discovered by a sports scout, and they brought him out to play tennis. His pro tour was hindered by COVID for 3 years, compare to ZZZ and Shang, it is a slow start for him.

 

[nolefam_2024]

I am reading his bio now. Bu had a tough childhood, lost his dad when he was just a toddler, his mom remarried but under the Mongolian customs, the children stay on their father's side family, he can't follow his mom, he was under the care of the grandparents, they don't speak Mandarin, so they sent him to a boarding/foster house for disadvantaged kids, while Bu was there to receive education, he was discovered by a sports scout, and they brought him out to play tennis. His pro tour was hindered by COVID for 3 years, compare to ZZZ and Shang, it is a slow start for him.

His game is definitely top 50 level barring injuries.

 

[NYTennisfan]

Missed the match since it was on at a ridiculous time in my time zone but nice to see Carlos back in form. Alcaraz-Sinner. Lets go!!! In a 500 no less but still, looking forward to it

 

[TheSlicer]

Just watched the match, fun match and Alcaraz playing freely again

 

[Mainad]

It's just the 2nd time Sincaraz will meet in an ATP final (1st was back in 2022 in Umag which Sinner won). Alcaraz leads the H2H 5-4 and has won both their previous meetings this year (semis of RG and IW).

 

[nolefam_2024]

What a high quality fun today.

Sinner has gone past Zverev on backhand department surely. Just smack the heck with the ball and Djokovic like slides.

 

[Move]

Great day for mens tennis, Tokyo final Fils Humbert was top quality as well

 

[Mainad]

Alcaraz wins a close fought battle in Beijing to secure his 16th ATP title, 4th this season and 5th at ATP500 level. He is now 6-4 in the H2H with his closest rival, Sinner and 3-0 against him this season. They are now 1-1 in finals played against each other.
He also becomes:

1. The 1st player in ATP history to win an ATP500 title on all 3 surfaces.
2. The 2nd Spanish player to win in Beijing (after Nadal 2005,2017).
3. The 5th player to win 16 ATP titles and become joint 10th in the leaderboard of active players with titles (along with Gasquet, Rublev, Sinner, Wawrinka).

 

[Aabye5]

Alcaraz wins a close fought battle in Beijing to secure his 16th ATP title and 4th this season. He is now 6-4 in the H2H with his closest rival, Sinner and 3-0 against him this season. They are now 1-1 in finals played against each other.
He also becomes:

1. The 1st player in ATP history to win an ATP500 title on all 3 surfaces.
2. The 2nd Spanish player to win in Beijing (after Nadal 2005,2017).
3. The 5th player to win 16 ATP titles and become joint 10th in the leaderboard of active players with titles (along with Gasquet, Rublev, Sinner, Wawrinka).

Wow, first to win an ATP 500 on all surfaces. Would have thought someone would have pulled that off somewhere along the way.