I'd love to see Med give the beat down on Zedrot. They're both 6'6 and Meddy isn't the most muscular guy out there. I think I'm putting my money on Stan. Even old Stanimal would destroy Zverev in about 7 seconds. Two punches and it's lights out. Tatted out GF can film herself on Insta and enhance her "influencer" aura.
Do you know who the commentator is?
Oh, I'm sure Stan would handle him with no problems at all. I think there are plenty of guys that could, but I just mentioned Medvedev because I know they don't like one another.
Nah, I'm so tired of this nonsense. I'm a Tiafoe supporter, but this crap is so frustrating to watch. Why is he even entering these events? Just take a couple of weeks off, Francis, and sort your sh-t out already.
Flip side, there's only so much to sort out off-court. You could be totally right, and maybe he needs time off. But that's not a certainty - he has to learn how to win at a higher level again on tour, and you can't replicate those conditions off court. Though if he's completely frazzled and not into playing, then I break could be warranted. It's tough to know.
No way can Tiafoe take time off when IW begins next week. As an American, this is the second biggest event of the year after the USO on his home soil.
Why any man let alone a top tier athlete would settle for a woman with some stupid tattoo is beyond me.Some pics of the players at the annual players banquet on Monday night.
Trash already dumped from the tournament, thank you, Altmaier.
Better watch out for the virtue signalling drones. One of them had a hissy fit because I called a chair umpire fat yesterday. "Fat shaming" is up there with "tat shaming" as utterly forbidden.
Slice sure has a place in the modern game but Not in place of a weak backhand. You cannot win against the top players on a slice. The same reason Lopez couldn't do much against Fed/Nadal.
Tsitsipas played horribly last round, choked at love when serving for the match and showed a total lack of confidence throughout. Demon should beat him comfortably.
Haven't seen Casper play this week, so I don't know. I watched Shelton beat Evans but couldn't see him last night because he was playing at the same time Holger was playing on stadium court. Ben looked pretty erratic against Evans and his serve was not popping like usual.
I'd love to see that, but doubt it. The bookies had Rune as the heavy favorite in the Brisbane final, but Dimi won that in straights. Demon has more confidence and is in better form than Rune right now, but let's wait to see how the draw pans out. Rune can lose to anyone considering his erratic pattern of play for the last 7 months.
He always does against DeMinaur for some reason. Their head to head is laughably dominant
It feels odd to be rooting for Tsitsipas.
I don't think he will pull through, Demons got this (probably). I don't care for either guy, but Demon's at least understated and not a narcissist.
Oh, I was strictly talking about a mental break. It seems like he is having troubling focusing, and locking in 100%. And I don't really blame him. Small crowds at small events, with not much to play for, it's probably hard for most guys, and he seems more dependent on crowd energy and a big spotlight than most players.
I agree, now isn't the time. The time would have been a few weeks ago, where he could easily have skipped Dallas, Del Ray Beach, Los Cobos, Acapulco, or any combination therein.
Have they played one another yet? I'd actually love to see that as well (of course with Shelton blowing the Brat away, and making Brat's head explode because Shelton is another young gun).
You really get narcissist vibes from Tsitsipas? I don't, at all. I honestly don't get a lot of the hate that he seems to receive. I just see him as what we call a "space cadet." He's a little goofy, but I think he means well. I also think growing up on the tour didn't help him, and he needs to mature some more.
Narcissism is pretty much the 20-21 c. default condition in the West, though. Not a problem particular to Tsits.
Thanks for this comment.
I mostly get mug vibes.
I appreciate your nostalgic stance, but it is what it is.I think Tsits will still snag a Major or two.
"reports of my death [OHBH} have been greatly exaggerated.."
We'll have to see how it goes. Mac came out nowhere; then Becker / Eddy / Sampras / Fred.I appreciate your nostalgic stance, but it is what it is.
Pretty sure Mark Twain is dead too
Anyone posting 5,000 Insta pics per month of he and his GF is a born narcissist. Anyone starting their own Insta page with his own handle with Badosa with 5,000 pool photos, bikini pics and endless protestations of "endless love" is the very personification of narcissism. The plagiarism and faux "philosophy" posts are also the epitome of narcissism.
Were we discussing Dane Prince's narcissism? Must have all those who are currently doing that on ignore and missed it.
ADM has been playing like a top 5ish player this year and has made me a lot of money. But you’re right about Stefanos. Even though ADM had been beaten up so many times by the Greek philosopher, and took a beating in the first set, he still had a lot of confidence in that second set when he turned the match around, and a lot of it had to do with the lack of confidence that the Greek philosopher showed.
Anyone posting 5,000 Insta pics per month of he and his GF is a born narcissist. Anyone starting their own Insta page with his own handle with Badosa with 5,000 pool photos, bikini pics and endless protestations of "endless love" is the very personification of narcissism. The plagiarism and faux "philosophy" posts are also the epitome of narcissism.
Anyway, zero interest in pursuing this topic since my Dane Prince is ON DA COURT!
Bit of trivia (which will interest no one).... throughout his entire juniors career and pro career, whenever Holger won the toss he elected to receive 100% of the time. In Acapulco, he's won the toss in all three of his matches and he has elected to serve. Interesting change of tactics.
Massive win for De Minaur though over Tsitsipas. Alex had lost all 10 of their matches including the Los Cabos final in August.
