ATP500: China Open, Beijing 2023

[robyrolfo]

Watching Med's interview after his earlier SF, it looks like he thought the Alcaraz-Sinner match would be a drawn out affair (as many of us did). It helps Sinner that he managed to close out the match quickly.

For sure. While I realize that Medvedev has dominated the matchup completely, that Miami final was really influenced by Sinner being an absolute wreck from the start, following his semi against Alcaraz.

 

[James P]

Sinner has to beat him eventually, could be tomorrow! I'm pretty happy with either outcome, leaning 51% Meddy.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Sinner has to beat him eventually, could be tomorrow! I'm pretty happy with either outcome, leaning 51% Meddy.

Med was absolutely blasting the ball against Zedrot today and not missing at all. With a 6-0 H2H I'm thinking this is not a coin flip match but that Med is clearly the favorite.

 

[dandruffkb]

Sinner has to beat him eventually, could be tomorrow! I'm pretty happy with either outcome, leaning 51% Meddy.

Say that to Monfils vs Djokovic 0-19...

 

[ibbi]

Sinner's forehand coming through for him more than his backhand has to be the story of the day.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Just watched both matches back. Incredible level of tennis at times from all 4 players. 2 high quality semi finals. Hopefully we get a good final too.

 

[Cortana]

Where is the F match thread?

 

[abmk]

Just saw the 4-5 min highlights. Alcaraz started well vs Sinner in first few games, but floundered afterwards. wasn't even hitting as well as he could with his gameplan, let alone using variety.
Med was just more solid/precise than Z.

 

[James P]

Med was absolutely blasting the ball against Zedrot today and not missing at all. With a 6-0 H2H I'm thinking this is not a coin flip match but that Med is clearly the favorite.

Didn't mean I thought it was a coin flip match, but rather whom I want to see win.

 

[robyrolfo]

I think players with a one handed backhand should get more prize money than the two-handed snowboarders of tennis. Making the game beautiful should be rewarded.

LOL, just check the draw from R1, it looks like the second week of a grand slam!

Yep, that's the problem with some slams. You get a few early upsets and the draw becomes a mess, especially when the player who scores an upset fails to maintain the surprising level.

Ask your dad, he's been smashed a few times

Super mature response for someone criticizing Murray for being immature. Anyway, you should head down to a local Over-50 soccer/football match sometime. You are guaranteed to see some "mature" gentleman acting decidedly immaturely.

Just watching highlights but there is suspicious quiet in Rubles matches! Where is the Bweeeh???!

I saw Rublev live at the US Open this year vs Draper, with decent enough seats that before the match I told my wife, 'get ready to hear Bweeh! a lot for the next few hours.' Then, to my shock, he rarely used it. Toward the end of the match, I actually started yelling 'BWEEEH!' after every point he won, just to keep the spirit alive. Got a lot of funny looks, and the wife was pretty embarrassed, but I'm like 30% certain someone from Rublev's player's box looked over at me one time like, 'is there really some dude yelling bweeh?,' which made it totally worth it!

 

[Aabye5]

I saw Rublev live at the US Open this year vs Draper, with decent enough seats that before the match I told my wife, 'get ready to hear Bweeh! a lot for the next few hours.' Then, to my shock, he rarely used it. Toward the end of the match, I actually started yelling 'BWEEEH!' after every point he won, just to keep the spirit alive. Got a lot of funny looks, and the wife was pretty embarrassed, but I'm like 30% certain someone from Rublev's player's box looked over at me one time like, 'is there really some dude yelling bweeh?,' which made it totally worth it!

A. Rublev certainly appreciates your efforts to keep alive the language of the rub-y necked warbler.

 

[Mainad]

Title #9 for Sinner, 2nd at ATP500 level and 3rd this season placing him 4th in the leaderboard of titles won this season by current top #10 players.

 

[dking68]

Title #9 for Sinner, 2nd at ATP500 level and 3rd this season placing him 4th in the leaderboard of titles won this season by current top #10 players.

He also made 5 finals