Medvedev to expose Sinner false dawn

middleballs

Professional
Medvedev will get one set maximum. Love the guy, but his serve isn’t as good as it should be and hasn’t been for a year or so. Probably a big factor to him not winning a title so far this year.
 

dking68

Legend
Get ready for a surprise. This time he has plenty gas in the tank and will adopt same game plan as he did in AO final.Medvedev destroyed Alcaraz last year in USO when people least expected it.
Where you’re wrong is believing that Medvedev will beat Sinner again. Medvedev is basically 30, Sinner is just starting his prime. It’s only going to get harder from here
 

Krish0608

G.O.A.T.
It is one thing to bet on Med to win, it’s a whole other thing to say Sinner will be creamed in straight or he’ll be torn apart. This is a clown thread lol. Considering who made the thread, I guess the AO match (not the final lol) still hurts badly.
Anyway, I’m expecting a very close match. It’s deffo going to be close and Med might even get the win if Sinner has a bad serving day.
 

dking68

Legend
It is one thing to bet on Med to win, it’s a whole other thing to say Sinner will be creamed in straight or he’ll be torn apart. This is a clown thread lol. Considering who made the thread, I guess the AO match (not the final lol) still hurts badly.
Anyway, I’m expecting a very close match. It’s deffo going to be close and Med might even get the win if Sinner has a bad serving day.
I have no reason to be afraid of this match. Sinner is a world number 1 with 8 defeats in the last 12 months and 7 titles and by far the best player in the world. Medvedev is yet to win a title in the last 12 months. I see this going max 4 sets, plus sinner is going in with confidence after that beat down in Miami
 

Humble Crumble

Semi-Pro
It is one thing to bet on Med to win, it’s a whole other thing to say Sinner will be creamed in straight or he’ll be torn apart. This is a clown thread lol. Considering who made the thread, I guess the AO match (not the final lol) still hurts badly.
Anyway, I’m expecting a very close match. It’s deffo going to be close and Med might even get the win if Sinner has a bad serving day.

Those clowns will never get over the AO result. They’ll never stop until a million asterisks are added to it.
 

RF-18

Talk Tennis Guru
Where you’re wrong is believing that Medvedev will beat Sinner again. Medvedev is basically 30, Sinner is just starting his prime. It’s only going to get harder from here

He just turned 28 few months ago. That's not basically 30.

Medvedev will be out there to get revenge, get prepared. Count him out at your own peril.
 
Where you’re wrong is believing that Medvedev will beat Sinner again. Medvedev is basically 30, Sinner is just starting his prime. It’s only going to get harder from here


Where you’re wrong is believing that anyone will beat Sinner again. He’s just starting his prime. He’s only going to get more unbeatable from here.
 

RF-18

Talk Tennis Guru
Tell me the last tournament he won

You can search that up yourself mate . So you are telling you need to win a tournament to beat a specific player? Medvedev tore Alcaraz apart in USO last year. He beat Zverev in AO SF epic. None of that required winning a title prior.

I'm backing Medvedev definitely here, maybe im predicting with my heart but so be it.
 

NatF

Bionic Poster
You can search that up yourself mate . So you are telling you need to win a tournament to beat a specific player? Medvedev tore Alcaraz apart in USO last year. He beat Zverev in AO SF epic. None of that required winning a title prior.

I'm backing Medvedev definitely here, maybe im predicting with my heart but so be it.
Why wouldn't you back the best baseliner of all time.
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
If Sinner wants to get to the final, he better finish of Meddy in 3 or 4 sets.
If he goes 5, Sinner ain't winning the SF vs Alcaraz.

But wow - what a draw:

Medvedev in QF
Alcaraz in SF
Djokovic in Final

Is this the TOUGHEST draw ever? No one with the draw is winning the tournament.

Sinner could potentially have THREE 5 set matches BACK TO BACK.
 
Well he did get to skip a round so you never know. If sinner does go out it should be number 8 for djokovic as I don’t think be blow another Wimbledon like last year. Knee issue or not. He ties Fed. That’s worth mangling your knee up for anyways LOL. It’s not like he has a lot of years on tour left
 

Razer

G.O.A.T.
If Sinner wants to get to the final, he better finish of Meddy in 3 or 4 sets.
If he goes 5, Sinner ain't winning the SF vs Alcaraz.

But wow - what a draw:

Medvedev in QF
Alcaraz in SF
Djokovic in Final

Is this the TOUGHEST draw ever? No one with the draw is winning the tournament.

Sinner could potentially have THREE 5 set matches BACK TO BACK.

Last 4 - Roddick Wimbledon 2009 - Berdych, Hewitt, Murray and Federer.
Last 4 - Federer Wimbledon 2019 - Berretini, Nishikori, Nadal and Djokovic

You don't get tougher than this, I donno about the 1990s/1980s, prob tougher draws existed back then ( @Mustard ? @Kralingen ? ) but in this century these 2 draws must be the toughest at Wimbledon.
 

Mustard

Bionic Poster
Last 4 - Roddick Wimbledon 2009 - Berdych, Hewitt, Murray and Federer.
Last 4 - Federer Wimbledon 2019 - Berretini, Nishikori, Nadal and Djokovic

You don't get tougher than this, I donno about the 1990s/1980s, prob tougher draws existed back then ( @Mustard ? @Kralingen ? ) but in this century these 2 draws must be the toughest at Wimbledon.
Stich in 1991, from the fourth round onwards, had to beat, in succession:

Volkov (Volkov served for the match in the fifth set, was up 30-15, and there was a fluke point where Stich hit the net post and the ball sailed over Volkov's head. Stich won)
Courier (who had beaten Stich in their 1991 French Open semi final)
Edberg (the reigning Wimbledon champion who hadn't dropped a set all tournament, who hadn't dropped a set in all the 1991 grass season up to that point, and who didn't drop serve against Stich in 23 service games, yet still lost)
Becker (former 3-time Wimbledon champion, reigning Australian Open champion, who was about to return to world number 1)
 
Last 4 - Roddick Wimbledon 2009 - Berdych, Hewitt, Murray and Federer.
Last 4 - Federer Wimbledon 2019 - Berretini, Nishikori, Nadal and Djokovic

You don't get tougher than this, I donno about the 1990s/1980s, prob tougher draws existed back then ( @Mustard ? @Kralingen ? ) but in this century these 2 draws must be the toughest at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon 85 Curren draw: McEnroe, Connors, Becker
Wimbledon 88 Becker draw: Cash, Lendl, Edberg
Wimbledon 92 Agassi draw: Becker, McEnroe, Ivanisevic
Wimbledon 93 Sampras draw: Agassi, Becker, Courier
Wimbledon 99 Sampras draw: Philippoussis, Henman, Agassi

These are some of the tougher ones from those days.
 
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Deleted member 810491

Guest
Alcaraz already exposed Sinner and stole all his clothes at Indian Wells and Roland Garros...
 

ChrisJR3264

Hall of Fame
Alcaraz already exposed Sinner and stole all his clothes at Indian Wells and Roland Garros...
I have to account for sinner not being able to train much prior to French open bc of the hip. Yes that includes running so his fitness and cramping were an issue in that match. However it could’ve been mental fatigue considering it didn’t bother him most of the tournament.

Indian wells sinner did fold after blasting him in the first set too. So idk. If sinners jitters in big matches have returned - he may lose to medvedev who I think bested him in Australia had it not been for him having to play 3 matches prior into the 2-4 am hours of the morning. Also knowledge of med having a shoulder and abductor issue going into Australia. So
 

FeroBango

Legend
I have to account for sinner not being able to train much prior to French open bc of the hip. Yes that includes running so his fitness and cramping were an issue in that match. However it could’ve been mental fatigue considering it didn’t bother him most of the tournament.

Indian wells sinner did fold after blasting him in the first set too. So idk. If sinners jitters in big matches have returned - he may lose to medvedev who I think bested him in Australia had it not been for him having to play 3 matches prior into the 2-4 am hours of the morning. Also knowledge of med having a shoulder and abductor issue going into Australia. So
Imagine the shock when you realise that Alcaraz himself had an ankle swollen like a pumpkin that forced him to retire just a week before Indian Wells. Here's the kicker: Sinner played more on clay to prep than Alcaraz who had a paltry sum of 4 matches prior to RG. At the SF, he himself had hand cramps in the third set and had to tape his quads up by set 5. He'd have the taping til he got dismissed by Draper at Queen's.

Alcaraz and Sinner have had equal matches this year as far as health is concerned so, yeah.
 

ChrisJR3264

Hall of Fame
Imagine the shock when you realise that Alcaraz himself had an ankle swollen like a pumpkin that forced him to retire just a week before Indian Wells. Here's the kicker: Sinner played more on clay to prep than Alcaraz who had a paltry sum of 4 matches prior to RG. At the SF, he himself had hand cramps in the third set and had to tape his quads up by set 5. He'd have the taping til he got dismissed by Draper at Queen's.

Alcaraz and Sinner have had equal matches this year as far as health is concerned so, yeah.
Dude played an exhibition the week before Indian wells lol
 

FeroBango

Legend
Dude played an exhibition the week before Indian wells lol
Against Nadal. Surely Nadal was ready to win Indian Wells beating Sinner en route too. You should have watched that high-quality exhibition tbh, what with Carlos doing his signature scrambling at total ease and all.

It's not like it was his way to test waters before Indian Wells title defense or anything. Only Sinner can have physical issues after all -- not even his opponents who on paper may have had more severe injuries than the world no.1 in the matches of this discussion.
 

ChrisJR3264

Hall of Fame
Against Nadal. Surely Nadal was ready to win Indian Wells beating Sinner en route too. You should have watched that high-quality exhibition tbh, what with Carlos doing his signature scrambling at total ease and all.

It's not like it was his way to test waters before Indian Wells title defense or anything. Only Sinner can have physical issues after all -- not even his opponents who on paper may have had more severe injuries than the world no.1 in the matches of this discussion.
He hurt the ankle 3 weeks prior to IW.
Someone with a swollen ankle doesn’t risk it with an exhibition.
 

ChaelAZ

G.O.A.T.
And for this incorrect guess, you get....

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FeroBango

Legend
He hurt the ankle 3 weeks prior to IW.
Someone with a swollen ankle doesn’t risk it with an exhibition.
Oh but they do when it's Rafa in his potential last year, particularly as he is an eminent sportsperson of their nation. Not everyone is Emma you see.
Alcaraz also played some meaningless exhibition before pulling out of AO 2023, iirc.

Anyway, since you count his exhibitions so high it only stands to reason that you count Sinner's greater clay preparation before RG just as high, if not greater than whatever crumb Alcaraz could taste of clay before the tournament, but do you?

But before I forget why I brought these injuries up, let me refresh the case: Sinner was not anymore injured than Alcaraz who had to retire forfeiting some of his defending points before IW, and Sinner had no more injury excuses for RG than does Alcaraz.

Going back in history, do you also asterix their Miami match last year where Alcaraz hurt his wrist and cramped a touch? How about USO 2022 when Sinner was presumably a yolk at best?

I'm also curious to know your thoughts on their Paris match of 2021 too when Raz had to apparently tear Sinner senior's nutsack open to pull out Sinner jr. just to have a win in their h2h?
 
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UnforcedTerror

Hall of Fame
Sadly, I don't think Meddy stands a chance against Sinner on grass. Heck, even Paul has a bigger chance to upset Karl than Meddy upsetting Jann.

Can't wait for Wimbledon to end so we can see the best of Meddy again.
 
Medvedev in the QF ? What? I didn't even realize that Zverev passed Med in the rankings. Sinner's draw is brutal, even though that being said Medvedev in the QF would be way worse a draw at the USO or at the AO.
 

ChrisJR3264

Hall of Fame
Medvedev in the QF ? What? I didn't even realize that Zverev passed Med in the rankings. Sinner's draw is brutal, even though that being said Medvedev in the QF would be way worse a draw at the USO or at the AO.
Ya. Med had plenty of points to defend from LY. Didn’t do bad job of doing so. Zverev didn’t really have much of any to defend this year. Carlos loses to Paul and he’s #4 in the rankings as of today.
 

ChaelAZ

G.O.A.T.
If Sinner is as good as people have said, Medvedev should stand no chance.


Sinner beat Med in tight matches in 4 of the last 5 meetings, though Sinner burried him at Miami last. But Med is no slouch to say he has no chance. True of him against anyone. I actually think he has his best chance for this match. But I think Sinner can take it. We will see.
 

ChaelAZ

G.O.A.T.
Medvedev is shockingly a bigger underdog vs Sinner than Paul is vs Alcaraz, which I find a bit odd

I think that sounds right since Paul is playing some pretty dang good tennis. But Med is ready for the "no one best Meddy 6 times in a row" statement.
 
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