Swiatek just got KOed
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I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
What it tell us?
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
Time to sleep
ronalditop
Hall of Fame
But seriously: what it tell us?
DSH
Talk Tennis Guru
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Ok, im officially watching their next match 
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
Lazuras_Long
Rookie
MeatTornado
Talk Tennis Guru
It tells us that if Rybakina is on her game and dialed in, she can beat anyone on tour. Not exactly earth shattering news.
Iga is still the rightful #1, but she's not invincible. She'll have days where she can lose to fellow top players.
Iga is still the rightful #1, but she's not invincible. She'll have days where she can lose to fellow top players.
No_Kwan_Do
Semi-Pro
Straight out of her idol's playbook as well. Just take the L Iga without sounding like a sore loser.
puppybutts
Hall of Fame
she's introverted and quiet, so people assume she's this innocent, wholesome person. but in one of her pressers, she straight up said she thinks other girls would be jealous of her lol
personally, these kinds of statements don't bother me...it is rather impossible to be the best in the world at something without having an ego. it is incredibly boring to hear "there were some things I could have done better, but credit to my opponent, they were the better player today" x1000 in every press conference when it's just lip service. of course every player thinks they could beat anyone else if they have their day...if they didn't, why bother? unless you're someone like bublik who just treats tennis as a job.
Kralingen
Talk Tennis Guru
Iga has some growing up to do mentally.
She’s so used to running roughshod over her opponents with 5-6 breaks that I think she isn’t up to the task of playing “men’s style tennis” where you only get 1 look at a break per set and you have to re-focus on holding serve.
Even in her best performances on HC I think she struggles to hold consistently, and moreover I think she plays 95% of her matches against players who she knows she can break easily. There really isn’t a long catalogue of match practice on quicker surfaces against capable servers for her… and in Sabalenka and Rybakina you get the rare mix of serving excellence and baseline skill that she has only seen 6 or 7 times in her entire career so far.
She really struggles holding focus and confidence after a long service game and is prone to getting double broken when there’s scoreboard pressure. Her coaches have to do a better job preparing her to win this sort of match… and it starts with her serve
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
It also tells us that pushers like Iga raise to the top in a sport of errors. That's why Federer is the most beloved, being an attacking player.
LuckyR
Legend
Iga happened to play poorly against an opponent who played better than average and who matches up well against her. Happens in tennis all the time. The only unusual thing about the situation is that Iga hasn't played poorly very often in the last 51 weeks, but only someone unfamiliar with statistics would suppose that a player won't play poorly some of the time, regardless of who they are.
platypus50
Rookie
Awesome, way to go Rybakina, byebye to the Nadal fangirl, salty handshake from her as well
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
That’s the hardest part to tell.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
I can’t sleep. What this tells us/me?
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
I would not go that far.
Aestheticsaboveallelse
Legend
Meh she couldn't even reach finals of AO despite constantly breadsticking and bageling everyone. Rybakina is the one who stopped her there and now she's crushing her 6-2 6-2 at IW thats crazy. After Swiatek owning everyone else. Its very clear Rybakina is much better and Sabalenka must be too
Rybakina has a damn solid game. Iga will be fine, of course. But I can see Iga, Saba and Rybakina battling for slams for the next few years. And I'm hear for it.
The Aussie final was the best women's slam final in eons, fwiw. I would love more of those level matches in the future.
The Aussie final was the best women's slam final in eons, fwiw. I would love more of those level matches in the future.
Djokodalerer31
Hall of Fame
That Carlitos going home soon as well...
Aestheticsaboveallelse
Legend
More like Saba and Rybkina battling for slams as long as healthy
Fairhit
Hall of Fame
I can understand that, it means she cares greatly about winning. What I find obnoxious is the way she doesn't give credit to her opponent and places the loss on some sort of injury, that's what I can't stand about Nadal either.
Just give credit to your opponent.
CoolCoolCool
Hall of Fame
Is she Finnish?
Krish0608
G.O.A.T.
That’s what I mean by salty. Being a sore loser. Yeah, just take a look at what she tweeted after the match. Implying clearly that she lost due to injury. She’s a bad loser. Such a shame because I liked her all this while.
TheNachoMan
Legend
Vamos Rafa.
ChrisJR3264
Hall of Fame
Last year and going into this year it was like Iga was unbeatable for how dominate she was. Sabalanka has absolutely taken her game to the next level. As did Rybakana. And both of their styles give Iga trouble. So Igas run of dominating the tour just got interesting. She will have to adjust.
Enceladus
Legend
Excuses for injuries are a sign of poor sportsmanship. Such an attitude from Iga is disappointing.
ChrisJR3264
Hall of Fame
Her behavior at the net after a loss is always salty. Can’t look her opponent in the eyes and congratulate her. When she lost to pegula in that world tour team tennis in Australia - she literally broke down in tears when she got ko’d 2,3.
She is a salty loser. When Barty retired she dominated what I thought was a rather open competition. Sabalanka has a dominate style that can dominate the tour. She keeps her mental game on page and consistency - she can easily take over #1.
Bill Lobsalot
Hall of Fame
Ryba would have beaten Iga at her best last night. She was pasting the lines deep with power.
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
Don Felder
Semi-Pro
This girl is a horrible ambassador for the game. Vanilla game, salty and uninteresting disposition. Hopefully she regresses to the mean and settles into a top 20 role. Having her at number 1 is horrible for the game.
spottishwood
Hall of Fame
Swiatek Spanked
How come no one talking about the 6-2 6-2 spanking Pegula delivered to the world number 1.
tt.tennis-warehouse.com
Are you a Swiatek fan OP?
Azure
G.O.A.T.
More like discomfort with Ryb
sovertennis
Professional
I thought the system worked like this: the player who accumulates the most points in a 52 week period is ranked first, followed by the player with the next highest number of points, and so on. Is there another, subjective, method of being the highest ranked, ie #1 player of which I'm unaware? Please advise. Thanks.
RayPS97
New User
Back in 2018, Johnny Mac picked Sabalenka to win the US Open (Osaka won it). This was basically based on her playing up to her obvious talent. It has taken five years to mentally find that vein of being physically, emotionally and mentally consistent over a week. Best said by someone that they were not aware until the semi final match finished that he never thought (like the year before) that the serve was ever an issue.
Rybakina is Graff like ...not sure where her ceiling will be but she is just fine. As said, Sabalenka and her will be rivals in the near and mid term.
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smalahove
Hall of Fame
I agree her serve is her achilles heel, but I also thinks her groundstroke technique is exposed on surfaces that allow the opponent to play hard and flat/more penetrating (even thought IW is considered a slow HC).
Her contact point on the FH looks late/pressed on many shots, and the BH doesn't look that much better. I can see how this might work on clay, but it's def a flaw that can be easily exploited on faster and lower bouncing surfaces by big girl tennis.
I used to think she would have taken the throne from Barty if the latter had continued. Now I'm sure she would not. Barty's toolbox allowed her to have a plan B and C. I have yet to see any plan B from Iga.
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