USO’22 QF: #3 C Alcaraz (ESP) vs #11 J Sinner (ITA)

[The_Order]

JCF not happy with Carlos' attitude toward him...

 

[Bud]

Carlitos mind is shutting down. Poor decisions, angry, etc.

Sinner as cool as a cucumber...

 

[ADuck]

One game away for Sinner.

 

[D.Nalby12]

And blew most of them or Sinner just being clutch af?

One was sitter forehand that even club level player would make.

 

[DSH]

That's what I doubt at the moment. Because let's be real, as annoying as those things can get here from time to time, that kind of bickering is what makes a sport lively (as long as everything stays peaceful of course).

But I have a very hard time to ever imagine people even lightheartedly bickering over the question "Alcaraz or Sinner".

I just wonder, where is the variety in the game?

 

[Slicehand]

I wonder if Alcaraz will ever learn the importance of playing defensively or if I'm gonna be repeating the same thing over and over again for the next few years. Surely after this match he or someone on his team will analyse what he did wrong here.

Not the problem here, if he plays defensive against this sinner on this hard court he is gonna get crushed, he should have got sinner out of the baseline with more dropers and change rythm more, he knows how to do that, but here he fell in sinners trap of hitting from the baseline

 

[James P]

Nice hold, one more game to go

 

[dapchai]

Nuclear Bonehead Sinner part 21

 

[wangs78]

Alcaraz looks like he's running on fumes

 

[Tshooter]

Same thing as with Ivanka. Sinner picking it up near the end.

 

[ADuck]

JCF not happy with Carlos' attitude toward him...

What happened?

 

[Kralingen]

I don’t trust Jannik to serve this out at all tbh

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

LOL odds Sinner holds here?

 

[jindra]

One was sitter forehand that even club level player would make.

That's a pretty big self-own, guy. Are you this basic?

 

[augustobt]

This is it now. Moment of the truth.

 

[dapchai]

Nuclear Bonehead Sinner part 22

 

[Third Serve]

Not a guarantee Sinner serves out the match here.

 

[NeutralFan]

It has been becoming a routine for Carlos to lose matches where he could have won, having more bps, return and many stats.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Carlos Alcaraz holds, still down a break @ 4-5......Jannik Sinner serving for the match now. Does Carlos Alcaraz have any bit of magic left? Have to bring it out now.

 

[caprivi]

Vamos Al! It's now or....nevermind.

 

[DSH]

It's time for Charly to pay for all his sins in the match.

 

[James P]

LOL odds Sinner holds here?

I think he'll pull it off

 

[The_Order]

What happened?

Carlos hurled some words toward JCF... his reaction was not great...

 

[guanzishou]

Ball bashing at it's maximum, where is the slice?

I did see some slices and slice drop shot too.

 

[lrdrdy]

imagine that one jittery forehand is the difference between youngest world n1 + maiden slam vs qtf exit, im glad im not a tennis player that would keep me up at night

 

[Entername]

Carlitos mind is shutting down. Poor decisions, angry, etc.

Sinner as cool as a cucumber...

Sinner has to be the least emotional Italian I've ever seen lol

 

[Russeljones]

LOL odds Sinner holds here?

To love. Just watch.

 

[The_Order]

LOL odds Sinner holds here?

-1000000000000

 

[Ray Mercer]

Alcaraz needs

Not the problem here, if he plays defensive against this sinner on this hard court he is gonna get crushed, he should have got sinner out of the baseline with more dropers and change rythm more, he knows how to do that, but here he fell in sinners trap of hitting from the baseline

Yup he should have employed way more slice and droppers and make him run front to back. He burned Sinner with a few beauty lobs earlier in the match. His serve needs serious work and hopefully that will come with time. He gets almost no cheap points.

 

[saigonbond 2.0]

Carlitos mind is shutting down. Poor decisions, angry, etc.

Sinner as cool as a cucumber...

...and diaper is getting full

 

[Tshooter]

Sinner has to be the least emotional Italian I've ever seen lol

Seppi. Not to stereotype but both from the North, I think.

I’m thinking if he gets to #1 it will be like when Edberg had it. Edberg was popular but didn’t really enjoy the spotlight that came with being number one and wasn’t exactly charismatic.

 

[guanzishou]

Great smash winner by Sinner!!!!!

 

[Russeljones]

1/4

 

[StifleYourself]

Sinner has to be the least emotional Italian I've ever seen lol

It’s cause ethnically he’s a german

 

[Entername]

Carlos hurled some words toward JCF... his reaction was not great...

Charlie must have called him a puta

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Sinner still bombing away.

 

[jm1980]

How many a chip or bunt returns has Alcaraz hit all match?

 

[ADuck]

Not the problem here, if he plays defensive against this sinner on this hard court he is gonna get crushed, he should have got sinner out of the baseline with more dropers and change rythm more, he knows how to do that, but here he fell in sinners trap of hitting from the baseline

The problem is he's hit hard shots with no angle which Sinner hits back comfortably and this happens repeatedly until Alcaraz falls behind in the point. If he knew when to step back and respect Sinner's shots and hit balls with varying pace, spin and angle, Sinner wouldn't be running things as easily as he is now.

That is defensive and smart tennis and there's nothing wrong with it.

 

[sportsfan1]

imagine that one jittery forehand is the difference between youngest world n1 + maiden slam vs qtf exit, im glad im not a tennis player that would keep me up at night

The problem for Carlos is sinner is better iff the ground.

 

[Sentinel]

So France wins the USO???


Edit: I mean Francis.

 

[Bud]

Carlitos' last stand

 

[bertrevert]

I was about to say this is a very long match thread for non big 3

Zverev and Carlos went 38 pages

translating it for us bonehads at work without tv screens

 

[stringertom]

Then....everything's over.

No, then everything is over if you choose to react appropriately and take gas or slit your wrists. Roseanne, even before the anthem nonsense and the debacle of a reboot years later, was about as perfect a representation of what McLuhan warned us would be on the horizon created by the wasteland of the boob tube.

 

[Russeljones]

Oh..

 

[guanzishou]

DF Sinner... Jeez nervous Serve

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

How many a chip or bunt returns has Alcaraz hit all match?

A couple of times but not many.

 

[DSH]

Sinner has to be the least emotional Italian I've ever seen lol

The new ice man!

 

[dapchai]

Nuclear Bonehead Sinner part 23

 

[Third Serve]

unfortunate double fault lol

 

[The_Order]

lmfao at that ball toss on the 2nd serve... saw that df coming from a mile away