On 4/15/2024 5:32 PM, The Iceberg wrote:
On 15/04/2024 20:05, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
On 15.4.2024 20.46, PeteWasLucky wrote:
Sawfish <[email protected]> Wrote in message:r
On 4/14/24 11:02 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> The Iceberg
<[email protected]> Wrote in message:r>> On 14/04/2024 17:18,
PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <[email protected]> Wrote in
message:r>> On 14/04/2024 4:39 pm, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Scall5
<[email protected]> Wrote in message:r>> I say Ruud wins in three
tight sets.Ruud over Tsitsipas (and his GREAT one-handed backhand)
4-6, 7-6, 6-3.-- ---------------Scall5> > Ruud is more steady player
and he is the favorite to win, but> Tsitsi will be motivated after >>>> taking out the top player in the> last six months plus his weird
strokes somehow do well on clay.> > I will go with Tsitsi :)His
strokes looks unorthodox, but very effective when you see the
results. He's great at pulling players out wide.> > Not clean
strokes but these unclean strokes take the dust and fly> to gain
more range.it obvious Sinner's back to being useless in finals!>>
Ruud who defeated Djokovic in the SF was defeated in the final by>
Tsitsi who defeated Sinner in the SF :)That was a bunch of surprises
to me.It's time to seriously entertain the idea that Djokovich is
pretty much done. Ruud is having a sort of "up cycle" like when he
won a few years back, and with Tsisti, who knows?I didn't see the
Sinner/Tstsi match. Did Tsitsi win it, or did Sinner lose it, or
what combo, do you think?-- "It is Pointless, and endless Trouble,
to cast a stone at every dogthat barks at you."--Sawfish
Sinner's strokes are clean that lack the spin factor needed on clay.
Of course the guy plays great tennis but he needs more experience to
transform his good game to clay. He could have defeated Tsitspas but
Tsi is more dynamic and his strokes are more bouncy on clay.
Tsi's strokes are so much more dynamic and bouncy thqt he would of
lost the match had the double break in the third not have been stolen
from Sinner. BTW, look at Sinner's groundies when you get the court
level angle. They have a lot of spin these days. Very unclean.
Kudos to Tsi for not giving in when he was trailing in the third.
so Sinner was up a break and 0-40 yet still lost?! to Tsitsi with his
1hbh? didn't see any of the match but sure does sound like he cracked as
he always used to or Tsitsi woke up and his shots were just way too powerful/good for him.
Sinner supposedly 'cracked' because a second serve from Tsitsipas was
ruled good when it was "obviously" out (per the Tennis Channel
announcers). Had that serve been called out, then Sinner would have been
up 4-1 in the final set with the ability to make it 5-1 if he held serve.
Sinner did complain. But the chair umpire refused to leave her chair and
agreed with the line judge's call.
For the rest of the match the Tennis Chanel announcers complained, over
and over again, about that 'horrible call' and how Sinner was robbed of
a great chance for a victory.
Personally, I LOVE the Tennis Channel. I get to watch most of the
non-slam matches I want to watch. But I also wonder if they are in the
same bed (influenced, paid-off, and/or etc.) as the manufacturer's of "Hawk-Eye"...
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