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  • Monfils beats Alcaraz

    From *skriptis@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 16 21:04:53 2024
    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result for Alcaraz.

    Is he still jaded or what?


    I kinda feel he's tanking, getting a rest before USO.


    4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to jdeluise on Sat Aug 17 18:37:03 2024
    On 17/08/2024 4:35 pm, jdeluise wrote:
    PeteWasLucky <[email protected]> writes:

    *skriptis <[email protected]> Wrote in message:r
    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics
    and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form
    Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result
    for Alcaraz.Is he still jaded or what?I kinda feel he's tanking,
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    It's funny to see anyone expecting Alcaraz to win every match. Let's
    think for a minute. Alcaraz is the only player that played
     all the matches in the last three major events, RG, Wimbledon,
     Olympics. He won two and was the runner up in the Olympics. He played
    on clay, moved to grass then ended up on clay.
    Then you expect him after all of this to find his best form in the
     fastest surface against losers that played almost no matches in
     the last three months?

    Yes.  He's not some frail old man, this is what we expect from the
    greatest.


    Carlos doesn't seem too bright overall but as far as tennis goes he's a
    genius. He's going to be a top fave at all slams and will try and win
    enough to secure yr-end no.1. Ultimately that's all that counts in
    tennis for the goats, and Carlos understands that very well. Guys like
    Federer and Djokovic are rare beats, they wanted to win everything no
    let downs. Carlos is not like that. I don't have a problem with that approach, as long as he brings the goods at slams.

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 17 18:32:24 2024
    On 17/08/2024 5:04 am, *skriptis wrote:

    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result for Alcaraz.

    Is he still jaded or what?


    I kinda feel he's tanking, getting a rest before USO.


    4-6 7-6(5) 6-4



    He said this was the worst match he's ever played - not very gracious to Monfils who has been playing very well this year.

    Carlos said he wants to be yr-end no.1 so putting pressure on himself.

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to jdeluise on Sat Aug 17 18:33:43 2024
    On 17/08/2024 7:09 am, jdeluise wrote:
    *skriptis <[email protected]> writes:

    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics
    and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form
    Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result
    for Alcaraz.

    Is he still jaded or what?


    I kinda feel he's tanking, getting a rest before USO.

    4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

    Alcaraz is a transitional champ.  He's not gonna last.


    He's going to be a Sampras type champ, not giving too many fucks outside
    of slams. Look what he did at FO this yr - no tune-ups yet still takes
    the big one.

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  • From TT@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 17 17:34:17 2024
    jdeluise kirjoitti 17.8.2024 klo 0.09:
    *skriptis <[email protected]> writes:

    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics
    and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form
    Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result
    for Alcaraz.

    Is he still jaded or what?


    I kinda feel he's tanking, getting a rest before USO.

    4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

    Alcaraz is a transitional champ.  He's not gonna last.

    When in the mood Monfils is kinda dangerous against anyone. Especially
    in BO3 where he's less likely to tire himself out. Good to see "the old
    man" winning still.

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  • From TT@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 17 17:22:38 2024
    Whisper kirjoitti 17.8.2024 klo 11.33:
    On 17/08/2024 7:09 am, jdeluise wrote:
    *skriptis <[email protected]> writes:

    I know Alcaraz has been resting (and partying) following the Olympics
    and Monfils already secured a win in Cincinnati against an in-form
    Popyrin who is Canada champion, but still this is a very bad result
    for Alcaraz.

    Is he still jaded or what?


    I kinda feel he's tanking, getting a rest before USO.

    4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

    Alcaraz is a transitional champ.  He's not gonna last.


    He's going to be a Sampras type champ, not giving too many fucks outside
    of slams.  Look what he did at FO this yr - no tune-ups yet still takes
    the big one.

    Well, at least both look like something that just swung out of a tree.

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