• Anisimova wins 60 60 Wimbledon 2025

    From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 02:20:07 2025
    In the 1st rd v Putintseva

    : )

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  • From Yama@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 01:34:10 2025
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?

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  • From Scall5@21:1/5 to Sawfish on Sun Jul 13 21:35:44 2025
    On 7/13/2025 5:53 PM, Sawfish wrote:
    On 7/13/25 3:34 PM, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as
    Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?

    Anxiety and mental collapse.

    Otherwise she might have gotten maybe a max of 4 games.

    Sadly it happens, even at the lowest levels of the sport.
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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to Yama on Mon Jul 14 19:22:33 2025
    On 14/07/2025 8:34 am, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?


    I told everyone Amanda would freeze and Iga was free swinging and
    confident due to low expectations. I thought maybe 63 63 : )

    Amanda has the game to do well - good serve and fantastic bh - but
    obviously isn't the best mover so Iga's spin exposed that a bit. Plus
    it was their 1st meeting so no prior experience playing Iga. Iga has a
    great record winning events 1st time in final and that continued
    yesterday. Iga much more experienced in big matches. She won the last 8
    games v Bencic in semis so 20 in a row all up.

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  • From Scall5@21:1/5 to Whisper on Mon Jul 14 22:01:44 2025
    On 7/14/2025 4:22 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 14/07/2025 8:34 am, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as
    Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?


    I told everyone Amanda would freeze and Iga was free swinging and
    confident due to low expectations.  I thought maybe 63 63 : )

    Amanda has the game to do well - good serve and fantastic bh - but
    obviously isn't the best mover so Iga's spin exposed that a bit.  Plus
    it was their 1st meeting so no prior experience playing Iga.  Iga has a great record winning events 1st time in final and that continued
    yesterday. Iga much more experienced in big matches.  She won the last 8 games v Bencic in semis so 20 in a row all up.

    Damn, that's impressive!
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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 15 18:07:45 2025
    On 15/07/2025 1:01 pm, Scall5 wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 4:22 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 14/07/2025 8:34 am, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as
    Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?


    I told everyone Amanda would freeze and Iga was free swinging and
    confident due to low expectations.  I thought maybe 63 63 : )

    Amanda has the game to do well - good serve and fantastic bh - but
    obviously isn't the best mover so Iga's spin exposed that a bit.  Plus
    it was their 1st meeting so no prior experience playing Iga.  Iga has
    a great record winning events 1st time in final and that continued
    yesterday. Iga much more experienced in big matches.  She won the last
    8 games v Bencic in semis so 20 in a row all up.

    Damn, that's impressive!



    It was so dominant we had to go back to prehistoric records for a
    comparison. 1911 was the last time we had a 60 60 final. If this is
    the only time she'll win Wimbledon it's a spectacular way to do it.
    People will always remember 60 60 finals.

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  • From Scall5@21:1/5 to Whisper on Tue Jul 15 22:21:23 2025
    On 7/15/2025 3:07 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 15/07/2025 1:01 pm, Scall5 wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 4:22 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 14/07/2025 8:34 am, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as
    Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?


    I told everyone Amanda would freeze and Iga was free swinging and
    confident due to low expectations.  I thought maybe 63 63 : )

    Amanda has the game to do well - good serve and fantastic bh - but
    obviously isn't the best mover so Iga's spin exposed that a bit.
    Plus it was their 1st meeting so no prior experience playing Iga.
    Iga has a great record winning events 1st time in final and that
    continued yesterday. Iga much more experienced in big matches.  She
    won the last 8 games v Bencic in semis so 20 in a row all up.

    Damn, that's impressive!



    It was so dominant we had to go back to prehistoric records for a comparison.  1911 was the last time we had a 60 60 final.  If this is
    the only time she'll win Wimbledon it's a spectacular way to do it.
    People will always remember 60 60 finals.

    Whisper - you are a true blue tennis historian! I greatly appreciate
    your posts.
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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 16 17:10:03 2025
    On 16/07/2025 1:21 pm, Scall5 wrote:
    On 7/15/2025 3:07 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 15/07/2025 1:01 pm, Scall5 wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 4:22 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 14/07/2025 8:34 am, Yama wrote:
    Didn't see the match, what the heck happened? It wasn't as quick as
    Graf-Zvereva, took like 50 minutes?


    I told everyone Amanda would freeze and Iga was free swinging and
    confident due to low expectations.  I thought maybe 63 63 : )

    Amanda has the game to do well - good serve and fantastic bh - but
    obviously isn't the best mover so Iga's spin exposed that a bit.
    Plus it was their 1st meeting so no prior experience playing Iga.
    Iga has a great record winning events 1st time in final and that
    continued yesterday. Iga much more experienced in big matches.  She
    won the last 8 games v Bencic in semis so 20 in a row all up.

    Damn, that's impressive!



    It was so dominant we had to go back to prehistoric records for a
    comparison.  1911 was the last time we had a 60 60 final.  If this is
    the only time she'll win Wimbledon it's a spectacular way to do it.
    People will always remember 60 60 finals.

    Whisper - you are a true blue tennis historian! I greatly appreciate
    your posts.


    Thanks. The older I get the more interested I am in tennis history. A
    lot of it is forgotten to time as stakeholders die off, but when you
    read the old books and listen to old interviews you realize how little
    tennis has changed in some ways. I recently listened to a Don Budge
    interview from the 70's and it blew me away - could have been listening
    to a modern top 5 great. I've been building a big library of old tennis
    books, some rare and out of print, recently paid $150 for a Helen Wills
    book from 1920's.

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