Running tennis thread for 2023

Meanwhile, Jessica Pegula's ceiling remains the same -- she's reached six major quarterfinals and has now lost them all. This latest one was particularly painful. She was up a break at 4-1 in the third set, then watched Vondrousova win the next five games in a row to take the match.

 

So much for

 

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Can't see the image. Is it Iga?

 

It's the exterior of an IGA supermarket, which might be a bit of a limited audience joke.

 

I worked at an IGA in high school making that sweet $3.33 an hour.

 

Boy Swiatek, who I very much admire and root for, had the most clay court forehand today, that's just not going to work on grass. It was like Nadal's before he adjusted to grass, simply a looping FH which had no drive and sat up. (Admittedly I only watched the 3rd set but Svitolina was jumping all over it and putting Swiatek on the defensive.) Svitolina getting to the semis 9 mos (!) after giving birth is amazing. Having watched my wife go through 2 pregnancies, I can't believe she got back into that shape so fast.

Eubanks is such a great story; he's 27!! I thought well he's probably some kid who took a few years to mature (23+ or so). Sweet serve and some flat groundies that are perfect for Wimbledon (not so much anywhere else). But what happened to age and its effect on Djoker? He's defying time even more so than LeBron.

 

Watching Break Point Pt 2 and seeing Jabeur just lost in 2022 Final to Rybakina. Rematch tomorrow, hoping Jabeur can come through.

 

Man, Keys really gakked that second set. Up a break, and 40-0 on serve. Went all downhill after that.

 

On another note, why are there linespersons? The cyclops, to my knowledge, has never made an error.

What are we doing here? Pandemic tennis was awesome.

 

Jabeur into the semis, very happy for her.

Eubanks looking good, but Medvedev could get hot……hope not.

 

I thought it was called Hawkeye.