Running tennis thread 2024

Wow, 2 & 4 and into the semis. Good for Jessica P.

 

Was about to post about him. Legit dude.

 

Four Americans in the semis. Who’da thunk it?

 

Medvedev looks lost early.

 

As my ancestors in my native Brooklyn would say, the woim has toined.

 

I expected fireworks and drama from last night's match, but was underwhelmed. Sinner was pretty solid with the notable exception of the second set. Medvedev was sloppy throughout, finishing with 57 unforced errors, including six double faults. That's way too many points to give away if you want to beat a player as strong as Sinner. Medvedev had all sorts of chances that got away because he let routine shots get away from him.

Afterward he said, "I kind of got lost in my misses," and noted he was very confident coming into the match, perhaps too much so. "So maybe today I was going for a little bit more risky shots, I was missing just a bit more.

“When I was missing, I didn't feel why I was missing, so I couldn't correct it, and then I got super tight at the end, and it was even tougher. Not an easy feeling, not happy with myself, but that's tennis, it's okay. I lost. I go home.”

That leaves Sinner as the clear favorite to win the title. I'd love to see Draper give him a real test in the semis, but I'm not betting the ranch on it.

 

BTW, it's been a nice couple of weeks for Taylor Townsend, one of my favorite players. First of all, she got a win in singles before losing to Badosa in the second round. But she also advanced to the semis in doubles with Katerina Siniakova -- losing a tight three-setter -- and today will play for the mixed doubles championship with Donald Young against Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori.

 

Sinner v an American in finals in NYC is going to be epic. Unfortunately it’s NFL Sunday.

 

Unless Sinner steamrolls him.

That reminds me: Maybe the most disappointing thing about last night is the crowd never really got into the match. Only near the end of the fourth set did it show a decent amount of enthusiasm. Actually, that's one way you could tell Medvedev was out of sorts -- he didn't play to the crowd at all until he held in the next-to-last game of the match.

 

I had little to no interest in Sinner-Medvedev. Can't tell you why.

 

I mean, they played two outstanding five-set matches this year in Aussie final and at Wimbledon, and it was likely the de facto championship match. But this one was decidedly less than classic.

 

The ESPN announcers rooting for Navarro is kind of embarrassing.