Running tennis thread for 2023

Whatever.
Why are we wasting time with wrong calls, challenges and time wasting?

 

Eubanks' joyride comes to an end, but he put up a great fight and made it fun.

At times, Medvedev showed why, when he's on, he has the potential to be the best player on the planet.

He finished the match with 28 aces, 55 winners and just 13 unforced errors. Eubanks, by contrast, was going big, finishing with 74 winners, but his 54 unforced errors ended up costing him.

Medvedev's first and fourth sets were nearly flawless. In the first, he had six aces, 16 winners and one -- ONE! -- unforced error. In the fourth, 10 aces, 15 winners and one unforced error. His unforced error total by set: 1, 3, 2, 1, 6. He had the most in the set he won 6-1 (partly because Eubanks' wheels fell off).

 

Because maybe human error is a part of life? Athletes are making human errors.

 

Cyclops was the original electronic line calling system, introduced around 1980 and ONLY able to determine whether serves were in. It used infrared beams and had to be activated by the umpire before each serve. Occasionally a flying insect would set it off if it crossed the beam.

Hawk-Eye came aboard around a quarter-century later, was much more versatile and sent Cyclops to the dustbin of history.

 

Was watching the Sabalenka-Jabeur match and rooting hard for Jabeur. When she won I thought she had won the tourney and forgot it was "only" the semis. Great win for her. Sabalenka has tremendous power and serve but can be shaky and erratic since she's not the most nimble.

I'm hoping Jabeur can handle Vonda_____ who won but that match looked to be full of errors and not high level tennis unlike the other semi.

 

Vondrousova is a tough matchup if only because she's left-handed, which can be especially problematic on the serve.

 

Ons is on a mission after last year.

 

Yeah, I thought she was done when she went down a set and break. That was a big-time comeback.

 

Sabalenka had the big serve going and Ons got a read on it and started returning much better. Here’s hoping that continues tomorrow.

 

Who's been to Wimbledon? On the telecast this morning, they showed a line of people waiting to buy the tickets of people leaving for the day. My question is, does Wimbledon buy those tickets back before reselling them?

 

Well, we again get the matchup we wanted -- Alcaraz vs. Djokovic. Maybe this time the kid won't cramp up.

 

I won’t be surprised if Alcaraz wins, he’s got the talent but man Djoker looks so solid and shows zero weaknesses. (I’m starting to think maybe he made a big mistake about COVID vac stuff and I should forgive as a human mistake)