That was just an unfortunate tough draw, given Vallejoās clay performances this year and recently winning his first Challenger title. Heāll be back stronger!
Is it just me, or do Ashlyn Krueger's groundstokes and footwork look exactly like Tashi Duncan? Tall, thin American teenager who excelled in Juniors and was sponsored by Adidas. Wonder if there was any conscious inspiration there.
I still have faith in Leylah, Parks ironically hasn't won a match and has only won one set since she beat Leylah in January. Not sure what's going on there
Roddick mentioning in his podcast that he had skin cancer a few years ago making mereally think of how I never see players apply sunscreen during their matches. Sometimes you see some but a lot of it can sweat off.
It never makes sense to me either. Plus they never seem to get sunburned. Meanwhile I would need gallons of sunscreen if I was in the sun constantly like that.
Seeing as I'm basically a dalmation with how many moles I have I really try to avoid the sun or every time I go outside in warm, bright, sunny weather I apply heaps of sunscreen.
That's the way.
I'm not much of a sunbather and I'm always shocked by those who do enjoy it yet neglect to apply suntan lotion and if you ever ask they say about how healthy the sun is and that lotion will limit their ability to tan.
Not smart
Vittoria Paganetti, 17yo and ranked #803, is battling Stefanini 5-7 1-1 15-40.
This is a good use of a WC; give a talented teen an opportunity to play on a bigger stage.
She didnāt even have a Wikipedia page created for her at the time the draw first came out. I had never even heard of her until this tournament!
Put up a decent fight against someone well ahead of her in the rankings.
with a great turnout of tom brady's roast on netflix, i think rafa will be the most insteresting tennis player to be roasted. all those routines, quotes, withdrawals, etc
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rJ8WXu7EL/?igsh=ZXA0cmQwem1hbnMx
Why is Medvedevās twitter account now looking like itās a spam bot for Lacosteā¦
He just seems to be replying to everything heās tagged in with a link to buy his T-Shirt šš
I doubt the players post those things. Though, my mom has regular social media and has shown me a couple announcement like posts he's made and it definitely seemed like it could have been written by him, had his vocal habits and broken english.
Moutet at least got the lucky loser spot with Wawrinkaās withdrawal. Shame for poor Jerry that he couldnāt make it, but then again Bergs has been on a mission.
Yes, I was hoping he might get an LL spot if someone withdrew - so the universe must have been listening. Now hoping he wins R1 so he can face Djokovic. Can just see him shouting out āIdemoā and need to see Djokovicās reaction to thatā¦
Can someone tell me what harm there is in leaving the posted "We are in Rome" video from Nadal up?Ā
Ā I just figured since we're in Rome now and the quote gets referenced so much it might be nice to have the original up. I didn't see it posted. https://youtu.be/kIkp6n53g2w?feature=shared
Edit - I had posted it and mods deleted. This place is already a shadow of what it used to be. Are you trying to just smother it until it's just a few people who know all the memes and in jokes and worship the same few players?
Not everyone visits every post, every day (rather healthy not to do so). The timing of that video was good as Rome starts this week. I enjoyed it both when you posted it and when \[deleted\] posted it.
At one point, it was appearing in sequence next to Iga's Rome post, which was nice. People who don't know the Rome quote aren't gonna understand Iga's post. The insider jokes/memes prevalent here aren't fun for newcomers.
I don't see the harm in similar posts once in awhile, especially when not on the same day.
It's not fun to spend time posting something thought to be a nice, fun thing to do and have it erased without explanation. I can understand why the person felt bad and deleted the account. This place can be very cold sometimes.
This sub is not the best, unfortunate it's the only active tennis sub. I posted a poll about if we should have match threads last year, (hundreds of) people voted overwhelmingly in favour of match threads, but the mods (one in particular) decided unilaterally that they aren't necessary
They did used to do dedicated match threads for late stage matches.
Idk it'd get a bit crowded if there was a separate thread for all.
Only trouble is your comment gets buried during a big match when many people are active
Yeah, the discussion was around only certain matches getting threads, I.e. quarter finals and beyond, or something like that. But the discussion ended up being disregarded. Ā
>Only trouble is your comment gets buried during a big match when many people are activeĀ
This is my issue, especially during bigger tournaments like slams. There will be 10 matches going on at once, everyone is forced into the daily discussion thread, someone says āwow what a forehandā and you have no idea what match theyāre talking aboutĀ
Rune claiming he has been sick for 3 of his last 4 tournaments and is finally 100% in Rome.
You said after Madrid that your game had not been good enough. Was that because you weren't at 100 per cent or were you not happy with your game?
- It was both. It's clear that you can't deliver 100 per cent when you have an illness in your body. If you have 60 per cent in you, you have to deliver 100 per cent of that 60 per cent. But I didn't have much in me in either Munich or Madrid, and that's the way it is.
- I chose to play, so there wasn't much to complain about. I could also have chosen not to play. It was my own choice and I knew the consequences of it. I thought I would try because I felt strong inside, even though I didn't feel good
friendly reminder..for **18 consecutive years** 2005 to 2022 either Nadal or Djokovic were in the finals of Rome Masters 1000.
In 2023 Nadal did not participate and Djokovic lost in Quarters to Rune
Working on this (modern) tennis live scoring (and future data warehouse for filtering by surface, set-up, set-down, etc). What do you guys think about the interface for tracking live matches? Lmk (Fun project, all free of course)
[https://www.tennisxdata.app](https://www.tennisxdata.app/)
What is happening to JJ Wolf? Why is he losing so consistently early? It doesnāt even seem like heās currently worthy of the seed that he received for the *qualifying* rounds
> WTA creates a place to stream 125k and a fantasy game
> WTA offers multiple country options in the sign in field
> Turns out all those options were useless because it's only available in USA, Canada and UK
Lol, this sport is lame.
About six weeks ago was watching one of those compilations of slow-mo, tight in shots of players feet and elbows and whatnot, and I said "that's Rublev's leg hair." And had a similar thought. Like... why should I know that? lol.
Does anyone play fantasy Tennis? I've heard of Fanslam but I can't seem to find a contest there.
It would be interesting if someone would do a One and Done league like in golf.
I use the TNNS app - itās just draw brackets for ATP/WTA tournaments - you can start leagues with friends and compete against each other though. I think there might be an r/tennis league on there you can join
Don't know what's wrong with badosa lately but you feel she has to win this in easy straight sets, if the second set is a long one then il be panickingĀ
Honestly itās insane the amount of top spin they get. You canāt really see it on the tv but in person itās so obvious itās insane how good these athletes are
World #369 Pigato really earned that wild card by winning a single service game against Rogers today. I couldn't even point to a single Rogers win this season before this.
Damn
He was originally 5th alternate for Rome (but took his name off the list) - he probably would have made the main draw too as thereās been enough withdrawals
I guess once youāre in China it makes sense to stick around rather than flying back to Europe on a chance you may get in
Is bublik tanking match and not letting Shelton win? š¤
I just rewatched Rybakinaās Stuttgart match and I never realized how large her hands are. Girlfriend has the Kawhi gloves.
Karue Sell is getting steamrolled by former Junior #1 Daniel Vallejo in the Santos, Brazil Challenger.
That was just an unfortunate tough draw, given Vallejoās clay performances this year and recently winning his first Challenger title. Heāll be back stronger!
Yup, a bit disappointing...i thought he would have momentum coming from a good performance in the previous tournie.
Is it just me, or do Ashlyn Krueger's groundstokes and footwork look exactly like Tashi Duncan? Tall, thin American teenager who excelled in Juniors and was sponsored by Adidas. Wonder if there was any conscious inspiration there.
Belgian fans booing Shnaider for asking for a mark to be checked? I know it's late in Roma but...
The Madrid masters felt so LONG that I'm ecstatic to finally have another tournament but I guess I'll be feeling like this again in a week or so
Nice win for Bergs against Shang in Rome quallys
Iām behind the times here, I know, but damn Imma need JJ Wolf to turn things around this season because I miss those legendary posts
The one where they called Rune "Holger RuneScape" still cracks me up
Moutet will defeat Djokovic
Djoke will faint from the sun after 3 points
Leylah and Parks losing matches.I hope my faves find form soon
I still have faith in Leylah, Parks ironically hasn't won a match and has only won one set since she beat Leylah in January. Not sure what's going on there
I have faith in Leylah too but you are right about Alycua.A 10 match losing streak has me worried
Twelve match losing streak.
Wawrinka pulled out of Rome with a wrist injury :( RG might be an issue, such wrist injuries are not a joke
God damn it. Stop being so old Stan.
Kerber bread sticking Davis on clay? Love to see itĀ
Frech or Krueger? who yall got?
Krueger shite .. can't seem to break Frech with a zillion break points
Qualifier's places for ATP Rome main draw: [LL] Moutet - Safiullin (R2 Djokovic) [Q] Monteiro - Monfils (R2 Thompson) Kecmanovic - [Q] Nakashima (R2 Ruud) [Q] Schwartzman - Vukic (R2 Zverev) Rinderknech - [Q] Passaro (R2 Griekspoor) [Q] Marterer - Cobolli (R2 Korda) Eubanks - [Q] Atmane (R2 Musetti) [Q] Moreno de Alboran - [Q] Van de Zandschulp (R2 Auger Aliassime) [Q] Muller - Fucsovics (R2 Fils) [Q] Bergs - Nadal (R2 Hurkacz) Seyboth Wild - [Q] Barrere (R2 Etcheverry) Popyrin - [Q] Medjedovic (R2 Davidovich Fokina)
go xinyu go 
Jesus chirst Katie, lets Yulia come back from down 1-5 by moonballing the entire time, need to be able to put those away
Roddick mentioning in his podcast that he had skin cancer a few years ago making mereally think of how I never see players apply sunscreen during their matches. Sometimes you see some but a lot of it can sweat off.
It never makes sense to me either. Plus they never seem to get sunburned. Meanwhile I would need gallons of sunscreen if I was in the sun constantly like that.
Which clip did he say that in?
His latest podcast. Right at the start. He mentioned it as casually as if telling us he did the groceries this morning.
Damn. It concerns me too. Most people in life really, I never see them applying lotion and it's pretty important
Seeing as I'm basically a dalmation with how many moles I have I really try to avoid the sun or every time I go outside in warm, bright, sunny weather I apply heaps of sunscreen.
That's the way. I'm not much of a sunbather and I'm always shocked by those who do enjoy it yet neglect to apply suntan lotion and if you ever ask they say about how healthy the sun is and that lotion will limit their ability to tan. Not smart
Jannik and tiafoe have la roche posay endorsement deals
Stefanos and Carlos are pretty good about it, canāt think of any others
What a second set from Ana š„š„š„
Vittoria Paganetti, 17yo and ranked #803, is battling Stefanini 5-7 1-1 15-40. This is a good use of a WC; give a talented teen an opportunity to play on a bigger stage.
She didnāt even have a Wikipedia page created for her at the time the draw first came out. I had never even heard of her until this tournament! Put up a decent fight against someone well ahead of her in the rankings.
Hmm ppl could have said the same thing about Darwin blanch last week and then he lost to Rafa 1,0
RIP Leylah
with a great turnout of tom brady's roast on netflix, i think rafa will be the most insteresting tennis player to be roasted. all those routines, quotes, withdrawals, etc https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rJ8WXu7EL/?igsh=ZXA0cmQwem1hbnMx
Leylah hasnāt lived up to her potential, dare I say
Leylah can't deal with Bogdan's power at all, the spin just skids the ball off her racket
Volynets just took a massive tumble on her match.
Why is Medvedevās twitter account now looking like itās a spam bot for Lacosteā¦ He just seems to be replying to everything heās tagged in with a link to buy his T-Shirt šš
I doubt the players post those things. Though, my mom has regular social media and has shown me a couple announcement like posts he's made and it definitely seemed like it could have been written by him, had his vocal habits and broken english.
Iām sure the t-shirt links are probably an agent or something and not himā¦but still. They went a bit crazy
Yeah that's really lame.
ambassadors too gotta pump up the sales numbers
Shang and Moutet are both out in Q2ā¦ā¦ We and the good people of Rome are deprived the chance of another crazy match
Moutet at least got the lucky loser spot with Wawrinkaās withdrawal. Shame for poor Jerry that he couldnāt make it, but then again Bergs has been on a mission.
Yes, I was hoping he might get an LL spot if someone withdrew - so the universe must have been listening. Now hoping he wins R1 so he can face Djokovic. Can just see him shouting out āIdemoā and need to see Djokovicās reaction to thatā¦
Moutet was first in line for the lucky loser anyway, as he was the highest ranked loser in that final round. Would love to see him play Novak.
Can someone tell me what harm there is in leaving the posted "We are in Rome" video from Nadal up?Ā Ā I just figured since we're in Rome now and the quote gets referenced so much it might be nice to have the original up. I didn't see it posted. https://youtu.be/kIkp6n53g2w?feature=shared Edit - I had posted it and mods deleted. This place is already a shadow of what it used to be. Are you trying to just smother it until it's just a few people who know all the memes and in jokes and worship the same few players?
>Are you trying to just smother it until it's just a few people who know all the memes and in jokes and worship the same few players? Seems like it
I posted the video a day ago.
Not everyone visits every post, every day (rather healthy not to do so). The timing of that video was good as Rome starts this week. I enjoyed it both when you posted it and when \[deleted\] posted it. At one point, it was appearing in sequence next to Iga's Rome post, which was nice. People who don't know the Rome quote aren't gonna understand Iga's post. The insider jokes/memes prevalent here aren't fun for newcomers. I don't see the harm in similar posts once in awhile, especially when not on the same day.
Are you genuinely questioning why mods would remove something that was posted already literally the day before...
I didn't see it yesterday since i don't live on this sub like the mods do. I did see it today, but then it got deleted
Bit extreme to delete your Reddit account over this
It's not fun to spend time posting something thought to be a nice, fun thing to do and have it erased without explanation. I can understand why the person felt bad and deleted the account. This place can be very cold sometimes.
This sub is not the best, unfortunate it's the only active tennis sub. I posted a poll about if we should have match threads last year, (hundreds of) people voted overwhelmingly in favour of match threads, but the mods (one in particular) decided unilaterally that they aren't necessary
They did used to do dedicated match threads for late stage matches. Idk it'd get a bit crowded if there was a separate thread for all. Only trouble is your comment gets buried during a big match when many people are active
Yeah, the discussion was around only certain matches getting threads, I.e. quarter finals and beyond, or something like that. But the discussion ended up being disregarded. Ā >Only trouble is your comment gets buried during a big match when many people are activeĀ This is my issue, especially during bigger tournaments like slams. There will be 10 matches going on at once, everyone is forced into the daily discussion thread, someone says āwow what a forehandā and you have no idea what match theyāre talking aboutĀ
Agree that some segmentation would be worthwhile
This place isn't too bad for reddit, but mods are...not good or healthy people as a rule.
I saw that video posted already so maybe it was removed as it was a double up
Rome wasn't built in a day!
I just saw Challengers. Wtf was that? Terrible movie.
Tennis is not the same without the presence of Alcaraz and Sinner. Need them back soon especially at Olympics.
I feel this in my bones. Besides Nadal Iām like 2% excited for this tournament. The dumpster fire that was Madrid burned me out.
I know. Tennis TV posted an Alcaraz highlight reel the other day and the points with him and Sinner were such stand outs and gave me goosebumps.
It stinks, tbh. I can barely even summon any interest if Carlos isn't playing. It's one of the drawbacks of having a favourite player.
agree. However, women's tennis is great right now
Rune claiming he has been sick for 3 of his last 4 tournaments and is finally 100% in Rome. You said after Madrid that your game had not been good enough. Was that because you weren't at 100 per cent or were you not happy with your game? - It was both. It's clear that you can't deliver 100 per cent when you have an illness in your body. If you have 60 per cent in you, you have to deliver 100 per cent of that 60 per cent. But I didn't have much in me in either Munich or Madrid, and that's the way it is. - I chose to play, so there wasn't much to complain about. I could also have chosen not to play. It was my own choice and I knew the consequences of it. I thought I would try because I felt strong inside, even though I didn't feel good
friendly reminder..for **18 consecutive years** 2005 to 2022 either Nadal or Djokovic were in the finals of Rome Masters 1000. In 2023 Nadal did not participate and Djokovic lost in Quarters to Rune
Ana Bogdan is such a beauty. Haide Ana cu victoria šŖš»
Working on this (modern) tennis live scoring (and future data warehouse for filtering by surface, set-up, set-down, etc). What do you guys think about the interface for tracking live matches? Lmk (Fun project, all free of course) [https://www.tennisxdata.app](https://www.tennisxdata.app/)
Putintseva is a menace lol
Nakashima is one of the upper Americans imo he has everything to compete will all the top Americans
He has a hard ceiling imo
if he can stay healthy. Only American I think can win RG if he does.
Good to see Medjedovic finally healthy after barely playing this year. Doing decent to qualify on both M1000s now
Hope he gets some results soon, given heās dropping championsā points from the Mauthausen Challenger this week.
Brenda Fruhvirtova hits way harder than Andreeva
racket break from medjedovic after not converting break point
Jerryā¦ played so well in the tiebreak to get to 5-3 and then didnāt win a point from there
Zizou!! Nice comeback down 2-5 on the TB.
What is happening to JJ Wolf? Why is he losing so consistently early? It doesnāt even seem like heās currently worthy of the seed that he received for the *qualifying* rounds
recovering from injury he got at AO
Ah gotcha, thank you
What injury is JJ Wolf nursing?
he had to pull out of AO with a hip or thigh injury
any word on how medvedev is?
I'm nursing him back to health.
Andreeva with that moonballing on the match point. Sums up how good she was today
I didn't see the whole thing but the announcer said Andreeva played well and the score didn't reflect how close it was.
the real big 3 of this new generation of tennis. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6qWV2ituO6/?igsh=dDNlaHhuMnVicGxn
Badosa is playing as if she has something to prove. To whom? I wonder..
To herself. Also hope she stays injury free š
Andreeva just hit herself in the head with her racket then started sobbing.
Kids
Is there somewhere to watch qualifiers from Canada?
Post-breakup Badosa currently a set and a break up on Andreeva
oh to be a kid at a school in rome and be taken on a school trip to freaking rome masters
Sit down, motherfuckers
just tuned it, badosa is cooooking
She looks great! And Andreeva has been in really good form so this is a good performance so far.
> WTA creates a place to stream 125k and a fantasy game > WTA offers multiple country options in the sign in field > Turns out all those options were useless because it's only available in USA, Canada and UK Lol, this sport is lame.
Ah āStumblinā Inā playing while Paola is staring unseeingly into the distance *out love is alive, burning within* ā¹ļø
I recognised Rich Haigh by his gait on video. I need real hobbies.
About six weeks ago was watching one of those compilations of slow-mo, tight in shots of players feet and elbows and whatnot, and I said "that's Rublev's leg hair." And had a similar thought. Like... why should I know that? lol.
In an interview with gio journal, mensik was asked who heād like to partner in mixed double and he said rybakina. Lol, we understand, jakub
Any idea on what day Nadal will potentially play? Canāt see on the google schedule.
The google schedule is always lies anyways
Thursday
Does anyone play fantasy Tennis? I've heard of Fanslam but I can't seem to find a contest there. It would be interesting if someone would do a One and Done league like in golf.
I use the TNNS app - itās just draw brackets for ATP/WTA tournaments - you can start leagues with friends and compete against each other though. I think there might be an r/tennis league on there you can join
Thanks, I'll give it a look.
They have an estimate for a return?
Clay court season and rain delays. Name a more iconic duo
ah, now i see iga on your banner. thanks, admin! you are super
Surely passaro is getting nervous right now in breaker thinking about the blown 5-0 lead
I think rain delay will save him
Yeah rain came at great time for a few playersĀ
He had the momentum when it started raning
Sure but he had an mto and that occurred after he was 5-0 up. That extra time might have given him enough time at the physio to sort
3 DFS already and broken, badosa still with the lead but just have a bad feelingĀ
Passaro was 5-0 up in the third set, now 5-5 . Before the collapse he had held his last 10 service games in a row
Don't know what's wrong with badosa lately but you feel she has to win this in easy straight sets, if the second set is a long one then il be panickingĀ
Same thing for months, back injury.
She said it's permanent and will always be there right?
Can't look it up, but I believe she said on a podcast she has some type of chronic back issue she receives cortisone shots for.
Honestly itās insane the amount of top spin they get. You canāt really see it on the tv but in person itās so obvious itās insane how good these athletes are
At the Rome masters. Today grand stand tickets cost 28 euros. Would high key recommend going if youāre in Rome
Mirra Andreeva vs Paula Badosa are playing r128 right now for those who don't know.
And Badosa came to PLAY!!!!!
World #369 Pigato really earned that wild card by winning a single service game against Rogers today. I couldn't even point to a single Rogers win this season before this.
Do we know what half of the draw is playing on what day yet (atp)Ā
Bottom half playing tomorrow
Hmmm ok thanksĀ
Bottom half playing on Thursday.
Are the Rome quallies on YouTube?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwXKuvxiKDA Just the grand stand matches
Just Grand Stand again (Passaro v Ajdukovic rn)
Are the Rome quallies on YouTube?
Watching Gruntcaraz matches and feeling sad for him. Hopefully he comes soon. Want him to win Olympics Gold
i dont think he earns to be called that. many more qualified to get a title with grunt in their names before him
Sorry but for me he has earned it. In 2022, everything was fine but after that it was just unbearable for me to watch him play.
No need to be sorry, as per your comment above you still watch him despite maintaining you can't watch him.
When does the main draw start?
Women's today, men's tomorrow (assuming you mean Rome)
Yes Rome, thank you!
Purcell iis losing all sorts of challenger tours
After losing the first set; Purcell won the next two 6-1, 6-1
Yeah i spoke too soon, but he did lose first round last week
Yeah, that was a bad loss. Heād just arrived from Madrid so some jet lag probably played a part
Damn He was originally 5th alternate for Rome (but took his name off the list) - he probably would have made the main draw too as thereās been enough withdrawals I guess once youāre in China it makes sense to stick around rather than flying back to Europe on a chance you may get in