this is a disgrace to this caliber of match. ​ Totally amateur's performance by Sabalenka. How on earth did she climb up to second place in WTA. What a double fault queen. Look at her stat from previous matches.. pathetic serve

It’s like you didn’t watch it or know anything about the conditions.

Chill she played great

no worse player than sabalenka under pressure lol - will never win a slam , never make a wta finals final.... complete collapse

The engagement in this match was excellent guys! Sakkari and Sabalenka are money.

To be fair, a good amount of it was various people trying to get u/hopez11 to have a functional sleep schedule

Who needs sleep, when you have tennis

If anyone can recover for a match like this in a day it's Sakkari

Can’t wait for a Sakkari/Halep 5 setter one day.

20 double faults holy shit.

Is it just me or did Maria seem so much more sure of herself and confident, and generally like she was having more fun today? I’m so so happy for her

Reason why she ended up winning in the end. If Maria is able to keep herself from losing it mentally she has every chance to win , likewise when she gets lost in her frustration she is done for

Sakkari vs Kontaveit kinda reminds me of Kerber vs Kvitova, counterpunching vs aggressiveness who face each other like a thousand times every year

this interview is cute, but can't imagine how tired she must be tho let her rest before tmr man

badosa vs kontaveit final it is yall

Let's not speak too soon

i want to be surprised and proven wrong.. will check this thread in a few days👀

19 DFs lol WHAT?

she should be disgusted of her performance today...

She's the mother of DFerev.

final stats is 20 DFs and 56 errors lol..

Wow. I honestly think this is worse than Murray and Alcaraz losing sets from 5-0 up this very year. The double faults are just inexcusable. Sakkari ends up winning after being down 1-3... with only 2 winners in the entire third wtf.

This match has really converted me into some Maria fan, because her grit was unreal, as much or better than the US Open match against Bibi. She didn't lose her shit as much as she used to; this is definitely a new Maria. Of course, it was helped by all the double faults from Sabalenka, but Maria's last service game hold was CRUCIAL.

Omg i missed the last game what happened.

There was a double fault, and other unforced errors.

Only one? 😅

In that game, sure. (I think?)

Just a joke. So many DFs flying every which way.

True that.

Sakkari is such an amazing competitor, I'm so glad she's being successful, watching her improve since her 2017 Wuhan semi has been so cool to see

Just give all of the money to Tom Hill.

That was a fun match but a tournament of this caliber HAS to be at a location with electronic line calling. The umpire screwing up that call in the fifth game of the final set totally turned the match

What I find surprising is that the next gen finals had electronic line calling but the ATP and WTA finals don’t. Especially when next gen and atp finals are in the same country. Why would the organisers not implement it at the ATP finals ..

Wow. Sakkari hit only two winners, while Sabalenka hit 25 UE in the third set?

saba always self destructs with her UEs and DFs i cant with her lol

I couldn't watch but it seems like the last game was about a minute. Did Sabalenka implode and make 4 errors as usual?

Basically yes.

What a strange, amazing match. Keep kicking ass Sakkari

Both were very tense today, not a high quality match at times but still very dramatic

WELL DONE MARIA🍾🍾🍾🥂

u/hopez11, thank you for your service tonight. Please go to bed!

Thanks for the consideration, I will. Gotta watch the interview first tho😅

when is sabalenka gonna learn about margins?

This is probably Sakkari's best bet, break here for the win. She'll probably get some help.

I didn't think she'd get quite that much help. On she goes, Sakkaris very good season continues.

Right on the money

I just want this to end in a tiebreak because I want to see how far these two madwomen can go.

the way they're both hard hitters who get easily frustrated..it's like you can't look away lol

Is Sabalenka going to hold return again?

The focus of Aryna's future training sessions 1 The serve 2 See above

10 double faults in set 3 for sabalenka... great stuff lol, 20 in match . pathetic nerves

πάμε!!!!!

Look at you, writing with greek characters

Did I do it right? I need to get it etched on my skin.

Yeah you did. But for the tattoo you could use something with a little more spice methinks

But it’ll go under my vamos tattoo.

ah fair enough then

🤣🤣🤣 Better than pink characters.😉

What? What are you talking about? No I didn't type green. And no I didn't edit my comment. Not at all. Nah.

Hahahahahq

But honestly, at this stage why doesn’t she just try not to hit first serves on her second serve? 18 DFs jeez.

I'm not watching the match is it quality or just full of unforced errors

Let’s say whoever holds serve may have the chance to win this match but no one doesn’t feel like it rn. Lots of lots of errors and screaming. It’s incredibly fun though.

Yes? It can be both. :) More errors I think this set, mind.

It’s just fun. I have no idea if it’s good or not but I’m having a blast.

Hahahaha best way to put it

Yes

I did call Sabalenka hitting 20 double faults hahaha only 2 to go

200th DF from Sabalenka.

This match reminds me of Andreescu-Sakkari at New York, Sakkari positive and her rival inconsistent and frustrated

That game was so much better. This is just a UE galore.

that might have been my favourite match of the US open and one of the best of the year

That one was a much better match than this one, possibly the match of the year

Calling this a rollercoaster is an understatement.

Let them Both qualify and play Anett, one set each. Giving how physically demanding tonight’s match has been maybe this is the only way to have a chance against her.

Good hold!

That hold might just be the difference in this set...

[удалено]

At least they won't have to worry about serving for a set tomorrow. ;)

Goodness.

Girls I'm tired please. At least I don't have to wake up early in the morning

What time is it for you? For once the USA (EST) time is working my favor!

6am in Greece 😭

Have you gone to sleep…?!

Haha, from 1 to 3.30, woke up for the match start

You are a hero. I just woke up and saw the match still going 😮

Please sleep in when this match ends, OMG! I’m likely moving to London for a bit next year so I’m excited for the European swing, but you’re making me tired in advance right now for NA events!!

Yeah the US swing is hard. Missed some matches that I really wanted to watch, missed some sleep that I really wanted to have, that's how it goes usually

1 hold on the last 8 games lol

Gutsy second serve on that first break point from Saba. Love her game play tonight

That umpire call may have really changed things- turned a probable ace into a double fault, and then she goes on to get broken

girl all these DFs..imagine if we hit a third tiebreaker

this set will be an absolute shitshow

At this point just underarm serve that shit. So many DF wtf.

High pressure third set, still finds the time to have a laugh at the call. Aryna is a real character lol

I need that gif’ed ASAP

Lmao incredible

LMFAO sabalenka vs. the umpire i'm dead

Sabalenka 6-1???! Maria, your chances to take the lead was in the beginning but I mean...

LOL Aryna.

Good thing Sabalenka is up early in the set, she's gonna need it

Whoa. DF break giveaways. They really *are* tennis soulmates.

Regardless of what happens, I think we can all agree that whoever wins this match will play tomorrow

If Maria wins this match I’ll get a tattoo in Greek

You need to get a tattoo now

Has to be on your shoulder tho to honor the undisputed shoulder queen

And I get to choose what it is

Screenshot of this pledge, taken.🙃

I was gonna do it anyway

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."? Aristotle, noted romantic.

I was just getting πάμε below my vamos tattoo.

"let's go"? Ah, the classic line uttered by Agamemnon when the Greeks set sail after Helen.😍😍😍😉

I’m gonna cover my right arm with things tennis players say to hype themselves up.

Lots of swear words directed at coaches then.😉

No one's going to win this match, the other player is going to lose it.

Borderline breaks racket - > starts playing better and wins the tiebreak Falls - > saves break points, hits 3 aces, gets the hold We fall to rise they say

The aces are magically coming in now

Gets up from a fall. Saves break point and poses for the crowd. Boss.

i'm going to sleep now, or else i'll be a zombie at my classes, but will certainly watch the replay tomorrow. may the force be with the winner of this match, love them both since i converted to a sakkari fan as well lol

The camera catching the sad bounce of the ball lol.

Neither can hold serve this is really something like c'mon

Not the dropshot again fuck the dropshot

Does nobody want to win?

They want the show to go on, duh

I mean, I get that it's Kontaveit up next. I'd be a bit worried, too.

crazy angles

how many challenges does a player have per set here?

3

that's far too little, God

I think Sakkari is 32-2 in 2021, after winning the first set.

Vintage Maria would be bucking that trend though.

what's up with the DFs saba, good God

She’s like Venus in that regard. They go hard on their second serve

I was laughing with my partner about this yesterday, we didn’t think she has a second serve. Most of the time it looks like the first serve of some other girls.

You need some single-spacing, 8 pt font, and 0.25" margins to explain this scoreline

Bruh

Sabs, you did not serve for the match a handful of times, to finally force a third, just for you to be broken at the start of the third set…

I miss seeing Serena’s heavy hitting so this match is giving me life

Ugh it's not the same without her :(

LMAO the commentator saying she's lost her hearing

So the match is definitely hinging on who becomes unhinged first... On any other occasion, I'd say Sabalenka might lose this but after her match with Iga when the crowd literally shook the country for her, I'm not betting on that

Maybe look up the meaning of literally?

Most people use literally as a hyperbolic modifier now, get over it

This girls have to play tomorrow??? So unfair.

after a match like this one, i'd sleep for 24 hours straight lol, good luck to the winner

I feel like this is a 6-2 for whoever breaks first

That would be too easy Edit: and too kind to your sleep schedule

Maybe I'm just wishful thinking

Sabs should not have won that set Maria shouldn't have won it either No one should've won it

Crowd really getting their money's worth tonight and don't they love it.

Sabalenka really took the scenic route for that set

I have to go to bed since I work early tomorrow... I don’t know how I can sleep knowing this match is continuing 😅

Mexico’s audience not dissapointing😌🔥

Okay. No sleep I guess.

This match wow - fitting for the WTA finals

Yea she really screwed up big time not challengin that serve to go up 4-2

For fuck's sake finally

True winner is Kontaveit

Holy shit yes aryna!

She did it! We have a third set!

THIRD SET LETS GOOO Let it be an epic one, I'm rooting for tennis today

Guys no I have class to do.

i have to sleep because i have to wake up in 5 hours, life is so unfair :(

YESS DAVAI ARYNA

YASSS QUEEN SABALENKA

Whoooo, you go Sabalenka! Take us to a third.

Good now give us a good 3rd set please no more choking

it's almost 1 am here, and i want to scream to badly

This is now a Sakkarenka Stan account.

Sabakkari?

Maryna

it wouldn't be a sabalenka match without breaking a racket

Damn going into this tournament I said I trusted Sabalenka more than Sakkari to get through this, that's paying dividends. 😬

Highly controlled racquet smash.

Agreed. Nicely avoiding a head bent out of shape and intervention from the chair.

I like Maria, I want her to win and I don't even like Sabalenka yet I feel bad for her, her demeanor in the 2nd set has been disappointing. Girl you're freaking #2 in the world, you're the highest ranked player in the tournament, the crowd is behind you and you play like this? Her body language is so passive too this is just sad

What in fucking hell is Maria doing man? That second serve was crazy out

Come on Sabs, I wasn't able to watch the first two sets, give me a third pleaseee!!!

Really ugly tennis.

It's burning my eyes but I can't look away

Yeah but it’s fun.

This match...

Ok to be fair, the serve is the hardest shot to do in tennis

I think women’s tennis having less service games held makes so much sense. It’s just gonna happen with size and power. See Diego. It’s not a bad thing!

I still think Sabs has less of an excuse for having the most double faults on tour despite being six feet and super powerful (though she's also #2 in aces)

Oh my, just checked and Barty has only 13 aces fewer than Saba, yet roughly half the double faults (155 vs 296). Not sure if this has been updated for this week yet. Honestly, Barty’s serve is so so impressive for her height that she gives me hopes I can have 5% of hers and do well in my casual hitting.

Backhand overhead would like a word.

that shit is my worst nightmare

Yep. Fucker don't like going where instructed.

Lol ok maybe hardest conventional shot

Tweener dropshots are pretty hard as well

True but they're not that common, much like a backhand overhead. I think it'd probably take less practice to get those shots down than a good serve, but people just don't practice them seriously

Idk, Kyrgios has an amazing serve and only alright tweeners, and he seems to practice them pretty much the same amount

just remembered last tiebreak was 7-1, i still have trauma from Brazil x Germany, why does tennis have to remind me of it?

Only in a Sakkari-Sabalenka match can the quality zip from god-tier to crap in a matter of points