Tennis

[Code]

Any streams for this?

[TheHowieLama]

Haaland looks to be recovering from an ax wound to the head in the last one there. Apropos.

[Code]

Great match this. 

[Dr Nowt]

Not sure there’s going to be any escape from Alcaraz for Ruud here. 

[Code]

2 minutes ago, Dr Nowt said:

Not sure there’s going to be any escape from Alcaraz for Ruud here. 

That tiebreak was unexpected, but I think you might be right. 

 

 

[Dr Nowt]

25 minutes ago, Code said:

That tiebreak was unexpected, but I think you might be right. 

 

 

An excellent final and what a breath of fresh air to see two first time finalists. 
 

Alcaraz really does seem to be quite the phenom though. Interested to see what winning a slam so young does for him.

[sir roger]

16 hours ago, Dr Nowt said:

An excellent final and what a breath of fresh air to see two first time finalists. 
 

Alcaraz really does seem to be quite the phenom though. Interested to see what winning a slam so young does for him.

About time the newer kids started moving us on from the other three. Alcaraz has it in him to be a tyro  and Ruud did very well to get to the final as he is seen as more of a clay court specialist I think.

[Dr Nowt]

51 minutes ago, sir roger said:

About time the newer kids started moving us on from the other three. Alcaraz has it in him to be a tyro  and Ruud did very well to get to the final as he is seen as more of a clay court specialist I think.

Agreed mate. Tennis needed it. 

[KMD7]

Federer retiring after the Laver cup next week. It was coming but still gutted anyway. 

[dockers_strike]

19 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

Federer retiring after the Laver cup next week. It was coming but still gutted anyway. 

It will be a bittersweet moment in sporting history.

[Captain Howdy]

On 12/09/2022 at 17:18, sir roger said:

About time the newer kids started moving us on from the other three. Alcaraz has it in him to be a tyro  and Ruud did very well to get to the final as he is seen as more of a clay court specialist I think.

Couldn’t agree more 

[Dr Nowt]

16 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Federer retiring after the Laver cup next week. It was coming but still gutted anyway. 

Never be another like him.

[Bjornebye]

The greatest. If he hadn't fucked his knee running that bath..... 

 

I know he lost but him and Nadal gave us the greatest game ever at Wimbledon in 08. 

[YorkshireRed]

In my lifetime the male players I’ve enjoyed watching the most have been, in no particular order:

 

Federer

Agassi

Murray

McEnroe

 

Not always the best, but a mix of personality, talent, style, or all three, had me in their corner.

 

Never took to Borg for some reason, but that’s probably more to do with me than him. I didn’t like Lendl at all during his playing days, but I recognise him as a cool fucker now. 
 

I thought Jimmy Conners was a prick, still do. 
 

There are others I’ve admired but not had affection for.

 

Federer is probably the boss of them all though. 

[Code]

How can anyone, not like Pete Sampras?

[Bjornebye]

Sampras was a machine like Schumacher in the 90's. 

 

Goran Ivanisevic was my favourite growing up. 

[YorkshireRed]

2 minutes ago, Code said:

How can anyone, not like Pete Sampras?

I admired him, always wanted Agassi to beat him. 

[KMD7]

13 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

In my lifetime the male players I’ve enjoyed watching the most have been, in no particular order:

 

Federer

Agassi

Murray

McEnroe

 

Not always the best, but a mix of personality, talent, style, or all three, had me in their corner.

 

Never took to Borg for some reason, but that’s probably more to do with me than him. I didn’t like Lendl at all during his playing days, but I recognise him as a cool fucker now. 
 

I thought Jimmy Conners was a prick, still do. 
 

There are others I’ve admired but not had affection for.

 

Federer is probably the boss of them all though. 

My favourites would be 

 

Federer

Borg 

McEnroe

Lendl 

Sampras 

 

Was never gone on Agassi, great player that he was. 

 

 

 

[Total Longo]

No love for Boris Becker?

 

Fed

Agassi

Becker

 

[Raymond Duck]

Goran was my boy.

[KMD7]

2 hours ago, Total Longo said:

No love for Boris Becker?

 

Fed

Agassi

Becker

 

Yeah Becker deserves a shout.

[Captain Howdy]

Djokovic for me, at his peak I’ve never seen mentality like it, always with the crowd against him as well, just incredible. When it comes to sport and music I’m not remotely interested in personality. Loved Borg, McEnroe Federer and Nadal as well. Borg won something like 11 slams and was retired at 26. Incredible 

[Moo]

Ivanisevic was awful to watch. Serve, bang, serve, bang and so on.  But a good, emotional fella and hang dog expression so was always a favourite with the crowd. 

[sir roger]

I always looked for the more elegant but occasionally fragile players, so the likes of Ilie Nastase, Marcelo Rios and Henri Leconte. Recently I quite liked Feliciano Lopez one of the few serve and volleyers left.

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, Moo said:

Ivanisevic was awful to watch. Serve, bang, serve, bang and so on.  But a good, emotional fella and hang dog expression so was always a favourite with the crowd. 

Only a gay wouldn't like watching Goran.