Kolek planning to go pro
On court after the match, Zverev told Alcaraz: "I want to congratulate Carlitos. Right now you are the best player in the world. It is great for tennis that we have such a new superstar that is going to win so many grand slams, that is going to be world number one and I think is going to win this tournament many more times."I think it'll be great, too. As much as I've loved watching Fetterer, Djokovic and especially Rafa dominate men's tennis these last 2 decades, it's time for some others to step up. And that doesn't mean occasionally pulling off an upset, it means taking the baton. We'll see if Alcaraz can do it.
Zverev got throttled and he has shown poor sportsmanship in the past.
Zverev's a pretender. Perhaps Alcaraz will be the real deal.
I haven't seem Alcaraz play that much. I woukd think his best surface is clay right now? How's his pop on his serve? I wish Rafa could play another 10 yrs but obviously that's not realistic.
It isn't just a one off tourney for Alacaraz. He's around to stay at the age of 19.He'll skip Rome for Paris.Drop shot clinic between the two Madrid Title winners Jabeur and Alcaraz.
Dumb question here: Why does Tennis not use the standard seedings of 1 vs 16, 2 vs 5, etc?
French Open is underway.Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz are all in the top half of the draw, with Nadal and Djokovic having to meet in the quarterfinals if both get that far.Battling a foot injury that has been dogging him, Rafa lost to Shapovalov in Rome, and that decision dropped him to the 5th seed -- the lowest the King of Clay and 13-time French Open champion has been seeded since 2013. It also moved him into Djokovic's bracket.Djokovic won in Rome to claim the top seed at Roland Garros ... and here's a mind-boggling fact:Not since Andy Roddick was the No. 1 seed at the 2004 Australian Open has the top seed at a Grand Slam been named something other than Nadal, Djokovic, Federer or Murray.
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Tennis seeds the top 32 players, has wild card entries and qualifiers.The top seeded players are placed so that they don't have to play ome another. In theory, the reasoms for randomizing the rest of the draw after that is to avoid the same matchups, and to avoid some players trying to game the draw.
Thanks. Makes sense, my OCD doesn't like it, though.
For the first time in almost 20 years, 5 American Women made the French Open Round of 16:Jessie PegulaCoco GauffAmanda AnisimovaMadison KeysSloane Stephens3 of those also made the doubles. (Pegula, Gauff, Keys) along with Townsend, Muhammed, McNally.(Anisimova lost a 3 set thriller to Canadian Leylah Fernandez in Rd of 16)
Rafa in a dogfight with FAA. Not good with the Djoker waiting after cruising today.
I’m a little ticked off that the Nadal-Djokovic match won’t be available except on Tennis Channel, which I don’t get.Rafa will have to play his best match of the year.
Unacceptable/Inexcusable. I wonder if you can get it on Peacock with a temp subscription?
I'll have to look into that. I'm out of town for the weekend, but will see what my options are when I get home. I might have to settle for watching the full-match highlights on YouTube, and if so I'll live with it.I sure want Rafa to win. Would love to see him get a 2-majors lead. But Djokovic apparently has been playing really, really well. Tough task.