LakotaDakota Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) Sharapova has been given a wildcard to the Aegon classic at edgbaston next month. 3 years ago you could get tickets to this for £10 and were lucky to see 1 or 2 players ranked in the top 50. This year 8 of the current top 10 are playing & now sharapova too. Going to be packed there this year. Tuesday & Wednesday are usually the best days to see most action & the better players if you're thinking of taking a look. Edited May 18, 2017 by LakotaDakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Thiem is without doubt the best of the young players. He's just blown Nadal off the court in Rome. We know Nadal is in great form. That was some performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Djokovic is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted May 21, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2017 Interested for a non Australian opinion of Nick Kyrios? As an Australian I'm constantly torn between absolutely loving him and thinking he's the biggest tosser in tennis. Well 2nd biggest as Bernard Tomic has that award wrapped up, probably the only one he'll get to with his attitude. We know how to breed them in oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 4 hours ago, Villan_of_oz said: Interested for a non Australian opinion of Nick Kyrios? As an Australian I'm constantly torn between absolutely loving him and thinking he's the biggest tosser in tennis. Well 2nd biggest as Bernard Tomic has that award wrapped up, probably the only one he'll get to with his attitude. We know how to breed them in oz. He's a bit of a tit. Clearly a gifted player but doesn't have the right mentality to fully realise his potential. He has a self destruct ethos if he's not feeling up for a match or things aren't going his way and will either give up during a game or do\say something outlandish that overshadows the whole match. Personally I don't like him. The closest personality wise (as in a sense of blowing up) in tennis would have been McEnroe in his early years but kyrios is nowhere near his levels and McEnroe's antics were born of frustration as he wanted to win every point. I don't get that impression though with kyrios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I like him, extremely entertaining and one of the very few tennis players with any sort of personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Zverev looks one heck of a prospect. Agassi to be announced as new Djokovic coach next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 20 hours ago, PaulC said: Djokovic is back. The old Djokovic is gone for good, which IMO is a good thing, long suspected him to be a drug cheat. His drop in form conveniently coincides with Sharapova's ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 No it doesn't, it coincides with him achieving his life goal of winning all four majors. Zverev was exceptional, never gave Djokovic time to settle. He could be the next tennis superstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 yeah him and Thiem are going to be slam winners in the future - maybe in a few weeks even! Really hope Murray can sort himself out properly. Would like to see him at least get the Australian open. Still, if he is "past it" rather than just in a slump, it's been a superb run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Hes had shingles hasn't he? I still think Murray and Djokovic have another slam or two in them. These youngsters might win the odd atp event but over 5 sets in a longer tournament have they the staying power. Zverev I think will be a multi slam winner in the future but doubt whether him or Thiem will win the French. Think that will be either Nadal or Djokovic. Wimbledon maybe Federer has one last one in him. Edited May 21, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 19 hours ago, PaulC said: Zverev looks one heck of a prospect. Agassi to be announced as new Djokovic coach next week. What happened to Theim the other day? Nadal will walk the French open. Can see Wimbledon being very open tournament though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) In the case of Thiem Djokovic played his best game of the year. He was about two yards closer to the baseline than Nadal and returned brilliantly. Zverev was hitting his backhand 15mph faster than Djokovic. Reckon he already has the best two handed backhand in the game. Nadal should win but no certainty. Thiem showed the way to beat him but he does have more room behind the baseline to defend than in Rome. Djokovoc is improving but whether he can beat Nadal at RG this year not sure. Edited May 22, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 On 05/06/2016 at 22:57, AVFCDAN said: Thiem is good but clay is definitely his best surface, think he would struggle to win slams on any other surface. will be interesting in 5 years time because it's hard to see anyone displacing djokovic or Murray until they both retire. Thiem smashes Djokovic and into the semis at Roland Garros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yes and he thrashed Nadal at Rome recently. He can definitely hurt him. Stan in the semi's Murray 2-1 up against Kei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Murray - Wawrinka Nadal - Thiem two cracking semi finals. Rafa v Thiem in particular looks really good, would make the winner of that one the favourite. Murray though at least has recovered some form this week - the best of 5 helps him to mask slow starts though. Hope he starts quicker after this. Still, good to see him back. I think it has helped him going in with such low expectations to be honest. I know he beat Stan in the semi here last week, but i think this year he really will need to be on it to make it. Edited June 7, 2017 by Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Ostapenko a new star in the womens game. Just said shes hits her forehand harder than Andy murray. Edited June 8, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Can't see past Nadal still. I think best final would be him and Wawrinka as Stan is amazing in slam finals, I worry if Murray lost the first set he'd fold very easily and it wouldn't be much of a spectacle. Looking forward to Wimbledon though, got the feeling there might be a shock winner in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Neither can I Chris but I think its in Thiems racket to beat him. He has the power on both sides to blast Nadal off court. So he has to bring his a game like he did in ROME. Wimbledon Murray or Federer or maybe on of the young guns. Cant see Djokovoc winning it. He has lost that battling quality he once had. Edited June 8, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Wow Ostapenko is the most exciting player I have seen in the womens game for many years. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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