The ATP/WTA Tennis thread

That's a good question.

But tennis edge is more obvious and predictable than poker edge and there's basically no luck. If you think you'll beat someone, you'd probably want 1st prize to be maxed out. And if an opponent approached you with a deal, you'd probably suspect he has an injury or some issue that isn't known and is trying to.bump up 2nd place.

The men's final is basically a flip I think on betting sites, but I'm sure at least one of them feels more confident than that that he's going to win.

The mightve been chops of appearance fees way back when that was a scandal. Venus & Serena maybe chopped/pooled early on.

But everyone makes too much offcourt now, and figuring the taxes would be crazy.

I would be shocked if that is permitted.

It's so weak of the USTA to ask the networks to censor the crowd reaction to Trump attending the men's final. They obviously know that the booing will be thunderous.

How does one get reliable viewership figures to compare womens final vs mens ?

Unreal. Half the crowd won't even be in their seats until most of the way through the first set because of all the security protocols for Trump.

I also am not sure there would be/was thunderous boos, either.

Regardless, I am very excited for this. Somewhat surprised Alcaraz is a slight dog ...

If they put him on the screen (other than during the National Anthem) or made some sort of announcement, I can't imagine that the reception would have been anything other than very negative. Trump is widely despised in NYC.

Agreed. I probably would have taken Alcaraz given that he was a slight dog.

Sinner below par at 2-5 in the first. Quite a lot of bad misses.

Apparently he got booed last time he turned up.

Sinner's play seems to be getting better with each game.

Or not.

Sinner keeps playing bad shots at break point down.

Got him with a 50% boost pre-match, too.

I'm the worst sports bettor alive.

Trump looked like he had bet on Sinner.

He looked like he thought Alcaraz is Mexican

Men: Carlos 6 slams, Jannik 4 slams
Alcaraz aiming to join McEnroe and Wilander on 7.

Women: Iga 6 slams, Aryna 4 slams
Swiatek aiming to join Henin and Venus on 7.

Hard to predict who outside of the new Big Two wins a slam. Does anyone really think Sasha can grab one? Does he believe it himself? Can Novak get to Australia 100% fit and give it one last tilt?

The new Big Two extending their streak from 8 to 12 consecutive grand slams is surely very likely.

Diallo gave Fritz a real test, but in the end the American’s serving quality made the difference.

And we are back.

My girl Sabalenka off to a great start winning Brisbane last week (also interesting given the Ukranian opponent Kotysuk ((sp??))).

Raducan(‘t) already out of AO. She is so bad.

That new “Raddo” fan won’t have to trouble himself going to any more of her matches.