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Giacinto gets it done. It's time to stop calling Alex de Minaur Adult McLovin.
...the less said about the women's final, the better.
...the less said about the women's final, the better.
Eugenie grew up in Wesmont. Went toEnglish school and spent most of her teen years in Florida. Like Sharapova speaks Russian with an accent Eugenie speaks French with an accent. and that's Fine .
Actually, most of the best players in the world were still amateur. Laver was an amateur so how can you say that the "all the best players were pros"? Clearly there were many of the best players who were amateurs.
Prior to 1962 he had to compete against Ken Rosewall, Tony Trabert, Roy Emerson, Neale Fraser, Manuel Santana, Lew Hoad, Fred Stolle. Some of the all time greats.
Even when he turned pro and competed against pros, (the pros only had 3 majors per year) Laver won 8 pro majors, including one season where he also had a calendar slam, that is, he won all of them.
So he dominated against pros and amateurs alike.
As I'd said, Bud Collins, who may have been the pre-eminent tennis historians of all time, had Laver as his number 1 player of all time.
Thanks for summarizing my earlier post, right below. It's all in there.
Since you like Wikipedia, here's a long article on the history of tennis. Read and learn.
History of tennis - Wikipedia
For the era we're talking about, you'll need to go about halfway down to the section titled Tournaments and Tours of the Amateur Era and then the subsections describing the pro tours. Actually, there were not a lot of tournaments. More commonly two players would go to several cities and play each other head to head. They made more money that way.
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If Leggy Supermodel wins the US Open, she will become the undisputed No. 1.
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She is a perfect example of a consistent player who does everything well but noting spectacular. Consistency wins.
Jannik Sinner bows out early from the Cincinnati Masters. Not surprising, he doesn't want to extend himself before the US Open. Victory in Toronto has assured his ranking for Flushing Meadows.
That's the reason why The Canadian Open no longer hands out wildcards. As a ranking precursor for the US Open, most players wont pass on it like they once did. Better to go long in Canada then rest, than have to do it in Cincinnati.
That's the reason why The Canadian Open no longer hands out wildcards. As a ranking precursor for the US Open, most players wont pass on it like they once did. Better to go long in Canada then rest, than have to do it in Cincinnati.
Jessica is the daughter of the owners of the bills and she is clearly playing for the love of the game as a financially. She is well-off and comes from a billionaire family. I hope but she wins a major soon because her talent level is absolutely incredible.
Sweet Iga vs the surprise Wimbledon Champion...who may not really be a surprise. Vondrousova may be a player that no one wants to face before the final 8 at Flushing Meadows.
As to Figaro's assertion, it's natural. Iga has just turned 22, the competition has stiffened, she has to adjust. As long as she doesn't implode like Naomi Osaka, she will be just fine. Ashley Barty didn't hit her stride until she was 25. If Jessica Pegula is drawn in the same bracket with Marketa Vondrousova, she will lose.
As to Figaro's assertion, it's natural. Iga has just turned 22, the competition has stiffened, she has to adjust. As long as she doesn't implode like Naomi Osaka, she will be just fine. Ashley Barty didn't hit her stride until she was 25. If Jessica Pegula is drawn in the same bracket with Marketa Vondrousova, she will lose.
The rest of the field should consider themselves lucky Agata Swiatek retired. Had she not tore up her knee at 14, she'd be terrifying to face.
When it was 5 - 3 Swiatek in the 1st Gauff turned on the burners and took it 7-2 in the tiebreak. I really thought it would be Swiatek vs Muchova again in another battle . .
