Tennis Central

[Insidious Von]

Very few players win on all surfaces, Pete Sampras never won the French Open and Bjorn Borg the US Open.

For Silent Queen, grass is her best surface, she's the favorite to win her second Wimbledon. She's also given Carlito extra motivation to retain his title.

 

[Tony Figaro]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1809707492386963708

 

[shack]

For Silent Queen, grass is her best surface, she's the favorite to win her second Wimbledon. She's also given Carlito extra motivation to retain his title.

IMO, none of those matches seem as compelling as ones between Carlito, Medvedev, Sinner, Novak, Zverev et al.

 

[Insidious Von]

Of the 21st Century babies, Ben Shelton got taken out by Sinner in straight sets. Carlito the Murcian took Ugo Humbert out in four sets. After them Musetti vs Perricard will be putting pressure on them.

 

[Tony Figaro]

 

[Tony Figaro]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1810394743999967461

 

[princekwekua]

And then there is the perennial underachiever Coco Gauff. Her nemesis Iga Swiatek was knocked out opening what seemed like an easier path to the title. Then she allows someone named Emma Navarro to piss all over her in straight sets.

The Williams sisters grew up with nothing. So they were mighty hungry and that was the motivating force for their excellence.

Coco Gauff has been showered with endorsements early in her career. So she is not hungry. Losing is okay with her. What a waste of talent

 

[Insidious Von]

Emma Navarro took out Naomi Osaka, taking out Gauff isn't that surprising. She faces the overachiever Jasmine Paolini next.

It's still Silent Queen's tourney to lose. No way the underachieving Madison Keys loses to the female Diego Schwartzman.

 

[princekwekua]

Emma Navarro took out Naomi Osaka, taking out Gauff isn't that surprising. She faces the overachiever Jasmine Paolini next.

Naomi Osaka just returned to playing after having a baby. Navarro taking her out is not that surprising. Coco Gauff is the second seed and Navarro took her out in straight sets. That is surprising to me.

 

[jalimon]

lulu Sun?? i watch tennis once in a while for many years but never heard of a Lulu Sun. She doesn't look chinese at all. Is she the new Osaka?

 

[princekwekua]

She faces the overachiever Jasmine Paolini next.

Jasmine Paolini proving her French Open run wasnt a fluke. If only she had a little bit more power ...

Her grandfather on her mother's side is from Ghana.

 

[princekwekua]

Jasmine Paolini into the semi finals. Intelligence plus guts to comprehensively dispatch the very average Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-1

 

[princekwekua]

Jasmine Paolini, Donna Vekic, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova are the Women's 2024 Wimbledon final four. Rarely in the history of women's tennis has such a drab group made the final 4

 

[shack]

Jasmine Paolini, Donna Vekic, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova are the Women's 2024 Wimbledon final four. Rarely in the history of women's tennis has such a drab group made the final 4

There is nothing of interest in the group. Nothing compelling.

Has anybody had an easier run to the semis than Joker? All of the tougher seeds were on the other half of the draw. Medved, Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev gets knocked out and De Minaur withdraws from the quarters. And now he plays the 25th seed in the semis.

After the incident with Ruuuune, he'll be hearing it from the crowd.

 

[Insidious Von]

On the women's side it's Elena Rybakina's title to lose.

The last time Joker faced Musetti, it went to five sets. Joker may be fresher but he's facing a 15 year age gap.

 

[jalimon]

Jasmine Paolini, Donna Vekic, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova are the Women's 2024 Wimbledon final four. Rarely in the history of women's tennis has such a drab group made the final 4

Dude, they won their game! Vekic, Rybakina... They are awesome. Paolini how can you not be happy about this Italian girl making it big for the second grand chelem in a row??

 

[Insidious Von]

Musetti and Paolini are from the same region, Northwest Tuscany is the marble capital of the world. Michelangelo was a frequent visitor.

Joker is so lovable, he knows how to burn hostile fans.

 

[princekwekua]

Dude, they won their game! Vekic, Rybakina... They are awesome. Paolini how can you not be happy about this Italian girl making it big for the second grand chelem in a row??

They won their games. Obviously. But some star power is generally needed to generate excitement. None exists. Happy for Paolini. She plays far above her 5' 4" frame

 

[jalimon]

They won their games. Obviously. But some star power is generally needed to generate excitement. None exists. Happy for Paolini. She plays far above her 5' 4" frame

thats the beauty of sport

compared to real life, and especially politics, its not always the tall loud mouth ass hole that wins

 

[Insidious Von]

Center Court sold out, so much for star quality.

Paolini had energy to spare, in the past she played like a headless chicken. She's learned how to harness her energy. Vekic dominated the first set, Paolini's only chance was to take the match to three sets. Vekic got gassed, yet she hung in there, awesome match!