Given the gov stance, would be slightly surprised if Wimbledon did.I wonde how many majors this will cost him? With the other slams follow the Oz stance do we know?
Yes, been watching him this week and today. He's going to be huge! (Well he already is... ).Wow. Alcaraz wins the Miami ATP 1000 tournament aged 18. Truly feels like the next Nadal
And unlike so many other pros in the early part of their careers, he comes across as a humble, cool headed decent kid. During yesterday’s semi final he actually conceded a point at 6-5 down that the umpire had ruled in his favour, as he was close to the ball and saw the call was wrong (and it indeed was, as shown in the TV replay). How many pros have ever done that, certainly those with a shot of winning their match?
Indeed. While Djokovic loses to Rublev on his home turf...Alcaraz wins another ATP tournament, and will be world No. 9 from tomorrow. He was won every final he has made, and in straight sets. Astonishing
Yes, while I'm conflicted about the ban, I don't think expecting players to condemn the war is going to work, when AFAIK even calling it a war carries a substantial jail sentence.I think the ban is wrong too, as far as tennis players are concerned at least (as opposed to team sports such as football). And letting players who speak up against the war play at Wimbledon, as some have proposed, would be forcing them into a position they might not want to take if they have family in Russia. Putin is already painting vocal opponents as traitors to the state.
Alcaraz wins another ATP tournament, and will be world No. 9 from tomorrow. He was won every final he has made, and in straight sets. Astonishing
Astonishing, given that I thought he was fairly likely to retire after that ankle injury!He just beat Nadal.
Truly the passing of the batonHe just beat Nadal.
I find The Guardian especially poor for tennis.As a general observation, has anyone else noticed that if a British player is not involved and the tournament in question is not a grand slam, most newspapers in this country don’t seem to employ a dedicated tennis correspondent and/or pay the necessary fees to the news agencies to access and publish match reports until the next day?
The hottest name in tennis right now, Alcaraz, beat Djokovic today. It’s now early morning Sunday, and most newspapers don’t even report the story, and the most recent news is him beating Nadal the previous day. Of all the papers, only the Express has a dedicated tennis correspondent team that publishes up to date match reports.
The Guardian’s top of page article is dated 6 May. Wtf?
Yeah, just been watching. Looks like a bad sprain or ligament tear at least. Very sad - I can't see him being able to play Wimbledon.Sickening on-court injury suffered by Zverev. Awful to see. Hopefully nothing broken but what a terrible and way to go out
not sure exactly what's wrong but it sounds like a chronic and incurable condition.A journalist asked Nadal in the post match press conference an interesting question: if a genie apparated to him and offered him the choice of winning on Sunday or losing but getting a healthy foot, what would he choose?
Without a moment’s doubt Nadal chose the foot. And then added so he could play sports with his mates for fun well into the future long after he’s retired (rather than so he can rack up as many trophies as possible). I believe him as well.
I was only made aware of this in the last couple of years, but basically they discovered very early on he had a foot genetic problem, and to mitigate it he had to wear a special shoe, which is what fucked up his knee for many years. So there was nothing wrong with his knee, but the prosthetic in his shoe that allowed him to play at the highest level in his teens and twenties with a dodgy foot messed up his knee good.not sure exactly what's wrong but it sounds like a chronic and incurable condition.
Much as I like Ruud, I think Nadal will beat him quite easily on Sunday. Anyone else see the Ruud/Rune handshake (and headshake!)?
I hope he wins tomorrow. Ruud is thirteen years younger - his time will come.I was only made aware of this in the last couple of years, but basically they discovered very early on he had a foot genetic problem, and to mitigate it he had to wear a special shoe, which is what fucked up his knee for many years. So there was nothing wrong with his knee, but the prosthetic in his shoe that allowed him to play at the highest level in his teens and twenties with a dodgy foot messed up his knee good.
Not it seems as if the foot issue has come to a head, and apart from playing with pain which surely he is, it’s only a short amount of time before it’s curtains for him.
Amazing career though, still playing at the highest level older than plenty of healthy players.