The Tennis Thread

Bleugh - though I knew it was inevitable.

Stan, please take out the trash tomorrow. .

This is going to sound foolish, but in the months since I’ve been following Nole on instagram (lol…) I’ve come to like him much more. He’s really funny and down to earth.

^Yes, it does. :wink:

At least Lucie already got more games in one set than Natasha did against Steffi in two sets. I’m counting this at as a moral victory. .

Inevitable - 6-0 set to close it out.

At least I was wrong about the score.

:slight_smile:

My wife is not a Serena fan. Hates the way she plays so she doesn’t watch.

But…Serena is a fantastic tennis player. Winning 20 Grand Slams! Amazing feat! I don’t think I will live long enough to see anybody else win 20 grand slams!

I don’t know a lot about tennis but watch it anyway. What does she not like about Serena’s play?

It’s a power game. There is no finesse. Finds it boring.

I could see that. I like her power. :slight_smile:

Serena definitely has a power game, but imho what gets her into the winners circle is mental toughness. Way, way too many WTA players have mental issues holding them back. A lot of them are technically solid but are in serious need of a sports psychologist or something as they end up being their own worst enemy out on the court.

I was very happy to see Serena win. I woke up early (6am here) and thought she had everything under control in the 2nd set so I walked the dog and was quite surprised they were still playing when I returned. I agree the most the girls in your could benefit from some Sports Psychology.

LOL emilybee. My daughter got me onto Instagram. It’s about my speed. Just a photo or quick video and maybe a short caption. I hate Facebook and never use it. I also follow Roger and Rafa :wink:

With regard to Serena, I usually don’t repeat unkind remarks about a woman’s appearance, but somebody described her as looking like ‘Barry Bonds in drag.’ I can imagine it would be extremely intimidating to face her across the net.

Yay!!!

Congrats Stan!

That was fantastic! Wonderful final

Great match! Extraordinary tennis! I loved Mary Carillo’s comment about hoping this doesn’t make Stan think this is his lucky outfit. :wink:

Trophy presentation was wonderful as well. Novak received lots and lots of applause, and it was well deserved.

tx5athome - check out minipeople pics. The one with Eiffel Tour dressed in Stan’s kit is priceless.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/minipeoplech/110127839088244?sk=photos_stream

Disappointed for Djokovic, my favorite player. Happy for Wawrinka, a well deserved win. Would like a rematch in the Wimbledon quarters on court one please!

@tx5athome - I would 2nd that hope about the outfit.

My Kindle autocorrected Wawrinka to Swastika - glad I caught that!

@emilybee the link didn’t work because CC **** whatever is after www, so I googled and found the pics. Very funny.

^ No idea why CC ****'s facebook.

Good for Stan. I missed most of it, my son graduated from high school this afternoon.

Ditto on the kit, at first I thought he was playing in his boxer shorts.