Topic: The Tennis Thread - Sponsored By Melt-downium

[Kashinoda]

Ha fuck off.

[jillcwhomever]

Get innn. Take that crowd.

[67CherryRed]

This c*nt of a crowd have had a really shit weekend haven't they. Fuck them.

[Ray K]

Yyyeeaaaass. Just a brilliant display the whole fortnight.

Djokovic crying.

Cry some more, Novaxx

[AndyMuller]

Djokovic looked fucked all match.

[TheShanklyGates]

Didn't think Medvedev stood a chance. Most players would have crumbled under the pressure. Absolutely delighted to be wrong.

[clinical]

Hahaha get in. The cry baby lost.

[Crosby Nick]

Djokovic looked fucked all match.

All out of gluten?

What a great couple of days tennis.

[Kekule]

I’d have been cupping my ear to the crowd and putting my finger to my lips in celebration had that been me.

Probably would have guaranteed booing at the presentation ceremony, like.

[Persephone]

Yyyeeaaaass. Just a brilliant display the whole fortnight.
Cry some more, Novaxx

Not a fan? 

Well done Medvedev, nice to see someone else win a Slam. ( Except for Zverev)

[RedForeverTT]

Djokovic looked fucked all match.

Medvedev should send Zverev a thank you card for fucking Djokovic mentally and physically.

[Persephone]

All out of gluten?

What a great couple of days tennis.

Djokovic looked fucked all match.

It's the 5G waves that did him in.

[Ray K]

All out of gluten?

What a great couple of days tennis.

If Novak doesn't win the US Open I'll let Nick serve and volley my balls.

Is this also going to be on Amazon Prime, or will it be free to air?

[67CherryRed]

Why does Djokovic change his t shirt a lot anyway? He’s gotten back into it since changing to his recent one.

He probably realised 'match worn Djokovic shirt' goes for quite a bit on Ebay.

[Agent99]

Djokovic looked fucked all match.

He mistimed his cycle by 24 hours.

[The G in Gerrard]

If Novak doesn't win the US Open I'll let Nick serve and volley my balls.

Hope you both have a good evening.

[Kekule]

Has this chap been enjoying the hospitality a bit too much? Sounds like he’s slurring a bit.

[TheShanklyGates]

Has this chap been enjoying the hospitality a bit too much? Sounds like he’s slurring a bit.

Just be grateful that Wimbledon don't have the Duke of Kent give a speech on court when he's doing the post final formalities...

[amir87]

Is this also going to be on Amazon Prime, or will it be free to air?

The one time I put my neck (and balls) on the line and he typically fucks up the final.

And yes, you can watch it on the first episode of RAWK - All or Nothing.

[Kekule]

“I’m the happiest man alive, because you make me feel very special”.  Then tell your face that Novak.

[jillcwhomever]

The one time I put my neck (and balls) on the line and he typically fucks up the final.

And yes, you can watch it on the first episode of RAWK - All or Nothing.

😀

[Kekule]

Medvedev saying sorry for winning.

[Persephone]

“I’m the happiest man alive, because you make me feel very special”.  Then tell your face that Novak.

Djokovic is and always was, fake as fuck. You can see that he tries so hard to match the popularity of Federer and Nadal.

[nuts100]

My weekend is complete!!!
I got to watch my girl play US college and win with an ace
a British girl wins the US Open,
Ashlyn Krueger won the US Open junior doubles and Djokovic lost in straight sets!!! Brilliant!!!! 💪🏼
If Carlsberg did tennis weekends, this would be up there!!!

[S]

Djokovic is and always was, fake as fuck. You can see that he tries so hard to match the popularity of Federer and Nadal.

Always thought this too. Glad (and massively surprised) he lost tonight.

[scatman]

c*nt of a crowd again, said it last night and it was as true today. Glad Medvedev won, fully deserved.

[Nick110581]

He should have lost the French anyway.

Good he got beaten here - hopefully a good thing for tennis

[Crosby Nick]

Morning all!

[Gerry Attrick]

Medvedev just way fresher and better. Djokovic is a physical freak but he has played a lot of tennis leading up to the final in comparison to the Russian. You simply had to give him a chance on that.

[RedForeverTT]

Medvedev just way fresher and better. Djokovic is a physical freak but he has played a lot of tennis leading up to the final in comparison to the Russian. You simply had to give him a chance on that.

It’s only good for tennis to have new winners coming along. And Medvedev deserves it after being so consistent for so long.

I think Big3 is no more. Zverev and Tsitsipas showed that they have matured into grand slam players and so will Sinner/FAA and the likes in the coming year.

[Nick110581]

It’s only good for tennis to have new winners coming along. And Medvedev deserves it after being so consistent for so long.

I think Big3 is no more. Zverev and Tsitsipas showed that they have matured into grand slam players and so will Sinner/FAA and the likes in the coming year.

Don’t forget big Dom too!

Zverev and Tsitipas need to win a Slam at some stage though

[Ray K]

Interesting titbit around Raducanu:  If she wins the US Open next year, she'll end up losing ranking points because she gained 40 points coming through the qualifiers 

[Trump's tiny tiny hands]

Interesting titbit around Raducanu:  If she wins the US Open next year, she'll end up losing ranking points because she gained 40 points coming through the qualifiers 

Literally the only person who can beat her, is herself 

[elsewhere]

US Open fans are a strange bunch at times. They gave hard time to Djokovic for years only until he became proven winner when he won his 3rd in 2018. It's like they support players and respect them only once they are "winners". Part of me thinks the reason Djokovic was crying yesterday was not because he was losing but he felt the first time he "won the fans". He never had this support when he was a US Open finalist against Federer, Del Potro, Nadal, Wawrinka and Murray.

And as for Medvedev, now that he is a winner, I can see him getting much more support from the fans next year.

[Wullie160975]

I thought it more likely that the crowd could say "I was there" if he made history and that's why they wanted him to win.

[BarryCrocker]

I thought it more likely that the crowd could say "I was there" if he made history and that's why they wanted him to win.

That's exactly the way I saw it too. There was a selfishness to it.

[Sahara]

Might not have helped Medvedev that he is Russian, and he had that moment back in 2019 with the U.S crowd who were as per usual booing Medvedev and he responded in a speech after the match that he won because of them.

All credit to him for last night and getting to the final in 2019 too.   

[Yosser0_0]

I'm not going to be the one to post it as there's so many cynical fuckers and anti-hype merchants on here but surely to fuck this unprecedented sporting achievement merits a dedicated thread of its own on a website that prides itself on its purist representation and championing of sport.

I've been around far too fucking long now but I cannot ever recall in all those years such a zero to hero gatecrashing of that all so rare and elusive sporting superstardom platform. From "virtual" obscurity to US Open tennis champion in a little over 48 hours is simply fucking absurd. Almost as absurd in fact as not having a separate thread for the girl on RAWK. 

If others can cite some parallels of any sort that equate to it in the sporting world then feel free. I'd love to know. The nearest I can come up with is the 16 year old Pele back in the '58 World Cup Final in Sweden but even he was already widely acclaimed in his native Brazil prior to it. Maybe there are other examples but I can't think of any. Christ even George Best's meteoric rise from burgeoning talent to genuine superstar took a few years. I guess in music we have The Beatles virtual overnight explosion in America but they already had a number one album plus three number one singles in the UK when they exploded there.

However, to quote my own musical hero this kid really has just burst like a supernova and has done it with a level of tennis that is scarcely believable. To paraphrase whoever it was who fucking said it - if the ultimate purpose of sport is to inspire and amaze even arl farts like me then this incredible young woman has just volleyed that aspiration onto a whole new higher plane/plain [spell - who gives a fuck].

Timbo - West Derby wannabe tennis correspondent for the Blackmoor Drive Gazette 

Straight away, I thought of Boris Becker:-

As a teenager, Becker won the Tennis World Young Masters at the NEC in Birmingham in 1985, before taking his first top-level singles title in June that year at Queen's Club. Two weeks later, on 7 July, he became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Becker

[Dull Tools]

Straight away, I thought of Boris Becker:-

As a teenager, Becker won the Tennis World Young Masters at the NEC in Birmingham in 1985, before taking his first top-level singles title in June that year at Queen's Club. Two weeks later, on 7 July, he became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Becker

It is similar but not quite the same as this is Radacanu's first-ever singles title. That must be a first?

[Pradan]

It is similar but not quite the same as this is Radacanu's first-ever singles title. That must be a first?

Surprisingly not that rare. Swiatek won the French last year and that was her first title.