2022 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Yeah, they are around here. More of them than the grass courts which are basically none.

Well I suggest you get practice on the clay, for your sliding, these days grass courts are hard to find, even where I live, they are expensive to up keep.

 

[Hailz]

Well I suggest you get practice on the clay, for your sliding, these days grass courts are hard to find, even where I live, they are expensive to up keep.

They have these Har-Tru courts around here. They are not like the Red Clay at Roland Garros, but they are different then the regular hard courts.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

They have these Har-Tru courts around here. They are not like the Red Clay at Roland Garros, but they are different then the regular hard courts.

Well they are better than nothing I guess.Red clay is another surface that does need some up keeping, though not like grass.

 

[Hailz]

Well they are better than nothing I guess.Red clay is another surface that does need some up keeping, though not like grass.

I heard the Red Clay needs some watering too.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I heard the Red Clay needs some watering too.

Correct, when you go to an overseas clay tournament, you will notice they will water the clay at times during a match,when there is a break, especially if the weather is hot.

 

[Hailz]

Correct, when you go to an overseas clay tournament, you will notice they will water the clay at times during a match,when there is a break, especially if the weather is hot.

One thing I love about Roland Garros and the play on the Red Clay is when the players fall on the court and they get the Red Clay all over them.

 

[tossip]

Hey Tossip what ever happened to Ryan Harrison btw, has he retired?

I don't know but he was so angry....

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I don't know but he was so angry....

Okay, it is just he has been off the tour for sometime, yes on court he did appear angry at times

 

[kskate2]

Hey Tossip what ever happened to Ryan Harrison btw, has he retired?

I don't know but he was so angry....

Okay, it is just he has been off the tour for sometime, yes on court he did appear angry at times

His ranking dropped so much that he and Donald Young were playing challengers earlier this year.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem have confirmed to play at the ATP250 Watergen Open, Tel Aviv, Israel, Setpember 26th - October 2nd.

 

[don_fabio]

Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem have confirmed to play at the ATP250 Watergen Open, Tel Aviv, Israel, Setpember 26th - October 2nd.

That's interesting. I guess Novak is trying to collect points and try to reach ATP finals somehow. He also doesn't want to stay away from the tour for too long again, so I think this is a good decision to play as much as possible for the remaining of the season after USO.

 

[tented]

Tennis Channel will be covering the Davis Cup, beginning Tuesday, September 13.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak Djokovic wont be playing DC in Valencia citing personal reasons,.If the team makes it to Malaga, he will join, captain Viktor Troicki reported.
Apparently he is attending his brothers wedding

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tennis to launch a new ATP and WTA mixed event ( like the axed Hopman Cup) at the start of the season in Australia.The "United Cup' ,replacing the ATP Cup, offering top men and women the opportunity to represent their countries together.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Djokovic has withdrawn from Davis Cup.... Word all over social media is that it's because he is avoiding Alcaraz.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Djokovic has withdrawn from Davis Cup.... Word all over social media is that it's because he is avoiding Alcaraz.

No I already post that above Novak is attending his brother wedding. Read my post above, the reason he is not playing the DC

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

According to Swiss Newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reporting Roger Federer's 'preparation for the comeback is not going to plan'
Federer had a right knee recurrence, liquid in his right knee and it became inflamed.

Laver Cup is to start in 2 weeks time

 

[Chris Koziarz]

This opinion piece from my local paper (thus by a potential Kyrgios fan) summaries nicely infantile personality that IMO does not deserve to be a major winner:

Has Nick Kyrgios dashed his major hopes as well as his racquet?

Nick Kyrgios might never get a better chance to win a major than this US Open, but lost in a quarter-final. He took it out on his racquet.

www.smh.com.au

I have stated here in the past that Kyrgios' tantrums were an egotic reaction of an immature child who were denied a candy: always on display when he loses. Everything is beautiful "I love you guys, hope you enjoyed it" only when he wins. And his last two matches strongly confirmed my opinion.. Fist an idiot shot, which luckily cost him nothing, then finally when his infantile tactic (relying heavily on opponent distraction rather than on technically outplaying him) didn't work, we've seen 100% of infantile Kyrgios: smashed racquets left for someone else to clean up. What a disgrace,should I say!
It's strange that people like him against all of that (even I at some point I wished him luck maybe because he is a fellow Oz) but the reality quickly revised my mind: after the idiot shot I thought: no, a player so dumb does not deserve to win a major. And surely the last event of racquets smashed and left for the cleaners strongly supports this view. Hopefuly the fans will embrace it and more importantly, the players will learn from Karen's example how not to get distracted on the court by infantile narcissist tactics and how to dispatch him.

 

[don_fabio]

@MargaretMcAleer What are these news that Novak has been cleared for AO 2023? Fake or real?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

@MargaretMcAleer What are these news that Novak has been cleared for AO 2023? Fake or real?

At present it is rumor based as there is no official statement from our Immigration officials here that Novak has been granted a visa to return to Australia.