2022 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well done Carlos you kept your focus well in the 3rd set winning 64 57 62 over The Young Greek
Carlos now leads their H2H 3-0 ....2 on HC and now 1 on clay
Just a message to The Young Greek telling the umpire 'Your Fired" will never help your cause okay...

 

[Jelenafan]

Stefanos should start celebrating Alcaraz's UFE's to be just as rude! I've already had enough of that "Vamos" crap from Nadal over the years!

What is wrong with you? I would do cartwheels on the court when my opponent double faulted ! Or throw confetti, don’t judge! Tennis isn’t a tea party. Rackets thrown or broken, blood, sweat and tears, screaming “ Vamos!” And “c’mmon ! and “”Loser!” when the opponent muffs a return or overhead, that is par for the course !

 

[Carol]

Can someone tell me what Tsitsipas told to the Chair Umpire about if he was wrong he should be "fined" or "fired" which is very different ? I missed that part.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Can someone tell me what Tsitsipas told to the Chair Umpire about if he was wrong he should be "fined" or "fired" which is very different ? I missed that part.

The Young Greek was questioning the rules to the umpire...he then said "If you are wrong, you should be fired".

 

[Carol]

The Young Greek was questioning the rules to the umpire...he then said "If you are wrong, you should be fired".

Thanks Marg, I wanted to be sure what he said. I think he went in the wrong time, isn't?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Thanks Marg, I wanted to be sure what he said. I think he went in the wrong time, isn't?

Yes....he took a break down 0-3. in the 3rd set You can only take breaks during a set break

 

[Carol]

Yes can't take a break in the middle of a set.

They asked Alcaraz what he thinks about that break and he says that he doesn't remember to see a player taking a break in the middle of a set lol

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

They asked Alcaraz what he thinks about that break and he says that he doesn't remember to see a player taking a break in the middle of a set lol

First time for everything lol! The penalty is 2 games points,thats why The Young Greek was upset and said if you are wrong you should be fired
Change of attire may only be done in conjunction with a toilet break ( unless authorized by the Chair Umpire), time violations will apply if a player is not ready within the allowed time.

 

[the AntiPusher]

They asked Alcaraz what he thinks about that break and he says that he doesn't remember to see a player taking a break in the middle of a set lol

Because the young Pegasus is "full of yesterday's lunch"!

 

[don_fabio]

So Tsitsipas can't solve the Alcaraz puzzle, 3:0 must be hurting. Alcaraz rose up to expectation once again.
Within months kid improved from ''very promising player rising up in rankings'' to ''no one wants to see him in his part of the draw''.

 

[Moxie]

So Tsitsipas can't solve the Alcaraz puzzle, 3:0 must be hurting. Alcaraz rose up to expectation once again.
Within months kid improved from ''very promising player rising up in rankings'' to ''no one wants to see him in his part of the draw''.

Yes, Tsitsipas is going to be hating this. An up-and-comer, and he's totally in his game, and not just on clay! I had to go out at 4-1 in the 3rd, but glad to see Alcaraz kept his head in the 3rd. I did see a bit of the kerfuffle over the toilet break and Stefanos losing some points on time. It was rather confusing, but WTF with the toilet break mid-set, anyway?

 

[Fiero425]

So Tsitsipas can't solve the Alcaraz puzzle, 3:0 must be hurting. Alcaraz rose up to expectation once again.
Within months kid improved from ''very promising player rising up in rankings'' to ''no one wants to see him in his part of the draw''.

There's no puzzle! Tsitsipas is a decent enough player but limited as most of today's automatons who just whack the ball as hard as they can! How many times was he drop-shotted? He barely got a couple steps before giving up! He doesn't learn that being so far behind the baseline makes him vulnerable to it again and again! His volleying sucks as well with him usually helpless at the net unless the point already won with the approach! This crap with his DAD is just psychopathic with the old man enabling him to think he's doing nothing wrong!

 

[Moxie]

There's no puzzle! Tsitsipas is a decent enough player but limited as most of today's automatons who just whack the ball as hard as they can! How many times was he drop-shotted? He barely got a couple steps before giving up! He doesn't learn that being so far behind the baseline makes him vulnerable to it again and again! His volleying sucks as well with him usually helpless at the net unless the point already won with the approach! This crap with his DAD is just psychopathic with the old man enabling him to think he's doing nothing wrong!

Tsitsipas is not that "limited." He has a lot of tools. And he made really intelligent adjustments to win that 2nd set. We do agree on his father being a hindrance, in more than one way.

 

[don_fabio]

How many times was he drop-shotted? He barely got a couple steps before giving up! He doesn't learn that being so far behind the baseline makes him vulnerable to it again and again! His volleying sucks as well with him usually helpless at the net unless the point already won with the approach! This crap with his DAD is just psychopathic with the old man enabling him to think he's doing nothing wrong!

Agree on above. His volley game should be improved and I did see him getting dropshoted before more than usual, but again Alcaraz has a very good hand and his dropshots seem deadly too. I think the greek has a very strong connection with his dad and I don't see them breaking up any time soon, but you never know..one thing is their relation which I respect and another all this coaching crap during matches.

 

[don_fabio]

but WTF with the toilet break mid-set, anyway?

He just unlocked a new level for toilet break and uses it whenever he feels the match is slipping away.
But yeah, very strange to do it midset.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Young Pegasus main problem is not being able to problem solve vs a player who has made counters to his own game. No way he should have lost RG vs Novak. Vs Novak, he tried to out hit Novak from the baseline which is like trying to get Putin to have human compassion.

 

[Front242]

What Dolgopolov says about Russian players....

Liked him as a player but he's shown himself to be a complete pos unfortunately. Complimenting Wimbledon for banning Russian and Belarusian players. An absolute prick.

 

[tented]

Do the organizers know something we don’t? As in, there’s going to be a retirement or a walkover? The first match begins at 3:30 PM, and the second not before 4:00?

(I’m only joking. It must be a printing error.)

 

[Front242]

Bro, you are 100 percent correct. PREACH..it appears every 70-80 years the world is dealing with a madman's ONLY objective is to carry out Satanic havoc on the citizens of the world. No this isn't gonna end with diplomacy. Very well stated my brother.

A lot less than 70-80 years since George Bush Jr. and Tony Blair gave the go ahead to blow the complete shit out of 1 million Iraqis, falsely claiming they had weapons of mass destruction when they knew damn well they didn't. Not defending Putin one bit but he's nothing compared to those 2 and yet there's no talk about trying them for war crimes. Western propaganda of Western leaders = good and Russian man = bad guy make me sick. It's not good versus bad, it's bad versus worse and the US have always been the world's biggest warmongers. Who sanctioned the US for blowing the living shit out of Iraq ? No one because they basically rule the planet. The double standards are laughable. Way I see it, the west know damn well they screwed up with lock downs during covid and crippled their economies and are now trying desperately to get this money back from Russia through sanctions of a magnitude never ever seen before and never implemented on other nations. A blind man could see it.

For the record, Sleepy Joe before he became so sleepy was a big time warmonger, I guess it takes one to know one as he has some nerve calling Putin a war criminal...

Don't forget, NATO are meant to be the good guys. It's OK to blow the shit out of countries when you're supposedly the good guys.

 

[Front242]

You like that far-right winger Le Pen better??

I'm really not sure why so much is made of Le Pen being supposedly so far-right. Macron is a complete pos who showed during the last 2 years with covid you're only free in France when you do what he tells you to do. He's a fascist pos. The way he spoke to his country during covid was a disgrace. Neither are great candidates but there you go, that's politicians for you.