Roland Garros / French Open 2023 [Men] - Grand Slam

[nehmeth]

I am surprised Ruud actually defended his final points given his form coming in to this slam. I am hoping the Ruud actually shows up to the final and puts up a decent fight. I would love for him to win and surprise Novak. Novak can have Wimbledon.

Ruud and Alcaraz are both stand up guys. I like both of them. I

 

[Moxie]

Mystery solved.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well done Casper a big smile on your face as well 3 finals in the last 5 majors well done!

 

[Fiero425]

Bit rich coming from someone who spends his whole life crying about Rafa

I've never hidden my total disdain for Nadal! Never needed to cry about anything, but I do keep his record in prospective unlike Fedal fans!

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Congratulations to Djokovic on winning the French open as Casper has zero chance in the final. Hopefully, Djokovic won’t need to use fake strategic timeouts to disrupt Casper’s rhythm well and that he will win with dignity.

 

[don_fabio]

Sasha's legs are big and heavy

I wonder if he will mention his balls ever again hahaha.

 

[don_fabio]

Mystery solved.

He deserved it. Awful showing in a SF of a slam.

 

[Moxie]

Congratulations to Djokovic on winning the French open as Casper has zero chance in the final. Hopefully, Djokovic won’t need to use fake strategic timeouts to disrupt Casper’s rhythm well and that he will win with dignity.

Give Casper some credit. This will be his 2nd RG final, so there's that monkey off his back, and he's super-solid on the clay. One thing he can do is make Novak work for it.

 

[kskate2]

My word. I just wrapped up work for the day and what has happened to this place. Both SF matches are over?

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Well Ruud I think matches up a bit better against Novak than Rafa. Novak has his lapses and lapsed against far more random players at slams than Rafa or Federer, so I’m hopeful.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Casper is the spitting image of his dad

 

[Fiero425]

What a snoozefest of a match, Zverev is a born loser. He came with nothing in this SF.

I literally fell asleep in my chair, but was up all night in anticipation of Alcaraz match of the tournament! It was to be the changing of the guard!

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I guess we can officially remove Casper Ruud from the list of one-year wonders.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

No changing yet, but maybe the lack of a Spaniard in the final will give Casper a boost. I would love to be surprised on Sunday and see Casper at least with a RG trophy.

 

[Fiero425]

I guess we can officially remove Casper Ruud from the list of one-year wonders.

He still doesn't seem to have the weapons to defeat most top players! He caught Rafa at YEC when down & out, then Rune here on clay!

 

[nehmeth]

Well Ruud I think matches up a bit better against Novak than Rafa. Novak has his lapses and lapsed against far more random players at slams than Rafa or dFederer, so I’m hopeful.

Djokovic is chasing history. You’ll be able to tell by his serve how nervous he is.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Give Casper some credit. This will be his 2nd RG final, so there's that monkey off his back, and he's super-solid on the clay. One thing he can do is make Novak work for it.

Did you see his post match interview on the court? he already has lost the final, he has zero belief.

 

[don_fabio]

My word. I just wrapped up work for the day and what has happened to this place. Both SF matches are over?

You work towards the F.I.R.E. and miss both semis. It all happened too fast, Alcaraz body gave up beginning of 3rd set and Zverev didn't put up a fight at all. A bit anti climatic all of it.

 

[Jelenafan]

Davydenko talking about how this generation has no technical skills other than hitting harder than in his time.

Zverev relied on retrieving ( moved well relative to someone of his height) ie defensive skills with good power on his groundies.

The crown prince couldn’t adjust to a player that was just as steady from the baseline , the question that was asked about Tsitsipas applies to him, what does he work on now? He’s never developed a genuine transition game for more aggressive play to end a point. Its almost as if he has the opposite technical challenge to Tsitsipas, though they both need to upgrade from paper maiche ones to brass ones…

 

[nehmeth]

Did you see his post match interview on the court? he already has lost the final, he has zero belief.

Sometimes your comments surprise me. That’s the way Ruud always is; self-deprecating. Then he comes out and gives it his best. He’s got a far better chance than Zverev.