Roland Garros - 2020

Rafa will win the title by beating Gerasimov, McDonald, Travaglia, Korda, Sinner, Gaston and Altmaier.

Thiem survived

but Gaston is really something different. very nice to see

BEL19VE wrote:Zverev had a fever and was feeling breathless today and yesterday.
Last had a COVID test 5 days ago.

Is he out of his fucking mind?

I cant believe RG doesnt control this kind of things.

BEL19VE wrote:Zverev had a fever and was feeling breathless today and yesterday.

So why stand back and run a la Nadal/Djoko and Murray if you don;t have Nadal's lungs? Very stupid.

Tenez wrote:

BEL19VE wrote:Zverev had a fever and was feeling breathless today and yesterday.

So why stand back and run a la Nadal/Djoko and Murray if you don;t have Nadal's lungs? Very stupid.

Maybe he felt guilty and wanted to socially distance from Sinner? So far behind the baseline.

huge tennis day with Sinner, Swiatek, Gaston...

Dimi / Tsi have never played each other so far, unbelievable. 

Dimi in 4 I guess.

Great to see Halep out.

Schwartz in the zone, won in 3 easy, fast little git he is.

Seems like tsitsipas is more solid than what I thought. Good

yes and I think he will probably win this time around v Rublev unlike last week.

Dimi, the legendary master choker, never grew out of Baby Fed name since he was 18.

This altmaier reminds me of Federer.... Without a forehand. A classy player.

I can see Busta causing Djoko some trouble as he will make him run.

I wish, but I see djokovic very focused

naxroy :

Djokovic - Carreño Busta

Rublev - Dimitrov

Schwartzman - Thiem

Sinner - Nadal

me
Djoko - Berettini
Rublev -Tsip
Schwartz - Thiem
Nadal - Zverev

Looks like I lost that one ....by one....

lets make it up...

Djoko, Tsip, Schwartz, Nadal

it was fun... put too much hope on Dimi, that was a big mistake.

Novak
Rublev 

Thiem
Nadal


you went really risky with Schwartzman, I mean, he could do it... but lacks serve

and to be honest, I am curious about this Sinner guy. I think he can hurt Rafa in a bad day

naxroy wrote:and to be honest, I am curious about this Sinner guy. I think he can hurt Rafa in a bad day

He has not got the legs....so he will have to be super aggressive.

Schedule is really streched to the limits today

Seems like Nadal-Sinner could start at 22:00

Ouch! Schawatrs has been robbed of a point and therefore a game by the referee...very bad decision on a mark apparently clearly out on the ground and HE.

With a bit more nerves Schwartz could have won that one in 3.

Schwartz could beat Nadal...Thiem I seriously doubt.

No he can't cause he will be dead tired by Final.

Thiem can still play 5 setters like a Bull.

The french organisers always make that mistake to put too many matches on CC. Absurd!

remember when Nadal were the only ones able to hit as hard and as long....an exceptional athletes some were saying...well now we have Djoko, Thiem and many more....They are all catching up on the magic diet.

Schwartz is by far the better player...but more nervous too.

I think he is going to win easily that 5th set. Having a Dhbh is going to be crucial now.

Well done Schwarzy, glad he won as Thiem is now run out of fumes and wouldn’t stand a chance.

Those guys look very friendly.

Was right..... Clearly he can finish the job PHM did not in 2006!

Good play by Schwartz seems time to time he has a little angry Andy inside himself but held it together.

Can Sinner wash off his sins for the rest of his life and guarantee himself a path to heaven? 

Wow...his composure is very impressive for a youngster. Something we had not seen for a while.

The weight of Sinner's shots is turning a clay court into a gras court for Nadal!

...or so i thought!

Absolutely amazing from Sinner

Sinner can no longer run on his FH.

the frustration is building up for Sinner after missing all the easy shots.

Tenez wrote:

naxroy :

Djokovic - Carreño Busta

Rublev - Dimitrov

Schwartzman - Thiem

Sinner - Nadal

me
Djoko - Berettini
Rublev -Tsip
Schwartz - Thiem
Nadal - Zverev

Looks like I lost that one ....by one....

lets make it up...

Djoko, Tsip, Schwartz, Nadal

so far you got it

Never thought Schwartzman could do it really

Sinner has it all 


no matter hat he does today (and he can well do a lot)
his future is bright

Agree. I don't think he will ever lose again to Nadal. he is learning fast.

Tenez wrote:Agree. I don't think he will ever lose again to Nadal. he is learning fast.

Thats saying too much, but whatever happens, they dont belong to the same era, meaning, Sinner´s future wont be affected by Nadal

Here I was looking forward to Rafa facing Zverev-Thiem-Novak and what do I get?  He is in the SF without playing any top 50 opponent, and his SF opponent is little Diego.

I guess:  Idemo Majstore!!!!

Lol Sinner’s level today is much higher than Zverev’s normal level. He’s 19 so low ranking but basically playing at top 10 level already. 

Diego crushed Nadal in Rome. Conditions aren’t fit for tennis.

naxroy wrote:

Tenez wrote:Agree. I don't think he will ever lose again to Nadal. he is learning fast.

Thats saying too much, but whatever happens, they dont belong to the same era, meaning, Sinner´s future wont be affected by Nadal

I am pretty sure that after the match Sinner was thinking a la Djokovic : "It's not difficult to beat Nadal...."

He knows he just had to put away those easy balls he missed...missed by so many players cause Nadal frustrates by many aspects including imposing his slow rhythm between points.

BEL19VE wrote:Lol Sinner’s level today is much higher than Zverev’s normal level. He’s 19 so low ranking but basically playing at top 10 level already. 

Diego crushed Nadal in Rome. Conditions aren’t fit for tennis.

I don’t know why they were permitted to move it. You should have your slot, use it or lose it. Not stick it in the cold straight after the US. Do it dignified, like Wimbledon.

Pushy French.

interesting about eras...sure Nadal and Sinner have a big age difference but both grew and developed under the same conditions, technology surfaces, etc...

Federer and Nadal grew and developed their games in very different conds, and because of that trained against very different players.

So in effect there is more "era" difference between Federer and Nadal than Nadal and Sinner.

bogbrush wrote:

BEL19VE wrote:Lol Sinner’s level today is much higher than Zverev’s normal level. He’s 19 so low ranking but basically playing at top 10 level already. 

Diego crushed Nadal in Rome. Conditions aren’t fit for tennis.

I don’t know why they were permitted to move it. You should have your slot, use it or lose it. Not stick it in the cold straight after the US. Do it dignified, like Wimbledon.

Pushy French.

Strange indeed that Wimbledon did not ask for an October slot considering that the weather in England in July can be similar to October.

Tsip can win this tournament.

Tenez wrote:interesting about eras...sure Nadal and Sinner have a big age difference but both grew and developed under the same conditions, technology surfaces, etc...

Federer and Nadal grew and developed their games in very different conds, and because of that trained against very different players.

So in effect there is more "era" difference between Federer and Nadal than Nadal and Sinner.

as much as I understand what you try to say, its difficult to convince anyone that 15 years age difference is the same, era but 5 years difference is total different eras.

Tenez wrote:Tsip can win this tournament.

Well its not the safest bet, but he could have a chance if Schwartzman beats Nadal, which seems not as impossible as 2 years ago, and of course if he gets to the final... could he beat Novak? for me it would be a huge surprise.

And bigger surprise for me would be Tsitsi beating Nadal at Chatrier.

But it is clear I understimated Tsitsipas in this tournament so far

I was not very impressed by Nadal yesterday and I agree that in his case he is over the peak. More so if he has to play more than 3 sets. Only a nervous Diego can lose.... But we know how nervous he is.