May 24, 20187 yr Draws are up. Roland Garros' website is garbage as usual so here's the draws Women: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_French_Open_–_Women's_Singles Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_French_Open_–_Men's_Singles Nadal has somewhat of a test in the first round against Dolgopolov. Serena, Sharapova, and both Pliskova's are in the same section of their draw. Nadal is the heavy favorite on the mens side (as always). Women's side could be won by a handful of players.
May 24, 20187 yr Maria/Serena/Garbine possible for Karolina. Hopefully lefty twin does her a favor in R1.
May 27, 20187 yr ESPN’s picks... http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/23610371/french-open-2018-experts-picks-rafael-nadal-run-table-women-winner-the-air Men’s draw pdf https://fft-rg-site.cdn.prismic.io/fft-rg-site%2F60ce325b-1342-47d4-b1e3-618b08ed8e59_men_s_singles_20180525195259.pdf Women’s draw pdf https://fft-rg-site.cdn.prismic.io/fft-rg-site%2F98ed8b8a-c875-4a4a-a332-ce6a4b81a88b_women_s_singles_20180525195259.pdf Edited May 27, 20187 yr by spystud13
May 27, 20187 yr Outside of the Sunshine Double, Venus has been having an awful season. Konta is also out 1st round, and the defending champ Ostapenko is struggling as well.
May 28, 20187 yr Author The US media is making way too big a deal over Serena not being seeded. If the WTA was truly being unfair, she wouldn't be playing at all since her ranking isn't high enough to even be in the qualifying tournament right now. Also, coming back from pregnancy or injury, why should she keep her seeding from 2 years ago? She's not the same player she was 2 years ago and has only played a few matches all year ( and didn't look great in any of them)
May 28, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: The US media is making way too big a deal over Serena not being seeded. If the WTA was truly being unfair, she wouldn't be playing at all since her ranking isn't high enough to even be in the qualifying tournament right now. Also, coming back from pregnancy or injury, why should she keep her seeding from 2 years ago? She's not the same player she was 2 years ago and has only played a few matches all year ( and didn't look great in any of them) Agreed, and I love rooting for her, but if she is in form it won’t matter. I agree about her being a different player from two years ago. Nothing never changes.
May 28, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: The US media is making way too big a deal over Serena not being seeded. If the WTA was truly being unfair, she wouldn't be playing at all since her ranking isn't high enough to even be in the qualifying tournament right now. Also, coming back from pregnancy or injury, why should she keep her seeding from 2 years ago? She's not the same player she was 2 years ago and has only played a few matches all year ( and didn't look great in any of them) The whining out of that family and supporters of that family (over their careers) rivals the greatest whining in sports history.
May 28, 20187 yr Agreed, and I love rooting for her, but if she is in form it won’t matter. I agree about her being a different player from two years ago. Nothing never changes.This is what I was thinking. If you’re back, who cares where you are in the draw. Go win. You might have to face the top seeded players earlier, but they’re going to come around sooner or later. Seems like there would be less pressure and no excuses if she were to flop. On the other hand, you bitch and whine. Now you better go out and show something otherwise you look like an idiot.
May 28, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, spystud13 said: Vika & Stan both airport-bound. Crap. Stan will plummet out of the rankings, he will need a wild card just to make Wimbledon now. That injury really has ruined his career.
May 28, 20187 yr Play suspended due to rain. Another boon for Nadal. The fact that RG doesn't have lights or a roof in 2018 is absurd.
May 28, 20187 yr Author They'll get the roof over one of the courts in 2021 I think. The lights may never happen, which like you said is absurd
May 29, 20187 yr The rest helps bolelli as well, he was putting a lot into his shots. Unfortunately it came when he had the momentum.
May 29, 20187 yr Serena reels off 7 of the last 8 after spotting lefty 3. Not a good match to watch unless you only like first serves.
May 29, 20187 yr Julia/Domi playing 3 on DTV 705. Julia’s dress is one of the shortest I’ve seen in recent memory.
May 29, 20187 yr 8 hours ago, spystud13 said: This Serena kit looks like she’s headed to the nearest bobsled track or some shit. Looks like a catsuit. It's weird as hell, reminds me of when Agassi wore denim shorts that one tournament.
May 30, 20187 yr Author to be fair, those suits are banned in swimming competition. lol Big dogs on the mens side are struggling today, notably Zverev and Dmitrov.
May 30, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, satyanash said: Looks like a catsuit. It's weird as hell, reminds me of when Agassi wore denim shorts that one tournament. That one tournament? I am pretty sure he wore those for a full year or two.
May 30, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: to be fair, those suits are banned in swimming competition. lol Big dogs on the mens side are struggling today, notably Zverev and Dmitrov. Fatigue may be catching up to Zverev. He's known to run out of gas at times and has been playing a very tough clay schedule. As for Dimitrov, he's always struggled with consistency unfortunately.
May 31, 20187 yr Karolina/Maria in R3. And this is funny. Quote When you go to Townsend’s player profile on the RG app, it just has a blank space next to “weight”. All the other players I looked at have their weight written there. Kind of awkward. Don’t know if they left it out on purpose but all it reminds me of is a scale that displayed an error message when she stood on it Edited May 31, 20187 yr by spystud13
May 31, 20187 yr Author I didn't watch any of the match, but looking at the scoreline I can almost guarantee Coco Vandewegh smashed a racket or two. Once she's pissed off she can lose to anyone, quickly.
May 31, 20187 yr Author I would be interested in seeing a stat showing how many matches Serena has won after being down a set and a break
June 1, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, UDontKnow said: Being a ball boy comes with occupational hazards. Zverev came back from a 2-1 deficit to win in 5. He's struggling so far. Djokovic and Nishikori are through to the R16 as well. Really frustrating to see Dimitrov continuing to struggle. He's apparently taking an extended break from tennis, let's see if it helps. He has all the tools and potential to play like Federer 2.0. Edited June 1, 20187 yr by satyanash
June 1, 20187 yr Quote Court Philippe-Chatrier Play starts at 11am Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS) Not before 12pm Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS)To be completed: Khachanov leads 6-3 7-5 1-1 Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Richard GASQUET (FRA) [27] Albert RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP) [31] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5] https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/roland-garros-2018-order-of-play-saturday-june-2
June 1, 20187 yr Author Petra KVITOVA (USA) [8] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25] huh.....Kvitova repping the stars and stripes now. (yes I know its an errors its just funny)
June 1, 20187 yr 8 hours ago, spystud13 said: Karolina/Maria? They won’t put that one first. serena/julia. i thought they were the first match but i just checked again and it looks like they'll be on closer to 10a. Quote Court Suzanne-Lenglen Play starts at 11am Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18] vs Kyle EDMUND (GBR) [16] Not before 12pm David GOFFIN (BEL) [8] vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32]To be completed: Goffin leads 6-7(6) 6-3 3-2 Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] vs Serena WILLIAMS (USA) John ISNER (USA) [9] vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) Edited June 2, 20187 yr by gsoda3
June 2, 20187 yr Way to go out on a limb, bro. Quote No. 6 seed Karolina Pliskova vs. No. 28 seed Maria Sharapova(Sharapova leads, 1-0) It's surprising that these two similar players have only played once, in a Fed Cup clash resolved without undue drama. But that was in 2015, before Pliskova really hit her stride -- something she's on the cusp of doing again. She's an outstanding 48-18 over the past year, with titles on clay and grass and quarterfinal-or-better results galore. On clay, she's 11-3, including a win at Stuttgart. Sharapova, who returned from a doping suspension in April 2017, can't match that record. She's won just one title since her return, a minor one in China. But she's been improving in recent weeks; her record on clay over the past year now is up to 9-3. She has looked really dangerous after her first-round match with qualifier Richel Hogenkamp nearly ended in disaster. But as is so often the case when a player returns to win from the brink of defeat, she appears confident, relaxed and full of resolve. At times, this may appear like a match between a player and her doppelganger. Both women are long and lean, given to first-strike tennis based on aggressive serving and pounding forehands from on or inside the baseline. Going into Roland Garros, Pliskova was the 2018 tour leader, with 198 aces. Sharapova is more of a spot server now, but she still hits it big. The more effective returner will have a great edge in this one, especially if she can also win the battle of the unforced errors. Prediction: toss-up http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/23670100/w2w4-french-open-stars-beginning-align-paris
June 2, 20187 yr Goffin just saved four match points against Monfils to take the match to a fifth set. Nadal cruising as usual. Edited June 2, 20187 yr by satyanash
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