re: Tennis 2019 -- The Unofficial Non-GS Thread

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I still have some faith the lostgen dudes like Nishi, Cilic, Grigor might have a major or two in them as the Big 3 phase out and the young guns aren't yet ready to dominate.

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I can see Cilic winning another. Kei has the game, but his body breaks down by the semis. It's really unfortunate, honestly. I'd be surprised if Grigs is ever holding GS hardware.

Oh, and you forgot to mention the great Milos Raonic.

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Thiem seems like a tweener in all of this, but he should win an RG if Rafa ever falls off in the next couple of years.

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He'll get himself an RG win. Maybe two. He won't ever own the event like many think. His game is obviously nicely suited for clay, but he's still a player with notable flaws that don't appear to be changing.

Had to go dig up my original post. I had never read any replies (honestly) because I thought they might piss me off and make me want to respond.

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With this, I’m acknowledging that when it comes to career accomplishments thus far, that Alex is on a much higher level than the other three. This cannot be denied in any way, and for the various reasons you have pointed out. 3 Masters Titles. 9 ATP wins. Was ranked as high as #3 in the world.

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We could have stopped there. In fact, that's what I did, because that's exactly what I meant. I don't know why you can't resist the urge to turn it into a prediction game when I literally said "at this time" more than once, and it was never edited. In other words, if Khachanov and Medvedev each win 20 slams and Zverev quits tennis next week, what I said will still be 100% true until the end of time.

In fact, even if we were hypothetically talking about future accomplishments, I don't think I've ever been all that bullish on Zverev anyway, which makes this "argument" borderline comical. It's funny that you think I'm a big Zverev fan now too, based on a message that you seemingly misinterpreted intentionally. And it's even funnier that you chose him in fantasy as a #1 pick.

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Tsitsipas is a player on the rise. He deserves to be talked about. Period.

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Maybe. But I will call out anyone who picks a dozen young players and tries to take credit for the success of one or two without mentioning the other 10 or 11.

u guys see what jack sock's working with these days?

Kyrgios on why he played well: “I saw Nadal in the draw.”

At the same time he has both knees taped and supposedly has tendonitis issues.

What’s the bold signify? Better matchups?

Delpo out for Indian Wells. Hard to believe last year at this time he seemed nearly unbeatable and almost won Acapulco, IW, and Miami in a row.

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What’s the bold signify?

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Just matchups I found interesting. Solid day of non-gs action.

Isner and Querry are playing each other right now, and then playing doubles together in a couple of hours! I'm sure that is no bug deal to these guys, but i don't remember seeing that before.

Wow, thanks for the heads-up. Nick and Rafa up now. It messes me up in the head that a city on the Pacific is in the central time zone.

Would you guys go a little deeper on the return?

Interesting that you say that. I was just thinking how cool it is to see the Mexicans cheer for a spaniard a mere 498 years after Cortes killed their king and raped their women. We've come far as a civilization.