re: Tennis 2022 - The Unofficial Non-GS Thread.

Posted by bayoucracka

Member since Sep 2015

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Posted on 8/11/22 at 7:14 pm to The Egg

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@TennisTV

A coveted spot in New York

@NickKyrgios is now guaranteed to be seeded at the US Open.

Well I was def wrong about this. He should pull out of Cincy now.

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Posted by bayoucracka

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Posted on 8/11/22 at 7:16 pm to MidnightVibe

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Breaking news: I suck at gambling on tennis

Swiatek this time?

Posted by Bunk Moreland

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Posted on 8/11/22 at 7:34 pm to bayoucracka

Great. Totally agree. Give it a good effort the next few days and then take a week off. He should beat Hubi tomorrow, then it's coin flips after that.

Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 8/11/22 at 8:04 pm to bayoucracka

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@NickKyrgios is now guaranteed to be seeded at the US Open.

called it! Got downvoted a few days ago for saying that he’d be ranked in the US Open

Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:53 am to Who_Dat_Tiger

Hurkacz beats NK in first set tiebreaker. Nick gonna have to play less casual the next 2 sets to keep his streak going.

Posted by Bunk Moreland

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:09 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger

The first five games of this set have been a rollercoaster. Nick keeps going back and forth between looking like he is going to melt down and then coming up with some genius shots. He's kind of lazy and going for broke.

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Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:13 pm to Bunk Moreland

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He's kind of lazy and going for broke.

He always looks like he’s giving less than 100% yet can still compete with anyone in the world. I like watching him under pressure like he his here down a set and having to go for it. He’ll blow up soon enough too

Posted by wertheimer

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:49 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger

Gotta love how tennis channel flips coverage from the deciding set of Kyrgios-Hurkacz to the first set of Gauff-Halep lol.

Posted by Bunk Moreland

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:59 pm to wertheimer

Yeah, that wasn't great. But, the third set sucked, anyway. Nick ran out of gas or got disinterested.

Posted by bayoucracka

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 2:32 pm to Bunk Moreland

Felix likely becomes the tourney favorite after Nick goes down, then he proceeds to lose 6-1, 6-2 in front of the home crowd.

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Posted by Bunk Moreland

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 2:40 pm to bayoucracka

I can't figure out that kid. He seems to work really hard and be level-headed. I guess he is kind of soft mentally.

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Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 2:40 pm to bayoucracka

Welp didn’t get either of those games right. Hopefully Tommy can pull the upsets to win it all. Favored in the next game

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Posted by Bunk Moreland

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Posted on 8/12/22 at 8:06 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger

Wild match just now. I kind of watched in passing. But, first set Tommy P was incredible. I didn't see any of second. I think Evans got way out in front in the third and it looked like a runaway. But then, Tommy had a few break points to level it at one point. Evans prevailed with variety and probably had a little better endurance tonight.

Cincy draw looks loaded, although spots are being filled with qualifiers and WCs that may provide some fodder for big names. Serena and Emma first round in WTA.