re: The Unofficial 2018 Non-GS Tennis Thread

You should get banned for that Kanepi pic btw lol

Dammit Tennys, I need you to win.

Our 16 year old sensation had to pull out of Miami with a twisted ankle. Bummer.

I sprinkled Estrella at +600.

I'd characterize it not as a play on Estrella, who has hardly been setting the tour ablaze, but as a play against Stevie, who is in poor form and shouldn't be -900 against anyone in the top 150 not named Mikhail Youzhny. (aka "Mikhail Youzhny's rigor mortis'ing corpse).



ETA: In fairness, he fricking runs shite in some Chinese Challengers. On the Chinese Challenger Circuit, he's the GOAT. No doubt.

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eta: Fritz at 11:20. Dude couldn't make the main draw at the AO, then has gone 15-4 since and moved his ranking up to 71. Nice.

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Gotta give some props to Paul Annacone. PA gets noted for his coaching prowess for having worked with both Pistol and Smug, but that doesn't tell as much about his low-level coaching chops as it does about his ability to skillfully manage top-flight players who necessarily come equipped with top-flight egos (and I'm not dismissing that skill, just saying it's a different skill than teaching a guy the right way to play for his skillset and that of the guy across the net).

Also, you totes jinxed him.

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Estrella at +600

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This had potential if it was almost anyone else in the top 150. Dude is so bad at non-Quito events that he shows up every year in Quito and barely makes the cut for the entry list, even as defending champ. And that is one of the least popular 250 events.

Now Mannarino as a dog vs. Stevie in the next round is surprising.

Funny you mentioned Youzhny because I think he might get a W today. That would be strictly a Muller fade though. Muller couldn’t even win matches on fast indoor courts recently, and that’s where he has made his living.

For you Bunk...

Djoker just lost to the enigmatic Benoit Paire. It really might be over for him. I haven't seen him, but people are saying he looks like he has AIDS. He has always been skinny/limber, so it must be bad.

Saw a couple games and it’s just sad. Errors on routine balls and he just looks weak. The worst part, to me, is seemingly no fricks given and no fire. If he’s not pissed or even surprised that he’s playing at this level, it’s not a good sign.

Fed gets Kokk slapped in a third set tiebreak.

Well that was disappointing. Two losses in a row for Fed.