Week 22/23 - French Open, Roland-Garros, Paris, (Clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 22/23 - French Open, Roland-Garros, Paris, (Clay)

Nix · Futures qualifying

Finally breaks after putting huge pressure on. Verdasco serve. Think he's winning over the crowd too.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
Tabasco is blowing Evo off the court. Worst possible match up for Evo. Slow courts are bad for Evo, on hard or grass, the slice and spin would send Tabasco crazy. Tabasco is just a ball basher, limited mental ability.

Hardly blowing him off the court. Dan has had 8 break points in 4 games.

Jan · Hall of fame

Evo breaks back.

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Norrie's performance was so awful that I did wonder if he had a problem and was there just to see the match out to get his cheque.

But, as Indy says, move on.....

CD, you seem to think the Brits are pre-occupied with cash, I don't recall you implying the same about Kerber after her first round match where she admitted she wasn't close to 100% fit?

Yes, lets move on.

Nix · Futures qualifying

Evo can't consolidate break, largely down to missing a few first serves. Goes 3-5 down.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

foobarbaz wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Norrie's performance was so awful that I did wonder if he had a problem and was there just to see the match out to get his cheque.

But, as Indy says, move on.....
CD, you seem to think the Brits are pre-occupied with cash, I don't recall you implying the same about Kerber after her first round match where she admitted she wasn't close to 100% fit?
Yes, lets move on.

I think cash is a very important part of a tenis player's life. And it wasn't a criticism. It was a comment that he might have been hampered by something. Because his play was so poor. (And uncharacteristically so). Of course the same goes for Kerber.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That was a scrappy first set. From both. But hardly one-way traffic. A lot of match left....

JonH · All-time great

Is it really just 12 degrees Celsius in Paris? I cant see action but are any players wearing trackies or long sleeves?

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
foobarbaz wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Norrie's performance was so awful that I did wonder if he had a problem and was there just to see the match out to get his cheque.

But, as Indy says, move on.....
CD, you seem to think the Brits are pre-occupied with cash, I don't recall you implying the same about Kerber after her first round match where she admitted she wasn't close to 100% fit?
Yes, lets move on.
I think cash is a very important part of a tenis player's life. And it wasn't a criticism. It was a comment that he might have been hampered by something. Because his play was so poor. (And uncharacteristically so). Of course the same goes for Kerber.

Agreed. Though I didn't see Cam's match I saw a photo of him on his chair between games looking very down in the dumps, perhaps something wasn't right today. He usually gives his all in matches.

flamingowings · All-time great

He did withdraw from Estoril and the doubles in Lyon plus his match in Lyon wasn't exactly spectacular either. I hope he is healthy now and it was just a bad day at the office.

Vandenburg · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
He did withdraw from Estoril and the doubles in Lyon plus his match in Lyon wasn't exactly spectacular either. I hope he is healthy now and it was just a bad day at the office.

This has to go down as one of the worst losses in recent history of British Tennis.

This guy is outside the world top 250, never really been a promising player, (his junior career was very average) and he is hardly pulling up trees in the main tour. Even a 50% Norrie should have won, but to get thrashed in straight sets.

Speechless.

Jimmy09 · Intermediate Club Player

Evo going well in the second recovering a break to lead 5 - 4 on serve.

Jan · Hall of fame

Evo takes the second set TB

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes. If Kyle had lost yesterday to chardy, it would have been no disgrace, chardy is a top player when on song. And was playing lights out tennis. But Elliott Ben. is exactly what it says on the tin.

However, maybe Evo will do the job....