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9vicman · Futures qualifying

RE: Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon (Womens') (grass) - main draw

PaulM · Tennis legend

She confirmed in the interview after the match she was a late call up to replace Thomas' original partner.

Yes it's quite a good pay day for just taking part!

9vicman · Futures qualifying

PaulM wrote:
She confirmed in the interview after the match she was a late call up to replace Thomas' original partner.

Yes it's quite a good pay day for just taking part!

Ah yes, often the case in the past.

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Re. Adding technology can have the opposite effect to that intended. Players will play to the limit of that technology to get an edge, where perhaps they wouldn't have done that pre-tech. Take VAR in soccer for example, now players play for the slightest touch and scream at the ref, knowing that if VAR gets involved the idea that footie is a contact sport goes right out the window.

indiana · Tennis legend

foobarbaz wrote:
Re. Adding technology can have the opposite effect to that intended. Players will play to the limit of that technology to get an edge, where perhaps they wouldn't have done that pre-tech. Take VAR in soccer for example, now players play for the slightest touch and scream at the ref, knowing that if VAR gets involved the idea that footie is a contact sport goes right out the window.

FWIW I have seen VAR being good with a lot of such cases. Pre VAR many such cases on the face of it looked absolutely genuine and were given, whereas VAR has often seen such as the 'fouled' player initiating the contact and overturned a ref's initial decision. What I guess is different is they are left with the having to have some contact to have a chance, with the straight dive cases going to be laughed out of court so not worth it any more. Net net less simulation wrong decisions.

Of course many will still disagree with some decisions ( some have retrospectively been admitted as wrong ) but here as generally in football, VAR has improved decision making. The time often taken, the interruptions, is a separate discussion.

indiana · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
That's not a criticism of Amanda, it's just a lot of money for a pretty rubbish match, that's the nature of Sport but prices are so high now it's not worth taking a chance that you'll get a classic.

While I feel for the people who paid to be there and hoped for a great match, as you say it's the nature of sport that stuff happens. Indeed this was kind of sport at its purest where nothing is guaranteed when we are ultimately dealing with individuals' strengths and fallabilities.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, and to be honest, at least they'll be able to say 'I was at Wimbledon when A got completely annihilated, could barely lift her arm up or move her feet, it was a really weird match .....'

As opposed to 'I was at Wimbledon when B won 6-2 6-3 and was always a break up and there was never any question who was going to win, it was just going through the motions'

Which is far less of a story

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

GAMEOVER wrote:
Putintseva beat Iga at Wimbledon last year and lost to Amanda in the first round this year without winning a game. How many games has Iga won in a row,? It is 18 + with the Bencic match. Back in 1925 one hundred years ago Suzanne Lenglen won Wimbledon only losing 2 games in the final and 50 years later in 1975 Billie Jean only dropped 1 game in the final, It was a historic tournament for Polish women's tennis as Iga won Polish women their first ever title at senior Wimbledon.

Add Iga was the first Polish player to win a senior title at Wimbledon.They did have the ladies runner up in 1937 beaten by Dorothy Round .It is surprising that Iga has not done well at Wimbledon until this year as she won Junior Wimbledon unseeded in 2018. Onr route she beat Emma. Since Iga won junior Wimbledon we are waiting for the later winners and runnerups to have similar success at senior level.