TENNIS ( An All Year Round General Thread ) (3 Viewers)

[SteveSBrickNJ]

ESPN is featuring the I. Swiatek vs J. Pegula match. (Pegula is up 4 games to 0 in the 1st set)
I'd really like to see Jessica Pegula win this and then maybe be the ultimate US Open champion........because....
Jessica Pegula has never been a champion in any of the 4 Grand Slams.
She's due!

Pegula wins in 2 sets (6-2 and 6-4). She's going to the Semi-Finals!
(Her first ever Semi Final at a Grand Slam)

 

[2fya]

Swiatek's forehand was awful tonight. So many unforced errors. Pegula was working her forehand side all match.

 

[2fya]

Excited for medvedev and sinner.... imma pick upset by medvedev

 

[superchuck500]

Let’s go Emma!

 

[superchuck500]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5746376/2024/09/05/emma-navarro-tennis/?source=user_shared_article

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Oh well.. i like Arnya, but woulda been nice to see Emma in the Final.. maybe we can get an American guy there in the end .

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Btw since this is an all-around tennis thread, if anyone’s interested- ive been taking advantage of some awesome tennis facilities here in Thailand.. here is one place ive played a couple of times:

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Also the hotel where i stayed when i first arrived a couple months ago has a really nice rooftop court, I haven’t played there yet but plan to at some point

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If any of you ever finds urself in or around Bangkok, holler at ya boy and we will hit around !

 

[efil4stnias]

Btw since this is an all-around tennis thread, if anyone’s interested- ive been taking advantage of some awesome tennis facilities here in Thailand.. here is one place ive played a couple of times:

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Also the hotel where i stayed when i first arrived a couple months ago has a really nice rooftop court, I haven’t played there yet but plan to at some point

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If any of you ever finds urself in or around Bangkok, holler at ya boy and we will hit around !

Don't understand how there are no indoor facilities like that down here.

That's awesome!!

 

[efil4stnias]

Pegula...battled back to win 2nd set after dropping 1st set. Gritty player and found her game. Now on to deciding 3rd.

And was it widely known she is daughter of Buffalo Bills owner??

TiL...

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

Pegula...battled back to win 2nd set after dropping 1st set. Gritty player and found her game. Now on to deciding 3rd.

And was it widely known she is daughter of Buffalo Bills owner??

TiL...

I have known for at least a year that Jessica's dad is the Buffalo Bills owner. Anyway, she is her own person who now has a chance to follow in Coco's footsteps. Sabalenka is back in the finals against another American. Go Jessica!

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Pegula...battled back to win 2nd set after dropping 1st set. Gritty player and found her game. Now on to deciding 3rd.

And was it widely known she is daughter of Buffalo Bills owner??

TiL...

Yep, and i learned recently that even though Pegula’s family own the Bills and Sabres and are Billionaires with a “B”- she is in fact NOT even the richest female player .. that title belongs to, i think Emma Navarro, though from what I remember both of their families are worth Billions so it’s close.. hell, a Billion here, a Billion there- pretty soon ur talking ‘bout real money …..

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Don't understand how there are no indoor facilities like that down here.

That's awesome!!

Well, it is awesome but not quite as awesome as that.. the pics of the place i played at with the covered courts is a new, very nice facility on the outskirts of Bangkok with 6 covered courts.. but, importantly- they are not air conditioned.. and the weather here in BKK is NOLA-level heat & humidity, if not worse.. apparently there is only one place here with air conditioned courts and it’s almost impossible to get a court there.. and tbh , the covered courts without AC are hot as balls so it doesn’t make a ton of sense to me to have them covered.. still , it’s a really nice place .

Played at a different place this morning (it’s about 12:30pm on Friday as i type this)- that i actually like better b/c it has outdoor courts, and if im gonna sweat my tail off, id rather actually be getting some sun as well, if that makes any sense …. As far as NOLA, the last time i checked the only air conditioned courts in the area were at the Hilton Riverside & Towers at the foot of Canal St.. i strongly considered joining circa 5 yrs ago but it was super expensive to join that gym (to get access to the courts) and I wasn’t playing enough tennis to make it worthwhile.. there may be some air conditioned courts on the Northshore though, im not familiar with the tennis scene there .

 

[efil4stnias]

Well, it is awesome but not quite as awesome as that.. the pics of the place i played at with the covered courts is a new, very nice facility on the outskirts of Bangkok with 6 covered courts.. but, importantly- they are not air conditioned.. and the weather here in BKK is NOLA-level heat & humidity, if not worse.. apparently there is only one place here with air conditioned courts and it’s almost impossible to get a court there.. and tbh , the covered courts without AC are hot as balls so it doesn’t make a ton of sense to me to have them covered.. still , it’s a really nice place .

Played at a different place this morning (it’s about 12:30pm on Friday as i type this)- that i actually like better b/c it has outdoor courts, and if im gonna sweat my tail off, id rather actually be getting some sun as well, if that makes any sense …. As far as NOLA, the last time i checked the only air conditioned courts in the area were at the Hilton Riverside & Towers at the foot of Canal St.. i strongly considered joining circa 5 yrs ago but it was super expensive to join that gym (to get access to the courts) and I wasn’t playing enough tennis to make it worthwhile.. there may be some air conditioned courts on the Northshore though, im not familiar with the tennis scene there .

I kid not....there was a Winn Dixie that closed at foot of Causeway bridge that a group of us "tinkered" with the idea of leasing to do indoor facility. It was large enough to fit 6 courts with a circular bar/seating area in the middle. I still kinda wished i would have pushed the others a bit harder to really sit down and plan this thing out because between renting courts to pros, HS practice and general public, along with bar/food/seating....what could have been.

Its just here, IIRC, in order to host USTA/Junior events, you must have a minimum of 8 courts and you just couldnt fit 8 courts. ( with spectator areas too ) So that would have hampered ability to do tournaments and bring in additional revenue.

Beau Chene has 2 indoor, but they STAY booked year round.

Ah well hopefully someone comes along with way more risk taking and money than i will ever have and create an indoor facility. Would be really nice on 40 degree days with 20mph winds that i not stand at net with one hand in shorts, freezing my ears off.

 

[efil4stnias]

I have known for at least a year that Jessica's dad is the Buffalo Bills owner. Anyway, she is her own person who now has a chance to follow in Coco's footsteps. Sabalenka is back in the finals against another American. Go Jessica!

She has a different game than Gauff.

Her strength is that deep ball, keeping the opponent hitting from well behind the baseline, and moving them side to side. From the middle of second set on, she found her range and just peppered that deep ball where and when she wanted, making it hard for Muchova to find a shot that would allow her to rush the net ( and a few times she did, she won a few, but lost more and that made her start to second guess her approach ) and finding winners since she is having to hit from 10-15 ft further back.

It was a pretty awesome display last night of ability and mental sharpness about playing within your own game.

She took immediate control of the 3rd ( Muchova left court after losing 2nd, presumably to "regroup" mentally ) winning the first 3 games, basically laying down to Muchova you gonna have to find a different game to beat me and Muchova couldnt. Brilliant match by Pegula.