Tennis

[AndyP]

Unfortunately he couldn’t hold on, but that was some fight he was showing in the fifth set.

I got up early for the Federer - Kyrgios match, but it was a bit of a fizzer. The GOAT was just too good, and if you haven’t seen that shot of his around the net and Kyrgios’s reaction, look it up.

[Ferrins]

Serioosly that is a pretty straight forward shot on a pro court as the net is not as wide. I remember watching my brother's match against Ramesh Krishnan and on a break point he ripped a backhand around the net post but collected the ball boy in the head.

[SundayHack]

Serioosly that is a pretty straight forward shot on a pro court as the net is not as wide. I remember watching my brother's match against Ramesh Krishnan and on a break point he ripped a backhand around the net post but collected the ball boy in the head.

Did he sign a ball and give it to the kid or don’t they do those pleasantries in Tennis? Or did he say get up kid your mellon just cost me that point.

[Ferrins]

The latter, pissed him right iff!

[Ferrins]

Go Queenslander! Great win for a salt of the earth hard working Aussie bloke.

Worst I have ever seen Federer serve and play though.

[henno]

Go Queenslander! Great win for a salt of the earth hard working Aussie bloke.

Worst I have ever seen Federer serve and play though.

Yep. Put a big dint in the henno betting funds, too. But nice work.

[AndyP]

Yep. Put a big dint in the henno betting funds, too. But nice work.

Silly you.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/...570978594d00da

[TheNuclearOne]

Wow.

[Captain Nemo]

Bwhahahaha ��

[TheNuclearOne]

The Mighty Nadal.

[AndyP]

I didn’t see the fifth set, but Theim has plenty of chances in the sets that he lost too.

[TheNuclearOne]

Tight match for sure.

[Ferrins]

Wow Novak is getting as tight as Nemo over a 3 footer.

[Captain Nemo]

Wow Novak is getting as tight as Nemo over a 3 footer.

Why, is the linesman sneezing FFS!Lol....

[Ferrins]

Good tussle going on in the women's final.

[Ferrins]

One code violation away from a default.

[Daves]

Serena has lost the plot totally.

[Ferrins]

Great clutch game seving for the match! Good on her!

[TheNuclearOne]

It's a shame she couldn't overly enjoy the first grand slam title ever for Japan. It ended up all about Serena and the controversy.

[henno]

Serena playing the sexism card was a bit of a disgrace.
Her coach later admitting he was 100% coaching and thereby breaking the rules, but arguing that was fine 'because everyone does it" is a bit of a disgrace.
Everyone now claiming that Serena was robbed of her title by the chair umpire is a complete disgrace.

Despite Serena's swathe of supporters being outraged and supporting her actions, I think once the mist of the day disappears, history will not look too fondly upon the way she acted.

[AndyP]

Osaka is essentially American, since she has lived there since 3, but I’m sure Japan are happy to claim her.

Just when Serena’s image had improved, this happens.

[pt73]

She’s got form, DQd from the semi at same event in 2009 for threatening a line umpire.

[Ferrins]

Smoking her racquet like she did was pretty cool but not the holy grail which is the legendary 5 piece break in one smash.

[Ferrins]

When doing a two hit smash you need to spin the racket after the first hit for maximum carnage. To have a 3 segment result after two hits is pretty poor tossing form.

[henno]

Osaka is straight-up adorable, and answers a question here as to why she felt the need to apologise for winning the match. It's terribly endearing.

The question starts at 8:22 in case the link/embedding doesn't go directly there:

Edit: Direct link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiHP...youtu.be&t=502