Wimbledon

[jimlosaltos]

Iga wins 6-0 6-0. It’s a 100 years since a player did that.

One comment I saw online: That’s one drug cheat through. Another could win tomorrow.

It’s a cruel world out there for those who make a misstep.

Last time there was a double bagel in a slam final was 1988 Roland Garros, a 35 minute match with 18 year old Steffi Graf over a Natasha Zverev in 35 minutes.

And, starting in the middle of the first set in the semifinal, Iga won 20 consecutive games to close it out. Twenty. Consecutive. Games.

[jimlosaltos]

Many online were calling for Iga's coach Wim Fissette, one of the most successful and sought after coaches in women's tennis, to be fired. Iga had brought Kim on to help her expand her game. Took a while, a painful while, to come together but it sure has.

Imagining Fasset singing, "How you like me now." Cue The Heavy from 2009. Her's a list of Fasset's notable tournaments (with champion)"

2x US Open (Clijsters)
2010 WTA Tour Championships (Clijsters)
2011 Australian Open (Clijsters)
2013 Wimbledon runner-up (Lisicki)
2014 French Open runner-up (Halep)
2018 Wimbledon Championships (Kerber)
2020 US Open (Osaka)
2021 Australian Open (Osaka)
2025 Wimbledon (Swiatek)

[jimlosaltos]

You can only beat whoever shows up. But ... Iga won a slam title with Samsonova at number 19 as I believe the highest ranked player she faced.
The only case I can remember of another player winning a slam without meeting a single top 10 player is when Rafa won the US Open in 2017.
Rafa didn't beat a single player in the top 25. There are Challengers with tougher draws than that. Literally.


Nadal defeated these players en route to winning the 2017 USO:
Dusan Lajovic (ranked 85)
Taro Daniel (ranked 121)
Leonardo Mayer (ranked 59)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (ranked 64),
Andrey Rublev (ranked 53)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ranked 28)
Kevin Anderson (ranked 32).

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[stotty]

Iga wins 6-0 6-0. It’s a 100 years since a player did that.

One comment I saw online: That’s one drug cheat through. Another could win tomorrow.

It’s a cruel world out there for those who make a misstep.

[stroke]

The reality has been hitting me for the past year and a half," Djokovic's reaction after his elimina https://en.tennistemple.com/r/news_Rbrw

[stroke]

Early line, Carlos with an implied probability of 55% of winning vs Jannick.

[jeffreycounts]

Wimbledon 2025 - Taylor Fritz: Semi-finals Press Conference https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/vide...548185112.html

To me, this is what a class act looks like.

That was incredibly honest and thoughtful. Absolute class act. Thanks for posting that link.

[stroke]

Wimbledon 2025 - Taylor Fritz: Semi-finals Press Conference https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/vide...548185112.html

To me, this is what a class act looks like.

[jimlosaltos]

Jannik Sinner becomes the 5th man to make all four 'slam finals?

Fed, Rafa, Djokovic, Murray and Sinner. I'd forgotten that Carlos has never made the Aussie final. Not even the semis. Had to look that up to refresh my memory. Takes his "annual vacation" from after the US Open until Indian Wells/ Clay.

[jimlosaltos]

Well, this was predicted. I just got home and turned on the Sinner-Djokovic semi and Sinner is up two sets and -- surprise -- Djokovic is having a medical time out.

To the chair's credit the medical time out actually ended at the legal 3 minutes.

From the announcers, this looks like a real injury. Something about a fall late in the prior match.

And like that Djokovic breaks. Fowler: "Can the trainer visit have made this much of a difference?" McEnroe "That's what I want to know." Suddenly, Djokovic can move! He's hitting harder. Sinner, coming out of the delay, tightens up. Pace down. Tentative. Dumps a drop shot in the bottom of the net.

Magical MTO !

[stroke]

Fritz played a superb match to me. Alcaraz just too good.

[stroke]

Fritz T - Alcaraz C https://en.tennistemple.com/r/match_9427826

Break points probably the most telling stat here. Fritz is playing well, but he is up against it

[stotty]

Carlos wins 3rd set to go up 2 sets to 1. Now with an implied probability of winning at 93%.

Not the best of matches to watch so far but things are now weighing heavily in Carlos’s favour. The chipped forehand return is never going to bring up much change for Fritz. He needs to return better than that when the opportunities present themselves.

[stroke]

Carlos wins 3rd set to go up 2 sets to 1. Now with an implied probability of winning at 93%.

[stroke]

Taylor wins the 2nd set to even match at 1 set all. The betting odds have changed, Alcaraz was at an implied probability of winning at about 83%. Now Alcaraz at an implied probability of winning at 73%.