Roland Garros aka The French Open

[jimlosaltos]

Here's a 4 minute video on YouTube from Rafa's ceremony today.

[stotty]

Here's a 4 minute video on YouTube from Rafa's ceremony today.

If there is one thing I will be pleased to see the back of (probably the only thing) it's this fawning mutual appreciation society the Big 4 have developed. It’s massively overdone. To be fair to Murray, he is the least guilty. Novak, on the hand, is the most guilty.

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Number 4 seeded Fritz out in 4 sets to Altmaier, who played superbly. Altmaier hits heavy spin off both sides, his wonderful one handed backhand on full display vs Fritz. Hugh mentioned Altmaier's great one hander in his article on the Tsitsipas backhand woes. This certainly looked like an upset alert match going in, but Altmaier really won it convincingly.

[jimlosaltos]

No "stunners" .... so far.

Is this a portent of things to come? On the court where Iga delivered so many baked goods, Aryna Sabalenka baked a bagel and a breadstick? Just sayin !

Gio won from love-5 in a tiebreak, hitting 132 MPH second serves. Takes ice water in your veins.

Ben made the hard way, 5 sets in first round vs Lorenzo Senego, a good doubles player who butchered three volleys in the fifth to get broken. Nerves.

18 yo Victoria Mboko of Canada won in women's qualies and then in her first round. She's on quite a winning streak. Heard so much, looking forward to seeing her.

Lorenzo Musetti looking good with a bagel in the third over Hanfmann. Pulling for the "other Italian"

Raducanu won a match ! Yeah. Attributes this to "dry needles" for her back. At least it wasn't a witches spell.

Badosa tops Osaka in match of two, good servers. Naomi hit 36 winners but, alas, 54 UFEs.

[jimlosaltos]

All right. I'll be brave.
Here's my attempt at projecting the results in singles.

Men's Quarters

Sinner defeats Draper
Cerundolo def. Djokovic ( Upset alerts plural Cerundolo H2H Zverev 3-0 + Zverev ailing?)
Musetti def. Altmaier ( Duel of the singletons )
Alcaraz def. Ruud

Final weekend men’s French Open

Semi – Sinner beats Cerdundolo
Semi – Alcaraz beats Musetti
Final – Alcaraz beats Sinner

Women's Quarters

Sabalenka defeats Zheng
Swiatek def Paolini
Andreeva def Pegula
Gauff def Navarro

Final weekend women’s French Open

Semi – Swiatek beats Sabalenka
Semi – Gauff beats Andreeva
Final – Swiatek beats Coco Gauff

[jimlosaltos]

Happy Memorial Tennis Day, TPNers !

{ If you're outside the US - have a great day, anyway }

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If there is one thing I will be pleased to see the back of (probably the only thing) it's this fawning mutual appreciation society the Big 4 have developed. It’s massively overdone. To be fair to Murray, he is the least guilty. Novak, on the hand, is the most guilty.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1QJRSqMeD9/

Stotty, one more for the road.

[jimlosaltos]

From Randy Walker: Madison Keys has an average forehand speed of 82 mph, the same as Jannik Sinner and just three mph less than the fastest average men's forehand speed from Arthur Fils, as shown just now on @truTV

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From Randy Walker: Madison Keys has an average forehand speed of 82 mph, the same as Jannik Sinner and just three mph less than the fastest average men's forehand speed from Arthur Fils, as shown just now on @truTV

I think, not that it matters, one needs to look at the rpm's in conjunction with the mph's to begin to get a look at the whole shot quality picture. I personally think the rpm's is more telling of the 2.

[jimlosaltos]

I think, not that it matters, one needs to look at the rpm's in conjunction with the mph's to begin to get a look at the whole shot quality picture. I personally think the rpm's is more telling of the 2.

Agreed. And averages can deceive. You can have two players one of which has a higher maximum speed, but plays within him/herself and another that redlines. Madi hits pretty flat and constantly hard. But it's still impressive.

[jimlosaltos]

Jannik Sinner just came back from down a double break to win the third set, and match vs Rinderknech.

How many ATP players would have blown that third set off, gone on a walkabout, and regrouped in the fourth?

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Agreed. And averages can deceive. You can have two players one of which has a higher maximum speed, but plays within him/herself and another that redlines. Madi hits pretty flat and constantly hard. But it's still impressive.

That is where winners vs errors, and winning vs losing, comes into play(I am thinking Shot Quality is the tell here). I do not watch much women's tennis, but of what I have seen, I have never seen Shot Quality numbers revealed.

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Match of the day, Fonseca vs Hurcatz. Fonseca is the favorite. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7pPjMiNBBgV3h9Ku6

[don_budge]

Match of the Day...1st Round Roland Garros

Nikiloz (Bash) Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha...the tale of two qualifiers. Rocha 1-0 head to head. Winner in the finals of the Costa C?lida Region de Murcia Challenger finals last year. Some serious fire power on the court.

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https://www.thetennisgazette.com/news/andre-agassi-explains-what-jannik-sinner-does-on-a-tennis-court-that-makes-it-unbearable-for-his-opponents/