French Open Tennis 2018

marc2003 · 5 Jun 2018 at 18:21

Who is this guy? :eek:

el_dazza · 5 Jun 2018 at 18:23

He's done it!!

ver01@ · 5 Jun 2018 at 19:56

Didn't expect that especially after Djokovic was up in the fourth set.

marc2003 · 6 Jun 2018 at 14:18

Muguruza is giving Sharpova a good spanking at the moment. That's also something I'd pay to see off the tennis court.

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Jun 2018 at 16:37

Err...

WTF?

This match isn't following the script.

doodah · 6 Jun 2018 at 19:20

Pffft he'll win it, it's Nadal (don't think I own any hats

).

Sounds like a decent French Open this year.

marc2003 · 7 Jun 2018 at 12:26

Taking a set off Nadal is one thing.... taking 3 out of 5 is quite another.

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Jun 2018 at 14:38

Well this is a lesson so far. Expected more from Muguruza

marc2003 · 7 Jun 2018 at 15:45

Halep in to her 3rd final....about time she bloody won one.

Pigeon_Killer · 8 Jun 2018 at 15:01

Nadal vs Del Potro about to start.

Two completely different styles of tennis but I love them both and don't really care who wins.

Edit: Great start for Del Potro, break point on both of Nadal's service games but he's limping after stretching too far

marc2003 · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:18

Can't really see Nadal giving up a service game at the moment.

Pigeon_Killer · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:26

Del Potro had so many chances to break in the first set he should've won it. Game's been one way traffic since 5-4 to Nadal in the first.

marc2003 · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:39

6-1... ouch.

semi-pro waster · 9 Jun 2018 at 07:54

marc2003 said:
Halep in to her 3rd final....about time she bloody won one.

4th Grand Slam Final if you count Australia as well. I would like to see her win this though and she sounds like she's got a bit of perspective about these things when she said something like "I've lost the previous three but no one died...".

Bit of a shame for Del Potro but it was always likely to be a tough ask against Nadal even though at a few points in this tournament Nadal has looked a bit more vulnerable than he has in most of his other French Open campaigns.

marc2003 · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:01

Poor old Halep. Everyone else seems to raise their level on finals day.

semi-pro waster · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:27

Don't count her out just yet, she seems to have picked up a bit in this second set or maybe it's that Stephens has dipped but either way it's making for some exciting tennis. Stephens came out really strongly in the first set but she was helped by Halep putting everything down the middle so she barely had to move.

StevieP · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:39

Just stumbled across the women's final - don't follow tennis much but how biased is the ITV commentator!?!?! Every time Helep wins a point she sounds like she is jumping off her seat!

Decent game tho!

*edit* can't watch any more with Halep's echoing grunts that last longer than most of the points!

marc2003 · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:50

Halep breaks in the decider. Can she hold on?

marc2003 · 9 Jun 2018 at 16:16

^Well that was a daft question...

Marsman · 9 Jun 2018 at 16:54

StevieP said:
Just stumbled across the women's final - don't follow tennis much but how biased is the ITV commentator!?!?! Every time Helep wins a point she sounds like she is jumping off her seat!

Decent game tho!

*edit* can't watch any more with Halep's echoing grunts that last longer than most of the points!

Indeed it's really unnecessary, whoever is doing it. People complain about some of the women doing it, mainly Sharapova and Azarenka, but Nadal does his fair share of grunting and no one says anything. Maybe it's OK if you're one of the best players and a man.

I just press the mute button, no more grunting, no more crappy commentary.

Speaking of Nadal, I must be one of the few who don't like watching him play. I don't like his style of play. Federer makes the game look so effortless and he doesn't grunt like he's busting a gut.