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Grand Slam Day 15- Mens Final - Australian Open 2024
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Some Idiot
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He has had heated clashes with with guys like Kyrgios, Tsitsipas (who is popular here) and Zverev where there have been some borderline unsportsmanlike acts from all involved, I don't think it's that surprising at all that he is polarizing.
Hopefully Sinner wins 10 more and we don't have to hear about someone else being king of melbourne park
Love Aryna and her post celebrations, she looks gorgeous in that white dress.
And he now has Sinner as well as Carlos to contend with
Nah.
French is next.. Doubt Nadal will be any close to his best. Sinner and Medvedev despise that surface.
Alcaraz will go close, but Novak is very cool in Paris.
De Minaur is 1.83m v Sinner 1.88m.
But gee the difference in their game is huge.
De Minaur plays like a skinny little man for some reason.
Hewitt is 1.78 m while Ferrer is 1.75m yet Alex wants to mould his game on them. He needs a coach and a half. Completely change his game plan.
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It isn't the bogans attending the finals, it's the people who are truly devastated that their tax cut is being reduced and given to the poors.
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This would be a horrible idea
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It would be crazy to remove lets.
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ADM is about 7kgs lighter than Sinner according to the ATP Tour website.
5cm might not be too much like but 7kg is huge when they are both very lean.
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I think the lets are the least of their problems.
Good article here that goes through all the reasons matches are much longer these days.
One major reason is that the players themselves take so much time between points (the shot clock has done nothing to improve this either).
They've messed with the game and actually made it worse, now they want to mess with it more to 'fix' the problems they created.
How changing clock rules led to tennis's late finish problem
Australian Open organisers have tried plenty of changes in a bid to reduce the number of long matches at Melbourne Park, but as Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson explain, they are losing the battle.
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This idiot keeps sabotaging everything that makes the tournament great.
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Great win Sinner .
Bad luck Medi hope he wins a slam this year .
So many young talent coming though.
Bad luck Medi hope he wins a slam this year .
So many young talent coming though.
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Perhaps there was a bit of extra venom due to the failed referendum which many folks now believe was a waste of a year of his PM, but every PM is booed at every sporting event. It's just what's done in Australia.
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What a game!
Poor Med blows a 2 set lead in The Oz Open final again. Good dude. Sinner showed so much fight, courage, determination and tenacity to come back from 2 sets down in the most important game of his life.
Hats off to Italy.
Poor Med blows a 2 set lead in The Oz Open final again. Good dude. Sinner showed so much fight, courage, determination and tenacity to come back from 2 sets down in the most important game of his life.
Hats off to Italy.
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There is an unwritten rule that you can go off court between sets. It happens so often now. The current game is very taxing. Some of the balls they were getting back were silly.I think the lets are the least of their problems.
Good article here that goes through all the reasons matches are much longer these days.
One major reason is that the players themselves take so much time between points (the shot clock has done nothing to improve this either).
They've messed with the game and actually made it worse, now they want to mess with it more to 'fix' the problems they created.
How changing clock rules led to tennis's late finish problem
Australian Open organisers have tried plenty of changes in a bid to reduce the number of long matches at Melbourne Park, but as Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson explain, they are losing the battle.
We probably need to reduce the serve timer again. I would love less tech in the racquets, or something to help volleys. It would be good to see some variety and some serve-volley players. Loved the Aussie Open when Misha Zverev beat Murray using serve and volley tactics. That would reduce rally length and the amount of time needed to rest.
I see no issue with abolishing the let rule.
As to the length of matches, can someone actually show some data or statistics as to the change in match duration over the years? It also has to take into account number of games and sets played in order to compare year on year.
As to the length of matches, can someone actually show some data or statistics as to the change in match duration over the years? It also has to take into account number of games and sets played in order to compare year on year.
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Lots of stats in that article I posted.
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Cahill's domicile is Australia, although he spends months of the year overseas - I can remember during the COVID times he did three lots of quarantine returning to Australia after being overseas.
