Actual Tennis

[Kayla]

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Sinner is the winner of the US Open 2024.

[l3ulvl]

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Swiatek getting 1 month (which ends up being 1 week), while Halep got 4 years is ridiculous. Halep was nearing the end of her prime, and it was taken from her.

[l3ulvl]

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As an American, I kinda felt bad rooting for Monfils tonight lol, I didn't realize he was that old. I've always liked his game, can't believe he's the 2nd oldest player ever (behind Fed) to make the quarters. I legit thought he was still in his 20s. Blew my mind to find out he's older than Djoker



I'll root for Fritz next time, but for now I want the Monfils run to go on

[Kayla]

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As an American, I kinda felt bad rooting for Monfils tonight lol, I didn't realize he was that old. I've always liked his game, can't believe he's the 2nd oldest player ever (behind Fed) to make the quarters. I legit thought he was still in his 20s. Blew my mind to find out he's older than Djoker



I'll root for Fritz next time, but for now I want the Monfils run to go on

He got past one American and he will face another one (Shelton) in the next round. This is going to be another interesting match to watch.

[Kayla]

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Congratulations to Jannik Sinner on his incredible achievement of winning back-to-back Australian Open titles!

[l3ulvl]

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I was surprised Madison even got to the semi, then she not only beat world #2 Swiatek, she then took out world #1 Sabalenka in the final, that's an all time gauntlet. I actually stayed up for the final, she was wrecking Sabalenka in the 1st set. Madison is the only player on tour that can out hit her, some of her returns were amazing, she clearly worked on her fitness and is no longer a one trick pony. Late bloomer, and hopefully she keeps up this level of play as not just a masher

[MiracleMet718]

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I was surprised Madison even got to the semi, then she not only beat world #2 Swiatek, she then took out world #1 Sabalenka in the final, that's an all time gauntlet. I actually stayed up for the final, she was wrecking Sabalenka in the 1st set. Madison is the only player on tour that can out hit her, some of her returns were amazing, she clearly worked on her fitness and is no longer a one trick pony. Late bloomer, and hopefully she keeps up this level of play as not just a masher

The main thing she seemed to work on was her mental toughness. That final she lost to Stephens was mostly because the pressure got to her and then she really never recovered from that and then the injuries. Watching her make mistakes and still come back and keep it together was extremely impressive. Beating 4 top 10 players and a former top 3 (Collins, Rybakina, Svitolina, Swaitek, and Sabalenka) might be the most impressive performance I’ve seen in awhile.

[l3ulvl]

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So, WADA is basically dropping the case against Sinner and accepting his "my trainer had a cut while massaging me" excuse, and sticking with just a 3 month ban, which not only allowed him to play and win the Aussie open, but also allows him back in time for the French

The same thing that cost Halep her career, for testing once, or the figure skater who got 6 years, gets this dude 3 months for testing positive twice and doesn't have to miss any majors, damn

In their official statement, WADA claimed that Sinner was indeed “exposed” to clostebol, which is a banned substance, but did so unintentionally and “did not intend to cheat.” WADA also claims that the clostebol “did not provide any performance-enhancing benefit,” despite its historic status as one of the main drugs abused by East German athletes, one of the great cheating scandals in sports history.
WADA did not explain what “exposed” actually meant, nor did they say how he could have been “exposed” to it without receiving any performance enhancing effect.



Per Sinner’s own statements, his trainer had accidentally used a clostebol healing spray on a cut at Indian Wells, which would potentially explain some of WADA’s contradictory rhetoric. But why didn’t they include that in their statement? WADA is not necessarily wrong about any of this, but their complete lack of explanation mixed with the utterly-and-ridiculously-perfect length of their “appropriate” suspension will do nothing but stir the pot that’s already full of everyone’s ire and indignation.



The calculations that went into Sinner’s suspension are maddeningly obvious: three months is the exact amount of time between now and the beginning of the French Open, the next major tournament in the tennis calendar. And because Sinner was docked no prize money or match wins despite playing under a banned substance, the precise length of his suspension will cost him exactly … nothing. And maybe that’s what it should have cost him, but WADA certainly owes the public a better explanation than that.



The other immediately confusing part of Sinner’s “punishment” was that it was not handed down from WADA, but rather mutually agreed to as a settlement between the player and the agency, something most tennis fans — and fans of international sports more broadly — probably did not even realize was allowed until Saturday.



That is because WADA is a regulatory body, not a legal court. And while players accused of doping are always given the right to appeal, it is hitherto unheard of for a high-profile player to have a hand in crafting their own punishment. And it appears as though Sinner’s camp had a fairly-active hand in that department, considering how convenient it wound up being for the Italian superstar.



A WADA spokesperson sent a politically-calculated but practically-meaningless statement to The Athletic, claiming that the settlement structure has been “used dozens of times for cases with exceptional circumstances,” but refused to explain why exactly three months was the chosen length of the suspension. This reeks of incompetence at best and corruption at worst.

edit: link https://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2025...on-grand-slams


He won't lose anything

[l3ulvl]

Sinner and Alcaraz 1 and 2 of course, Djoker gets 6

Sabalenka 1 and Coco 2, Iga all the way down to 5, even behind Paulini

[l3ulvl]

Wildcard Lois Boisson has made it further than any wildcard ever, next up, Coco. Hopefully her run ends

if she somehow beats Coco, and I hope she doesn't, I'll root for her in the final

[l3ulvl]

Coco smoked her! now the first 1 vs 2 matchup in 10 years and the second in 30 years! Sabalenka trying for her first non hard court major, she and Coco are 5-5 head to head all time, this should be good

[Kayla]

Well deserved win for Sinner. Novak tried his best but came up short against the hard hitting Italian. It should be a really good final on Sunday.

[l3ulvl]

5 hours 29 minutes wow! the last six majors have been Alcaraz or Sinner, and both are young, this might go on for awhile