I am not shocked that Thiem lost. The couple of times I watched him recently, he played awfully. He relaxed so much after winning the U.S. Open that he has become a shell of his former self, both in the way he hits and the way he competes. 

When Zverev was down two sets to the German qualifier, I commented to someone he had zero chance to lose his match. He gets himself into trouble far too often but almost never loses to players like that, and it does not appear to affect him later on the in the tournament unless he plays a series of unnecessary five-setters. 

The women's draw is gutted, and if Serena was going to get her 24th slam, this tournament is as good as any.

Hearing some of the commentators talk about how Coco Gauff is destined for winning Slams makes me wonder.  She has an incredibly complete game for her age (in comparison, I described Sloane Stephens as "a work in progress" when she was 18), but I'm thinking that actually works against her.  She doesn't have a weapon that makes me go "wow!" and that can be developed with some experience.  I mean, she's got the athleticism and maybe that's enough these days, but I don't think it's as much of a sure thing as the commentators say.

Maybe I'm being too critical.  Maybe I'm not giving credit where it's due when Kerber, Halep, Kenin, and Wozniacki are all slam champions (though I would strongly argue that nobody thought Kerber or Kenin would get a slam until after they did while Halep and Wozniacki making multiple slam finals until it happened gave you a sense that they just needed a little luck to go their way).  Maybe it's just that commentators have to speak in absolutes to make interesting TV.

The matches that decided it were Djokovic beating Nadal and Badosa beating Vondrousova. Flip those two, and you would have won. 

I had five men's quarterfinalists, three semifinalists and both finalists. You had four men's quarterfinalists, all four semifinalists and no finalists. 

I had two women's quarterfinalists and nothing else.You had one women's quarterfinalist and nothing else. 

The biggest losers were Andreescu and Thiem, who went down in the first round. Neither of us picked a first-round loser. 

The final score was 77.5-57.5. 



 

Last edited by funches (6/27/2021 12:19 am)