Tennis - It's ugly trophy time

[JaneJeffer]

Sorry!

Pat used to coach Coco Vandeweghe . She was doing quite well for a while . Not heard anything from her for ages.

Goffin has just had a warning for "unsportsmanlike conduct" that's the shock of the day so far imho.

He threw a wristband into the crowd in annoyance.

the crowd what am I talking about?! There is no crowd!!

He threw it into the stands should I say.

Raahh I think Coco was injured recently but I'm not sure currently - she was doing really well a couple of years ago wasn't she?

Goffin? Unsportsmanlike?? He's a pussycat.

And BELGIAN.

So David threw a wrist band into a non-existant croed, and was penalised?

Bloody hell. The world has gone mad.

It's the alcohol in the sanitiser.

Private I think you are right, re- Coco.

Pat's new BFF has taken the second set.

@PrivateSpidey

Raahh I think Coco was injured recently but I'm not sure currently - she was doing really well a couple of years ago wasn't she?

I believe she had a shoulder injury - because she was talking, I think, about the challenges of doing rehab in the lockdown. But I could be mixing her up with somebody else!

I liked Coco when she played, she never got very far, but always had interesting matches.

Jourdain you could be right.

AND BELGIAN
Raahh

Talking of which, I saw earlier that Kim lost overnight

As did Venus.

Kim and Venus I know .

Kim was quite positive about it, but she was doing really well, and then it fell apart.

@Raahh

Goffin? Unsportsmanlike?? He's a pussycat.

And BELGIAN.

Although I don't think Belgian ALWAYS equates to good sportsman. I was a huge Hénin fan but would admit that she wasn't always a paragon of all the virtues in that regard. Mind you, nor was Serena when she called her a liar and a fabricated for DARING to beat her. (Not a bit of a 15 year old grudge there...)

@Raahh

Kim and Venus I know .

Kim was quite positive about it, but she was doing really well, and then it fell apart.

I had totally forgotten about Kim's comeback!

I am thinking that that really, under the circumstances, the umpires could be cutting the players some slack though.

It's day 3, and I have heard more code violations than when Kyrgios is playing.

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I saw that Kim lost but I didn't know about Venus losing that's a shame. I hope proper crowds can return before she retires.

I noticed the Bryans retired after Cincinnati - seems a shame too. Players like that deserve a bigger send off - when you think how long they've been around and how much they've won. It's sad. (Unless they didn't mind of course in which case, fair enough )

This second set (Goffin-Harris) is weird - so many breaks. I don't think either of them have held serve yet this set.

It really is a shame that such big names are maybe ending their careers under these circumstances. It's not the first time, I suppose, but it just doesn't feel right.

But then, so many things, for so many people, have not happened as they would like.

2020 sucks.

@Raahh

I am thinking that that really, under the circumstances, the umpires could be cutting the players some slack though.

It's day 3, and I have heard more code violations than when Kyrgios is playing.

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Talking of Kyrgios, have you seen his Twitter posts laying into Djok?

Literally as I posted that, Harris held to love

Zverev needed new shoes.

They had to come from the other side of the stadium, it seems.

Why not have a pair in that big bag??

Or is that just too practical?

Edmund won the first set against Djok? Perhaps my prediction will come true (still predicted a Djok win tho).

The Bryan brothers were going to retire after the US Open but then decided not to play and retire immediately, rather than play in an empty stadium, as their final career memory.

Ah is that what it was kazza - well that seems fair enough. It's a shame for them though.

kazza that makes sense, especially as they have not been the top players recently either.