[Other Sport] Aussie Open (Tennis)

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The scary monster that is Aryna Sabalenka is having a torrid time of it out there. First there were persistent cockroaches scuttling around her end of the court and leading the ballboys and girls a merry dance and now she's being buzzed by seagulls

 

[Paris]

Zverev has taken Alcaraz to the cleaners.

Edit: Possible shoots of recovery.

 

[Gazwag]

Yet somehow went through qualifying to win the US Open. Strange. For all her knockers, she beat every player she had to and not her fault or problem that none of them were top seeds. You can only beat who is in front of you. Nor does she hype herself that is just the British press. She's taken some money from promo deals but seriously who wouldn't. Grab it while you can. I think she did amazingly well (you can fluke a shot or a match but you can't fluke your way all the way to a trophy). I watched the game today and and at different times both she and her opponent (who will rise up the rankings) played really well. Raducanu tired, yes probably physically and mentally, but to me she seems to be coming into form and this year I think she'll go deep into one of the tournaments. Hope so just to shut up the trollers.

Taken some money from promo deals, hmmm

Emma Raducanu has retained her place among the highest-earning tennis players in the world with an income of £12.2 million over the past year despite plunging to a world ranking of No 186.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Quick heads-up that the women's final in all but name has a provisional start time of 08:30 tomorrow (thursday). Due to number 1 seed Swiatek being knocked out in the third round, that entire leg of the draw has been scrapped over by - no offence ladies - comparative also-rans, leaving the Coco Gauff v Aryna Sabalenka semi-final as the main remaining attraction. Fully expecting Salabenka to bulldoze her opponent through sheer raw power. If you only watch one match in the entire tournament, I highly recommend you watch this one

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

The game on now has got quite interesting too tbf

 

[herecomesaregular]

Taken some money from promo deals, hmmm

Emma Raducanu has retained her place among the highest-earning tennis players in the world with an income of £12.2 million over the past year despite plunging to a world ranking of No 186.

And in her position, of course, you would have turned down those deals offered!

 

[herecomesaregular]

Zverev has taken Alcaraz to the cleaners.

Edit: Possible shoots of recovery.

Superb performance for a player with diabetes. Ok, Alcaraz played crap for ages but Zverev was also faultless for those first two sets. Pleased he managed to finish him off.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Coco Gauff v Aryna Sabalenka fantastic match!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Djokovic OUT!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Second semi was good too - hope Sinner wins on Sunday though