Novak who?
Nice to see some fresh faces that are cheer worthy....
First set Francis Tiafoe 7(8) - 6(6)! I just learned that he was born in College Park, Maryland, his immigrant Dad was head of maintenance at the USTA regional training center in College Park, and Francis actually lived there with his Dad part-time and started playing tennis regularly at age 4.
Been good tennis.Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:52 pmFirst set Francis Tiafoe 7(8) - 6(6)! I just learned that he was born in College Park, Maryland, his immigrant Dad was head of maintenance at the USTA regional training center in College Park, and Francis actually lived there with his Dad part-time and started playing tennis regularly at age 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_T ... background
Homey! Maybe I will hate it a little if the Spaniard advances.
Aww, second set 6-3 Carlos Alcaraz, 1-1.
Wow!
6(5) - 7(7), 2-2. What a comeback!
Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:13 amCarlos Alcaraz did win!
Roger Federer finishes legendary career with doubles match alongside Rafael Nadal
GOAT, shared GOAT or near GOAT. I always liked him.
Venus Williams beats top-20 player for first time in four years
Venus Williams beat a top-20 player for the first time in four years, rallying from big deficits in both sets to knock off 16th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open on Monday.
The 43-year-old Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, improved her match record this year to 3-5. She came in ranked 533rd.
Williams trailed 4-1 in each set but fought back each time, converting six of nine break points in the match....