2019 General Tennis News

That would be funny! Service dogs could do the job, well, I am sure! How about ....cats?
That Kevin Anderson fellow, he has a sense of humor! It is a good quality to have in a dog-eats-dog world!

Regarding Delpo, a further consideration is why he is getting injured so frequently. As I considered before, it could be that he has delicate joints. Also, and his doctors must have looked into this, does he have some underlying issue that makes him more prone to injury? Some people are prone to have lax joints so their joints can get dislocated easily, but the cause it not known.
However, it appears to be sports-related for Delpo. I wish him the best and speedy recovery. It must be hard to be sidelined like that, on top of having the reality of pain and pain and surgery.

Tsitsipas may be a tennis pro, but he has another love: photography... and he is pretty good at it. He has his own YouTube channel. This is his latest VLog, from Nevis Island, with a little mishap!

Cromar wrote:You can edit your posts, UES!

Is that a hint? I do the same thing at times. I do correct some typos, or add some thing and correct then. But I may notice that I do have a typo, or a spelling mistake, etc. and to go back again...? Very careless, I know, but it is like speaking when I write here. And it is also lazy and shameful, as I did everything in publishing, proofreading, copy editing and editing. And I liked my work, which also involved planning the books for publishing about two years' ahead, so there were different stages of work ongoing.
I am still lazy nowadays. So sorry, Cromar. With all the nice work you do--those charts would drive me crazy....no, I couldn't even do them--you deserve a better effort. I shall try. When I use a pen, it is different!

I just went back, having read the last posts on this page, and saw that Almagro is really retiring. I am sorry, but it is probably best for him now. I liked his play, and I always thought that Nadal overshadowed him of course, with power and height and muscle, but Almagro had a better game, in my opinion.
It is good that he is finishing at his home town tournament. He has had a good career, and his play and presence won't be forgotten. I was annoyed with him only once, when it seemed that he allowed RN to walk all over him. As I said, I considered his game better than his compatriot's. I think we are seeing more players leaving. It has been happening more in the past year, but I seems to be happening more frequently, and I don't particularly like it, for a number of reasons.
And Gerry Weber! I bet it is those online companies selling everything! I defend the brick and mortar department stores, especially. They have more in types of products: you can find everything for your personal use, and for the household, whereas the online products come with certain things, and other than "shapewear" you don't find regular clothes, such as regular underwear, or something other than what is right on trend. A certain line of cooking ware comes but it is just that thing. So many things are not available, and on top of it I like to see, feel and touch things I buy.
I note that much of the clothes are made with minimal material, so little that if at the seams there is a tiny loosening you cannot sew it up again.
Off Topic, this last! It's the Weber line that reminded me of one of my peeves.

Olympics is going to be worth even less, or less valuable! In most other sports, it is the height, but not in tennis. A Grand Slam title, because of the quality and number of entrants, and the amount of play required, deserves hugely more respect!
For one who always loved the Olympics, it is disappointing that it does not have the same cachet for tennis as it does for most other sports. And now, they simplify it even more! It is ridiculous, for an Olympic medal. Instead, have the schedules in the ATP tournaments and Grand Slams better timed.

^^^ IMO, the Olympics are all about those sports in which the Olympic medal truly is the highest achievement and what you work your whole life for. That is the not the case for tennis or many other mainstream sports that have been added to the Olympics.

I get that winning a gold medal for your country is a cool thing. But from a tennis perspective, the Olympic event is nothing special. It's on par maybe with a M1000... probably more like a M750, ha.

Personally, they should have kept the Gold medal match as a best-of-5 but the other rounds are fine being Best-of-3. And thankfully they added TBs starting with the last Olympics - we all know how that lengthy Fed/Delpo match basically ruined Roger for the gold-medal match against Murray.

Gimelstob pleaded no contest. Basically he committed felony assault and got off with a slap on the wrist. One wonders what will happen with his seat on the ATP board or his TTC gig:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2019/04/22/tennis-broadcaster-justin-gimelstob-pleads-in-assault-case/39380879/

That sounds like real assault and not horseplay, all right! Something must have happened, or said. His best friend? Maybe a resentment triggered by something at that time. Still, I am surprised. Not even a face to face to begin with.
I remember Gimelstob playing, and also how he used to dive for the ball, and would hurt himself over and over again, so his doctor told him not to do that, but he couldn't stop it. Then his back got bad, and he retired from pro tennis.
Sorry for his former friend, I guess, unless there was an actual reason and they make up in the future. And the children were around?

Once again, adios, Almagro! He had a good game. The only thing is that at times I felt that maybe he could have done better against Nadal. But looking back, it was the sheer force of Nadal that probably stopped him.
It is good that he is leaving pro tennis feeling satisfied, that he has given to tennis and that tennis also has given to him. That is the good way, and that is how I see him, too. These tennis pros are special people: it is not an easy life, actually.

The ATP Finals will move from pasty to pasta from 2021-2025.


Turin To Host ATP Finals From 2021 To 2025

Season finale to move from London, the tournament city since 2009

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/turin-to-host-atp-finals-from-2021-to-2025

HeartoftheMatter wrote:That sounds like real assault and not horseplay, all right! Something must have happened, or said. His best friend? Maybe a resentment triggered by something at that time. Still, I am surprised. Not even a face to face to begin with.
I remember Gimelstob playing, and also how he used to dive for the ball, and would hurt himself over and over again, so his doctor told him not to do that, but he couldn't stop it. Then his back got bad, and he retired from pro tennis.
 Sorry for his former friend, I guess, unless there was an actual reason and they make up in the future. And the children were around?

You should read the victim's impact statement.  Explains some of their history:

https://tennis.life/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Randall-Kaplan-Victim-Impact-Statement.pdf