-DLC- Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Shap plays at 4:00 today.... Tennis is the new hockey. Until NFL starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Wasn't much from what this shows...and look like a bit of a dive. But, then again, when these guys hit a ball it's not like the average person hitting it. If it hit in the throat, likely did hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Keep your eye on the ball, especially if it is your job to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 6 hours ago, debluvscanucks said: Sad that Milos had to be ousted by his own. This is an interesting update: I just watched the video. Djokovic shouldn’t have been disqualified — it looked more like an accident than intentional and Djokovic wasn’t frustrated before it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: I just watched the video. Djokovic shouldn’t have been disqualified — it looked more like an accident than intentional and Djokovic wasn’t frustrated before it happened. Apparently in the set he was...previous to this. Quote He said, ‘Yes, I was angry. I hit the ball. I hit the line umpire. But it looked like nothing at all...woman seemed to drop like a pin. Even her glare at him afterward...$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: Apparently in the set he was...previous to this. Interesting. But it seems a bit extreme to disqualify him for that incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Grand Slam rules very clearly indicate that abuse of the ball can be punished with a default. In pretty much every previous instance of a player hitting an umpire, linesperson, or ballperson with a ball at the ATP level, the player has been punished with a default. The penalty assessed to Djokovic doesn't break any precedents. In any event, it's entirely his responsibility to avoid hitting people with balls he hits out of frustration. He has no one to blame but himself and even his apology acknowledges this. Big opening for Shapovalov, though. His quarterfinal opponent happens to be the player that Djokovic defaulted the match to. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: I just watched the video. Djokovic shouldn’t have been disqualified — it looked more like an accident than intentional and Djokovic wasn’t frustrated before it happened. Intention and frustration aren't required for punishment. The rulebook also uses the terms reckless, negligent, and potential to injure. Those all apply in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, Where's Wellwood said: Intention and frustration aren't required for punishment. The rulebook also uses the terms reckless, negligent, and potential to injure. Those all apply in this case. It was an unfortunate incident -- accidental yet reckless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 9/6/2020 at 10:33 PM, Brad Marchand said: Grand Slam rules very clearly indicate that abuse of the ball can be punished with a default. In pretty much every previous instance of a player hitting an umpire, linesperson, or ballperson with a ball at the ATP level, the player has been punished with a default. The penalty assessed to Djokovic doesn't break any precedents. In any event, it's entirely his responsibility to avoid hitting people with balls he hits out of frustration. He has no one to blame but himself and even his apology acknowledges this. Big opening for Shapovalov, though. His quarterfinal opponent happens to be the player that Djokovic defaulted the match to. Match is at 5 today! Woo...go Shap!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 5th set. Dennis just dominated the 4th. Hope he can close it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/7/2020 at 2:39 AM, -Vintage Canuck- said: It was an unfortunate incident -- accidental yet reckless. say QH slap shot at a ref by accident and hit the ref long after the whistle and play was already stopped. it wasn't part of the play. he just slapped it because his opponent and he blew the coverage, and he was frustrated. this is not like those shots at the goalie after a horn or whistle blown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I wasn't able to catch the match, but it sucks to see that Shapovalov lost. He's still a young kid, so I could see him continuing to progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I watched the match...it was hard fought until the 4th set, where he tied it up convincingly 6-0. So many aces. (Final count for the match was 26-5 in favour of Shap). Even his second serves, at times, were aces. He was on fire in that set. Then they had a break before the fifth set...Carreno Busta had a trainer come out and work on him. Shap just sat/regrouped and it's too bad because he had all the momentum going in to the final set but it almost seemed his mental game got away from him a bit. Overhitting balls and unforced errors that cost him. Once he lost the edge, it went quickly the other way. All in all though, was a brilliant match....really even and could have been anyone's win. He truly has a bright future ahead of him. One thing I did notice....Mom/coach was very "involved" and, at one point when things started to slip away I'm sure I saw him mouth "shut up" to her? I could be wrong...but don't think so. As he got frustrated, it seems she was more of a distraction to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I caught the last set and the tiebreak of the men’s final. What a close finish between Thiem and Zverev — it could have gone either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 One of the better mens finals you're going to see. 5th set tie break, neither man could barely stand at the end. Thiem becomes the first man to come from 2 sets down in 71 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 still think 5th set shouldn't be a tie breaker for a grand slam final, at least not so soon at 6-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Shap's playing in the semi finals in Rome right now. Behind 3-0 in the first set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Shapo lost to Schwartzman in a third set tiebreak, but since Schwartzman lost to Djokovic in the final, it ensures that Shapo will enter the Top 10 with this week's ranking update. The 2nd Canadian man to enter the Top 10 since Raonic (who was last in the top 10 in 2017, career high of No. 3 in 2016) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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