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Enjoyable final. Barty is a genuinely good person, which is nice. It's good to see her competing at the sharp end of slams.
Pliskova seems quite pleasant as well - I do hope she does eventually break through and win a slam, but was firmly supporting Barty here.
Barty is one of our best Queenslanders.
She looks a bit like Nicola Sturgeon.
Expecting straight sets but think today's final could still be a good watch. Maybe if Berrettini can take the first set, likely on a tiebreak if anything, then he'll have a shot.
Probably want Djokovic to cruise it (ugh) to limit any idea of this being a good day for Italy.
Like one of those hallowed Sundays where England sometimes lose both types of rugby, cricket, maybe an F1 GP and some football on the same day.
I see Becker's gone for the Foden trim.
Has a Wimbledon crowd ever got behind Djokovic?
Who's the commentator who just said "Mama Berrettini... here from Rome... the capital".
Was it Becker?
Berrettini
We have a final!
Last time I checked he was 5=2 down.
This feels like it could be one of those sets where Djokovic destroys him 6-0 or 6-1.
He's broken him again when he's serving for the set.
He's not lying down.
This may as well be in Rome.Originally Posted by Manc
Jinx no doubt incoming, but watching Raducanu now on Amazon, she's serving for the first set in the US Open quarter-finals.
She did it. Looks like an absolutely cracking player.
Watched the 2nd set; a deserved win. Amazing that she is playing that well at 18 years old.
Don't think she's dropped a set yet. Madness.
In the final
Just watched the replay. Absolutely amazing 👏🏼
Don't know much about this 19 Yr old that's she's playing in the final, but she must be decent.
She’s won every single set so far without dropping more than 4 gamesIn the final
She’s also fucking stunning
How old are you? Is 18 too much of an age gap??She’s won every single set so far without dropping more than 4 games
She’s also fucking stunning
Only 5 years.
Call off operation yewtree. Stand down.
I don't really follow tennis much thesedays, but the draw looks to have been very kind to her. Loads of no-marks, then seeds 11 and 17. Her opponent in the final, on the other hand, has beaten the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 16th seeds.
Theres definitely a power vacuum thats giving any woman a shot. Serenas knackered, Osakas sad and that leaves it wide open.
What is it about women's tennis that makes it so open? I know this is kind of exceptional [is she the first qualifier to ever make a slam final?] but the field always seems much wider. Relative nobodies are always popping up and winning things. Is it 3 sets versus 5? Is it a physical thing or a matter of women having babies at various points in their careers? Has the dominance of three players in the mens' game for god knows how many years just been a weird blip?
Yeah, she's the first qualifier in either the Men or Women's game to make a slam final.
I don't know much/anything about Women's tennis, but from what I've seen so far she looks genuinely very good and far too good to be a flash in the pan (if that's even been suggested). She seems absolutely top notch at playing the big points.
She is the fist to make a slam final.
"Eight qualifiers—five men, three women—had reached Grand Slam semifinals before in the Open Era, but none of them ever went any further:
~ John McEnroe at 1977 Wimbledon (lost in semifinals)
~ Bob Giltinan at 1977 Australian Open [December] (lost in semifinals)
~ Christine Dorey at 1978 Australian Open (lost in semifinals)
~ Filip Dewulf at 1997 French Open (lost in semifinals)
~ Alexandra Stevenson at 1999 Wimbledon (lost in semifinals)
~ Vladimir Voltchkov at 2000 Wimbledon (lost in semifinals)
~ Nadia Podoroska at 2020 French Open (lost in semifinals)
~ Aslan Karatsev at 2021 Australian Open (lost in semifinals)"
Naturally, I hopped on to sporcle to see some of the numbers. I definitely see the big four in the mens being a blip. In the 2010's only four grand slams escaped them.The Women's game always seemed to have one or two dominant forces. Whether it's the Williams sisters, Graf, Navratilova.
I do wonder if there's a mental thing going on. Say what you want about Serena dragging her career out but she still has the drive to compete. Navratilova kept going until she was beating people in wheelchairs (probably). As probably the most individual of individual sports, it takes really special people to chase numbers. Competition probably breeds it, too. Got nothing left to prove, well this fella's over here threatening your numbers, etc. Then you've got the women that retire young (I err ... think) like Hingis and Clijsters.
Has a slam final ever been contested by two unseeded players before?
I don't know for definite, but I'm gonna guess yes. Shinners?
A quick skim says we've never had a final contested by unseeded players.
Funny not more has been made of that then.
What time is the final?
Around 9pm UK time tomorrow.
11pm tomorrow according to the bookies
C4 have this now, with their show starting at 8.
Tennis on C4?
Amazon Prime for me. Tim Henman is on Prime and is a don.
Turns out they're just broadcasting the Amazon feed.
Agree with this. Fernandez has played the better opponents for sure.
Of course I want Raducano to win, but this other lass looks a level above.
Well you can only beat what's in front of you and Radacanu has smashed everyone she's played.
She’s clear favourite as well
The presenter just said Virginia Wade last won the US Open in 1997.
The umpire is pretty hot.
Crowd wanting Fernandez to win
If only you thought about England like this 🥲
Cracking start.
Radders would shit on prime Serena.
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