Tennis G.O.A.T?

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Is it not that your grip is changing all the time in tennis and you need the *feel*?
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  • pinkbikini
    pinkbikini Posts: 876
    edited January 2022
    rick_chasey said:

    Is it not that your grip is changing all the time in tennis and you need the *feel*?

    Yes. Grip is critical for golf but they don’t tend to sweat and often only wear one glove anyway on a two-handed grip. A glove, no matter how well-fitting, on a sweaty hand holding a racket tends to slip a tiny bit, which I’m sure results in a marginal loss for a pro.

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,057
    rick_chasey said:

    Is it not that your grip is changing all the time in tennis and you need the *feel*?

    It would feel slightly different - much like using a fatter grip - but if there is no alternative, it would be my choice. Obviously, it would require very grippy gloves.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,562
    Funny cos everyone used to wear a glove when playing squash.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Crack gloves.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJCX6u3vSOQ
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,057
    pblakeney said:

    Funny cos everyone used to wear a glove when playing squash.

    I've never seen anyone do that, but that is exactly what she needed. Something designed to grip in hot and sweaty conditions.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,433
    TheBigBean said:

    pblakeney said:

    Funny cos everyone used to wear a glove when playing squash.

    I've never seen anyone do that, but that is exactly what she needed. Something designed to grip in hot and sweaty conditions.
    Neither have I.

    The issue with gloves is that just transfer the problem to the inside of the glove. Potentially also create problems elsewhere and increase sweating.

    Even if you tape a finger if can move flesh to create a new rubbing point.

    If you have a bad blister, one way or another you end up compromised.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,171
    edited January 2022
    It seems a bit unfair that feet are looked after with a nice pair of socks, but hands are just left to their own devices.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    edited January 2022
    Another option might be liquid chalk. Which is magnesium carbonate with various things added in liquid form which dries on your hands to give you better grip.
    It’s used in power lifting, rock climbing and gymnastics.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,651
    Has she not been playing at all for a few weeks? It's very odd that her hands would be soft enough to blister when she's played day in, day out for years.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,264
    Pross said:

    Has she not been playing at all for a few weeks? It's very odd that her hands would be soft enough to blister when she's played day in, day out for years.

    Had covid, so been in isolation in a hotel room.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,651
    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    Has she not been playing at all for a few weeks? It's very odd that her hands would be soft enough to blister when she's played day in, day out for years.

    Had covid, so been in isolation in a hotel room.
    Ah, that makes some sense although I'm surprised her skin would soften so quickly.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,841
    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    Has she not been playing at all for a few weeks? It's very odd that her hands would be soft enough to blister when she's played day in, day out for years.

    Had covid, so been in isolation in a hotel room.
    For blokes, that would probably have the opposite effect...

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,057
    Yes that makes sense. Probably overdid the post covid practice too. She hit the ball well though all things considered.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,483
    strangely convenient positive covid test results turn out to have anomalous sequence numbers

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/59999541
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  • First.Aspect
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,171
    Still looking good for a Nadal 21 slams.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,433
    focuszing723 said:

    Still looking good for a Nadal 21 slams.

    And with the French Open to come. Unclear whether Novax will be there.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,841
    sungod said:

    strangely convenient positive covid test results turn out to have anomalous sequence numbers

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/59999541

    If the tennis authorities have any backbone they should be investigating this themselves - surely if he has doctored a test to try to gain entry to the tournament it must warrant a substantial ban?
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,110
    Nothing to do with the tennis authorities.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,841
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Nothing to do with the tennis authorities.

    No jurisdiction over conduct bringing the game into disrepute or similar?

  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,433
    If this builds momentum... and it will... it puts the kibosh on any special dispensation to get back into Australia.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,110
    mrb123 said:

    DeVlaeminck said:

    Nothing to do with the tennis authorities.

    No jurisdiction over conduct bringing the game into disrepute or similar?

    I don't think it's really their place to investigate visa application irregularities.

    Even if it's proven he lied - which I accept looks quite likely - it's only indirectly related to tennis.

    I see it as a matter for Serbian and/or Australian police or immigration.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,264
    DeVlaeminck said:

    mrb123 said:

    DeVlaeminck said:

    Nothing to do with the tennis authorities.

    No jurisdiction over conduct bringing the game into disrepute or similar?

    I don't think it's really their place to investigate visa application irregularities.

    Even if it's proven he lied - which I accept looks quite likely - it's only indirectly related to tennis.

    I see it as a matter for Serbian and/or Australian police or immigration.
    It was also a Tennis Australia requirement that competitors were vaccinated or had an exemption.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,433
    DeVlaeminck said:

    mrb123 said:

    DeVlaeminck said:

    Nothing to do with the tennis authorities.

    No jurisdiction over conduct bringing the game into disrepute or similar?

    I don't think it's really their place to investigate visa application irregularities.

    Even if it's proven he lied - which I accept looks quite likely - it's only indirectly related to tennis.

    I see it as a matter for Serbian and/or Australian police or immigration.
    The tournament itself had its own vaccination exemption requirements I think. So he has also lied to Tennis Austraila.

    Don't sh1t where you eat, as they say.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,054
    Who is the eurosport anchor, ex player?
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,776
    daniel_b said:

    Who is the eurosport anchor, ex player?

    Tim Henman commentating/studio. Mats Wilander studio.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,171
    edited January 2022
    Australian Open

    That's damn impressive, 21 slams to go top. Five hours, twenty minutes, a real slog of a match.

    French Open 13
    US Open 4
    Australian Open 2
    Wimbledon 2
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,264
    Imagine how good he'd be if he could work out how to keep his pants out of his hole.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,841
    That was pretty awesome. What a competitor.

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