death tribble Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Marc Soler wins stage 5 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62665165 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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death tribble Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Jay Vine wins stage 6 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62678450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Cyclist Rab Wardell Dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Jesus Herrada wins stage 7 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62692716 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Jay Vine wins stage 8 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62701932 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Formula One Racing cancels its contract with Russia Grand Prix. Putin vows to create his own Formula One Racing with blackjack. And hookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Louis Meintjes wins stage 9 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62708637 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 14 hours ago, BNakagawa said: Formula One Racing cancels its contract with Russia Grand Prix. Putin vows to create his own Formula One Racing with blackjack. And hookers. I'd be stunned if any international league or association holds a sporting event in Russia. The invasion, sure...but also Brittney Griner. On the personal level, this is the incident that would have me saying no chance, no way, no how am I entering Russian jurisdiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Max Verstappen wins the Belgian Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62707095 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Honolulu Little League wins Little League World Series... again BNakagawa and slikmar 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Man said: Honolulu Little League wins Little League World Series... again HANA HOU! Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 I rather suspect few, if any, of us, knew who Daria Snigur was. She's a 20 year old tennis player from Ukraine. 4 days ago, the US Open held a Tennis Players for Peace exhibition in support of Ukraine. She was, of course, invited...along with Nadal, Swiatek, Alcaraz, Tsitisipas, and others. The first exhibition match was Nadal and Swiatek playing Gauff and John McEnroe. (Hey, exhibition.) And the last was Tiafoe and Yastremska (another Ukranian) vs. Korda...and Snigur. Now, recognize that Snigur started out the US Open qualifying ranked 129...so she had to qualify. And she's 20. And she's playing at an event with *legends* of the game. Commentators during the match just now, said she was blown away...this was way, way beyond anything she'd ever experienced. So today, she's playing Halep...a likely hall of famer with 2 Grand Slam titles, and 24 overall. On Louis Armstrong court, one of the main courts. In tennis terms, she's a kid...seriously. One WTA-level match this year...a loss. First time making a Grand Slam field...which is huge as it is, as her career earnings (in ITF events) was $93K coming into this. Making the last round of qualifying meant picking up $44K...and making the first round guaranteed $80K. Obviously HUGE. Snigur came out and took the first set, but Halep came back and bageled the second, 6-0. Snigur came back to take a 5-1 lead in the last set...fighting off a break point. Halep took the next 3...and the nerves were definitely affecting Snigur. She dropped the first 2 points on her serve at 5-4...but came back to win that game and the match. She was *stunned* to have done it. Very cool reaction. Looks like the first match of the night session...which at the Open, on day 1, is a big deal, there's an extensive ceremony. It's the equivalent of the opening ceremonies, despite obviously having had quite a few matches played. So who else? Serena. No one cares she's not seeded, nor is her opponent. NO DOUBT that this is the hardest seat to get tonight. EDIT: they're now replaying the post-match interview. She is barely coherent, the moment is that huge. The fans gave her a huge response. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 What costs more...a pro tennis player's outfit, or your car? Tonight...it's the outfit. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Serena_Williams/119726/serena-williams-to-rock-stunning-diamondencrusted-shoes-in-final-us-open-pics-/ Diamond studded SHOES.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 Upsets aplenty today at the Open. Mentioned Halep losing. On the men's side...Tsitsipas at #4, Fritz at #10, and 4 more lower seeds (16 to 31). I think 3 of em to qualifiers, and Fritz lost to a 24 year old who...even with the win...didn't break the top 200. The other 2 Qs reached career highs...so these aren't players who've been there, fallen back, and making a comeback. On the women's side, the other significant upset was #8 Kasatkina losing to a 26 yo Brit, Harriet Dart, who reached her career high with the win, at 81. 2 other low seeds lost...#27 and #30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 Remco Evenepoel takes stage 10 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62728349 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 Kaden Groves wins stage 11 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62743679 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 What goes up, must come down. But in tennis, it doesn't usually happen quite this fast... Emma Raducanu, last year's darling, lost her first round match at the US Open last night. Making the 4th round at Wimbledon, then winning the Open, last year propelled her up; losing last night takes 2000 points off her record. She dropped from #11 to #80. That also makes her path MUCH harder moving forward. In tennis, your ranking gives automatic entry. Top 15 means a seed at any event. Dropping to #80 means she should still get into the Aussie Open, but not the WTA's equivalents of Masters 1000 and Masters 500 events in the ATP. The numbers are the number of ratings points to the winners...and suggest the prize money. A Masters 1000 awards 7 figures to the winner. So...those fields are stacked. The 500s draw fewer top-20 types, but they're also 32-player fields, so if you're below about 60, IIRC, you won't get an auto entry. On the upside, she isn't yet 20, and now, she should step out from the spotlight some, and there's a good chance this'll help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 Richard Carapaz wins stage 12 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62756059 Several racers are out with Covid. Julian Alaphillippe is out through a crash. Sam Bennett who was in the lead of the sprint classification and Simon Yates are out through Covid. The total out is 36 which is high and most of these are for non-crashes (Covid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 10 hours ago, death tribble said: Richard Carapaz wins stage 12 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62756059 Several racers are out with Covid. Julian Alaphillippe is out through a crash. Sam Bennett who was in the lead of the sprint classification and Simon Yates are out through Covid. The total out is 36 which is high and most of these are for non-crashes (Covid) Wow. To amplify that last point...23 riders have had to pull out from positive tests. 17 riders were forced out of the Tour...and we thought that was high. 184 riders started; they're down to 147. 14 out from non-Covid...23 from Covid. Field's down 20% with a lot of riding to go. Got to figure this is a serious concern for all the grand tours. There's no reason to think Covid is going away any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Mads Pedersen wins stage 13 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62770762 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, death tribble said: Mads Pedersen wins stage 13 of the Vuelta I don't follow cycling, but is it usual that a different person seems to be winning each stage? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like with every update, you are giving us a different name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, slikmar said: I don't follow cycling, but is it usual that a different person seems to be winning each stage? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like with every update, you are giving us a different name. It depends on the Grand Tour. Sam Bennett won two of the earlier stages as did Jay Vine here. The withdrawals have affected the field. Also there are different terrains which favour some cyclists and penalise others. For example mountain stages favour the climbers but can be the end for sprinters. Mark Cavendish was out of the Tour de France for missing the cut on a mountain stage some years back. I don't know of any tour with a different winner on each stage and multiple winners are usual. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Yeah, that's not unusual. Different stages play out differently, especially as the race moves into the middle and latter stages. Winning the overall event is much more important than winning the stage, so the team with the overall leader can be perfectly content with non-contending riders breaking away and winning by 5 minutes...when no one in the breakaway is closer than 30 minutes, it doesn't matter. Flat stages generally end with a bunch sprint, and the winner there can be a bit of luck of the draw. Not to say there isn't skill; there's a lot, but sometimes the best sprint teams get caught out of position, or misjudge the last few hundred meters. And yeah, losing 20% of the riders will affect things. It can be argued that Pogacar lost the Tour to Vingegaard because Vin had stronger support throughout...partly because Pog's team lost some of its key support riders. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Alja Tomljanovic plays perhaps the most memorable and difficult match of her life against Serena. First 2 sets are split, 7-5 Alja, 7-6 Serena...in over 2 hours. Serena breaks and gets out to a 40-15 lead, but Alja comes back to break. The rest of the set is a battle, but Serena *just* misses a couple shots that would've been winners. Crowd is ECSTATIC every point Serena wins, and they're winners....Alja's not giving points away. It's great tennis. Alja gets out to a 5-1 lead. Down 2 breaks, Serena plays an epic game...she has 2 break points, she fights off 6 match points...... ....but in the end Alja holds, and wins. 3 hours and 5 minutes. Crowd gives her a nice round of applause; they were never against her, just completely pro-Serena. Medvedev has to try to play a late match now. it's gonna start close to 11 pm there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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