Now the dust has settled, I have a serious question regarding Rybakina and 3 setters which may or may not affect her upcoming season.
Watching her for years now, there is a trend that has become more apparent in the past year or so and that is she has struggled to close out 3 setters. Recent examples from the top of the head:
Aus Open 2023 - Lost in 3 v Sabalenka
Adelaide 2023 - Lost in 3 v Kostyuk
Guadalajara 2022 - Lost in 3 v Pegula
Stutgarrt 2022- Lost to Badosa in 3
Canada 2022 - Lost in 3 v Gauff
Silicon Valley 2022 - Lost in 3 v Kastakina
The Italian Open 2022- Lost in 3 v Teichmann
Eastbourne 2022 - Lost in 3 v Tsurenko
French Open 2022 - Lost in 3 v Keys
Coincidence or some sort of fitness or loading issue (It may even explain her sharp drop in form post Wimbledon). If a match goes 2 sets she wins a high percentage of them.
The only glaring abnormalities of recent times are beating Collins x2 in Australia as well as the obvious Wimbledon breakthrough.
Knew Aryna was going to win. I don't bet much, but I did back Aryna to win AO. Huge turn around compared to her 20+ double faults, breaking down in tears mid matches a year ago.
I remember my very first introduction to Saba was the barty match and the crowd made fun of her grunts. I felt that was so unfair to her. She just turned 20 playing a home crowd favorite. Even barty shook her head. Although i wanted ryb to win. I'm also glad Saba won one finally
I am so so happy for Sabs. Her struggling from the yips and trying so so hard made her so endearing to me that I became such a big fan since Adelaide last year š„ŗ Also her biomechanics guy ATE like a whaleš need that man to fix Iga, Carlos and Jannikās serves lmao š
What other sports do you think might need to do that? I don't know if you know much about surfing, but depending on teh conditions it can often be more paddling, because of the longshore current, to stay in position. I used to be laid out sometimes for 5 hours when I would get home.
Do you think that would have suggest a similar buildup of lactic acid and need to bike? How much time do you have to start biking in tennis?
Yeah, probably the lack of grunting as well. Kinda like Federer (lack of grunting that is, making things not look strenuous/effortless despite the massive hitting)
US Open watch and learn how to do a proper ceremony, I still remember how cringy it was last time especially not giving them right to do free speech...
Yup, they gave them basic questions to tell few words because they were occupied with boasting that fat-ass cheque and of course definitely too much unnecessary talking nonsense. I felt like players didn't get full spotlight they deserved...
Few years ago at AO, Sabalenka got mocked by the crowd for her grunt. Last year, sis was double faulting almost triple digits in Australia. This year š
Yea. The temperament analogy is Evert va Navratilova (acknowledged as one of the greatest rivalries in sport). Chris was an ice queen and Martina was emotional af. Almost mirror image.
Itās so weird how a lot of the commentators canāt fathom someone being an introvert who doesnāt need to scream and shout during their matches š„“
If Stefanos wins. The last time in AO we had two debutant GS winners in singles was back in 1980 with Mandlikova and Teacher.
Would have thought it would have more recent but Big 3 + Williams + Hingis + Chrissie and Martina
Previous guy was a lying, selfish religious nutjob, guy before that sold out to corporate interests immediately upon getting the job and the guy before that was an alcoholic religious nutjob. Conservatives of course.
This guy is from the more left main party and at least talks some good points, but we're yet to see good action.
Today's performance from Sabalenka makes me believe she can headshot anyone in this world with forehand. Barely missed few from the middle of the 2nd set.
Lovely finals, congratulations to both ladies
that's right I am all into ATP so not following ladies that much but as far as I can remember she had issues with double faults (went for too much, at times too aggressive tennis).
This performance almost stellar (I would say controlled aggression)
What time was the first serve ? (Est) TV time said 3:30 but I don't think they started the match until after a half an hour or so right?
Now the dust has settled, I have a serious question regarding Rybakina and 3 setters which may or may not affect her upcoming season. Watching her for years now, there is a trend that has become more apparent in the past year or so and that is she has struggled to close out 3 setters. Recent examples from the top of the head: Aus Open 2023 - Lost in 3 v Sabalenka Adelaide 2023 - Lost in 3 v Kostyuk Guadalajara 2022 - Lost in 3 v Pegula Stutgarrt 2022- Lost to Badosa in 3 Canada 2022 - Lost in 3 v Gauff Silicon Valley 2022 - Lost in 3 v Kastakina The Italian Open 2022- Lost in 3 v Teichmann Eastbourne 2022 - Lost in 3 v Tsurenko French Open 2022 - Lost in 3 v Keys Coincidence or some sort of fitness or loading issue (It may even explain her sharp drop in form post Wimbledon). If a match goes 2 sets she wins a high percentage of them. The only glaring abnormalities of recent times are beating Collins x2 in Australia as well as the obvious Wimbledon breakthrough.
You can also say she loses with smaller margin than she wins. Her loses are close contests, but her wins are more one-sided.š¤·
Both too good!
Knew Aryna was going to win. I don't bet much, but I did back Aryna to win AO. Huge turn around compared to her 20+ double faults, breaking down in tears mid matches a year ago.
Why did Rybakina look happier winning runner up than winning Wimbledon š
She looked exactly the same
Right? š She smiled a lot when she was with Tofu (Dariaās dachshund) š
Laura Robson said on comms that the stats were showing these two hitting the ball faster off the ground than Tsitsipas šŖ
Unreal.
That shot of Aryna on her phone while the guy carries the huge trophy behind her is amazing haha. What a boss.
How they engrave it that quickly
She must be absolutely pumped with adrenaline right now
Double fault queen proved everyone wrong. She went from strength to strength. Poor ryba came so close. There is always next time.
She changed her serve and saw a psychologist
In the opposite order. She saw the psychologist, fired the psychologist, then worked on the physical flaws of her serve and fixed those.
I remember my very first introduction to Saba was the barty match and the crowd made fun of her grunts. I felt that was so unfair to her. She just turned 20 playing a home crowd favorite. Even barty shook her head. Although i wanted ryb to win. I'm also glad Saba won one finally
I am so so happy for Sabs. Her struggling from the yips and trying so so hard made her so endearing to me that I became such a big fan since Adelaide last year š„ŗ Also her biomechanics guy ATE like a whaleš need that man to fix Iga, Carlos and Jannikās serves lmao š
Wow I'm impressed at the cameraperson walking backwards up the stairs
I need to know what Sabalenka's victory snack was.
Why did Ryba go biking instead of just chilling? Its not recommended after such exhaustion to just stop suddenly?
You have to as a pro. Every pro does it first thing after a match. Lactic acidosis
What other sports do you think might need to do that? I don't know if you know much about surfing, but depending on teh conditions it can often be more paddling, because of the longshore current, to stay in position. I used to be laid out sometimes for 5 hours when I would get home. Do you think that would have suggest a similar buildup of lactic acid and need to bike? How much time do you have to start biking in tennis?
High-performance players in r/hockey do it unanimously.
Anything that makes your legs hurt lol. Ife baths after pro sport is becoming more common for the same reason
Cool down to get rid of lactic acid
I guess because of their blood pleasure.
No. Lactic acid
No itās recommended to do a warm down after that much physical exercise to prevent cramping etc
They all do that after a match. Itās to cool down properly.
It was so cute that Sabalenka was apologizing for her cute loud giggle. Warrior on the court, nervous wreck during the winning speech lol.
Itās okay, Rybakina has my heart and is one of my fave girls to watch now
Right? There's something about her. And her techniques doesn't look strenuous for someone to hits biiiig
Yeah, probably the lack of grunting as well. Kinda like Federer (lack of grunting that is, making things not look strenuous/effortless despite the massive hitting)
The AO women trophy will never not be beautiful. It's even prettier than the men one.
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I love this out of womenās tennis right now. Looking forward to seeing it on the menās side soon too.
I hope Rybakina wins another Slam, she was so close today.
She will. As will Saba. They will dominate
Can definitely see Sabalenka or Rybakina winning a second slam this year. Hoping for it actually
Sabalenka, warrior on court. Off court, giggling goofball.
I love her so much!
Barring injury, Iām pretty sure these two will be the odds on favorites at both Wimbledon and the US Open later this year.
Iga has a tough time ahead of her.
She does. If she wants to stay on top she needs to get a serve
Depends a lot on form coming into the tournaments. Iga is definitely going to have a real challenge keeping her No.1 rank till end of the season.
Rybaekina is such a sweetheart. Very humble in defeat and all smiles. She's so awesome!
Sheās happy to get the ranking points she deserved for Wimbledon
Couldnāt serve last year, hitting 187km first serves the next I need that type of glow up
Her fastest serve was 192k/h
RTX on on those trophies
Didnāt realize Ryba is taller than Saba
Lil Sabs is so giggly
US Open watch and learn how to do a proper ceremony, I still remember how cringy it was last time especially not giving them right to do free speech...
I missed the USO. They couldn't give free speeches? Was it just an interview?
Yup, they gave them basic questions to tell few words because they were occupied with boasting that fat-ass cheque and of course definitely too much unnecessary talking nonsense. I felt like players didn't get full spotlight they deserved...
Sound's like an American event for sure. Hopefully they take note from the AO.
Exactly it's just american way of doing things which I personally dont like too much but you cant say it is a good/bad thing š¤·āāļø
It's almost a blessing that Sabalenka didn't win a slam during her Tursunov era.
Can I have her team to fix my ongoing downs please
watch out for ACertainTrendingFrog in the slams next year
These players have their customary thanks in winning speeches so memorized, she thanked line umpires out of habit lol.
Habit? Or nervousness?
She meant Penko, maybe ;)
Penko would have batted for the line umpires instead of thanking them out of habit. Only because she can be mad at real people instead of a machine
I meant Penko was acting like a line umpire by questioning Skynet all the time.
Few years ago at AO, Sabalenka got mocked by the crowd for her grunt. Last year, sis was double faulting almost triple digits in Australia. This year š
Well-deserved!!!!
Glad I skipped my weekend afternoon nap for this.
Her love for her team is great to see.
Sheās really lovely and humble, Iām happy for her
Do they get to take the trophy home and have to bring it back, or do they have all the names engraved on new trophies each year?
They get a smaller replica. I think Nadal got a full-size trophy when he won his 10th RG.
AO better have a full size trophy ready already cos the benchmark has been set by the French
They get a replica
They get a smaller replica. Daphne doesn't travel
I thought they started giving full size replicas? Federer got one in 2017 or 2018
Daphne > Venus Rosewater Dish Very hot take
Aryana 
What a refreshing final that was! Petition for Aryna and Elena to play the next 10 GS finals.
Perfect rivals
Yea. The temperament analogy is Evert va Navratilova (acknowledged as one of the greatest rivalries in sport). Chris was an ice queen and Martina was emotional af. Almost mirror image.
Elena is gorgeous š
Gay man here, can confirm
Absolutely 
So humble too
So happy for sabs though I love ryba
I need Sabalenkaās biomechanics coach to fix my life for me too š©
Hopefully Sabalenka can play Wimbledon.
That was a very wholesome speech from both players, nice to see the respect.
It really was a good atmosphere; bless you, AO crowd.
She thanked the line umpires xDD
She must be referring to Penko, lol.
Ostapenko would never
I will never not laugh at this
Thatās a fucking huge trophy
You can see in their speeches that Sabalenka and Rybakina really respect each other.
Ryba what a smile š
theyāre so wholesome
Shoutout to the line umpires
I love these two
That's my thoughts. I love both. Looking forward to seeing them compete in the future. The start of a long-rivalry.
Nice shoutout to the ball kids
Congratulations saba you can see what it means
Winning Adelaide 1 seems to be the hack to winning the AO
Tsitsipas is in trouble then.
Thanasi when
Djokovic won Adelaide 1 and will go on to win AO23
When they hold an Australian Open 2. He did win the doubles last year though...
Do you reckon Aryna would consider dating an idiot who works in retail
I mean you never know but I think sheās been with her coach for a few years now
Itās so weird how a lot of the commentators canāt fathom someone being an introvert who doesnāt need to scream and shout during their matches š„“
Hereās hoping that the rest of 2023 tennis is as good as this final. Now somebody better get Rybakina some ice cream and a puppy puddle.
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Cheeky
Her girlfriend
Didnāt she say āIām sure he is watchingā?
Haha yep. But did I miss something? (Previous context re:girlfriend?)
Absolute queen
Covers all possibilities
itās ok elena i still love you
omg not the kazakh president being at rod laver tonight
The tennis federation president
Borat?
Rybakina š„°
I hope Imhotep isn't going to be too hard on Elena :(
Yes I would marry ryba ā¤ļøā¤ļø
Aryna has not lost a match this season yet!
If Stefanos wins. The last time in AO we had two debutant GS winners in singles was back in 1980 with Mandlikova and Teacher. Would have thought it would have more recent but Big 3 + Williams + Hingis + Chrissie and Martina
I want Stefanos to win so he can get his wish to see Margot at one of his matches. Mans shot his shot on national TV and I'm here for it.
Saba gonna end up preggers soon, AO champion pregnancy curse
Fuck imagine the scenes if Margaret Court rolls out and smashes King with the chair
Book the Australian open like itās WWE
With stone colds Music?
Nah, definitely right to censor theme and a massive boo reaction.
Nah sheās definitely 2000s triple h
Yes let's talk about the original 7 or 9
I loved when the commentator started discussing them at 3-3 in the final set. Perfect time for a history lesson.
Yes I havenāt heard about them enough
Jane Herd-LICKER.
Oh is this the sponsor that gives a Shakespeare monologue and thinks she's the star of the show. Oy vey I hate these parts of trophy presentations.
Ryba so classy even in defeat
Iām still so stressed! The match is over wtf
This hrdlicka lady really loves the sound of her own voice
I seem to recall she was booed (or the crowd booed during her speaking) a few years ago.
I remember that too
I suppose Australians like their new PM more than the last few.
Previous guy was a lying, selfish religious nutjob, guy before that sold out to corporate interests immediately upon getting the job and the guy before that was an alcoholic religious nutjob. Conservatives of course. This guy is from the more left main party and at least talks some good points, but we're yet to see good action.
he hasnt been there long enough to be hated yet. Just wait for a few more rate rises.
The world being introduced to our 'acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land' - a expression of tokenism that means nothing in practice.
This the Australian or US open LOL
Now I just need Ons and Garcia to win their maiden GS and I'm good for the decade.
Iāll cry like a baby when Ons wins. Hopefully it happens at Wimbledon!
Is it Elena like Jelena or without the āJā?
Yelena. Idk why Russian gets transliterated like that but its the same with Evgenia, ekaterina etc, all have the y sound at the beginning
So sick of seeing Billy Jean king
She's a queen.
Oh god that I remember this lady. She talks as if the entire crowd are lower class peasants who are lucky to be in her presence.
Nailed it
BJK looking baller AF
Billy Jean King is in the rare category of people who can probably command receiving a standing ovation going to the supermarket.
Makes me so happy to see some real competition coming through for Iga Swiatek
Gives you an idea of how much Australians like their new PM lol
Booing the PM is a national tradition
Sounds like the cheers won out
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Go check your eyes man
Purple and green has nothing to do with Ukraine. Are you colour blind?
Today's performance from Sabalenka makes me believe she can headshot anyone in this world with forehand. Barely missed few from the middle of the 2nd set. Lovely finals, congratulations to both ladies
She always could, but her main issue has always been mental. Hopefully, she passed that hurdle now
that's right I am all into ATP so not following ladies that much but as far as I can remember she had issues with double faults (went for too much, at times too aggressive tennis). This performance almost stellar (I would say controlled aggression)
Ay PM Albanese in the house! Him and Crowe must be best Rabbitohs buddies.
Cheering a PM is rare
I mean when the current pm is actually competent and actually does shit for the country. Deservedly so.
One of the best women's grand slam finals I've watched in a while. Reminds me Clijsters vs Li Na
How I miss Clijstersā¦
Billie Jean King the Queen!
always stresses me out how long the aus open trophy presentation goes for lmfao
I admire Billie Jean King's glasses collection. She's got a pair to match every outfit.
And fat Russel Crowe
His weight is none of your concern.
Great match and a cool 3 million $ for the winner. Well done.
After all this, I really hope the journalists stick to tennis related questions in the presser.
First time an Aussie PM hasn't been bood in my memory
He grew up in public housing. He gets a pass.
Albo being cheered instead of being booed - thereās a first for a PM.
Lol PM got a huge cheer. Dutton in shambles
What's Dutton got to do with anything?
Please can we have Ash hand over the trophy
Prime Minister in the house?
Great performance. Sad for Ryba but Sabalenka too good today.
Canāt wait to nearly have a heart attack again tomorrow night
Iga, Saba and Ryba - could there be a big 3 in women's tennis? I hope so.
I hate the term Big 3. It can't be used for everything lol