The Barty Party

[Mav]

The crowd is definitely cheering louder when Pliskova wins a point, they dont like us convicts.

All tennis crowds cheer for another set.

Great performance. But I wonder why someone who is so freakishly blessed with hand/eye coordination doesn’t have a topspin backhand. Maybe her ability to win without one emphasises what a competitor she is.

[capcom]

That ended up a fine match.  Ash just wore her down.  Take a bow young lady !!

[Gointocarlton]

That ended up a fine match.  Ash just wore her down.  Take a bow young lady !!

Indeed a thriller, both ladies fought it right out.

[capcom]

I can see a new uncirculated carded 50 cent coin coming with the Wimbledon ladies plate as the central piece.  The RAM know how to cash in on anything commercial.

[LP]

Not a big fan of tennis in general but I don't mind watching closely matched top seeds as long as there is little grunting.

From what I can see the Aust Open is following the global pandemic trend and greatly favouring players who have had the better run-in preparation regardless of seeding.

The pandemic seems to be the great leveller!

[Baggers]

Not a big fan of tennis in general but I don't mind watching closely matched top seeds as long as there is little grunting.

We may be brothers, Spotted One. Exactly the same here. If the grunting starts, the channel is changed or the teev is muted.

[LP]

What a great final, either would have been worthy winners.

Barty is pure professional, one of the best I've ever seen, a lot of men should be taking notes!

[capcom]

Collins would have been a worthy winner?  Wasn't she 5 - 1 up in the second set?  Barty killed her.

[Baggers]

What a great final, either would have been worthy winners.

Barty is pure professional, one of the best I've ever seen, a lot of men should be taking notes!

Yep, ripper final. That fight back from the Barty was sensational. Both their media speeches post game were all class... Collins admitted she'd have to add more variety to her game, which she acknowledged that the Barty has. Nice touch from TA having Yvonne ready to present... they were due to get something right

[LP]

Yep, ripper final. That fight back from the Barty was sensational. Both their media speeches post game were all class... Collins admitted she'd have to add more variety to her game, which she acknowledged that the Barty has. Nice touch from TA having Yvonne ready to present... they were due to get something right

[member=61]Baggers[/member] Yes it's funny, watching I could almost sense Collins learning on the run, she knew what she needed to do to compete but seemed resigned to not being able to implement it on the fly, yet she never gave up. With good fortune she probably has a long career and retires with a brace of titles, most do not realise it was Collins first ever grand slam final.

At one stage it looked like Collins had overcome, but Courier and Dokic kept telling us momentum would swing, but it was hard for non-tennis fans to see that happening in the moment. But the experts were right, you can't beat the math and all things return to baseline sooner or later. Courier asserted the test wouldn't be if it happened, but if when it happened could Barty take advantage. Could she take it, she slayed it!

At the very end we momentarily saw the inner beast, watching the footage Barty said "That's not me!", but it is and it sort of explains why she is different now to when she first played.

For me, Barty is uber professional, she exhibits the best traits of her various opponents and reminds me of Borg and a mature Fedora. For a Sci Fi reference, maybe without being an evil version she is Women's tennis version of "The Borg", learning from every opponent and returning fire!