For whatever reason
I would say Wimbledon 2014 lots of dull matches
I would say Wimbledon 2014 lots of dull matches
Whats the worst tennis tournament you have ever seen?
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Can'tcun Fyre Festival was the worst top event I can remember, it was like a slapstick comedy.
Otherwise, events where there are so many walkovers and retirements in the final stages that the tournament becomes a complete joke. I once went to Eastbourne and it was semis, and one semi involving La Woz was a walkover and the other was a retirement, so they had to put on a scratch exhibition doubles to give people something to see. That is probably the worst that I have seen live, also seven games of Seles v Schultz McCarthy before rain stopped play all day.
The night matches at RG this year were a low, many were feeble and one sided. One was over so quick, there was still a non night match on Lenglen or Simonne Mathieu that was still going on when it finished.
Otherwise, events where there are so many walkovers and retirements in the final stages that the tournament becomes a complete joke. I once went to Eastbourne and it was semis, and one semi involving La Woz was a walkover and the other was a retirement, so they had to put on a scratch exhibition doubles to give people something to see. That is probably the worst that I have seen live, also seven games of Seles v Schultz McCarthy before rain stopped play all day.
The night matches at RG this year were a low, many were feeble and one sided. One was over so quick, there was still a non night match on Lenglen or Simonne Mathieu that was still going on when it finished.
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First week of Wimbledon 2007 takes the laurels.
At one point we were judging the relative skills of the ground staff on the different courts based on their ability to get the rain covers on and then off and back on, then off and so on ad infinitum!!
As can be imagined, the tennis was poor, to put it mildly. We actually got a partial refund on the Friday.
At one point we were judging the relative skills of the ground staff on the different courts based on their ability to get the rain covers on and then off and back on, then off and so on ad infinitum!!
As can be imagined, the tennis was poor, to put it mildly. We actually got a partial refund on the Friday.
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I hate the night match situation, it's a scam. I will only attend tournaments where you get to see all the matches without buying separate tickets.
Me too or I pick the best court where I can get a full day's play on that court. The only time I went to the USO in 2004, I picked Louis Armstrong for that reason over Ashe and the last times I went to RG it was before the night matches started. The only point going to night matches is if you live and work in that city and want to go after work to see a match, but I would rather take the whole day off if I had the chance and see a whole day's play, at least you hope to see a selection of matches and at least 1-2 good ones as well as 1-2 so so or duds.
Ningbo last year. 28 player draw: 7 LL’s and 6 qualifiers. Krej retired in the QF, then both Badosa & Muchova did likewise in their SF matches.
The whole of Asia swing was weird last year. Never seen so many withdrawals from tournaments. If I remember correctly, there was exactly 20 from Beijing.
The whole of Asia swing was weird last year. Never seen so many withdrawals from tournaments. If I remember correctly, there was exactly 20 from Beijing.
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Players spooked by the fear enhanced supervision of “bodily fluids” in the wake of IgaSinnergate?
(Which was apparently already rumoured at the time.)
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Iga’s case hadn’t come out at this point, so I doubt it. All I know is the Asian Swing last year allowed some players to get a lot of very soft points. Par for the course there will be more withdrawals at this time of the year, but it was a whole different level in 2024 compared to normal.
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You mean to say that you have problems recovering from that. I can understand it, knowing your resentments. That dreadful Amanda, how could she do it? Beat Aryna in the semi and then eat two bagels from Iga's hand in the final! Iga's 62 60 against Bencic in their semi must have been painful too.Tennis will never fully recover from this year's Wimbledon
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One of the strangest tournaments (at the time) has to be RG 2020. Played in October, empty stands, big names either pulling out or flopping early on. And of course Iga has backed up that win very well in the last 5 years, but at the time she was a completely random champion. Didn’t she lose to Rus the week before?
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AO 2017
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Actually all COVID slams felt..wrong.
USO 2020 literally had the #8 in the draw as #16 in the actual ranking and AO the year after was the whole gate with specific time for the bubble and all IIRC. RG was taking the cherry on top with the combination with the rainy weather. And, of course, Azarenka for the infamous quote in the lines of "we are not going to wait like ducks in the rain" and then she left before even the umpire annouced interruption of the match.
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Can’t name one but it surely has to be some from the transition era (post 2016 and before the rise of Iga and Sabalenka) when WTA draws were falling apart more often than not, when you’d have like 6 of the top 8 seeds losing by R3.
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Lyon 2023 
The final should be erased from the record books
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2023 stands out. Prob worst 1000 in history.
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Why you going against God's will?Lyon 2023
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