Oh God....

 

Korda should have opted for a game of golf...

 

Why didn't Sebastian just try to hit 145~ kph average FHs if he was injured ? Not to mention injuries obviously get better the more you play and the harder you go, if Djokovic's injury is anything to go by. How stupid is Korda. He retired for no reason, he would have bageled Khachanov in the 5th set with how injuries work.

 

Your signature describes you own situation perfectly.

 

Its a shame to see Korda get injured like that. The match looked quite competitive prior to it, but I suspected that Khachanov might be the favourite considering the conditions. He really does well in indoor hard court conditions. Will be interesting to see what conditions the semifinal will be played in. If its played under a closed roof he has a good chance of making the final. If not, then I'm not sure if he will make it considering the fact that he could potentially face Tsitsipas.

 

Its a shame to see Korda get injured like that. The match looked quite competitive prior to it, but I suspected that Khachanov might be the favourite considering the conditions. He really does well in indoor hard court conditions. Will be interesting to see what conditions the semifinal will be played in. If its played under a closed roof he has a good chance of making the final.

I was thinking along similar lines, remembering how well Khachanov played when winning the Paris masters title. Out of curiosity I checked his win percentage statistics, expecting to see better results indoors. To my surprise it turned out he has a much better win percentage on outdoor hardcourt than on indoor hardcourt.

 

This result just blows Istg. Poor Seb injured and tired whilst Karen plays hopeless Nishioka.

In all seriousness, he's a talented guy who works hard- he deserves the SF spot.

 

The ATP tour doing its best impression of the WTA tour this AO.

 

18th seed beats 29th seed, this wasn't that unexpected

 

 

Now also Radek trying to take his girl?

Or is that his sister?

 

Meddy and Hurkacz for R3 and R4 is rough business, so not surprised Seb was out of gas

 

No words, felt like Khachanov had the upper hand in this matchup, but not in 3 straight sets... very unfortunate the way it happened.

 

Should have just lost to Hurkacz. lol.

 

What happened to Korda?

Back-to-back grand slam semi-finals for Karen. Tough for Kubler to get him in R2.

 

What happened to Korda?

Back-to-back grand slam semi-finals for Karen. Tough for Kubler to him in R2.

Wrist injury

 

These youngsters got ways to go in terms of endurance. With a whole different culture and priorities, not to mention social media and distractions, I really wonder if any of them will find a way to get to that champion level. He really would have to be a mental freak of nature in this cultural environment.

 

This talentless cuck is in another slam SF….. Does AO know they would save so many people’s time and prevent further player injuries by just giving Pencilhead the trophy?

 

But Khachanov has now made Consecutive grand slam semi finals!. at same point you got to give Khachanov credit for being elite player.

Remember Khachanov beat Djokovic in the 2018 Paris final and run Nadal close in new York.

 

Congratulations Khachanov consecutive GS semi finals very underrated player has the game to win slams and other big titles.

Khachanov nice classy I like him always have hopefully he make Tsitsipas work for the win.

As for korda great Tournament for him he's good on clay maybe deep run where as well.

 

Good work Karen. No Korda given, none taken.

 

It is pretty odd Korda didn't go ballbashing mode, but some of the commentators did notice that Korda's strategy was kinda conservative, not trying to get the initative, so it seems that nature is something Korda has to adjust a bit. That being said it started tight, and it did seem Korda was nervy at the start while Khachanov was pretty contained and focused. Still Korda fought and pushed it to a TB, but Khachanov was just better overall there. Great effort by Khachanov though, especially his improvements in the BH side (apparently having the most BH winners this fortnight). Has a pretty meh draw admittedly although he did beat Tiafoe but he IMO had been playing like maybe Top 12 player. Impressive for him to reach back-to-back Slam SFs now and hopefully that motivates him to push to the Top 8. He said he "reinvented" himself so I wonder what more observant posters here can tell what his big changes are...

 

Disappointing end to the tournament for Korda but still a breakout for him with two top 10 wins.

I underestimated Karen here and he's been very solid in the last 2 slams. Lopsided H2H against likely SF opponent Tsitsi but this would be the stage to show his mettle with a chance at a first slam final.

 

I see Radek is still at it.

 

You would too.

 

Very solid play from Karen several matches in a row.

Won't be a walk in the park for Tsitsi.

 

200+ matches in all draws and this is the first retirement of the tournament , wow

Correct me if I am wrong

 

Khach now the 3rd fav. Apparently FanDuel under the impression that Chardy recently lost to just now take him off the board. 🤔

 

Khach now the 3rd fav. Apparently FanDuel under the impression that Chardy recently lost to just now take him off the board. 🤔

That of course takes into account that he has one match less left to play than everyone else. Rublev will be ahead of him, should he beat Djokovic. Paul/Lehecka/Shelton will remain behind him even after winning the QF.

 

No surprises here. Korda hasn't been healthy/injury free for more than 3 months at a time since his breakthru at Delray and Miami in 2021.

 

Excellent result and totally expected. Khachanov underrated as usual.

 

I remember Khachanov against Alcaraz in Hamburg how he looked so helpless like Wawrinka against Baldy in RG17 and now he plays Sissypas for a GS final lmao what a 6 months man.

 

Classy exchange between these two, following Korda's retirement.