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  • Paris Olympics Tennis

    This year's Paris Olympics are about to start, with tennis returning to Roland Garros clay.

    The Olympic web site's section on tennis is at this link. The complete tennis schedule including court-specific streams and TV listings for US coverage is on the NBC TV site.

    Here are the TV providers worldwide: "MRHs include Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, CBC in Canada, CCTV in People's Republic of China, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand, SuperSport in South Africa, NBC in the United States, and Discovery Eurosport across Europe, alongside France T?l?visions in France, ARD/ZDF in Germany, and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, among others.​

    Olympic tennis will be played from July 27 to August 4, although the Olympics continues to the 10th. There is a full slate of men's, women's singles and doubles, men's, women's and mixed. The rules for qualifying are complex, but start out based on rankings in the ATP and WTA.​

    TV Coverage: In the US will be spread across multiple NBC channels: CNBC, USA Network, E!. There will be live coverage of tennis on these dates:

    Women's doubles: Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, August 4

    Men's doubles: Saturday, July 27 to Saturday, August 3

    Women's singles: Saturday, July 27 to Saturday, August 3

    Men's singles: Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, August 4

    Mixed doubles: Wednesday, July 31 to Friday, August 2



    Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, NBC app, NBC Olympics app.

    NBC promises that you can watch EVERY event at the 2024 Paris Olympics live by subscribing to Peacock, at this link to PeacockTV.com/Olympics, or in an app on your mobile device or smart TV. Replays of events will be at NBCOlympics.comReplays.hub or try this link. This page has the NBC Olympics sport schedule.

    Peacock is promising innovations including the ability to watch multiple events simultaneously and switch between windows. Also, we can hope that tennis will be included in Peacock efforts to use AI to compile highlight videos with voice-overs from a computer-generated Al Michaels (his voice synthesized under license rather than stolen in Open AI style).
    Last edited by jimlosaltos; 07-21-2024, 08:07 AM.

  • #2
    The US Olympic tennis team comprises 11 players, with several of the top-ranked skipping to prep for US Open hard courts.

    Team USA Tennis

    Coco Gauff
    Jessica Pegula
    Danielle Collins
    Emma Navarro
    Desirae Krawczyk

    Taylor Frtiz
    Tommy Paul
    Chris Eubanks
    Marcos Giron
    Rajeev Ram
    Austin Krajicek

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    • #3
      To get you in the mood, Here's one of my favorite images from Olympic tennis, this with the Tokyo gold medal, mixed doubles team of Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova, as Andrey pulled up after nearly beheading his partner.

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      Last edited by jimlosaltos; 07-21-2024, 08:08 AM.

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      • #4
        Here are today's betting odds on Olympic tennis via BETUS:

        If Sir Andy Murray won his 3 Olympic gold it would truly be historic, not to mention a huge pay out <g>

        Olympics Tennis Outrights : Tennis Men

        Sun, Aug 04, 2024 EST
        ROT TO WIN OUTRIGHT OLYMPICS 2024 TENNIS MEN SINGLE MONEYLINE
        51001 Carlos Alcaraz +165
        51002 Novak Djokovic +300
        51003 Jannik Sinner +275
        51004 Rafael Nadal +800
        51005 Alexander Zverev +500
        51006 Holger Rune +2500
        51007 Daniil Medvedev +2500
        51008 Andrey Rublev +2800
        51009 Casper Ruud +1100
        51010 Stefano Tsitsipas +2000
        51011 Alex De Minaur +2500
        51012 Felix Auger Aliassime +10000
        51013 Grigor Dimitrov +8000
        51014 Taylor Fritz +15000
        51015 Hubert Hurkacz +8000
        51016 Andy Murray +5000​

        Olympics Tennis Outrights : Tennis Women
        Sun, Aug 04, 2024 EST
        ROT TO WIN OUTRIGHT OLYMPICS 2024 TENNIS WOMEN SINGLE MONEYLINE
        51101 Iga Swiatek -190
        51103 Coco Gauff +500
        51104 Elena Rybakina +900
        51105 Marketa Vondrousova +1200
        51106 Mirra Andreeva +1400
        51107 Zheng Qinwen +1800
        51110 Jelena Ostapenko +2500
        51112 Barbora Krejcikova +3300
        51113 Maria Sakkari +3300
        51114 Elina Svitolina +3300
        51115 Beatriz Haddad Maia +4000
        51115 Naomi Osaka +1600
        51118 Danielle Collins +2500
        51119 Jasmine Paolini +4000
        51120 Jessica Pegula +5000
        51121 Caroline Garcia +5000
        51123 Linda Noskova +5000​

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        • #5
          The "Defending" Champs, aka medalists from the Tokyo Olympics are:

          Men's Singles:
          Zverev
          Khachanov
          Carreno Busta

          Women's Singles:
          Belinda Bencic
          Markets Vondrousova
          Svitolina

          Men's Doubles
          Metic/Pavic
          Cilic/Dodig
          Venus/Daniell

          Mixed
          Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev
          Vesnina/Karatsev
          Peers/Barty


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          • #6
            One reigning medalist already out:

            "Marketa Vondrousova, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist, has withdrawn from the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics due to a hand injury. Vondrousova cited ongoing hand issues preventing her participation. Poland's Hubert Hurkacz also withdrew due to a knee injury sustained at Wimbledon.​

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            • #7

              Olympic Tennis Entry List by Country

              Full list at this link, select countries here: Greece, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain

              Spain

              Men's Singles: Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

              Men's Doubles: Carlos Alcaraz-Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta-Marcel Granollers

              Women's Singles: Sara Sorribes Tormo, Cristina Bucsa

              Women's Doubles: Sara Sorribes Tormo-Cristina Bucsa


              Italy

              Men's Singles: Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi

              Men's Doubles: Jannik Sinner-Lorenzo Musetti, Andrea Vavassori-Simone Bolelli

              Women's Singles: Jasmine Paolini, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Lucia Bronzetti

              Women's Doubles: Jasmine Paolini-Sara Errani, Elisabetta Cocciaretto-Lucia Bronzetti


              France

              Men's Singles: Ugo Humbert, Gael Monfils, Arthur Fils, Corentin Moutet

              Men's Doubles: Ugo Humbert-Arthur Fils, Edouard Roger-Vasselin-Fabien Reboul

              Women's Singles: Caroline Garcia, Clara Burel, Diane Parry, Varvara Gracheva

              Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia-Diane Parry, Clara Burel-Varvara Gracheva

              Germany

              Men's Singles: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer, Maximilian Marterer* (replaced Kwon Soonwoo of Korea Republic)

              Men's Doubles: Jan-Lennard Struff-Dominik Koepfer, Kevin Krawietz-Tim Puetz

              Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber, Tatjana Maria, Tamara Korpatsch, Laura Siegemund

              Women's Doubles: Angelique Kerber-Laura Siegemund, Tatjana Maria-Tamara Korpatsch

              Great Britain

              Men's Singles: Cameron Norrie, Jack Draper, Daniel Evans, Andy Murray (ITF place)

              Men's Doubles: Daniel Evans-Andy Murray, Joe Salisbury-Neal Skupski

              Women's Singles: Katie Boulter

              Women's Doubles: Katie Boulter-Heather Watson

              Greece

              Men's Singles: Stefanos Tsitsipas

              Men's Doubles: Stefanos Tsitsipas-Petros Tsitsipas

              Women's Singles: Maria Sakkari

              Women's Doubles: Maria Sakkari-Despina Papamichail​

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              • #8
                Coco Gauff is voted the flag bearer for the USA Olympics team. She and Taylor Fritz also just announced in mixed doubles.

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                • #9
                  This is insane

                  Men's Top 4 seeds and their combined h2h against each other on CLAY:

                  Djokovic 2-3
                  Alcaraz 4-2
                  Zverev 2-6
                  Medvedev 3-0

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                  • #10
                    That explains Wimby semi

                    Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the 2024 Paris Olympics with tonsillitis.

                    The Italian world No. 1, who was top seed in both the men’s singles and the men’s doubles, claimed that doctors had “strongly advised” him not to play after coming down with the illness.
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                    • #11
                      Andy Murray withdraws from singles but is still entered in doubles.

                      Holger Rune is also out, citing a long-term wrist injury.
                      Last edited by jimlosaltos; 07-25-2024, 08:33 AM.

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                      • #12
                        Here are the mixed doubles pairings and seedings.

                        One online thread debates a nickname for Zheng & Zhang. One is "ZZZ". I propose ZZ Top, but I suppose that's a bit dated. Simply, Zheng & Zhang, which has a yin-yang ring seems good?

                        Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev (Germany) [1]
                        Coco Gauff / Taylor Fritz (USA) [2]
                        Ellen Perez / Matthew Ebden (Australia) [3]
                        Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) [4]
                        Gabriela Dabrowski / Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
                        Sara Errani / Andrea Vavassori (Italy)
                        Sara Sorribes Tormo / Marcel Granollers (Spain)
                        Elena Rybakina / Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
                        Donna Vekic / Mate Pavic (Croatia)
                        Caroline Garcia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
                        Mirra Andreeva / Daniil Medvedev
                        Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen (China)
                        Katerina Siniakova / Tomas Machac (Czech Republic)
                        Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)
                        Heather Watson / Joe Salisbury (Great Britain)
                        Ena Shibahara / Kei Nishikori (Japan)​

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                        • #13
                          The tennis draws are at this link on the Olympic site.

                          Rafa & Novak would meet in the second round. Rafa has won 8 of their 10 matches at Roland Garros, most recently in 2022.

                          Again, with Sinner pulling out due to Tonsillitis that hit him at Wimbledon, Alcaraz and Novak could not meet prior to the finals.

                          In women's singles Coco and Iga are on opposite sides, just like the Wimbledon draw -- where neither seed made the finals.

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                          • #14
                            Seems almost unreal Novak and Rafa are slated to meet in round two. On current form I'm backing Novak to win that one if they both get through their first round matches.
                            Stotty

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by stotty View Post
                              Seems almost unreal Novak and Rafa are slated to meet in round two. On current form I'm backing Novak to win that one if they both get through their first round matches.
                              Yes, the tennis deities of Stad Roland Garros are being unkind to Rafa - Zverev in the first round at the French then potentially Djoko in the second round for the Olympics.

                              Doesn't quite seem right. Not sure if using his protected ranking would have helped him here but he needed that for US Open entry.

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