Tennis Discussion Thread

And now into the final .
Her semi final opponent Eva Lys retired ill with Kartal leading 5-1 in the first set.

The Briton will face Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia in the title match.

Sonay Kartal is a WTA tour champion.
She has beaten Rebecca Sramkova 6-3 7-5 to win the Jasmin Open. Congrats to her.

Up to #96 in the rankings. Well done indeed.

Emma Raducanu doing OK this week, into the quarter-finals of the Korea Open

Faces top seed Daria Kasatkina next.
A real test of the Raducanu game.
Hopefully she stands up to it.

In the end Raducanu retired injured when trailing by a set with a foot injury .

A pity, but otherwise a good week.

Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from tennis

His last match will be in the final of the Davis Cup.

Another of the ATGs gone Well done, though.

His record of 14 French Open Wins 'will probably never be broken' acccording to former British No.1 Greg Rusedski.
In paing tribute to Rafa I think his greatest asset along with how graceful he was around the court is he coupled it with a humility the kept his feet on the ground. I can oly imagine how many more titles & Slams he could have won had he not had the injuries.

I do hope the French Open organisers will mark his acheivemernts in some way and I think it is s nice touch that he is retiring after the Davis Cup Final and in some ways too it is a shame he couldn't retire at the Roland Garros.

Enjoy your deserved retirement Rafa, your tenacity, your exciting style of play, and your sportsmanship will be very much missed . It now sees Djokovic as the last player still active from that era and we should look back on this Tennis' greatest era in the modern game.