#Vukic

[xenomorfoalieno]

DIO, PATRIA E...

[muirneach]

do you want to be in stress city just watch two concurrent tiebreaks. carlos was up 5-2 and vukic dragged him to a tiebreak which carlos fairly handedly won but there were some scares. daniil was down 3-0 and managed to drag himself towards a tiebreak in which he was once again down 3-0 and finally nail bitingly won it at 7-5. never become a sports fan it is terrible on your heart

[stateofsport211]

📸 ATP official website

Finally willing to grind it out in the Challengers to rebuild his ranking on his favorite grass season, former World No. 10 Denis Shapovalov took on seventh seed Aleksandar Vukic for a spot in the second round. Sharpness would also be necessary for one to stand out in this match, which could be tricky but possible, depending on their point construction and pacing.

Even if Shapo had a backhand pass somewhere before A. Vukic held his serves to 1-1, the Canadian started to have a trouble in his second serves as he frequently double-faulted in this game, followed by some erratic showings where the seventh seed turned out to redirect more from his forehand side to secure his break to 2-1. Subsequently, A. Vukic consolidated his lead to 3-1.

Maintaining his point construction as concise as possible, the Australian seventh seed then saw an opportunity to break for the first set thanks to his slight sharpness. After firing a close-call backhand, which turned out to be in, for a crucial equalizer to 5-3* 30-30, he successfully converted his set point made due to Shapo's unforced error with an intuitive volley to break for the first set 6-3, setting himself a set ahead in this match.

[mousemannation]

i have suffered more at the hands of tiebreaks than jesus ever did

[seggarckollekcio]

[politikapolka]

Vukics Ferenc, #muszkavezető alezredes és hazaárulás specialista #patrió...

Vukics Ferenc alezredes, a "Specialista"

A Patrióta Nógradi Györgye, egy kis Nostradamussal és Georg Spöttlével fűszerezve, természetesen análszonda nélkül. A puskaport sohasem szagolt nyuggerbácsi jövőbelátásban és a jóslásban is remekel, természetesen nem ingyen. Muszkavezetést is vállal, természetesen. Fiatal még és kell a pénz meg a fontoskodás a boomernek.

Tömeggyilkos faktor: 1/10, alacsony. Majd ha írásos parancsot kap, három gépelt példányban.

[partybarty]

Rinky Hijikata has qualified for Indian Wells.

[fritzes]

Toronto 2023 aka one of the most bizarre tournaments of the entire season

Even Daniil winning Rome has nothing on this chaos:

First, let us take a look at some of the seeds in this tournament. Casper Ruud is the third seed, having just flopped his way through the entirety of grass season and getting bageled in the final of a clay 250. Fourth and fifth seeds are Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune - we'll get to them later. The tenth seed is Félix Auger-Aliassime, who has only managed to hold onto his spot because most of his points are from the end of the season. For reasons inexplicable to me, Cameron Norrie is the eleventh seed. Borna Coric, holding on to his Cincinnati points, is the fourteenth seed.

In round one, lucky loser Vukic immediately upsets Coric 6-2 6-3. Qualifier Purcell takes out FAA 6-4 6-4. Milos Raonic, given a wildcard into his home tournament, beats tenth seed Frances Tiafoe in a tight match in which there was a ton of drama about what areas of the net it is acceptable to touch and win a point. Speaking of Canadian wildcards, Diallo beats Evans, who had just won Washington the week before. And finally, Alex de Minaur (we'll be seeing a lot of him) beats Norrie in a comfortable 7-5 6-4.

In round two, the top seeds come in and a lot of them immediately head out. Fifth seed Holger Rune, about to enter a massive flop era, loses to qualifier Giron in three sets. Tsitsipas gets crushed by Monfils 6-4 6-3. Vukic continues his run by beating Korda in an extremely close match. With the exact same scoreline as Tsitsipas, sixth seed Andrey Rublev loses to McDonald. Thirteenth seed Zverev is utterly destroyed by Davidovich Fokina 6-1 6-2.

Now into the third round, newly crowned Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz loses the first set to Hubi Hurkacz. And, in true Hurkacz fashion, the next two sets go to tiebreaks, both of which Carlos wins handily. Vukic's crazy run is finally ended by Monfils. And Davidovich Fokina continues to show no mercy to top seeds as he takes out Casper. Now, it seems like Alex de Minaur is down and out, seeing as he is down 1-5 against eighth seed Taylor Fritz. But then he wins a game. And then another. And then another. Yes, he somehow manages to win the set and ends up breadsticking Fritz to win the match.

So into the quarterfinals we go. Carlos Alcaraz's streak, starting all the way at Queen's Club, comes to an end as he loses to the inconsistent roller coaster of a player that is Tommy Paul. Davidovich Fokina just keeps winning and beats McDonald 6-4 6-2. And again, it seems like Alex is done for, down 2-5 against Daniil Medvedev. But what do you know: he wins a game. And another. And another. Alex de Minaur does it again and wins the match in straight sets.

In the semifinals, he keeps his momentum going and beats Davidovich Fokina 6-1 6-3. Amidst all this chaos, Alex de Minaur has pulled off numerous feats of excellence and is surely on his way to a title.

But there's one top seed left.

To say that Jannik Sinner cruised through this tournament is almost an understatement. He only lost one set, and he was gifted a walkover in the third round. Tommy Paul, who just beat Alcaraz? Jannik beats him handily, 6-4 6-4.

Alex's reward for his incredible run is a final against someone he is 0-4 against, an in the near future would be 0-7 against.

Before his miracle run ever sprang from that fateful bin, Jannik Sinner emerged from this insane tournament as the winner. And a few months later, it paled in comparison to everything he would do next.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Casey Affleck, swamp pop singer Rod Bernard, Sid Bernstein, Joe Besser, Cantinflas, John Cazale, Kid Creole, Del The Funky Homosapien,  Cecil B. DeMille, Leslie Duncan, George Hamilton, Roy Hay, Heintje, Mark Knopfler, Greg Langston (The Next, No Alternative), Ron Mael, Tiny McCloud, Pat Metheny, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Alexei Nikolaevich, Peter Ostroushko, Buck Owens, Marjorie Reynolds, Theodore Scaife, Erwin Alexander Schrödinger, Lakeith Stanfield, Matt Thiessen (Reliant K), Stefanos Tsitsipas, Mladen Vukic, Porter Wagoner, Deborah Walley, Wednesday 13, Jane Wyatt, and recording artist, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Derrek Van Eaton. 

Classic rock-philes and deep Beatles fans will recognize him from the brother band Lon & Derrek Van Eaton. Prior to their association with Apple Records (the record label created by The Beatles), they were part of the eccentric New York-based folk rock band Jacob’s Creek. They shared a studio with Simon & Garfunkel and released one album on Columbia in 1969. Two years later, John Lennon and George Harrison “discovered” them as a brother-act duo and signed them to Apple. The Van Eaton’s music blended urban folk and dreamy rock with a blues-gospel undercurrent, which perfectly coincided with the sounds of Badfinger and latter-day Beatles. The Van Eaton’s excellent BROTHER album was co-produced by George with Klaus Voorman. The Van Eatons toured the USA to promote BROTHER. Their 1972 tour brought them to where I was living in Huntingdon PA, where they played Ellis Hall at Juniata College (I stood listening from outside, a lad with no ticket money).  

The BROTHER album launched a long association with George, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, and other travelers in the Apple/Beatle legacy that unfolded in the 1970s. Then the Van Eatons became studio session players favored by producer Richard Perry, who hired them for recordings with Art Garfunkel, Martha Reeves, and Carly Simon. Perry also produced the Van Eaton’s 1975 WHO DO YOU OUT DO album. Following that era, the brothers created a non-profit film and music company called Imagine a Better World. 

The Van Eaton brothers since have released sporadic works (duo and solo), notably their acclaimed 1996 cover of “Apple of my Eye” on the COME & GET IT Badfinger tribute album. In 2013 they issued a career-spanning anthology with new recordings with contributions from Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voormann, and Gary Wright, and the Van Eatons are still active in musical and spiritual pursuits. 

Some years ago I met Derrek some years ago at church we were both attending in Pennsylvania (where I picked his brains about that 1972 concert I heard but couldn’t see), and the last time we crossed paths was at a Monkees concert in Denver in 2011. Even in passive meet-ups I can see the creative spark in Derrek’s eyes. Here’s one of my favorite Van Eaton cuts “Sun Song” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VSJmb2VI0...Meanwhile, HB DVE and thank you for your years of remarkable creativity and soul.

#derrekvaneaton #lonanderrekvaneaton #brother #applerecords #birthday #georgeharrison #ringostarr #klausvoorman #richardperry #peteham #badfinger

[vanista]

Már az Ultrahang Plusz csatornán

(“Az Ultrahang extra csatornája friss hírekkel, összefoglaló videókkal, Nógrádi György, Georg Spöttle, Robert C. Castel, Stier Gábor, Vukics Ferenc és Király Tamás videóival” - saját leírásuk) is Kéri Lászlót ünneplik a beszélgetés kommentjeiben.

Erre mondjon valamit a Bogár Laci bácsi.

[xenomorfoalieno]

MESSAGGINO A VANNACCI

[cdntennis]

Australian Open 2023 (Day 1 - Qualifying)

Women’s singles qualifying first round Carol Zhao (CAN) def. Eudice Chong (HKG) 6-3, 6-2

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def. [PR] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

Men’s singles qualifying first round [21] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def. Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 6-3, 6-4

(Picture : © Getty Images)

[stateofsport211]

🎥 ATP Challenger Livestream (via website)

...which ended up happening on the second set tie-break. Both players successfully held their serves and came in a clutch even if they faced a break point (which was also Matteo's case), and it boiled down to this few differentials in the tie-breaker.

A. Vukic initially had the momentum at 3-1 before Matteo came back with an equalizer and pressing the former's shots. Several points later, Matteo found a way to press A. Vukic's forehand further, driving the latter to err his moonball response for Matteo's slight lead at 5-4. He had a match point after a one-two-punch, but things happened.

In another one-two-punch attempt, Matteo erred his backhand response to save his own match point, putting A. Vukic back on serve. Somehow, the tables turned quickly when Matteo unleashed a forehand winner to finish the point, catching A. Vukic off-guard. As a result, Matteo took the second set 7-6(5) and won the match altogether.

[oecsports]

海碩盃》 曾俊欣單打四強惜敗無緣決賽華國三太子盃單、雙打冠軍沃爾頓、南智星力拼臺灣二連冠

臺北海碩網球公開賽今（26日）在臺北網球中心室內球場進行單雙打準決賽，5月在華國三太子盃分別拿下單、雙打冠軍的沃爾頓(Adam Walton，澳洲)、南智星(韓國)都延續在臺灣全勝戰績，明將爭取在臺灣的二連冠；可惜的是，僅存的唯一臺將曾俊欣在4強不敵大會第2種子、世界第89日本混血名將丹尼爾太郎。

曾俊欣是繼2016年盧彥勳之後，第二位闖進單打4強的臺將，但今4強遭遇難纏的是大會第2種子、世界第89日本混血名將丹尼爾太郎(Taro Daniel)，後者首度來臺參賽就以連續三場以不失一盤的絕佳狀態晉4強。

曾俊欣惜敗止步四強

31歲丹尼爾太郎的父親是美國人、母親是日本人，曾經在2022年澳網打敗前世界球王穆雷(Andy Murray)，最後在第三輪才以1比3負於現任球王辛納(Jannik Sinner)止步，今年元月世界排名還曾達到個人新高的世界第58。

曾俊欣(175公分)首度與丹尼爾太郎(191公分)交手，兩人光身高就差了16公分，比賽一開始，俊欣還追不上對手節奏，第2局首個發球局就遭到破發，一開始就以0比3落後，第4局還化解了5個破發點、9次丟士才好不容易成功保發，隨後曾俊欣士氣大振，第5局還成功回破，但可惜次局就又被破回，曾俊欣以3比6讓出首盤。

第二盤雙方各自嚴守自己的發球局，前5局雙方都沒出現任何的破發點，第6局，曾俊欣一度率先逼出1個破發點，但可惜沒能成功破發；反倒接著在次局，曾俊欣就被逼出2個破發點，遭到破發後以3比5落後，第9局保發，但可惜第10局非破不可一局時，曾俊欣雖然化解了1個賽末點，但還是無緣回破後，最終以4比6吞敗無緣決賽。

「只要還沒結束，我就會拼盡全力！」雖然無緣決賽，但曾俊欣還是滿意這場比賽的表現，他說：「對手發揮很好，第一盤一下去接發球就給我很大壓力，一開始比較被動處於防守，慢慢才找回節奏，但第二盤原本也有破發機會，但很可惜沒有掌握到。」但曾俊欣非常開心看到數百名觀眾來他加油，他說：「沒想到有這麼多人來幫我加油，在面臨關鍵時刻給我很多力量。」今年度只剩下最後三站亞洲賽事，曾俊欣說：「我距離明年澳網會內還差一個冠軍，最後三站我會再努力的！」

第二種子丹尼爾太郎一盤未失挺進決賽

至於首度來臺參賽就闖進決賽的丹尼爾太郎說：「這是一場非常高水準的比賽，特別是在首盤第4局，真的是一場非常消耗體力的一局，那時因對手非常努力，一度讓我覺得沮喪，但後來我發現他比我還累，總之這對我來說是很重要的一場比賽。」

另一場單打4強上演「澳洲內戰」，頭號種子、世界第72武基奇(Aleksandar Vukic，澳洲)對決第3種子、世界第103沃爾頓(Adam Walton，澳洲)，沃爾頓是今年5月華國三太子盃單打冠軍，兩人除了同是澳洲好手之外，也都是從美國NCAA出來的球星，武基奇來自伊利諾大學、沃爾頓是田納西大學高材生，兩人在2022年雪梨挑戰賽就交手過一次，當時沃爾頓以直落二獲勝。

Adam Walton在臺單打九連勝，繼華國三太子盃後再度挑戰海碩盃冠軍

雙方雖然同是澳洲球星，但兩人差距不大，戰況膠著，首盤沃爾頓第6局關鍵破發，先以6比3領先；但第二盤武基奇雖然先在第3局被破發，但第6、12局二度破發後，以7比5扳平；第三盤，沃爾頓靠著第3局關鍵破發領先，接著第9局再二度破發，沃爾頓最終以6比3拿下勝利。

在臺灣打下9連勝的沃爾頓賽後說：「我很喜歡在這裡比賽，所以，上次拿到冠軍後，我就想只要臺灣有辦挑戰賽，我就一定會再來參加，而不會選在澳洲的比賽。」沃爾頓5月華國三太子盃來時，有和幾位澳洲選手一起去逛了101大樓和夜市，他說：「在比賽期間，我都選擇蛋白質和青菜為主，預計明天決賽打完後，才會再去好好享用臺灣美食。」

頭號種子Aleksandar Vukic三盤苦戰止步四強

雙打4強戰，今由5月在華國三太子盃搭檔何承叡封王的韓國雙打一哥南智星／巴里斯(Joshua Paris，英國)對上伊沙羅(Pruchya Isaro，泰國)／夏朗(Divij Sharan，印度)組合，結果南智星／巴里斯在發球局全部力保不失下，以7比6(4)、6比4拿下勝利，南智星打下在臺灣雙打7連勝，明將與前一天晉級決賽的英國組合史蒂文森(David Stevenson)／威利斯（Marcus Willis）爭冠，雙打決賽4人有3人都是英國球���。

有趣的是，南智星／巴里斯首度合作就打進決賽，而且兩人賽後不約而同談起臺灣小籠包名店「鼎泰豐」，巴里斯說：「鼎泰豐絕對是臺灣最好的地方，我已經去了三次，我每次去都會吃小黃瓜，但這次都還沒吃到，所以必須要告訴他們一下。」南智星也說：「上次三太子盃時，何承叡在決賽前一天有帶我去吃過，這次決賽最好也照這種方式先去吃一次。」

南智星(右)在臺雙打七連勝，繼華國三太子盃後再度挑戰海碩盃冠軍

臺北海碩網球公開賽週日（27日）將進行最終決賽，賽程下午2點開始，雙打決賽率先登場，由在臺灣7連勝的「韓英聯軍」南智星／巴里斯，對決英國組合史蒂文森(David Stevenson)／威利斯（Marcus Willis）爭冠。接下來壓軸進行單打決賽，由在臺灣已經打下9連勝的第3種子、世界第103沃爾頓(Adam Walton，澳洲)強碰大會第2種子、世界第89日本混血名將丹尼爾太郎(Taro Daniel)，預計將是場精彩絕倫網球大戰。其中南智星和Walton都是華國三太子盃冠軍，將再度挑戰海碩盃冠軍，嘗試完成「寶島挑戰賽二連冠」壯舉。

10月27日 賽事第八天賽程

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