Good Canadian Kid

[Cornuck]

Nice to see, thanks for the updates!

[donlever]

Unsurprisingly Alvaraz rolled Felix 4 and 2.

He will play Janik Sinner in the finals with the top ranking in the world on the line.

Those 2 are head and shoulders above the rest of the world currently.

A good run by Auger-Aliassime nonetheless.

[donlever]

.....and there it is.

Felix Auger-Aliassime is poised for a significant rankings breakthrough

Felix Auger-Aliassime is projected to reach a new career-high ranking of world No 5 after beating Alexander Zverev to reach the ATP Finals semi-finals

The Canadian’s stellar form in recent months has seen him surge over 20 places in the rankings since late August

Milos Raonic reached #3 a decade ago.

Biana Andreescu achieved #4 for women (and won a US Open, over Serena Williams no less - the only Canadian ever to in a major event in singles play - Daniel Nestor achieved a career Grand Slam and an Olympic Gold in doubles).

Those are the 2 highest ever singles rankings for Canadian players.

With Alcaraz and Sinner around #3 and a major would be a big accomplishment for Felix.

[2Fingers]

Hey Donny how big is Tennis now? Do they still get the same TV ratings? I used to always hear the top players names in tennis and golf but not as much as before. I think there used to be players that are dominant in the sport and has gone away.

When Woods was in the top of his game I would watch his highlights but now I barely know any names in golf. Same with tennis.

[donlever]

So I just spent 20 minutes penning a huge response to this Reef and the fucking site shut it down on me and I lost it all.

I may rewrite it but not today.

Apologies.

[Cornuck]

When Woods was in the top of his game I would watch his highlights but now I barely know any names in golf. Same with tennis.

I wonder if this has anything to do with how we view 'TV' and sports in general? "Back in the day", a lazy Sunday would involve watching pretty much any sport and channel surfing between football, golf, whatever. Without much else to watch, finding the major tennis tournaments was a lot easier.

Even Nebraska Football - when I first moved here, the games were on one the big networks, I had a Dish and watched most of the games for a few years, then they went to a few more networks, and then Big10 Network (no, I'm not going to subscribe) - and I lost interest.

[donlever]

Plus the Huskers have lost their National lustre so don't hit big networks.

[5thhorseman]

When Woods was in the top of his game I would watch his highlights but now I barely know any names in golf. Same with tennis.

I wonder if this has anything to do with how we view 'TV' and sports in general? "Back in the day", a lazy Sunday would involve watching pretty much any sport and channel surfing between football, golf, whatever. Without much else to watch, finding the major tennis tournaments was a lot easier.

^ This

So true, back then there were limited options and one just watched what was 'on'. Wide World of Sports gave us exposure to lots of sports. Watched a lot of alpine downhill during the days of the Crazy Canucks. CFL of course (how do they even get viewers now with the slow demise of cable?). Curling, Tournament of Hearts, I think it was called. There may even have been some equestrian coverage.

I kind of miss the days of channel surfing. Nowadays, if you stream only, you need to watch TV with intention. Which service will I subscribe to? What series will I binge on next. It's hard to just browse. I miss being fed like a coma patient.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Back then we had hot tennis babes like Sharapova. Now it's all uggers like Penis Williams