Number 6 seed safely through to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup 2021

R. Federer moves on to the Round of 32, where he will face unseeded D. Koepfer.

Del Potro is 5 days older.

In that time he won US Open, Cincinnati Masters & Davis Cup, and also lost the finals at Wimbledon, Australian Open & Davis Cup.

He also won 5 ATP 250 or ATP 500 out of 8 finals played.

Is there a way back to Top 10, or is this the beginning of the end for Croatian?

I felt so sorry for Čilić. He looked like a sad teddy bear and was practically whimpering on his serve. I just wanted someone to give him a hug. It's one thing to lose if you've been playing the best that you can but it must be horrible to be unable to play how you want to during a final (be it either due to anxiety or a foot injury*).

I have a lot of respect for Čilić today (as well as Murray who continued on in his Querrey match).

Let's all share some encouragement for him.

*EDIT: According to the press conference he had a bad blister under his foot and he was emotional that he could not "give my best game and best tennis, especially at this stage of my career at such a big match. It was very difficult to deal with it."

The 2021 ATP champions (singles)

AUSTRALIAN OPEN LEADUP / ASIA PACIFIC SWING

• 250 - Delray Beach (USA): Hubert Hurkacz
• 250 - Antalya Open (TUR): Alex De Minaur
• ATP CUP (AUS): Russia
• 250 - Great Ocean Road Open (AUS): Jannik Sinner
• 250 - Murray River Open (AUS): Dan Evans
• GRAND SLAM - Australian Open (AUS): Novak Djokovic

MIAMI OPEN LEADUP / AMERICAS SWING

• 250 - Open Sud de France (FRA): David Goffin
• 250 - Córdoba Open (ARG): Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
• 250 - Singapore Open (SGP): Alexei Popyrin
• 500 - Rotterdam Open (NED): Andrey Rublev
• 250 - Argentina Open (ARG): Diego Schwartzman
• 250 - Qatar Open (QAT): Nikoloz Basilashvili
• 250 - Open 13 (FRA): Daniil Medvedev
• 250 - Chile Open (CHL): Cristian Garín
• 500 - Dubai Tennis Championships (UAE): Aslan Karatsev
• 500 - Mexican Open (MEX): Alexander Zverev
• 1000 - Miami Open (USA): Hubert Hurkacz

FRENCH OPEN LEADUP / EUROPEAN CLAY SWING

• 250 - Andalucía Open (ESP): Pablo Carreño Busta
• 250 - Sardegna Open (ITA): Lorenzo Sonego
• 1000 - Monte-Carlo Masters (FRA): Stefanos Tsitsipas
• 500 - Barcelona Open (ESP): Rafael Nadal
• 250 - Serbia Open (SRB): Matteo Berrettini
• 250 - Estoril Open (PRT): Albert Ramos Viñolas
• 250 - Bavarian International Tennis Championships (GER): Nikoloz Basilashvili
• 1000 - Madrid Open (ESP): Alexander Zverev
• 1000 - Italian Open (ITA): Rafael Nadal
• 250 - Geneva Open (SUI): Casper Ruud
• 250 - Lyon Open (FRA): Stefanos Tsitsipas
• 250 - Emilia-Romagna Open (ITA): Sebastian Korda
• 250 - Belgrade Open (SRB): Novak Djokovic
• GRAND SLAM - French Open (FRA): Novak Djokovic

WIMBLEDON LEADUP / GRASS SWING

• 250 - Stuttgart Open (GER): Marin Čilić
• 500 - Halle Open (GER): Ugo Humbert
• 500 - Queen's Club Championships (GBR): Matteo Berrettini
• 250 - Eastbourne International (GBR): Alex de Minaur
• 250 - Mallorca Championships (ESP): Daniil Medvedev
• GRAND SLAM - Wimbledon (GBR): Novak Djokovic

OLYMPICS LEADUP / MIXED SURFACE SWING

• 500 - Hamburg European Open (GER): Pablo Carreño Busta
• 250 - Hall of Fame Open (USA): Kevin Anderson
• 250 - Swedish Open (SWE): Casper Ruud
• 250 - Croatia Open (CRO): Carloz Alcaraz
• 250 - Swiss Open (SUI): Casper Ruud
• 250 - Los Cabos Open (MEX): Cameron Norrie
• 250 - Atlanta Open (USA): John Isner

While four men born after him(Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev) won US Open!

I think that we all know that world chess champion Magnus Carlsen plays FPL (and is pretty good at it). Tennis grand slam champions Daniil Medvedev and Marin Čilić too. Do you know any other celebrities that play FPL?

At 6’6” (198cm), the Russian is tied with Juan Martín del Potro and Marin Čilić as the tallest GS winner of all time!

Kevin Anderson (6’8”) is the tallest finalist.

When: November 25 - December 5

Where: Madrid, Innsbruck, and Turin

The Teams and Groups:

Group A

Spain

Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreño Busta, Carlos Alcaraz, Feliciano López, and Marcel Granollers

Russia

Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov, and Evgeny Donskoy

Ecuador

Emilio Gómez, Roberto Quiroz, Diego Hidalgo, Gonzalo Escobar, and Cayetano March

Group B

Canada

Vasek Pospisil, Brayden Schnur, Steven Diez, and Peter Polansky

Kazakhstan

Alexander Bublik, Mikhail Kukushkin, Dmitry Popko, Aleksandr Nedovyesov, and Andrey Golubev

Sweden

Mikael Ymer, Elias Ymer, Jonathan Mridha, and André Göransson

Group C

France

Arthur Rinderknech, Adrian Mannarino, Richard Gasquet, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, and Nicolas Mahut

Great Britain

Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Liam Broady, Joe Salisbury, and Neal Skupski

Czech Republic

Jiří Veselý, Jiří Lehečka, Zdeněk Kolář, and Tomáš Macháč

Group D

Croatia

Marin Čilić, Borna Gojo, Mate Pavić, and Nikola Mektić

Australia

Alex de Minaur, John Millman, Alexei Popyrin, Alex Bolt, and John Peers

Hungary

Márton Fucsovics, Attila Balázs, Zsombor Piros, Fábián Marozsán and Máté Valkusz

Group E

United States

John Isner, Reilly Opelka, Frances Tiafoe, Jack Sock, and Rajeev Ram

Italy

Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Musetti, and Simone Bolelli

Colombia

Daniel Elahi Galan, Nicolas Mejia, Cristian Rodriguez, Juan Sabastian Cabal, and Robert Farah

Group F

Serbia

Novak Djokovic, Dušan Lajović, Filip Krajinović, Laslo Đere, and Miomir Kecmanović

Germany

Jan-Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer, Peter Gojowczyk, Kevin Krawietz, and Tim Pütz

Austria

Dennis Novak, Jurij Rodionov, Gerald Melzer, Oliver Marach, and Philipp Oswald

Predictions

Group A

Two stacked teams should produce some exciting tennis with Ecuador struggling on their least preferred surface. RBA and Medvedev should be a great battle if any of their previous meetings are an indicator. Similar styles should produce one of the matches of the group stages despite RBA's somewhat off year. Look for Alcaraz to feature over PCB given his recent form. He'll be in tough against Rublev but should be a great opportunity to keep his momentum while being backed by the home crowd support. Edge to Spain in the doubles but Russia is competent with Khachanov and Rublev having partnered up with success in the past.

1. Russia
2. Spain (WC)
3. Ecuador

Group B

Last year's final

The first number represents how many times they lost in a final against a big 3. The number between the (-) is how many Grand Slam titles they would have if they won every final against a big 3. People without (-) have never won a title.

Federer won 4 vs big 3

Nadal 11 won vs big 3

Djokovic won 8 vs big 3

Andy Murray - 8 - (11)

Andy Roddick - 4 - (5)

Dominic Thiem - 3 - (4)

Marin Čilić - 2 - (3)

Andre Agassi - 1 - (9)

Stan Wawrinka - 1 - (5)

Marat Safin - 1 - (3)

Lleyton Hewitt - 1 (3)

Juan Martín del Potro - 1 - (2)

Kevin Anderson - 2

Daniil Medvedev - 2

Robin Söderling - 2

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga -1

Stefanos Tsitsipas - 1

Matteo Berrettini - 1

Mariano Puerta - 1

Tomáš Berdych - 1

David Ferrer - 1

Mark Philippoussis - 1

Marcos Baghdatis - 1

Fernando González - 1

Also here's a list of who lost in the semis when two of the big three reached the finals.

Andy Murray - 6

Roger Federer - 4

Novak Djokovic - 4

Stan Wawrinka - 3

Richard Gasquet - 3

David Ferrer - 2

Stefanos Tsitsipas - 2

Grigor Dimitrov - 2

Nikolay Davydenko - 2

David Nalbandian

Ivan Ljubičić

Jonas Björkman

Marcos Baghdatis

Gaël Monfils

Marat Safin

Rainer Schüttler

Fernando Verdasco

Andy Roddick

Mikhail Youzhny

Ernests Gulbis

Diego Schwartzman

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Milos Raonic

Marin Čilić

Lucas Pouille

Rafael Nadal

Roberto Bautista Agut

To conclude Federer was the runner up to 11 grand slams, and made it to the semis 4 times, he could have 35 slams

Djokovic was the runner up to 10 grand slams, and made it to the semis 4 times, he could have 34 slams

Nadal was the runner up to 8 grand slams, and made it to the semis 1 times, he could have 29 slams

Murray was the runner up to 8 grand slams, and made it to the semis 6 times, he could have 17 slams

Did this for fun, hopefully some of you like it

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Alcaraz's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw (incl. Grand Slams) results are considered.

France Richard Gasquet 1–0 Belgium David Goffin 1–0 France Lucas Pouille 1–0 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–0 Croatia Marin Čilić 0–1 Russia Daniil Medvedev 0–1 Spain Rafael Nadal 0–1 Germany Alexander Zverev 0–1

• As of 4 September 2021.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?