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Rogers Cup will be playing in my hometown but I can't even bring myself to go watch the WTA. And I am not ashamed one bit.
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El Ste posted:The Rogers Cup starts in six days and that Cincinnati Open starts in under two weeks. Two big tournaments in the lead up to the US Open. Will any of you goons be watching? I would imagine it was because the Wimbledon thread eclipsed it. Likely be watching it now that I have TV, looking forward to being able to watch more tennis. It's a great sport.
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Aug 3, 2011 05:35
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Athanos posted:I would imagine it was because the Wimbledon thread eclipsed it. Likely be watching it now that I have TV, looking forward to being able to watch more tennis. It's a great sport. It really is. Only recently got into it mind you, used to be all about football (world and American). Fell in love with it all of a sudden when I bought Top Spin 4 (ridiculous, I know) and haven't looked back since. Been starting to try to play too. Man, that is one difficult sport to play. Practically its own craft
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Aug 3, 2011 06:07
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Murray and Nadal out of Montreal! Saw the Goerges/Williams match yesterday... conditions were ridiculous, shame Goerges couldn't push it to three. Is Serena really going to be the favourite going into the Open?
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Aug 11, 2011 19:03
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Holy poo poo Federer is getting poo poo on by Tsonga in the third. What the hell has happened in this match to cause this bullshit?
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Aug 12, 2011 03:41
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Djokovic couldn't have asked for an easier draw at this point, holy poo poo. Nadal, Federer, and Murray all flying to Cincinnati already. 
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Aug 12, 2011 16:45
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I hope someone else just saw Verdasco lose to Nadal 67(5) 76(4) 67(9). Over three and a half hours, and 4 match points saved by Verdasco; poor guy, their head to head is now 0-12. 
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Aug 18, 2011 20:01
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That was just depressing. This seemed like his best chance since Nadal was acting like a head case for part of the match and Verdasco just couldn't pull it out.
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Aug 18, 2011 21:48
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My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that scoreline, wish I could've seen it. Verdasco must be crushed... perhaps not as much as when he lost that match to Nadal at the Australian though.
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Aug 18, 2011 22:08
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KenutsNFQSM Djokovic parodying Sharapova's Head commercial (original ad). Oh Novak 
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Aug 20, 2011 15:15
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Djokovic retiring in a match he's losing? That's the Novak I've missed!
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Aug 21, 2011 19:58
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Jack's Flow posted:Djokovic retiring in a match he's losing? That's the Novak I've missed! And if he retires at the US Open this year he will have achieved the Career Slam in retirements, thus making him the undisputed king of retirement. Don't let us down Novak!
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Aug 21, 2011 21:29
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To be fair to Novak, this is the first time he's retired in forever and it seems like he was actually hurt instead of just deciding to be a bitch. I hope he can fix whatever is wrong before the US Open. I also hope Federer decides to quit playing like poo poo so we'll see if either of those happen.
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Aug 22, 2011 07:36
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Yeah, I just had to make that joke. He's on such a historic roll, I doubt he would quit any match as long as he can raise a racket...which apparently he couldn't really do anymore against Murray. I really want old Roger back though. It was more fun when he could beat a guy like Berdych without breaking a sweat.
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Aug 22, 2011 08:35
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I'm surprised at how Djokovic spit the dummy after a set with Murray in the Cinci finals. I guess the cash means more than a record streak in the end. Here's hoping he'll be ready for NY. I can't believe I'm looking forward to seeing Fish there too. Any other goons gonna attend the open next week?
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Aug 22, 2011 22:47
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I wonder whether Federer will end up in Nadal's half of the draw or in Djokovic's half. Federer and Djokovic always seem to end up together which is kinda weird when the rest of the draw is so random.
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And Federer is indeed in Djokovic's half, which has been the case in 14 of 16 slams. Who fancies making a new thread?
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Aug 25, 2011 21:14
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Everyone's still holding out for a Federer-Nadal final and if not a Djokovic-Nadal final will do. Until Murray wins a set in a Grand slam final I guess this is the way it's going to be.
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Aug 26, 2011 15:59
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Watching this Roddick-Isner semifinal in Winston-Salem makes me  I really want Isner to put it together, and Andy just.... Andy
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Aug 26, 2011 18:34
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Spain and Argentina through to the Davis Cup final. Shame, could've had another best-of-five Nadal v Djokovic if Serbia made it through... not that anyone would have cared!
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Sep 18, 2011 15:42
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Resonance posted:Spain and Argentina through to the Davis Cup final. Shame, could've had another best-of-five Nadal v Djokovic if Serbia made it through... not that anyone would have cared! This poo poo's ridiculously close to the end of the US Open. Season's too long.
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Sep 18, 2011 15:43
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Looks like we might have two young guys to be excited about up north. Vasek Pospisil basically single-handedly got Canada into the World Group of the Davis Cup by winning both his singles matches this weekend as well as a doubles match with Daniel Nestor. Pretty big coming-out party for him. I remember he made some noise at the US Open as well by crushing his first-round opponent before falling to Feliciano Lopez in a pretty hard-fought four-setter.
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Sep 18, 2011 23:04
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Andy Murray won a lot of matches! But that's not why I bring this thread back from the dead. http://www.livestream.com/playthegame_dshs/video?clipId=pla_44809e94-aa04-46c7-9f1e-35b212ba9d46&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Skip to the 12:30 mark and listen to this lady talk about Grand Slam draws and the probability of Djokovic ending up in Federer's side of the draw 12 out of 12 times (Australien Open, Wimbledon and US Open) over a span of 4 years. I found this pretty interesting and it is not something I read or heard about before. edit: To sum it up...going by the laws of probability, the chance for Djokovic to end up in Federer's side of the draw 12 out of 12 times is 0.02%. Jack's Flow fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Oct 18, 2011 |
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Oct 18, 2011 23:03
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I know this thread is pretty much dead, but Djokovic lost his 4th match of the year (total record: 68-4) to a 21 year old wild card entry at the Swiss Indoors. The final score: 6-2 6-7 0-6.  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/tennis/11/05/novak.djokovic.ap/index.html?sct=tn_t11_a0
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Nov 6, 2011 10:59
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Shoulder problems apparently, probably just wants to call it quits for the rest of the year now. If Federer wins Basle it'll be his first title since Doha at the start of his year!
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As good of a season that Djokovic has had, it's a shame he couldn't set a record for it. He's 13 wins away from equalling Federer's 81-4 but I can't see it happening.
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Federer waxed the wild card dude 6-1 6-3 to take the title. Go Roger. 
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It would be nice to see Roger win another major, but it doesn't seem likely to happen. Doesn't seem to want it as much now that he has 16.
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Athanos posted:It would be nice to see Roger win another major, but it doesn't seem likely to happen. Doesn't seem to want it as much now that he has 16. I really don't think you can question Roger's competitive drive, fitness, and effort. Bottom line is that Djokovic and Nadal are absolutely amazing and significantly younger. If Fed didn't exist we'd just be freaking out about having two players of the caliber of Nadal/Djokovic in their primes at the same time. e: I mean he took Djok to 5-sets, and beat Tsonga in straight sets a few months ago at the US Open. Fed still owns. It's just an amazing top 4 right now from the Men's side. Mandoira fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Nov 7, 2011 |
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I was hoping the Paris indoors would be the same super speed they were last year. They seem decently fast this year but nothing like last year and thats a little sad. It was nice last year seeing people forced to serve and volley because it was actually useful.
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No tournaments have super fast courts anymore
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Nov 8, 2011 00:10
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Basel is superquick and is crazy to watch sometimes. I love me some fast court tennis. And that's the crazy thing about Djokovic, he has the game to destroy people on any surface. Now let's see if his shoulder will let him. EDIT: It seems to be changed from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KbMYYzT8c0 Miko fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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Hey hey, show some respect to the "21 year old wild card dude"! Dude's name is Kei Nishikori, and he's the highest ranked Japanese player of all time. He's real talented, plays smart and very likely a future top 10 player. He also made me an instant fan with this awesome play a few years ago when he upset James Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0YuKruexcE
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Nov 8, 2011 01:51
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Good to see Djokovic could make it to Paris to collect his massive bonus cheque. Dropped a set against Troicki today though.
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Djokovic should just shut the season down if his shoulder is as bad as it seems to be. People may give him poo poo for it but they'll give him more poo poo for losing because of it. Hope Federer makes it through and wins this tournament since it's one of the few he never has.
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Hijinkz posted:Hey hey, show some respect to the "21 year old wild card dude"! Dude's name is Kei Nishikori, and he's the highest ranked Japanese player of all time. He's real talented, plays smart and very likely a future top 10 player. This happens quite a lot in amateur tennis around here. I think it's more effective because amateur guys have significantly worse footwork
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Was rooting for Federer but never thought he would whip the poo poo out of Berdych that easily. Federer looked liked how he used to with that crazy rear end forehand working overtime. Hope he can keep it up against Isner or Tsonga and take this title.
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