OT: The Tennis thread

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Vasek takes the opening rubber against Fabio Fognini 7-6(5) 7-5 at the Davis Cup tourney in Madrid. Go

 

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[puckhead]

Wow, big wins over #12 and #8 players

 

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Anything is Pospisil!!

 

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As a reminder, Vasek started the 2019 season undergoing major back surgery which put him on the shelf for 8 months. To bounce back this quickly and be playing this well is unreal.

 

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Denis wraps up the victory over the States and sends Canada to the quarter-finals with a 7-6 6-3 win over Taylor Fritz.

 

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Vasek does it again.

 

[puckhead]

Canada getting some heat for defaulting the doubles match vs USA (as they had the group locked up).
could have implications for lower standing as it gave US a 6-0 6-0 win

judgement: meh. when you have players who have not been able to perform due to injury in this very same week. rest is OK.

 

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Canada getting some heat for defaulting the doubles match vs USA (as they had the group locked up).
could have implications for lower standing as it gave US a 6-0 6-0 win

judgement: meh. when you have players who have not been able to perform due to injury in this very same week. rest is OK.

Even with the 6-0 6-0 win, the US didn't even earn a wildcard, so a lot of social media outrage over nothing. I tweeted out yesterday that the easiest solution would have been to schedule the doubles match as the middle match of the day and thus there would be no walkovers, got a bunch of likes and my first ever retweet lol.

/Cool story bro

 

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Doubles will decide who goes on to the semi-finals as De Minaur defeats Shapo in three sets 3-6 6-3 7-5

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Doubles will decide who goes on to the semi-finals as De Minaur defeats Shapo in three sets 3-6 6-3 7-5

That was disappointing.

But I did like watching it at work.

 

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All right, Canada has punched their ticket to the semi-finals of the Davis Cup!

 

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Prior to this week, Canada was 0-15 in Davis Cup ties with the States and 0-9 against Australia.

 

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Semi-finals are set:

Canada vs. Russia
Great Britain vs. Spain

/1:30 Pacific time Saturday morning start time - Who's with me?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Semi-finals are set:

Canada vs. Russia
Great Britain vs. Spain

/1:30 Pacific time Saturday morning start time - Who's with me?

6am ice time for my son tomorrow so maybe ill be around for doubles lol

 

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Tough one for Vasek as Rublev takes the opening rubber 6-4 6-4. Shapo up next taking on Khachanov, let's go Denis.

 

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Shapo wins in three sets over Khachanov and we need doubles to decide who goes on to the final.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Time for doubles