OT: The Tennis thread

[jstewismybastardson]

the backhand ??? wtf ???

 

[jstewismybastardson]

has she always been a big hitter like this ???

 

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has she always been a big hitter like this ???

Good genes in the family (her mother was an Olympic swimmer and her uncle was NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe).

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Good genes in the family (her mother was an Olympic swimmer and her uncle was NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe).

yah I know that ... I also heard that her camp emphasized she needed to get stronger if she wanted to beat Serena

/these posts brought to you by Damien Cox

 

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Pretty disappointing result for Milos overnight and a golden opportunity wasted, that second set was the killer as Milos has six set points and squandered all of them (including double-faulting up 6-5 in the tie-breaker). This one is gonna sting for some time.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Pretty disappointing result for Milos overnight and a golden opportunity wasted, that second set was the killer as Milos has six set points and squandered all of them (including double-faulting up 6-5 in the tie-breaker). This one is gonna sting for some time.

Yeah that sucks!!

I'm all aboard the Fed bandwagon now!!

 

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Yeah that sucks!!

I'm all aboard the Fed bandwagon now!!

As is ESPN (they're certainly rooting for a Fed - Rafa final).

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Wait wait wait, lemme guess.

He blaaaaamed....an injury?

He appeared to be feeling better by Wednesday, but then had a recurrence of an adductor injury in the 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-4 loss to Nadal.

Colour me shocked! Can't wait to see him in the NBA ASG celebrity game in a few weeks again looking totally fine and throwing down dunks lol.

 

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Moj will be excited though as his favo(u)rite female tennis player (Lucic-Baroni) is into the semi-finals.

 

[Dacks]

Pretty disappointing result for Milos overnight and a golden opportunity wasted, that second set was the killer as Milos has six set points and squandered all of them (including double-faulting up 6-5 in the tie-breaker). This one is gonna sting for some time.

Yep, I think this was one of his better chances. My 3-month old started fussing last night right at the start of the tie-breaker, so I was able to watch. Some great points, but double-faulting at set point really stung. When I saw that he'd had 6 set points, only for Nadal to win it on his first set point, I was pretty annoyed. Obviously, great players like Nadal still have that clutch skill set, and that's something Raonic hasn't quite figure out (though he's gotten better).

The consistency is great - that's why he's #3 even though I think we all give players like Stan, Federer and even Kei better chances of winning - but this was clearly an opportunity wasted.

 

[tducey]

Bit of a disappointing result for Raonic but hey losing to Nadal is no shame. Hopefully Raonic will do better as the yr. goes on.

 

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ESPN (and a lot of tennis fans) get the final they wanted with Fed versus Rafa. I needed sleep, so I couldn't watch the Rafa - Dimitrov match, but by all accounts, it was a 5 set epic battle.

 

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Sigh...No Milos for Canada at the upcoming Davis Cup (adductor injury). I'm sure as frustrating as it is for us fans, it's gotta be more frustrating for him.

 

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Well, not that there was any doubt that Roger is the greatest men's tennis player of all time, but he defeated Rafa earlier today in an epic 5 set marathon for major #18. Way to go Roger!

 

[tducey]

Good for him, have always liked Federer. Yeah he's probably the best male tennis player ever.

 

[puckhead]

errr... whoops

Canada Loses Davis Cup Tie To Great Britain After Player Drills Umpire In The Face

 

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errr... whoops

Canada Loses Davis Cup Tie To Great Britain After Player Drills Umpire In The Face

Man, I couldn't believe it, it was an obvious accident, but hopefully lesson learned for Denis.

/Damn left-handers

 

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Davis Cup: Denis Shapovalov fined over Great Britain default

 

[esls79]

After the dq he should have shouted to the ump you can't be serious.

Man, I couldn't believe it, it was an obvious accident, but hopefully lesson learned for Denis.

/Damn left-handers

After he got the dq, he should have shouted at the ump "you cannot be serious"

 

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