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Went back to my new racquet. Got tired of trying to reacquaint myself with my old one. It's working out MUCH better. My first serve was INCREDIBLE today. I didn't hit that many aces and I double faulted more than I wanted to, but I was ON when it mattered: I saved 7 break points (my serve was never broken today). Some were on second serves, too.

I didn't "pull a Novak"©

=p
 
nadal lost a set to dustin brown. i doubt brown can keep this up, but nadal still not looking that great on grass. will probably win wimbledon anyway.
 
shouldn't be surprising with nadal's recent results on grass, but still kinda is.

also, i'm noticing an annoying trend of directors often not showing the handshake at the net but instead showing audience reactions. that's fucking lame, show those as replays.
 
John Dunbar said:
shouldn't be surprising with nadal's recent results on grass, but still kinda is.

also, i'm noticing an annoying trend of directors often not showing the handshake at the net but instead showing audience reactions. that's fucking lame, show those as replays.
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Thank you. That pisses me off to no end.
 
hopefully federer doesn't run into a crazy ballbasher at wimbledon. might do a decent run since nadal has apparently decided grass is for cows and djokovic is too busy getting married or whatever.

dimitrov has had a pretty good queens tournament, which means he will lose in five sets in the first or second round at wimby.
 
Dimitrov captures his first grass title and what a thriller that was. Whew.

Its the second time both Fed and Dimitrov wins a title on the same day. :P
 
I have a new-found respect for serve bots. I was down 0-40 and managed to serve my way to a hold.

It was doubles (which I'm starting to like less and less, lol) and I really didn't trust my partner at that time (even though he's MUCH better volleyer than me), so I just reached back and started serving bombs.

It seems like I think much more clearer when my back is against the wall.

(we lost the set in a tiebreak 8-7 though, lol....but won the first one)

Also: I finally figured out that a 1HBH is more of an "arm" motion. I was so used to slicing (which involves the wrist more than the arm) that I was to make the BH a wrist shot, too....which does not work.

EDIT: I'm watching Dimitrov play....he tries to be way too fancy/flashy. Lopez hit a really good short BH slice and Dimitrov tried to take it up the line. I mean, really? Not only are really low (and short) slices extremely difficult to deal with (I confound my opponents all the time with them), but it's even harder to change the direction on the ball. And of course, Dimitrov almost tripped over his own feet trying to take it up the line. I saw what was gonna happen before he even hit it.

If my opponent hits a really good slice (where it would be crazy to hit a winner off it if), I usually just make a decent return and stay at the net...depending on how good my return shot was. If it wasn't, I'll just back up
 
Nah not top tier players unfortunately, Michaella Krajicek (ranked pretty high a few years back w some titles) and Martin Emmrich , a decently ranked doubles player.
 
Genie lost to Vania King in a tournament I can barely pronounce the name. Da fuck. Lil girl needs to step up her game in her favorite surface. Wimbledon is just around the corner.
I expect her to make another semifinal.

perfectchaos007 said:
And thats exactly what she did!
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Thank god. Giorgi is kind of a giant slayer. She loves these matches where she faces top 10s, but can easily be routined by players outside the top 100. Her father needs to go though. What an annoying human being.

perfectchaos007 said:
The qualifying tournament for Wimbledon is well underway. Its almost here! Can't wait for Monday
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Can't wait. Please no 2013 repeat though. All those injuries and early loses from the favorites were nightmare fuel.
 
LuuKyK said:
Genie lost to Vania King in a tournament I can barely pronounce the name. Da fuck. Lil girl needs to step up her game in her favorite surface. Wimbledon is just around the corner.
I expect her to make another semifinal.



Thank god. Giorgi is kind of a giant slayer. She loves these matches where she faces top 10s, but can easily be routined by players outside the top 100. Her father needs to go though. What an annoying human being.



Can't wait. Please no 2013 repeat though. All those injuries and early loses from the favorites were nightmare fuel.
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Rosol v. Federer in the 1st round Believe
 
Next week huh? Time to balance Wimbledon and World Cup madness. People around me will think me the most anti-social asshole.
 
Faith said:
What? Why?
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The seeds have been announced for The Championships 2014.

Gentlemen's Seeding Formula

Revised seeding arrangements for men introduced in 2001 when seedings committee disbanded. Formula amended in 2002 for men as follows:

Take ESP points at 16 June 2014

Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournament in past 12 months

Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in 12 months before that.
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http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news...eds_announced_for_the_championships_2014.html

Thats why. Basically, there are so few grass events leading up to Wimbledon that they decided that 'grass specialist' or rather, those who did well the year before should have seed advantage.

Also, main draw is on Friday.
 
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