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[Wes]

A little thread for us GAF Tennis Fans.

Men's Seeds:

Seed --- Player
1 --- Roger Federer
2 --- Rafael Nadal
3 --- Andy Roddick
4 --- Nikolay Davydenko
5 --- Fernando Gonzalez
6 --- Novak Djokovic
7 --- Ivan Ljubicic
8 --- James Blake
9 --- Tommy Robredo
10 --- Tomas Berdych
11 --- Richard Gasquet
12 --- David Ferrer
13 --- Mikhail Youzhn
14 --- Lleyton Hewitt
15 --- David Nalbandian
16 --- Marcos Baghdatis
17 --- Juan Carlos Ferrero
18 --- Juan Ignacio Chela
19 --- Guillermo Canas
20 --- Jarkko Nieminen
21 --- Dmitry Tursunov
22 --- Marat Safin
23 --- Carlos Moya
24 --- Dominik Hrbaty
25 --- Robin Soderling
26 --- Agustin Caller
27 --- Jurgen Melzer
28 --- Philipp Kohlschreiber
29 --- Filippo Volandri
30 --- Julien Benneteau
31 --- Florian Mayer
32 --- Nicolas Almagro

Female's Seeds

Seed --- Player
1 --- Justine Henin
2 --- Maria Sharapova
3 --- Svetlana Kuznetsova
4 --- Jelena Jankovic
5 --- Amelie Mauresmo
6 --- Nicole Vaidisova
7 --- Ana Ivanovic
8 --- Serena Williams
9 --- Anna Chakvetadze
10 --- Dinara Safina
11 --- Nadia Petrova
12 --- Daniela Hantuchova
13 --- Elena Dementieva
14 --- Patty Schnyder
15 --- Shahar Peer
16 --- Na Li
17 --- Katarina Srebotnik
18 --- Marion Bartoli
19 --- Tathiana Garbin
20 --- Sybille Bammer
21 --- Ai Sugiyama
22 --- Alona Bondarenko
23 --- Francesca Schiavone
24 --- A. Medina Garrigues
25 --- Lucie Safarova
26 --- Venus Williams
27 --- Samantha Stosur
28 --- Mara Santangelo
29 --- Gisela Dulko
30 --- Julia Vakulenko
31 --- Severine Bremond
32 --- Martina Muller

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I'll be cheering on Henman and Roddick (although I don't think he stands much chance of breaking a Nadal v Federer final) and Vaidisova.

It's raining there at the moment so not many games have been played.

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Sharapova for the class-less.

Vaidisova for the awesome.

 

[Peru]

Don't have any means to watch it.. unless it's streamed online anywhere (fat chance).

 

[Wes]

You can find some online links to it on some p2p sites.

 

[Eric WK]

Part of me wants to see Roddick win because I've always been a fan, but at the same time part of me wants Federer to just crush Nadal. There are few sports where we can say we're seeing the greatest of all time play, and if Federer gets a French, I think he's on his way.

 

[Idioteque]

Don't have any means to watch it.. unless it's streamed online anywhere (fat chance).

Download the TVU Player and you can watch it on the Tennis Channel.

 

[Idioteque]

Part of me wants to see Roddick win because I've always been a fan, but at the same time part of me wants Federer to just crush Nadal. There are few sports where we can say we're seeing the greatest of all time play, and if Federer gets a French, I think he's on his way.

Roddick is awful on clay. He most likely won't get past the 1st round. He's best chance of winning a Grandslam is the US Open.

 

[Tr4nce]

I'll be enjoying this

 

[woodchuck]

ahem. you forgot the obligatory sharapova pic in the original post.

Federer should be confident after he beat Nadal last week in Hamburg. I hope he can finally win the French this year. Best grand slam to watch.

 

[woodchuck]

choke job by pironkova.

edit - nevermind. lol. i just realized it wasn't live. why doesn't espn2 just cut straight to the 3rd set?

 

[Falch]

Almost forgot this started. One of these days I'll visite a Grand Slam. Sofar I've only been to the ABN Amro Tournament.

I'll be cheering for Federer and Sharapova.

Here's the official site, with live scoreboards.

 

[Wes]

ahem. you forgot the obligatory sharapova pic in the original post.

Fixed for great justice.

I haven't found the "swing low, sweet chariots pic" that we normally have though!

 

[woodchuck]

Fixed for great justice.

I haven't found the "swing low, sweet chariots pic" that we normally have though!

this one?

 

[Ash_69]

I appreciate all the Sharapova goodness in this thread.

Also, is Henman even in this?:lol I'll be rooting for him, thing is theres no way for me to watch it.

Download the TVU Player and you can watch it on the Tennis Channel.

Care to expand on this?

 

[Wes]

this one?

Done, put it in an eye-catching position in the first post

 

[woodchuck]

so it looks like serena is cruising to victory. how great would it have been to see her get knocked out in the first round.

 

[MIMIC]

Go, Serena!

 

[Dez]

What happened to Hingis? Is she not in the French this year?

 

[woodchuck]

What happened to Hingis? Is she not in the French this year?

injury

 

[bigfurb]

so it looks like serena is cruising to victory. how great would it have been to see her get knocked out in the first round.

Not very, few things bring me more pleasure in womens tennis then watching Serena smack up on everyone's favourite ice princess of the moment.

 

[castle007]

I love the french open, one of my favorite tournaments.



But Hingis isn't playing It is always nice to have her around

 

[castle007]

Not very, few things bring me more pleasure in womens tennis then watching Serena smack up on everyone's favourite ice princess of the moment.

Serena Williams I don't like her style at all.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Another thread about a girl who's considered hotter than she is just because she is a celebrity.

 

[woodchuck]

Another thread about a girl who's considered hotter than she is just because she is a celebrity.

would you rather have us post pics of amelie mauresmo?

 

[Cubsfan23]

Serena and Nadal will win


Ferrero will bounce Fed.

 

[castle007]

This rain needs to freaking stop

 

[Shinobi]

Not very, few things bring me more pleasure in womens tennis then watching Serena smack up on everyone's favourite ice princess of the moment.

:lol The way she anhiliated Sharapova was absolutely hysterical. I do love Maria, but the Serena haters just piss me off, making it even easier to root for.

 

[castle007]

Roddick is out.

Nadal almost blew away the first set, but he is command right now

 

[Dez]

Hingis engaged to Stepanek? Ew.

 

[castle007]

Hingis engaged to Stepanek? Ew.

:lol yeah I know. What was she thinking??

 

[Alucard]

Nadal is looking pretty good.

 

[Cheeto]

Nadal is looking pretty good.

I caught him whooping on Federer this weekend while I was fighting off a hangover. Good match.

 

[Defcon]

Roddick is awful on clay. He most likely won't get past the 1st round. He's best chance of winning a Grandslam is the US Open.

Correct.

 

[Shinobi]

Roddick is awful on clay. He most likely won't get past the 1st round. He's best chance of winning a Grandslam is the US Open.

Congratulations...you're the winner of GAF's weekly Colbert "I Called It" award!

 

[Miroku]

James Blake choked it up today too. Bye-bye Americans in the first round.

5th seed and Australian Open runner-up Gonzalez bit the dust in straight sets too.

I'm looking forward to a Federer Vs. Nadal final

Got to see a little bit of Gasquet's match. He's a lot of fun to watch, hope to see more of him this tournament.

 

[Wes]

Vaidisova through to the quarters. Go on girl!

 

[McFly]

Federer has matched another record, this time one held by John McEnroe, 35 consecutive sets won in slams.

Fredi

 

[castle007]

Mid term report:

Federer advances to the QFs (he will face Tommy Robredo) and he might potentially face Canas in the SF (Canas defeated Federer twice this year, back to back).

Tomorrow, Nadal will face Hewitt and it should be a good match, but Nadal won't lose.

Andy Murray is out do to a wrist injury.

Only one American man left in the draw and he is into the QFs.

Djokovic, thankfully, is still in the tournament

 

[Wes]

Sharapova isn't playing well. Too many errors. Going to take something special to get this first set back.

 

[Coen]

I'm cheering for Jankovic. Women's tennis has been dominated by powerplayers for the last couple of years but this girl's different. Great range of strokes and a positive attitude, she's a joy to watch. Shame she isn't much of a hottie.

 

[Wes]

I'm cheering for Jankovic. Women's tennis has been dominated by powerplayers for the last couple of years but this girl's different. Great range of strokes and a positive attitude, she's a joy to watch. Shame she isn't much of a hottie.

I like her style of play too. I'm looking forward to her quarter final with Vaidisova.

Sharapova just dropped a break. This is going to go down to the wire.
Edit: nevermind, she won it right back.

 

[scorcho]

great break by Sharapova

and stupid loss of serve too.

um, great break by Sharapova.

 

[Wes]

This match is awesome! Don't know who's going to come through and win it.

 

[castle007]

wow at the sharapova match

 

[McFly]

great break by Sharapova

and stupid loss of serve too.

Which one? :lol

Fredi

 

[Malleymal]

The fist pumping back and forth in this match is atrocious..

 

[castle007]

15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
30-40
deuce
adv. sch. match point
deuce
adv. Sharapova. GREAT DEFENSE

7-7

 

[Bat]

Mid term report:

Only one American man left in the draw and he is into the QFs.

Wha? There are no American men left; they all lost in hte first round (8 of them). The only American left is Serena, and she is into the QFs.

 

[Defcon]

Pova is wearing her down and will pull it out in the end. Great match, though.

 

[Eric WK]

Wow.

 

[castle007]

this match is awesome.

I have to watch the third set from the beginning later