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Roland Garros - The 2014 French Open (May 25th - June 8)
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FortuneFaded
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Tsonga's making easy work of Melzer. I really hope he is getting back into prime Jo.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I can't see Cornet losing to Taylor. Just move that broad around.
He looked pretty sharp. Nice to see.
Wafflecakes
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This grand slam is already dead to me...
Rafa=FedKilla
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Simon is going to humble Raonic.
grosvenor_92
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I'm currently watching Eugenie Bouchard's match from the this morning and man did she ever recover from losing the first set. It looks like she's found her game and looks to be in complete control right now
When she is aggressive, she does well. Love her fight.
FortuneFaded
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He's got quite a few points to defend given that he reached the semi-final last year but he only reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon and didn't play in the US Open so hopefully he'll overtake the likes of Isner in the rankings. Of course, after I made my post he lost 3 games in a row including being broken twice.
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I've never heard of Taylor Townsend before until one of the posts above me. They just showed her in action while I was watching another match. British female tennis players have been criticised in the past for being out of shape but this is another level.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Its sad to see how far Julia has fallen. The Nike partnership is really paying off for Eugenie, dat back muscles....
Yeah, he hasn't been doing too well since the French last year (though some of that was due to injury), so it'd be nice to see him rebound. He's definitely capable of it. I'd like to see him at the Cincinnati Masters this year, haven't been lucky enough the last two years since he hasn't made it to the quarters
Rafa=FedKilla
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Lisicki is down Lisicki is down Lisicki is down Lisicki is down Lisicki is down Lisicki is down
Grass season in danger. Grass season in danger.
perfectchaos007
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Yeah she's losing energy now. Was up 4-1, now down 5-4.
Edit: Townsend is tired and lost 5 straight games to lose the second set
Lone_Prodigy
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Seems like Serena alternates between GOAT and goat.
Wafflecakes
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Meh. At her age it really isn't all that surprising.
I would REALLY like her to get #18 though....
perfectchaos007
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Didn't realize this was Townsends grand slam debut for singles. Into the 3rd round good for her.would be hilarious if she got a sponsorship with taco bell or something. Josh freeman.jpg
She reminded me of Serena in this respect (especially Serena's performance at the 2007 Australian Open when many considered her too out of shape to compete...which she eventually won)
perfectchaos007
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The rain doesn't stop play at the French. They're mud balling now
John Dunbar
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some hype for the nadal-thiem match, but i can't see anything but easy three sets for nadal. maybe one of them will be kinda close.
perfectchaos007
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It will be something like 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 Nadal
In a sense yes, but I think Townsend's body fat is distributed throughout her body rather than in just a couple places like Serena. Even though Serena and Townsend very well may be similar in weight, you can still see muscle throughout Serena's legs, arms, thighs etc, but with Townsend you don't see nearly as much muscle, she has a gut, and just doesn't look "fit". She can still have some success at this size, but I don't see her having a long career if she doesn't tone it down. The body can only take so much strain as a tennis player, and lack of fitness can shorten a career by many years. I hope she gets that straightened out, but considering she hasn't made any progress losing weight over the last 3 years, I think she's content with just making the best of it.
IISANDERII
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Everybody at her age can move fast. She'll definitely need to get fit for long term success and I hope she does, love her aggression and coming to net.
She fell and injured her wrist. It's hard to say how serious the injury is, especially with her latest injury/"injury" history. But we'll see tomorrow when she is scheduled for doubles.
Fucking Rory.
French has always been the oddball grand slam. That surface just messes up rankings and provides upsets.
Box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
It always dead for me
John Dunbar
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thiem had a 0-30 in the first game. that's probably the peak of this match's competitiveness.
John Dunbar
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pretty much confirms that the only one who has even a tiny chance of stopping nadal before the final is ferrer. scary thought.
Not really on the back of a match against weak Thiem.
John Dunbar
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there is no one in his draw besides ferrer who is better than weak thiem. fognini or murray in the semi are the only ones who could potentially challenge him, but both will probably lose before that because one is a clay court mug and the other is a clown.
Rafa=FedKilla
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False prophets. Every one of them.
perfectchaos007
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Dolan Young into the 3rd round? wut?
US tennis is alive!
So I was playing tennis the other day and I'm trying to get back to using my old racquet.
I hit 4 aces (technically 6)...more than I usually hit. And 2 DFs...more than I usually hit. Trying to get reacquainted with it. Hopefully things work out
You should have a match with Faith, GAF Open
Rafa=FedKilla
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Only a fully realized potential Donald Young has a hope of beating Rafa here.
That would be interesting
Nadal has to win the French Open to remain the number 1. I hope Djokovic will do it this year, it would be his most important win in his life.
John Dunbar
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fognini through, hopefully monfils closes his match out as well. fognini-monfils needs to happen.
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