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[Rafa=FedKilla]

Away for a week, couldnt even follow results as internet connection was barely existent where I was. Anyway, Grigor eliminating Murray and winning a tournament/not choking is so amazing. Keep going.

Also, talking about Dimitrov

Spoiler

kind of

. Genie is on a roll. This girl is literally on fire. lmao Such an off court gifworthy legend.

She's the Meltzer or Stepanek of the WtA. Broad likes to have fun.

 

[Faith]

Who's that? Wawrinka and?

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Eugenie Bouchard.

 

[LuuKyK]

Who's that? Wawrinka and?

Genie Bouchard. Australian Open semi-finalist, future WTA star, number 1, slam champion etc. At least thats what WTA desperately want her to be.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Genie Bouchard. Australian Open semi-finalist, future WTA star, number 1, slam champion etc. At least thats what WTA desperately want her to be.

At first when watching the .gif I saw shades of Kate Upton with her facial expressions. I'm sure she could be a model...

 

[Faith]

She's kind of hot

 

[LuuKyK]

She's kind of hot

Kinda totally hot you mean.

 

[Peru]

How do you like Maria's chances here?

I am not so confident myself. I can already see her struggling against Petkovic on the second round.

Eeh, hard to say. She hasn't got back into the groove of playing tournaments after her injury, only AO and then rest / Olympic hijinx. Might see spotty play here as well, hopefully she keeps on getting match practice in the coming months though.

 

[Diprosalic]

She's kind of hot

kind of?

 

[perfectchaos007]

kind of?

Maybe he's judging on the whole package. She's at least a 9.5/10 on any scale physically ( I'de give her a perfect 10 ), but she's also a Belieber. That takes some points away from her personality. Still, I can easily look past that poor judgement, because she seems fun to be around

 

[Diprosalic]

Maybe he's judging on the whole package. She's at least a 9.5/10 on any scale physically ( I'de give her a perfect 10 ), but she's also a Belieber. That takes some points away from her personality. Still, I can easily look past that poor judgement, because she seems fun to be around

I honestly don't know her. That gif with Wawa is incredibly cute.
After googling her she seems to have some kind of hips, already better than Upton (and more talented too)

 

[LuuKyK]

She does seem to be pretty funny, or so it seems based on her interviews. Watch this for example. Or this.

kind of?

Maybe he's judging on the whole package. She's at least a 9.5/10 on any scale physically ( I'de give her a perfect 10 ), but she's also a Belieber. That takes some points away from her personality. Still, I can easily look past that poor judgement, because she seems fun to be around

I honestly don't know her. That gif with Wawa is incredibly cute.
After googling her she seems to have some kind of hips, already better than Upton (and more talented too)

 

[perfectchaos007]

She does seem to be pretty funny, or so it seems based on her interviews. Watch this for example. Or this.

Who's the guy in that .gif?

 

[Niraj]

Who's the guy in that .gif?

Dimitrov.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Dimitrov.

Yoooo he's taken. Hopefully Maria isn't the jealous type.

 

[LuuKyK]

Yoooo he's taken. Hopefully Maria isn't the jealous type.

 

[Peru]

Maybe if she steps up like K-cheva. Attack is the best form of defense

"Not really charming. Not really charming. Not really charming."

 

[perfectchaos007]

Maybe if she steps up like K-cheva. Attack is the best form of defense

"Not really charming. Not really charming. Not really charming."

So they did eventually meet in a tournament? how did that match end up?

 

[LuuKyK]

So they did eventually meet in a tournament? how did that match end up?

IIRC they did, and Maria won.

Edit: Here are the highlights. Watch the last few minutes. Maria's dad was pissed. lmao "You kicked her ass off!"

 

[perfectchaos007]

IIRC they did, and Maria won.

Edit: Here are the highlights. Watch the last few minutes. Maria's dad was pissed. lmao "You kicked her ass off!"

Wow that altercation occurred 10 years ago? Didn't realize this was all coming from a 14 year old directed at a 16 year old.

 

[Faith]

Sharapova is so unattractive inside.

 

[Peru]

Sharapova is so unattractive inside.

lol why.. and why would you mention that now

 

[perfectchaos007]

lol why.. and why would you mention that now

I think he's just re-quoting Serena's infamous line to the chair umpire in a satirical form.

 

[MIMIC]

Wow, so my new racket was good for 1 day, but turned out to be a huge POS. I got a painful blister on my palm after using it for more than one day. I've never had blisters from tennis rackets, so that was....interesting.

I think that was either due to the grip size (which is a 4 1/2) or the fact that I got it slightly shorter than the average racket (trying to compensate for my holding of the racket higher on the handle). That tennis coach from a long time ago said that my racket was too small for my hands, so....I increased the grip size. And it gave me a blister! Yay!

And funnily enough, I went back to my old racket and now I can make overheads, ground strokes with a normal grip (instead of gripping higher on the racket handle).

Also, the racket is super light, so maybe that was an issue, too. I guess next time I get a racket, I'll try to just increase the head size and leave everything else the same.

 

[Deadman]

Indian Wells Draw

Nadal in the same quarter as murray. Wawrinka same quarter as Federer. All 4 of these in the same half.

Djokovic by himself in the other half.

 

[Faith]

Djokovic by himself in the other half.

Lol? Del Potro & Berdych/Gasquet. Nadal has Fognini/Monfils & Murray.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Wednesday is such a strange day to start a tournament. The first round womens matches are now underway.

 

[Niraj]

Is Delpo actually playing? Figured he'd want to rest his wrist.

 

[Reyne]

Lol? Del Potro & Berdych/Gasquet. Nadal has Fognini/Monfils & Murray.

Del Potro was injured at Dubai. You have to wonder whether it is a smart decision to play again so soon.

 

[Faith]

He deserves a masters title! I hope he will get one this year.

 

[MIMIC]

He deserves a masters title! I hope he will get one this year.

LOL, I almost mistook that for the Wimbledon trophy.

Dem fools at Basel trying to give Fed more Wimbledon trophies than he deserves =p

 

[Niraj]

The dude that wrote up the draw analysis on tennis.com picks Federer v Nadal and Gulbis v Djokovic in the semis, with Federer beating Djokovic in the final. He insinuates that the quarterfinal will be Federer v Wawrinka, which means he thinks Federer will beat the top three players in the world, in a row. Talk about a bold prediction

 

[Tekniqs]

hey how much would tickets be to watch at Indian Wells? I'm hoping to watch Federer before he retires

oh and a friend of mine is on security duty. sadly, he has no crazy stories to tell me. Sauciest one is a few years back, he was with a female player while she was signing autographs after a match. She happened to back up her ass into his hand lol

 

[Niraj]

hey how much would tickets be to watch at Indian Wells? I'm hoping to watch Federer before he retires

oh and a friend of mine is on security duty. sadly, he has no crazy stories to tell me. Sauciest one is a few years back, he was with a female player while she was signing autographs after a match. She happened to back up her ass into his hand lol

http://www.bnpparibasopen.com/Tickets/Daily-Tickets.aspx

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Is Delpo actually playing? Figured he'd want to rest his wrist.

The Mayo Clinic saved him.

 

[Niraj]

The Mayo Clinic saved him.

I'd imagine that he feels compelled to play since he's defending the points he got from making the final last year. Still, kind of a poor choice. Hope it doesn't end up biting him in the ass.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

I'd imagine that he feels compelled to play since he's defending the points he got from making the final last year. Still, kind of a poor choice. Hope it doesn't end up biting him in the ass.

There's always the sun.

 

[Jay Sosa]

And people make fun of baseball because some hitters don't look very athletic.

 

[perfectchaos007]

And people make fun of baseball because some hitters don't look very athletic.

I guarantee you no player that looks like Prince Fielder could play tennis at a high level.

 

[Jay Sosa]

I guarantee you no player that looks like Prince Fielder could play tennis at a high level.

tell that to Ms. Townsend.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

tell that to Ms. Townsend.

She just got a lil belly. And he said high level.

 

[perfectchaos007]

She just got a lil belly. And he said high level.

Also I was comparing Male ball players to Male tennis players. The fattest guy who played at a high level on the ATP tour I can think of was David Nalbandian. I bet you a high percentage of MLB players are in much worse shape than he is.

 

[Jay Sosa]

That's more than a little belly. That girl is biiiiiiig.

Spoiler

And besides that I was just joking.

 

[perfectchaos007]

That's more than a little belly. That girl is biiiiiiig.

Spoiler

And besides that I was just joking.

McEnroe tried to ban her from playing in a few tournaments due to her weight. I believe the Junior US Open was one of them, but she played in it anyway without USTA's travel funding assistance. I guess the development program has resigned to the fact Townsend is going to be a larger player and will accept her as she is. Of course it does hurt knowing how much better of a player she could be if she got rid of the excess weight.

 

[Jay Sosa]

Oh wow, didn't know that; not sure if I'm ok with that. Sounds like an assholish thing to do. First time seeing her, she definitely has game.

Just won the first set. You go girl!

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Young and Russel are in a dog fight right now....

 

[perfectchaos007]

Young and Russel are in a dog fight right now....

And Jack Sock lost to lil Tim Smyczeck. Looks like Jack Sock also put on some weight, maybe the USTA needs some foreign dietitians for our players.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

And Jack Sock lost to lil Tim Smyczeck. Looks like Jack Sock also put on some weight, maybe the USTA needs some foreign dietitians for our players.

PMAC's system is not working. It's great to see.

 

[perfectchaos007]

PMAC's system is not working. It's great to see.

The USTA needs a new development leader like...now. We currently have 3 junior boys in the top 10 of the junior ranks, and under Patrick they will become journeymen once they transition to the pros like every other former top American junior over the past decade.

edit: Take DY as an example. He was the number 1 junior for like 3 years straight, then became a journeyman in the pros. At age 25, his career may only have about 5 or 6 years left.

 

[perfectchaos007]

So Kleybanova had cancer?