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John Dunbar
correct about everything
now i feel bad i only put 12 euros on federer.
Diprosalic
Banned
Rest of the world are you even trying?
John Dunbar
correct about everything
now i'm even more baffled that djokovic even bothered to show up, though. why would you risk playing in that condition?
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Well, he did get a bit of a bad reputation for pulling out unnecessarily early in his career. That can stick with a player.
Also, I'm not looking forward to the lapdog capitulating. This is by far the worst possible match-up that could have happened.
Maybe he thought 50% of himself would be enough to beat Federer, and he almost did it, had 2 set points
John Dunbar
correct about everything
djokovic said he would take a break until he is 100%. nadal to sweep rest of the clay season.
perfectchaos007
Member
I hope Djokovic heals quickly. At least in time before the RG warm up tournament. If RG is his first tournament back he has no chance.
Also, I'm physically and mentally drained from the tennis I've played the past couple of days. Won my first round 6-1, 6-2. As routine as that scoreline sounds, our match lasted just shy of 2 hours. We had many long rallies with quite a few duece games that went back and forth. Fortunately, I won most of them.
I then won my second round match 6-2, 6-3. This college age guy had a big forehand, so I tried to keep it away from him as best as I could, but if I hit enough balls back he would eventually go for a winning shot attempt that would result in a winner maybe 30% of the time, and an error 70% of the time. So if he hit a winner past me, it didn't phase me or give me cause of panic because I knew he would probably miss the next time he tried going for it.
Those matches took place yesterday. My 3rd round match was this morning at 8am, and I lost in 3 sets. I'm not a morning person. I ate a good breakfast at 6:30am, arrived on the court at 8am and before I knew it, I was down 5-0 in the first set. I was just going through the motions really, because mentally I was still sleeping even if my body was moving. I woke up and won the next 3 games, but then he held to close out the first set 6-3. I had some momentum though which carried through to the 2nd set. I won the second set 6-4. The 3rd set was a let down. Almost all the breaks went his way including a ball my opponent hit that dribbled over the net to end a 25+ ball rally, which gave my opponent a break point he would end up converting on the next point. I ended up losing that set 6-2.
All in all, it was a good tournament, just frustrating losing those 3 setters especially after my turnaround after being down 5-0 at the beginning of the match. The tournament I played in last month I had similar results ( won my first 2 matches in straights, then lost the 3rd match in 3 sets ). I'm so close to getting over that hump. A win today would have put me in the quarter finals, but it was not to be. Hopefully the next tournament I play I can finally get over that 3rd round hump and make myself into a contender.
Also, I'm physically and mentally drained from the tennis I've played the past couple of days. Won my first round 6-1, 6-2. As routine as that scoreline sounds, our match lasted just shy of 2 hours. We had many long rallies with quite a few duece games that went back and forth. Fortunately, I won most of them.
I then won my second round match 6-2, 6-3. This college age guy had a big forehand, so I tried to keep it away from him as best as I could, but if I hit enough balls back he would eventually go for a winning shot attempt that would result in a winner maybe 30% of the time, and an error 70% of the time. So if he hit a winner past me, it didn't phase me or give me cause of panic because I knew he would probably miss the next time he tried going for it.
Those matches took place yesterday. My 3rd round match was this morning at 8am, and I lost in 3 sets. I'm not a morning person. I ate a good breakfast at 6:30am, arrived on the court at 8am and before I knew it, I was down 5-0 in the first set. I was just going through the motions really, because mentally I was still sleeping even if my body was moving. I woke up and won the next 3 games, but then he held to close out the first set 6-3. I had some momentum though which carried through to the 2nd set. I won the second set 6-4. The 3rd set was a let down. Almost all the breaks went his way including a ball my opponent hit that dribbled over the net to end a 25+ ball rally, which gave my opponent a break point he would end up converting on the next point. I ended up losing that set 6-2.
All in all, it was a good tournament, just frustrating losing those 3 setters especially after my turnaround after being down 5-0 at the beginning of the match. The tournament I played in last month I had similar results ( won my first 2 matches in straights, then lost the 3rd match in 3 sets ). I'm so close to getting over that hump. A win today would have put me in the quarter finals, but it was not to be. Hopefully the next tournament I play I can finally get over that 3rd round hump and make myself into a contender.
Like I said, yesterday I won the first match against this ***** who doesn't know to play tennis. All he did the whole time was pushing the ball back to me really high, fucking moonballer. It drove me so crazy after losing the first set 6:2 that I tossed my racket on the ground and now it has 2 cracks and it's unplayable now -.- Already looking for a second one on eBay (I have 2 times the same racket). I couldn't believe that he was winning whit this style of play, he never approached to the net. He just returned almost everything, no matter how hard I hit the ball, causing me to play more risky and make more unforced errors. Luckily I won the match 2:6 6:2 6:4. Lesson learned: just stay calm.
The second one was a lot tougher. His serve was lethal, I couldn't adjust and lost the first set 6:1. In the second set I was on fire. I could even return these amazing serves and managed to lead 4:3 40:15 on his serve. And he saved himself with his fucking serve! 2 Aces trough the middle He won the second set 6:4. After the match he told me that he played a lot of tennis and started to go to tournaments 2008. So he had probably around 150 matches by now, maybe even more. Looking at my career (it was my 4th match and I started to play tennis 1.5 years ago) I was really satisfied with myself.
Now everything works just fine. My serve is good, no more double faults. My forehand is really good, my backhand is ok (no handicap but also no weapon) and I feel safe at the net. Now I just have to improve everything. I need to play faster without increasing unforced errors. This way I will manage to beat someone like him in a couple of months
The second one was a lot tougher. His serve was lethal, I couldn't adjust and lost the first set 6:1. In the second set I was on fire. I could even return these amazing serves and managed to lead 4:3 40:15 on his serve. And he saved himself with his fucking serve! 2 Aces trough the middle
He won the second set 6:4. After the match he told me that he played a lot of tennis and started to go to tournaments 2008. So he had probably around 150 matches by now, maybe even more. Looking at my career (it was my 4th match and I started to play tennis 1.5 years ago) I was really satisfied with myself.Now everything works just fine. My serve is good, no more double faults. My forehand is really good, my backhand is ok (no handicap but also no weapon) and I feel safe at the net. Now I just have to improve everything. I need to play faster without increasing unforced errors. This way I will manage to beat someone like him in a couple of months
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Djokovic's wrist is fine. Now he can do his cycle in earnest.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
federer gets the first break. wawrinka pretty much gifted it. stan the man.
i did put some money on wawrinka so i wouldn't be that bummed if federer doesn't finally get a monte carlo title. hedging my bets, hurhur.
i did put some money on wawrinka so i wouldn't be that bummed if federer doesn't finally get a monte carlo title. hedging my bets, hurhur.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
rogi takes the first set 6-4.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
federer really should have done better in this game. might cost him.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
wawrinka wins the tiebreaker. i could see him running away with the third.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
it's like the indian wells final. federer starts great, but can't keep up when the competition raises their game.
Sax Russel
Banned
Well I can't be displeased with Wawrinka winning either ¯\_(ツ_/¯
_/¯John Dunbar
correct about everything
wawrinka bageling federer smh
bagel avoided! comeback is on!
bagel avoided! comeback is on!
John Dunbar
correct about everything
just needs four games in a row, one down. comeback!
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i certainly did not underestimate stan. that's why i put money on him.
You didn't, but somebody (Crab) said he was going to "bend over" for Fed.
Eh, I just tune out posts like that. Anybody can win on any given day, doesn't matter what the head to head is.
Unless it's Serena vs Sharapova lol.
lol touche.
perfectchaos007
Member
Hey look Sloane Stephens finally won a Fed Cup match. I think she was like 0-4 prior
Against zombie walking Razzano who had no idea she was going to play until Cornet pulled out due to an injury. Not a great feat to be honest. As people say though, a win is a win.
Dusk Soldier
Member
Like I said, yesterday I won the first match against this ***** who doesn't know to play tennis. All he did the whole time was pushing the ball back to me really high, fucking moonballer. It drove me so crazy after losing the first set 6:2 that I tossed my racket on the ground and now it has 2 cracks and it's unplayable now -.- Already looking for a second one on eBay (I have 2 times the same racket). I couldn't believe that he was winning whit this style of play, he never approached to the net. He just returned almost everything, no matter how hard I hit the ball, causing me to play more risky and make more unforced errors. Luckily I won the match 2:6 6:2 6:4. Lesson learned: just stay calm.
The second one was a lot tougher. His serve was lethal, I couldn't adjust and lost the first set 6:1. In the second set I was on fire. I could even return these amazing serves and managed to lead 4:3 40:15 on his serve. And he saved himself with his fucking serve! 2 Aces trough the middle
Now everything works just fine. My serve is good, no more double faults. My forehand is really good, my backhand is ok (no handicap but also no weapon) and I feel safe at the net. Now I just have to improve everything. I need to play faster without increasing unforced errors. This way I will manage to beat someone like him in a couple of months
Wow, I've been playing tennis for 10 years and my serve is still terrible. How often do you practice yours?
perfectchaos007
Member
LOL USA Fed cup relegated to world group 2 for 2015. What a joke
Like I said, yesterday I won the first match against this ***** who doesn't know to play tennis. All he did the whole time was pushing the ball back to me really high, fucking moonballer. It drove me so crazy after losing the first set 6:2 that I tossed my racket on the ground and now it has 2 cracks and it's unplayable now -.- Already looking for a second one on eBay (I have 2 times the same racket). I couldn't believe that he was winning whit this style of play, he never approached to the net. He just returned almost everything, no matter how hard I hit the ball, causing me to play more risky and make more unforced errors. Luckily I won the match 2:6 6:2 6:4. Lesson learned: just stay calm.
The second one was a lot tougher. His serve was lethal, I couldn't adjust and lost the first set 6:1. In the second set I was on fire. I could even return these amazing serves and managed to lead 4:3 40:15 on his serve. And he saved himself with his fucking serve! 2 Aces trough the middle
Now everything works just fine. My serve is good, no more double faults. My forehand is really good, my backhand is ok (no handicap but also no weapon) and I feel safe at the net. Now I just have to improve everything. I need to play faster without increasing unforced errors. This way I will manage to beat someone like him in a couple of months
I love this post already
perfectchaos007
Member
Yo someone needs to set up a non-sanctioned tennis-GAF open.
Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world where time and money were not an issue so we could all play in this tournament regardless of location? One day...
Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world where time and money were not an issue so we could all play in this tournament regardless of location? One day...
Did I say something wrong?I love this post already
Let Evilore set it up, I'll bust you all up
perfectchaos007
Member
Did I say something wrong?
Nah, it's just something I would post. In fact, I think I started one of my posts exactly like that.
I just long reading angry posts in general
Also, I'm out of town (or rather, in town....I guess) and I met up with my old tennis buddies. Apparenly, I'm the only one that upgraded
I played 4 super tie breaks against one of them....but with one catch: the person who opens the tiebreak serves during the ENTIRE tiebreak. Once it's over, the other player serves during the next tiebreak, and you go back and forth until you decide to quit. It gives the server a longer opportunity to work on serves and the returner a longer time to work on returns. Never played something like this but it was fun.
Mind you, this guy BAGELED me the last time we played last year
We played 4 tiebreaks and I won all 4. During one of the tiebreaks where I was serving, I won 10-0 and at one point when I was returning, I was up 8-1 (he won the next couple of points and then I won the next two).
My serving and returning has improved immensely between last year and this year. He isn't that good of a server, and I was standing inside the baseline to return his first serve and almost near the service line to return his second serve. No way would I have been bageled if I was that confident with my returning last year.
When the one guy took his mask off, I thought his head was bleeding xD