Probably the ugliest trophy I've ever seen. Seriously.
Worse than Madrid and maybe that's why Nole doesn't want it
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Worse than Madrid and maybe that's why Nole doesn't want it
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Worst Trophies Awarded at Professional Tennis Tournaments
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1982790-worst-trophies-awarded-at-professional-tennis-tournaments
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1982790-worst-trophies-awarded-at-professional-tennis-tournaments
Federer almost didn't play Cincinnati either:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28830641
"I had to try to back up a tough week from last week, I didn't think it was possible," he said. "I was considering not playing.
"But in practise I felt like I was recovering quickly so I gave it to a go. I played with less pressure."
Sure glad he did. Nice perseverance from him, not just in playing back to back weeks but also putting his losses behind him and come out on top.
Hopefully good things awaits in the big apple.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28830641
"I had to try to back up a tough week from last week, I didn't think it was possible," he said. "I was considering not playing.
"But in practise I felt like I was recovering quickly so I gave it to a go. I played with less pressure."
Sure glad he did. Nice perseverance from him, not just in playing back to back weeks but also putting his losses behind him and come out on top.
Hopefully good things awaits in the big apple.
greenleaves
Member
Get better soon, Rafa. In a way, it's good that he's not rushing back on tour, and letting his wrist heal. Wrist injuries are a serious thing. The splint is off, but he probably can't hit a proper backhand for a while.
Sax Russel
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Man, I'm not a huge Nadal fan or anything, but I'm still sad when he's not playing.
perfectchaos007
Member
lol its the angry dildo
You have to watch the video from 2 years ago.
She was confused about what to do with the trophy lol
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
"And speak not his name for his era will do unto others what has wronged him. The first calamity." Excerpt from the first book of the DelPotro era.
lol I think I remember that.
You should have just made a Nadal Injury OT. You could bump it every two years after Wimbledon.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
"Rafael Nadal is injured again."
perfectchaos007
Member
that would be awesome, but mods frown upon topics that get bumped after 3 months of no previous posts. someone would have to remember to keep the thread alive outside of clay season
perfectchaos007
Member
This isn't the French. Nadal isn't any more of a threat than Murray or Fed on hard court.
Last year's final would refute that, no?
Anyway, I don't see Fed beating him, and I don't know what's wrong with Murray atm.
I was just kidding really.
Eh, could go either way honestly. They're 2-2 this year, and all of them have gone the distance aside from Monte Carlo.
Ape Gone Insane
Member
Anybody putting up the US Open OT? We can take shots every time someone mentions that Federer should retire.
Or GOAT debate
Gulbis. Done in one.
Nobody.
perfectchaos007
Member
I know, I was just playing along with your hypothetical thread.
We can also records stats of how many times he's referred to by his different nicknames (Olderer, Federror, Fedexpress, etc).
I think MIMIC wanted to because of the Federer beating Djokovic in '11 gif in the French Open thread. But who knows. He might be too busy being a better tennis player than Murray.
Surrrrrrre
#deceased
Lone_Prodigy
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Is there a US Open thread? The men's seedings are out.
perfectchaos007
Member
And the qualifying tournament has begun. Bencic v. U. Radwanska first round
perfectchaos007
Member
I was wondering the same thing. looked in the ap store to download it about 2 hours ago and it wasn't there. Weird because they usually have it running by the qualifying tournament which is going on right now.
You say it like it's hard
I'm out of town and have some free time so I can finally record myself serving. You can compare us =p
Anyway, I was playing (or rather just hitting) with some guy yesterday. He was the first person I've ever met who sliced every single shot. He sliced his forehand AND his backhand. A few days earlier I saw him playing another guy and he did the same thing.
I thought it would be hard playing against him because taking full shots against a sliced shot is pretty difficult. But it turned out to be much easier.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
If we don't get one.......goddam.......remember watxhing qualies last year......
And you confused Bencic and Konjuh.
perfectchaos007
Member
Ah you're right. Bencic is currently 59 in the world so she was a direct acceptance.
Ape Gone Insane
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RedAssedApe
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perfectchaos007
Member
Its Davis Cup semi finals week! My picks are Switzerland and France.
The USA is in a relegation match against Slovakia. If they lose, they will be relegated out of the World Group for the first time in 25 years
The USA is in a relegation match against Slovakia. If they lose, they will be relegated out of the World Group for the first time in 25 years
Dusk Soldier
Member
I'm pretty sure he tested positive for a stimulant though. He'd have to have kept taking it to see results.
greenleaves
Member
Switzerland vs France final looks set.
Had a "Federer service game" today. It would have been 30 seconds but my opponent was trying to slow me down, lol All first serves and 2 aces. ^_^
Also, the "off-serve" is really useful.....but it's hard to remember to employ it. My opponent and I have good first serves, and we kept surprising each other when we took the pace off of our first serves. I put the return in more frequently than he did, but it's still really effective.
Also, there was this young kid getting coached (I wanna say he was Spanish). While I was watching him play, I noticed that he had a fucking grunt....one of those grunts with "emphasis". Do they TEACH these kids to grunt or something?
EDIT: Oh snap! Murry's out of the top 10:
Also, the "off-serve" is really useful.....but it's hard to remember to employ it. My opponent and I have good first serves, and we kept surprising each other when we took the pace off of our first serves. I put the return in more frequently than he did, but it's still really effective.
Also, there was this young kid getting coached (I wanna say he was Spanish). While I was watching him play, I noticed that he had a fucking grunt....one of those grunts with "emphasis". Do they TEACH these kids to grunt or something?
EDIT: Oh snap! Murry's out of the top 10: