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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jdyeoPKuk
Crazy stuff. He just can't help himself, even though you'd imagine Rasheed being somewhat less pleased with the frequency of these kind of shots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jdyeoPKuk
Crazy stuff. He just can't help himself, even though you'd imagine Rasheed being somewhat less pleased with the frequency of these kind of shots.
Awesome lol. Jack couldn't even get mad at that.
perfectchaos007
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The Russian tennis federation president has been banned from the WTA for 1 year for referring to the Williams sisters as "The Williams Brothers".
Too harsh?
Too harsh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jdyeoPKuk
Crazy stuff. He just can't help himself, even though you'd imagine Rasheed being somewhat less pleased with the frequency of these kind of shots.
Nice one, amazing stuff. Yeah, I'm sure Rasheed would be happier if he performed some of the basics a bit more consistently
Gross statements.
Should be a lifetime ban.
Tough one for Serena
The groups are really balanced I think. Two slam winners in each. The obvious semi-finals should be Serena x Petra and Maria x Ana, with Ana being the question mark of those four.
Not sure if that is true in this case. I don't see her having trouble with any of those (bar Peak Ivanovic) unless she is injured. The fight for the second place in that group is going to be interesting though, Genie/Simona and Ana/Simona are usually very close matches so it could go either way. Genie/Ana is very one sided in Genie's favor though.
The second group is more predictable imo. Maria and Petra should go through with some ease considering they dont dip in form compared to their last few weeks in China. Aga is in terrible form and Caro can be a bit of trouble, but the matches are never on her racket.
Not sure if that is true in this case. I don't see her having trouble with any of those (bar Peak Ivanovic) unless she is injured. The fight for the second place in that group is going to be interesting though, Genie/Simona and Ana/Simona are usually very close matches so it could go either way. Genie/Ana is very one sided in Genie's favor though.
The second group is more predictable imo. Maria and Petra should go through with some ease considering they dont dip in form compared to their last few weeks in China. Aga is in terrible form and Caro can be a bit of trouble, but the matches are never on her racket.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
This is a test for Eugenie's development.
Tomic is actually going for some shots and leaning in on his serve.
Tomic is actually going for some shots and leaning in on his serve.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
tomic broken by a double fault when serving for the set. also had set points on dimitrov's serve.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Yep. Sorry brah's.
:lol
The two players who have explicitly said they're not on the tour to make friends staying true to their word
:lol
It's like they're at the prom waiting for to use the bathroom or something.
EDIT: More tennis with MIMIC:
I played with this new guy today (doubles). He hit the ball SO DAMN HARD. I guess he thought he was del Potro or Soderling or something. When he was good, he was really good. But when he was bad, he was bad. Overall, he was 20% good, 80% bad. And he hit like 10 double faults -______-
We were 0-4 and he suddenly stopped sucking and made we it all the way back to 4-4. Then he started sucking again (double faulted the game away, of course). And at set point on return, he fucking blasted the ball and of course it landed no where near the court. This guy was a joke.
Jesus, if you're going to be smacking the ball, you better have some damn accuracy. Power ain't shit if you can't control it.
Masha and Genie?
:lol
I prefer this kind of photo, at least they look natural. The official WTF pictures are always a little bit ridiculous. Same with the men.
Seriously... This looks like a wedding party. I'd be one of them I'd come in jeans and see what happens !
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i'm watching some german stream of ferrer-murray since i couldn't find one in english, and my god these people just keep babbling. is it not the norm there to shut the fuck up during the points?
No it's not, they are always talking ^^
Depends if Masha goes back to playing as horrible as her pre-China 2014 season.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
berdych is attempting to pull a tomic here.
edit: yep, he did it. up 5-3 and then loses four games in a row.
edit2: six breaks in the third set of ferrer-murray so far. another wta level borefest where a break of return will decide it. smh.
edit: yep, he did it. up 5-3 and then loses four games in a row.
edit2: six breaks in the third set of ferrer-murray so far. another wta level borefest where a break of return will decide it. smh.
Yep, and her first match in the RR is against the only player in the group who beat her this year, Wozniacki, tuesday. She better be ready.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
murray won 7-5 in the third, but truly an embarrassing match for all concerned. tennis lost in vienna today.
edit: and berdych defeats the male kournikova in stockholm.
edit: and berdych defeats the male kournikova in stockholm.
I think Halep was the only one I didn't recognize instantly.
Me: Who the fuck is this chick? *tries to remember the slam finalists* Oh yeah!
Also, I was playing tennis today, and in the last set, my friend wanted to quit while I was serving 5*-0. REALLY??? LOL. I convinced him to play on.....so I bageled him for trying to tap out. ^_^
Quitting just to avoid a bad scoreline is lame. There's no shame in losing.
Me: Who the fuck is this chick? *tries to remember the slam finalists* Oh yeah!
Also, I was playing tennis today, and in the last set, my friend wanted to quit while I was serving 5*-0. REALLY??? LOL. I convinced him to play on.....so I bageled him for trying to tap out. ^_^
Quitting just to avoid a bad scoreline is lame. There's no shame in losing.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Woah woah wow Eugenie.....
Rafa is just gonna steamroll through Basel. Knees are fine.
Rafa is just gonna steamroll through Basel. Knees are fine.
This same guy came back against me when I was serving at 5*-0 to make it 5-4. It may have been fun for him, but it was horrible for me, lol.
I wonder how many times Serena has come back from something like that. Not getting the 6-0 or the 6-1 pretty much means she's gonna win the set.
RedAssedApe
Banned
genie went a bit overboard on that makeup. ana still the best (looking)
lel
I actually laughed out loud at that. Omg. Didn't even notice it before you pointed that out.
genie went a bit overboard on that makeup. ana still the best (looking)
Agreed. Genie usually looks best without make-up tbh. She is a natural beauty.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Eugenie e is basically the James Blake of the WTA at this point. Close her eyes, grip it tighter and hit the ball harder.
You can tell she is extremely nervous.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
bolelli looks like some club player playing nadal.
RedAssedApe
Banned
does anyone play with the wilson spin effect racquets?
i just bought a six.one 95s after play testing over a few days. unfortunately the sporting goods store i rented from have no idea about tennis so couldn't tell me what strings i was playing with. i think one was a poly...felt like a board and another was a hybrid albeit one where the mains and crosses were the same color so i couldnt tell...
all my life i've pretty much only played with prince og synthetic gut on my old Prince Michael Chang's...but i've read these spin racquets just shred your strings and polys and/or some type of hybrid was suggested. any recommendations? got a free stringing of some wilson syn guy i've never used before so i guess we'll see how long it takes to pop them.
also...do new racquets still come with a cover? lol lost all my old tennis gear in a flood so starting over from scratch
i just bought a six.one 95s after play testing over a few days. unfortunately the sporting goods store i rented from have no idea about tennis so couldn't tell me what strings i was playing with. i think one was a poly...felt like a board and another was a hybrid albeit one where the mains and crosses were the same color so i couldnt tell...
all my life i've pretty much only played with prince og synthetic gut on my old Prince Michael Chang's...but i've read these spin racquets just shred your strings and polys and/or some type of hybrid was suggested. any recommendations? got a free stringing of some wilson syn guy i've never used before so i guess we'll see how long it takes to pop them.
also...do new racquets still come with a cover? lol lost all my old tennis gear in a flood so starting over from scratch