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perfectchaos007
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The Halepenos from Romania are out in full force
edit: Jeez I hate how Lepchenko cries/screams every time she loses a point.
edit: Jeez I hate how Lepchenko cries/screams every time she loses a point.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
murray letting another match go off the rails after a good start. 2014 mode activated.
kohli made a pretty insane shot there to get a set point.
kohli made a pretty insane shot there to get a set point.
Always a good day when she loses. She literally will never change her game, and her only ability is to push the ball back endlessly. Her forehand is horrid looking. Her game overall is a bore to watch. Good to see the young players rising to the ocasion.
perfectchaos007
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Hey MIMIC if you get LHN, set your DVR for tomorrow at 4pm. #10 Ohio St. vs. #8 Texas (college mens tennis)
Oh cool man. Glad you're having a good time.
perfectchaos007
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Did Djokovic just wake up from a nap? He looks tired out there
Certainly looks a bit off.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Kokkinakis vs. Tomic looks to be an interesting match up. I'm not sold on Kygrios, Borna would manhandle him.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
typical clay season preparation for the serb.
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Deleted member 231381
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I'm fairly confident Kygrios would beat Coric right now. Coric's RoS would struggle to deal with what Kygrios can produce, and Kygrios can generate a lot more power at the moment. Not sure who has the better future.
Both have shown that they don't "fear" to play big four status opponents, so to me it's a good indicator that they will be able to step up their game in future big matches. It's really hard to tell how far they'll go at this point, or if one of them will have the upper hand in their future head to heads. Kyrgios sure seems to have matured a little bit sooner than everyone else from this generation, but I must say it's not a good thing to see him struggle with injuries this soon in his career. With the type of game he develops, he'll have to build quickly a strong physique if he wants to reach the very top and stay there for a few years.
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I'm not sure it is too unusual. Ymer and Kokkinakis are also both front-runners for their generations, and both have struggled with injury problems. I think the predominance of slow-moving high-bouncing hard courts is really damaging the ability of youngsters to break through. Coric isn't as affected as much because if anything his game thrives on being able to take away pace and focus on moving people around instead, but all of the big-hitting youngsters have had noticeablely long injury breaks at this point.
Incidentally, it's the same reason I think people are ruling out Tomic waaaay too early. Dude has already had double-hip surgery and had coaching problems outside of that, he has huge development potential. When he first broke through everyone was like "future no.1" and now everyone has already moved on. I don't think people have caught onto the fact development takes a lot longer and is a lot harder these days.
Also, the more I watch Coric the more I think he plays like young Murray and not young Djokovic.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Birdshit is just too complete for Johnson. It was admirable for him to get this far though.
The only thing that can stop Borna from being the number one player in the world is if he starts training with the USTA. Nishioka has been a disappointment and I haven't been too impressed with lil Zverev. Might see him play in person tomorrow though.
The only thing that can stop Borna from being the number one player in the world is if he starts training with the USTA. Nishioka has been a disappointment and I haven't been too impressed with lil Zverev. Might see him play in person tomorrow though.
perfectchaos007
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Sloane up 3-0 on Serena to start. Can she maintain this intensity? crystal ball would indicate an emphatic NO
Classic Sloane.
perfectchaos007
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Serena is going to curb stomp Sloane in the 3rd set.
Wafflecakes
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As expected.
Sax Russel
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Donald Young, champion of US men's tennis!
perfectchaos007
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lol. Jack sock is the real MVP for US tennis. First tournament back and he's into the 4th round. Unfortunately he probably faces Federer next round so his run will most likely end in the 4th round
John Dunbar
correct about everything
nadal is of course going to win in straights, but i can't imagine it will do wonders for his confidence to be struggling to hold serve against donald young.
Yeah. Nadal looked terrible and was pretty off in his doubles match yesterday too.
perfectchaos007
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I can't recall you investing in any tournament since Maria won her first French Open. Probably for the best. She has her career slam and isn't in contention to be a GOAT so any other accomplishments for her are just icing.
Some crazy slicing.
perfectchaos007
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Bencic doesn't have a lot of pop on her shots, but she's smart with her play and generally puts pressure on her opponent to take a risky shot
Was disappointed she didn't end up winning.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Dimitrov still just puts up baffling loses.
perfectchaos007
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Wow. Bouchard choked that match away
Rafa=FedKilla
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She was injured brah.
Bautista Agut just imploded after winning the first set. Sock could not handle the action on his shot at all and was moving around the court like he was on ice.
Wafflecakes
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Pleased that Sharapova was knocked out.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Surprised how poorly Kei is playing. Lalo is attacking well though....
Yeah kind of disappointed in that.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I wanted to see him go up against Muzza. Must be saving himself for the majors.
Somebody has got to get Soxk from standing so far behind the baseline. He doesn't have the movement or court craft for it. Sure he can surprise Fed tonight, but it's not a winning strategy for maximum results.
Jack in the Box
Maybe a broken one lol
perfectchaos007
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Djokovic hasn't played too well so far at IW. Still, Isner won't be able to break his serve. I'll tune in for the inevitable tiebreaks