perfectchaos007
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Nadal and Federer both beat their French opponents today 6-2, 6-1.
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FortuneFaded
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*Insert easy joke about the French*
John Dunbar
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i hope this is just a part of federer's cunning plan to peak at slams. of course australia didn't go too hot.
and watching the isner-nadal tiebreak, they really need to stop being idiots and start using hawk-eye on clay. they already use it for unofficial replays, so what the hell? umpire made the right call this time, but that looking for the mark nonsense is ridiculous.
wawrinka hit 41 unforced errors and 4 winners. donald young would have dominated him.
and watching the isner-nadal tiebreak, they really need to stop being idiots and start using hawk-eye on clay. they already use it for unofficial replays, so what the hell? umpire made the right call this time, but that looking for the mark nonsense is ridiculous.
wawrinka hit 41 unforced errors and 4 winners. donald young would have dominated him.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I love a couple weeks ago when he missed a volley and stared at his racquet like it had a hole in it. Then threw it into the crowd.
It's just a big group of us who randomly pair off against each other. It's basically all in good fun...I was just being bitchy
But I totally understand the point about bringing unnecessary tension. I rarely get annoyed during matches, but I was just sooooooooooooo peeved at how many times he managed to miss. I definitely didn't make the situation any better, lol. I usually do encourage my partner when they're missing a lot, but for some reason, I was just not having it that day xD
FortuneFaded
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Monfils' offence is destroying Dimitrov's defence but I would never trust Monfils to seal the deal.
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Deleted member 231381
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If you swapped out Monfil's brain for Simon's, the resultant Frenchenstein could conquer the world.
perfectchaos007
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Lauren Davis is taking the place of Venus Williams in Fed cup. I think the Italians will beat us, but it would be hilarious if we relegated them, considering Italy is the #2 ranked nation in the Fed Cup standings.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
hopefully nadal beats djokovic tomorrow. pretty much the only thing that will make the clay season stirring and maybe sap some steam out of the serb (holy alliteration batman).
It's just a big group of us who randomly pair off against each other. It's basically all in good fun...I was just being bitchy
But I totally understand the point about bringing unnecessary tension. I rarely get annoyed during matches, but I was just sooooooooooooo peeved at how many times he managed to miss. I definitely didn't make the situation any better, lol. I usually do encourage my partner when they're missing a lot, but for some reason, I was just not having it that day xD
It's definitely very hard to keep focus at all times. I wrote that but I would probably have been pissed too in that kind of situation.
Loved that point from Monfils earlier today.
He's on fire in that tournament. What bothers me is that he very rarely manages to keep his level of play up during several weeks, so seeing him in semies in Monte Carlo doesn't necessarily means he'll do well at Roland Garros. Maybe DeWitt (Simon's coach) will help him do just that.
After seeing Nadal play today... I doubt he can beat Djokovic. He hasn't completely recovered his clay superpowers yet.
perfectchaos007
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In college tennis news, USC wins the pac12 trophy....and then accidentally smash it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...s-team-wins-trophy-immediately-breaks-trophy/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...s-team-wins-trophy-immediately-breaks-trophy/
perfectchaos007
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lol. To have any chance at beating Ag. Radwanska in singles, pre-match she needs to snort a line of coke for energy.
Genie refused to shake hands with her opponent again during the Fed Cup draw ceremony. Another handshake-gate coming?
Just read she did the same last year lol...it's a little weird but looks like she is sticking with it.
Rafa=FedKilla
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They need to introduce stare downs in Fed Cup like weigh ins in boxing. One way to make Fed Cup relevant....Genie refused to shake hands with her opponent again during the Fed Cup draw ceremony. Another handshake-gate coming?
perfectchaos007
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And just like in weigh ins, it's okay if they get so close that they accidentally kiss.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I wouldn't go that far. I respect them as competitors. Though Bouchard's stuck up-ness turns me on even more.
What we really need is Monfils to win this tournament and spice things up a little bit.
Hingis had mastered that point pattern to perfection back in the day, Radwanska was never as good with it. Still, an interesting match today, though Aga should have won that first set with a bigger lead IMO.
John Dunbar
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monfils eras are even shorter than del potro ones.
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This match is atrocious. This has been a terrible tournament, I can't think of a single entertaining match yet.
John Dunbar
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great start from nadal, but will be interesting to see how his serve will hold up.
John Dunbar
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looks to be rather underwhelming after that 7th game though. i don't see nadal doing much better in the second.
I hope so. Djokovic doing the career grand slam weakens what Fed and Nadal did in the history books. The truth is the game is played pretty similar on all surfaces now though since they slowed everything down, so it makes sense so many are winning all slams compared to when Sampras played.
John Dunbar
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hopefully berdych does a service to tennis tomorrow, but it's berdych so of course he won't.
perfectchaos007
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That and the fact djokovic has won 18 out of 20 meetings against bird dick
This cracked me up for some reason.
perfectchaos007
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If Bouchard loses, I hope Dulgheru extends her hand for a handshake and then pulls it back over her head just before Bouchard touches it. I want to see a handshake fakeout
perfectchaos007
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lol Bouchard. Losing in straights in your home town.
Any handshake drama?
Any handshake drama?
Dulgheru reenacted the handshake with her team. :lol
Edit: https://twitter.com/ProdigyRep/status/589552319135621122
lol,yeah,I was there,thought it was funny...Bouchard played like she does lately in the first set,lots of UE but she played a lot better in the second set...I think she is on her way back ...
Atmosphere was awesome and Abanda played really well so it was a great afternoon nonetheless...I think I will go back tomorrow lol...
...Atmosphere was awesome and Abanda played really well so it was a great afternoon nonetheless...I think I will go back tomorrow lol...
John Dunbar
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i don't really follow wta that much, so did bouchard have some injury at some point or did she her results tank just because?
Yeah,after the Australian Open,she changed coach and she got an arm injury...since then,she is struggling,making too many UE and her timing is off,plus some emotionnal problems etc etc...they are trying to figure out the ''just because'' and her coach said that they think they found the ''problem'' this week...time will tell.