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And it ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
Clayray has risen. The end of the world is nigh.
Clayray has risen. The end of the world is nigh.
giant_frying_pan
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Woo!
I doubt Murray will overcome Djokovic if they meet at the French though.
I doubt Murray will overcome Djokovic if they meet at the French though.
I couldn't see if Murray's serves just had that much impact or it was Rafa being worse than usual but he definitely seemed off during the whole second setLive is Life! Lalalala!
What an appropriate song immediately after this matchThough the Nadal of yesteryear would have never missed those final two returns.
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Murray now has the fourth best clay resume of any active player, overtaking Wawrinka. Knocks Nadal out of the top five, for which he should be worshipped by Fed fans because Nadal was very close to overtaking Federer in the 'longest span in top five'.
EDIT: Murray also the first active player to win two clay titles in one week.
EDIT: Murray also the first active player to win two clay titles in one week.
perfectchaos007
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I'm looking forward to Rome this week. If Nadal can't win that tournament either, then he's in trouble
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Just realized, Federer got the wooden spoon this tournament. He lost to Kyrgios who lost to Isner who lost to Berdych who lost to Nadal who lost to Murray. I think that actually might be his career first wooden spoon?
Sax Russel
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I just checked the score on my phone... What? Am I going to have to watch the replay? Rise of a new clay god? I'm so confused.
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It was a good match. Nadal was under par, for sure, but there were flashes of his usual game, enough to make it entertaining. Murray was glorious. Serving incredibly well and his CC backhand was something else, absolutely divine.
Is that actually a thing that people care about? In tennis nobody cares about being in the Top 5 or 10 or whatever once you have tasted being #1. Also in tennis being #5 is no different than being #8 in terms of draws. What matters is ranking in multiples of 2 (Top 2, 4, 8, etc) when it comes to getting a better draw.
Diprosalic
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Djokovic - Nadal QF at RG a possibility lol.
Maybe the effect of 5 sets?
perfectchaos007
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Hyeon CHUNG just won his second consecutive Challenger. Didn't drop a set either. He's on pace to overtake Nishikori as the worlds best Asian tennis player in a couple years
Sure.
perfectchaos007
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Save that post and make sure to bring it up at the end of 2017 to see how smart or ridiculous it was.
perfectchaos007
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Ok.
How is he btw?
Just solid. Rarely makes errors, but won't blow you off the court. Typical Asian player game but he's only 18 so I know his game hasn't peaked.
I've only watched him play a couple matches though, but from what I have seen, he has intangibles for sure, and I like his on court attitude a lot better than most of the young guns these days (Tiafoe, Donaldson, and even Coric).
Rafa=FedKilla
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I LOVE Hyeon Chung.
I only know Chung from this Korean show but always good to hear about some more Asian upcomers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4E5v5QqlGk
It's actually a good watch if you're into tennis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4E5v5QqlGk
It's actually a good watch if you're into tennis
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Awesome clay work by Kyrgios with his win over FedEx to get seeded in the French Open.
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The trouble is, people say Coric has no weapons, but Chung is like, the definition of no weapons personified. I don't see much more than a Ferrer-esque career for him at best, he's even got the Ferrer work ethic down.
perfectchaos007
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They both are young enough to develop weapons over the next few years. Hyeon Chung keeps rising and is top 70 now. He's playing a hardcourt challenger in his home country this week. Not exactly prepping for the French.
BigJonsson
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Raonic moved up to 4th in the ATP rankings
Too bad he needs surgery
Too bad he needs surgery
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It'd be a shame if he missed RG, but that's almost certain as by the sounds of it the surgery is not minor at all.
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I went and checked - this actually was Federer's career first wooden spoon, proudly handed out by Murray on clay.
Thats the serial killer emoji(Homolka look lol)
Ivanovic,Wozniacki out in Rome....Bouchard.....she won,yes!!!! although after winning the first set 6-3 she was leading 5-0 in the second but let her opponent comeback to 5-4 until she finally won 6-4...
She plays CSN tomorrow,we will know then if she is ''back''
Ivanovic,Wozniacki out in Rome....Bouchard.....she won,yes!!!! although after winning the first set 6-3 she was leading 5-0 in the second but let her opponent comeback to 5-4 until she finally won 6-4...
She plays CSN tomorrow,we will know then if she is ''back''
perfectchaos007
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Thats the serial killer emoji(Homolka look lol)
Ivanovic,Wozniacki out in Rome....Bouchard.....she won,yes!!!! although after winning the first set 6-3 she was leading 5-0 in the second but let her opponent comeback to 5-4 until she finally won 6-4...
She plays CSN tomorrow,we will know then if she is ''back''
Denied lol.
There's some funny trolling there.
Genie choked her match by doublefaulting twice in a third set tiebreak.
She also served for the match three times in the second set. What the fuck.
LMAO
She also served for the match three times in the second set. What the fuck.
LMAO
Still,it was a great match,lasted 3 hours and it was close..CSN is number 10 after all,its not like this was a match like the ones she lost against number 100 or so...and about her being in shape,I think playing for 3 hours in a tight match answers that as well...she did good,except for those double faults at the worst possible time.
Gross. He's been off since that Indian Wells final though.