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Kotetsu534
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Great match between Muguruza and Radwanska. Radwanska was on fire at the start, then Muguruza took control and won 4 games in a row, before Aga came back and took the first set. From them on Muguruza pinned her opponent behind the baseline in the heavy conditions and won 11 of the next 15 games, before Aga staged a fightback from 1-5 to 4-5, saving two match points and holding a point to level the match at 5-5 in the third. She seemed to tense up during the last game, hitting three forehand UEs and letting Muguruza cross the winning line. Very impressive match from the Spaniard, reading the wind and controlling her shots, give or take her (outwardly concealed) nerves in closing out.
She has an excellent opportunity to win her first big tournament tomorrow, which would put her above Sharapova and into 3rd in the rankings.
She has an excellent opportunity to win her first big tournament tomorrow, which would put her above Sharapova and into 3rd in the rankings.
My doubles partner right now is about to make me scream 
The only reason we won a set at all was because I played more aggressive than I usually do..... in order to make any shot coming to him easy or to just keep him away from the ball. He even missed easy shots. And he doesn't *just* miss. Oh no. He hits them well long.
He held serve ONCE....and obviously double faulted on every breakpoint xD
EDIT: and he's telling me strategies like we're the Bryan brothers or something, lol. He's a strategy: hit the ball in such a way where it lands on the other side of the court.
The only reason we won a set at all was because I played more aggressive than I usually do..... in order to make any shot coming to him easy or to just keep him away from the ball. He even missed easy shots. And he doesn't *just* miss. Oh no. He hits them well long. He held serve ONCE....and obviously double faulted on every breakpoint xD
EDIT: and he's telling me strategies like we're the Bryan brothers or something, lol. He's a strategy: hit the ball in such a way where it lands on the other side of the court.
Might as well be =p I played against him a few weeks ago with a different partner and we beat them 6-0. You have to work your ass off to even win games with him. I had to sneak over and steal a lot of balls from him today.....and I hate doing that. My goal was to win at least ONE set, and we did.
Anyway, Novak and Rafa....meeting No. 45 @_@
Rafa=FedKilla
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Pretty easy win for WaWa. Paire double faulted on match point.
Man sometimes Nishioka just completely shits the bed. Lost 6-1 6-0 to Lu in Shangahi qualifying final round.
Chung too. Was up 5-2 in the second set to Go Soeda and lost in there.....
Man sometimes Nishioka just completely shits the bed. Lost 6-1 6-0 to Lu in Shangahi qualifying final round.
Chung too. Was up 5-2 in the second set to Go Soeda and lost in there.....
Kotetsu534
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Poor performance by her standards to be honest, but Bacsinszky heavily tightened up when serving for the first set at 5-3 and when serving at 4-4 in the second. Muguruza was ruthless in punishing her errors and never truly threatened by anything other than her own mistakes. Biggest win of her career, and she has as good a chance as anyone at the Tour Finals in Singapore.
Yep...I like her a lot,glad for her.
Nadal is sporting a pretty nice matching Nike outfit today,right down to the soxs...not sure it will help him against Djokovic though lol
,although the first set is close for now.Novak ^_^
Surely this win helped him reach/extend some more records (like most consecutive finals reached). I'll look it up later
EDIT: As far as consecutive finals go, I don't know who has the record, but I started with Federer. His streak is 16, starting from Halle 2005 and ending at Canada 2006. For a calendar year, it's 11 (Doha 2006 - Canada 2006).
Djokovic extends his streak to 12 (this year's Australian Open through Beijing).
He also improves to 23-4 vs. top 10 opponents this year.
Surely this win helped him reach/extend some more records (like most consecutive finals reached). I'll look it up later
EDIT: As far as consecutive finals go, I don't know who has the record, but I started with Federer. His streak is 16, starting from Halle 2005 and ending at Canada 2006. For a calendar year, it's 11 (Doha 2006 - Canada 2006).
Djokovic extends his streak to 12 (this year's Australian Open through Beijing).
He also improves to 23-4 vs. top 10 opponents this year.
perfectchaos007
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Federer must have only played because he was required to. Otherwise there's no excuse to lose first round to a scrub
Kotetsu534
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He lost to Ramos-Vinolas? What the hell. He'll have a hard job getting ahead of Murray in the rankings before the AO draw if Murray goes deep here, since Federer was defending the title.
Rafa=FedKilla
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He was really off and trying some stuff out. It was a pretty meek affair.
Lone_Prodigy
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It was a Spanish left-hander who punished Federer's backhand.
perfectchaos007
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Next time USTA....
I haven't watched tennis since the Open but this got my interest, time to dig for highlights
actually, Stan just kinda gave up on the match after being broken in the first set, spraying UE's left and right and looking like he wanted to gtfo as soon as possible
yes Rafa has been playing better but let's not get ahead of ourselves
Rafa=FedKilla
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Yep. Like when he lost the first set to Djokovic in the RG final 2015.
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#stronga
Tsonga ate a bagel in the second set but in the end came through. At 4-all 15-30 Nadal double faulted but the ball was called in by the line judges and Tsonga played. He got robbed of two break point opportunities but got to a break point in his next return game. They played an astonishing point to set up the match point, Tsonga made a great lunge for the ball.
EdibleExplosives
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Murray playing amazing right now.
Edit: Was taking the piss, but he's not too awful anymore.
Edit: Was taking the piss, but he's not too awful anymore.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
djokovic is just feeling sorry for him.
EdibleExplosives
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Really?
No way are you comparing that to being down a set and a double break in a best of 3.
perfectchaos007
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Djokovic has been unreal this year. The gap between him and #2 is about the same as Serena and #2 on the womens side
edit: And 17 y/o Taylor Fritz won his 2nd straight challenger today by defeating Dustin Brown in the finals. Fritz is having a run very similar to Borna Coric when he broke out. Wouldn't surprise me to see him in the main draw in Melbourne a few months from now.
edit: And 17 y/o Taylor Fritz won his 2nd straight challenger today by defeating Dustin Brown in the finals. Fritz is having a run very similar to Borna Coric when he broke out. Wouldn't surprise me to see him in the main draw in Melbourne a few months from now.
perfectchaos007
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Serena really is taking the rest of the year off I guess. That loss to Vinci destroyed her
Just realized Radwanska, Sharapova and Kvitova have qualified 5 years in a row. (Sharapova also qualified 4 times in a row in 2004-2007.) That's some consistency between the three of them. It's nothing amazing compared to the top guys on the ATP tour, but considering how in WTA things appear to be in perpetual flux it's pretty remarkable to see the same few players always make it to the top at the end of the season.
It is pretty amazing indeed, especially Maria this year considering she barely played since July/August.
I don't think she is getting past the RR groups thing. She has been injured for quite a long time and has no match practice coming into this. Facing Halep and Radwanska who push everything back and make her run like crazy + Pennetta who is a terrible match-up is also not very good. lol We will see though, good on her for at least trying.
I will be rooting for Kerber and Muguruza in case Maria does flop early.
