Normally I'd be upset at Federer losing but after No 18 I don't really care what happens for the rest of year. Well that's not entirely true but you get my point.
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Normally I'd be upset at Federer losing but after No 18 I don't really care what happens for the rest of year. Well that's not entirely true but you get my point.
RedAssedApe
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it'd be nice if he could get some ranking points so he doesn't have to run the guantlet at slams...but yeah at this point its kind of just like...losing earlier in this small tournaments mean less miles on his body and less chance of a freak injury.
practice? who needs practice?
perfectchaos007
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Kyrgios follows up his win against Djokovic by losing to Queeeeeeerrey
It seems clear that Djokovic tanked to avoid another Querrey beat down.
perfectchaos007
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Lots of weird results on the men's side this year. ATP used to be fairly predictable
We WTA now.
perfectchaos007
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Her dropping out of Indian Wells wasn't a surprise, but Miami? Maybe this knee injury is legit. Congrats to Kerber for taking back #1
Kotetsu534
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Bottom quarter must be one of the most insane in history - Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Del Potro, Kyrgios, Zverev all there.
Serena's 2017 might end up looking like 4 Slams + Rome & Cincy (or even less). One of the problems of elite players playing into their 30s for the tours is that they run exceptionally light schedules in order to protect their bodies and ensure maximum performance in the Slams. They better hope more players don't copy her in future.
Serena's 2017 might end up looking like 4 Slams + Rome & Cincy (or even less). One of the problems of elite players playing into their 30s for the tours is that they run exceptionally light schedules in order to protect their bodies and ensure maximum performance in the Slams. They better hope more players don't copy her in future.
RedAssedApe
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must be some happy campers this year if you got tix to indian wells
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Deleted member 231381
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That has to be the most unbalanced two halves in the last decade, at the very least.
Diprosalic
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the 9 months of Bencic begin soon.
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is she pregnant or something?
Diprosalic
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perfectchaos007
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Jankovic chokes her match away against Venus Williams. I was surprised to learn that Jankovic has spent more weeks at #1 in her career than Venus
perfectchaos007
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World #1 Murray lost to Popsicle in R2 at Indian Wells. lol. Murray has never won Indian Wells...he just sucks playing in the desert I guess
BigJonsson
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Whoa, Pospisil!
Woooo!!!!!!! like we say in Canada,anything is Pospisil.... ;P
As for Bouchard,I think she had a photoshoot on her mind after the game... 63 unforced fucking errors folks
What's interesting is the way Pospisil won that match, by playing agressive tennis and going to the net (like Donskoy the other day against Federer). Even Murray said that maybe he didn't prepare to counter this kind of play enough. It's cool to see mid-tier players say fuck it and take their chances.
perfectchaos007
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I don't think anyone can out rally Murray in a baseline dual enough times to win a match. Mischa Zverev and now Pospisil have now shown a blueprint for beating baseliners like Murray. Maybe this is the beginning of a new and revived serve and volley era??
Would be cool to see it at least being a viable game plan again. Australian Open seemed to be a good mix, with a few upsets by offensive minded players and someone like Nadal still managing to be in the finals. I guess it'll depend on the balls and courts which will have to stay fast. In other words, people in charge need to support this resurgence.
perfectchaos007
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Agreed. Although that would piss off the USTA since they JUST opened a new national facility this year that has mostly clay courts to train on so their prospects can train to be baseline grinders like Murray and Djokovic. Speaking of Americans, what the hell is Dolan Young doing in a masters 1000 4th round?? lol
perfectchaos007
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Tommy Haas got his wish.
Simply Sami
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Don't think the schedule has helped Djokovic.
Two times he faced Kyrgios. He has long night session matches with Del Potro and then having to play in the day against Kyrgios. Credit to Kyrgios. But not sure why the match couldn't have been played in the night.
Two times he faced Kyrgios. He has long night session matches with Del Potro and then having to play in the day against Kyrgios. Credit to Kyrgios. But not sure why the match couldn't have been played in the night.
You can say that again. Holy fuck. This is nuts.
VistraNorrez
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I don't think anyone would have believed at 35 Federer's backhand would be his key to beating Nadal.
Me too but it is fed we are talking about. Odds he gets broken in his first service game of the second are around 60%
BoxManLocke
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Holy crap Federer is untouchable. Wonderful stuff to watch.