IISANDERII
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I seem to remember that the French is the only slam that adheres to this strictly. Is it still true?
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If Nadal wins Monte Carlo and/or Rome, not giving him top 2 seeding at Roland Garros would be idiotic by RG hosts. They are not obliged to go by the ATP rankings (eg. Wimbledon determines their seeds by the rankings and the performance in the last two grass seasons).
Nice article about tennis from WSJ - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323829504578268003312191158.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle
In 2004, Venus was seeded 4th despite being ranked 9th. It's an incredibly obscure thing that not a lot of people know about.
Someone told me about it. Can't remember if it was here or not....
Anyway, I have no idea if a thing like that ever happened on the men's side.
From the article:
I am so guilty of this, lol. Good tennis = shit tennis
Heh.
rangersfan414
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Where can i even watch the Davis Cup this weekend?
perfectchaos007
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Probably the longest doubles match in history as well. Right now I'm watching the Bryan Bros try to clinch against Brazil
I'm watching on Tennis Channel.
perfectchaos007
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lol someone on the Brazillian bench tried to maliciously slap Bob Bryan. Stay classy Br
You've got your answer right there. Nobody cares about Davis Cup.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
The man that took Mowglis soul and ended his career.
perfectchaos007
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Well, now US hopes rest in the hands of Querry. 2:2 right now in the Brazil v. USA tie
perfectchaos007
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John Isner said in his press conference that Brazilians fans are the most disrespectful fans around. lol, true story. Enjoy the Olympics and World Cup coming up!
Rafa=FedKilla
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Lol at the Querrey and Alves match. Sam plays with the same mentality as DY.
Lone_Prodigy
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Canada beat Spain. True it was Spain's B team but I was pretty impressed with Dankevic's performance against Granollers.
perfectchaos007
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That's not right. If DY was playing he would have lost the match after dropping the first set. DY doesn't have resiliency.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i don't speak spanish; are they giving nadal some kind of an award for winning one doubles match?
Good Job Bob
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Nadal is back?
Please stop the Djoker from winning RG.
Please stop the Djoker from winning RG.
Nadal is back?
Please stop the Djoker from winning RG.
Yes please.
rangersfan414
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No, please
Anyway, Nadal's first singles match since losing to Rosol last year will be shown LIVE tomorrow on Tennis Channel (4pm EST)
2nd round vs. Delbonis
Might be a dumb question, but how is it his first tennis match if it's already the 2nd round? And stupid Fios doesn't give me tennis channel >.< I have nfl/mlb/nhl network and even weird fox soccer channels and the big ten network etc..., but not tennis channel for some reason :/
Good Job Bob
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rangersfan414
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I didn't know Tennis did byes cause if they do them in some tournaments, shouldn't grand slams do them too cause most of the time it's a given that federer/djokovic etc.. win round 1.
Rafa=FedKilla
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According to atpworldtour.com, bye has a 1-1248 record.
Not always. Roddick lost in the first round of the US Open 2005. Lleyton Hewitt, Wimbledon defending champ, lost in the first round the following year to Karlovic. And obviously, Nadal lost in the 2nd round at Wimbledon last year. So, it is not always a given.
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He is improving his record, slowly but surely.
Where the hell did that one win come from? lol
I wonder who he won against?
rangersfan414
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I said most of the time
Like fed hasn't missed quarters in like 10 years. And since players become exhausted for the final because they have so much tennis to play, giving them a bye makes sense.Byes are given when the number of players isn't a power of 2. Grand Slams always have 128 players, hence no need for them.
rangersfan414
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If you add byes, then you can have more players in the tournament though. It could make round 1 matches a bit more interesting than the usual blowouts.
Good Job Bob
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What a legend.
Maybe Bye won against a so called "walking bye"
Janowicz insulted Novak and Roger. He called Novak for a fake, and Roger for a snob (more or less)
From twit comments:
"Janowicz: " Djokovic is a show off and Federer is just not like us."
Google translate that someone posted:"Quote:- I hate faking. I'm always myself, do not imitate anyone, do not act. Emotions drive me. When I'm angry, it ignites me and I'm better - said Janowicz, who recently became famous fierce quarrel with the judges at the Australian Open. - I have no idols, Im not look up on anyone. The style I liked Sampras, and the character of Safin. Djokovic is fake, he shows off and acts. Federer is the guy who wants to be more than anything. Perhaps in this sense there is something unnatural, it's hard to feel that he is one of us - he said currently the best Polish tennis player.Courtesy of google translate."
I guess Novak was fake here? Or was Jerzy fake?
In other news Novak today visited a school for kids with special needs and donated 50k euro.
Look at that fake face !
This punk is a no one and he insults two legends, well played.
From twit comments:
"Janowicz: " Djokovic is a show off and Federer is just not like us."
Google translate that someone posted:"Quote:- I hate faking. I'm always myself, do not imitate anyone, do not act. Emotions drive me. When I'm angry, it ignites me and I'm better - said Janowicz, who recently became famous fierce quarrel with the judges at the Australian Open. - I have no idols, Im not look up on anyone. The style I liked Sampras, and the character of Safin. Djokovic is fake, he shows off and acts. Federer is the guy who wants to be more than anything. Perhaps in this sense there is something unnatural, it's hard to feel that he is one of us - he said currently the best Polish tennis player.Courtesy of google translate."
I guess Novak was fake here? Or was Jerzy fake?
In other news Novak today visited a school for kids with special needs and donated 50k euro.
Look at that fake face !
This punk is a no one and he insults two legends, well played.
This is obviously normal but there was a Delbonis volley that he couldn't run down and it felt flat out wrong. I don't mind the UEs as much.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Good thing one of the terms of the silent ban was no more grunting from Mowgli.
rangersfan414
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Are there any stream links to watch online? PM me if somebody knows of any. The site I use for Grand Slams doesn't have these matches and Fios doesn't include Tennis Channel with their sports package for some reason :/
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rangersfan414
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Certinty
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Nadal looked good last night, wouldn't have thought he had been out for so long.
Interesting though, if Murray performs at IW and Miami and does relatively well on the clay leading into Roland Garros we could well end up with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer in the same half at Roland Garros which would be pretty spectacular.
Interesting though, if Murray performs at IW and Miami and does relatively well on the clay leading into Roland Garros we could well end up with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer in the same half at Roland Garros which would be pretty spectacular.
Thanks! You might wanna edit the link out of ur post
why? we are not allowed to post them?
won't happen. GS have the right to seed players as they like. Nadal beeing 7 time RG champion will most likely make him 4th seed. I expect that
rangersfan414
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Yup, so PM is the way to go for those links.
I thought Wimbledon was the only slam that does that these days. It seems like the other slams just respect the rankings now, or at least I haven't noticed any re-ranking done the last 10 years or so.