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[MIMIC]

19-10, Rafa

6-6 on HC

 

[tycoonheart]

Impressive win for Nadal though.

Hopefully Nadal/Novak, where Novak shows Nadal who the hardcourt king is. :-D

 

[Bigfoot]

Just beat him here last year :/ c'mon now

And WTF 2011

 

[perfectchaos007]

Nadal is still in Rogers head it seems

 

[OriginalNameGuy]

He can get direct entry into the main draw now, can't he?

I read on SI that he would still have to go through qualies or hope for a WC .
http://tennis.si.com/2013/03/14/ernests-gulbis-indian-wells-atp/

"With his fourth-round performance at Indian Wells, Gulbis will rise to No. 55 on Monday. The tough news for him is that he may still be stuck in the qualifying tournament at the Sony Open next week in Miami. Though one main-draw wild card is still open, Gulbis isn’t confident he’ll get it."

 

[perfectchaos007]

I read on SI that he would still have to go through qualies or hope for a WC .
http://tennis.si.com/2013/03/14/ernests-gulbis-indian-wells-atp/

I know it's top 100 for slams, but I'm surprised 55 isn't a high enough ranking to get into Miami. Indian Wells has a draw of 128, is Miami's 64?

 

[Niraj]

I read on SI that he would still have to go through qualies or hope for a WC .
http://tennis.si.com/2013/03/14/ernests-gulbis-indian-wells-atp/

Damn that sucks. Def deserves to get in.

 

[cdkee]

Well, hope Fed enjoys his 7 weeks off...

 

[AceOcelot]

 

[Globox_82]

Can Nadal stop playing possum with his rope a dope talk nonsense. Before the match he said he can't beat Roger, than he plays like a mad dog. Now he is saying the same before Tomas match. I am sick and tired of that BS he pulls. And honestly does anyone believe him when he says "Roger is the greatest in history"? He was my second favorite player a year ago. Now he is annoying me because of talk like this. and it is non stop, after every match.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

It's hilarious when Mowgli always considers the other guy the favorite.

 

[MIMIC]

Can Nadal stop playing possum with his rope a dope talk nonsense. Before the match he said he can't beat Roger, than he plays like a mad dog. Now he is saying the same before Tomas match. I am sick and tired of that BS he pulls. And honestly does anyone believe him when he says "Roger is the greatest in history"? He was my second favorite player a year ago. Now he is annoying me because of talk like this. and it is non stop, after every match.

Nadal is incredibly superstitious. He will attempt to anti-jinx himself at every turn by playing down his odds.

 

[IISANDERII]

Can Nadal stop playing possum with his rope a dope talk nonsense. Before the match he said he can't beat Roger, than he plays like a mad dog. Now he is saying the same before Tomas match. I am sick and tired of that BS he pulls. And honestly does anyone believe him when he says "Roger is the greatest in history"? He was my second favorite player a year ago. Now he is annoying me because of talk like this. and it is non stop, after every match.

He wasn't playing possum. This is his first hard court tournament in a year, it took 3 sets to beat somebody outside the top 50 and Roger's injury worsened during the match.

 

[Globox_82]

He wasn't playing possum. This is his first hard court tournament in a year, it took 3 sets to beat somebody outside the top 50 and Roger's injury worsened during the match.

the thing is, he was doing that even before the injury. Maybe not at this level, but still he was doing it. It is annoying and ridiculous at this point.

 

[LuuKyK]

Today should be a great day. The only match I dont really care is the Murray one. Djoker vs Tsonga has so much potential for drama. After that Carebear vs Pushniacki battle of the extreme pushers, might be funny at least. :lol And after that my waifus are on court, the battle of the Marias. Hopefully Big Masha wins. Cant wait.

 

[Globox_82]

Today should be a great day. The only match I dont really care is the Murray one. Djoker vs Tsonga has so much potential for drama. After that Carebear vs Pushniacki battle of the extreme pushers, might be funny at least. :lol And after that my waifus are on court, the battle of the Marias. Hopefully Big Masha wins. Cant wait.

i think delpo might win tonight

 

[Niraj]

Today should be a great day. The only match I dont really care is the Murray one. Djoker vs Tsonga has so much potential for drama. After that Carebear vs Pushniacki battle of the extreme pushers, might be funny at least. :lol And after that my waifus are on court, the battle of the Marias. Hopefully Big Masha wins. Cant wait.

Hopefully Djokovic v Tsonga will be at least half as entertaining as their French Open match was. That was exciting.

 

[szaromir]

Hopefully Djokovic v Tsonga will be at least half as entertaining as their French Open match was. That was exciting.

But the outcome was so, so frustrating. :/

 

[Niraj]

But the outcome was so, so frustrating. :/

Definitely that crowd would've been crazy if he had somehow made the final

 

[MIMIC]

Novak vs. Jo-Willy

On now (ESPN2)

 

[Akito]

Novak is on fire today

 

[szaromir]

This is a slaughter

 

[Peco]

Nole is an unstoppable machine.

 

[Sax Russel]

Every time I hear Chris Fowler talk it makes me want to get a TennisTV sub

 

[Akito]

Goddamn

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Every time I hear Chris Fowler talk it makes me want to get a TennisTV sub

No doubt. Brah thinks he knows about tennis and is so arrogant. Hate the fraternity of espn.

 

[Nemo]

Damn, Nadal was on fire. Only saw highlights but he totally dominated Fed

 

[Akira]

I'm biased because I wanted Gulbis to be the first person to beat Nadal, Federer, Berdych and Djokovic en route to a title.

How can you support that new forehand motion? It's like Bartoli-level bad.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Gulbis and Bartoli have cool forehands.


The Delpo era is upon us!!!

 

[Deadman]

The delpo era starts today.

Spoiler

ends tomorrow

 

[Sax Russel]

Poor Delpo. All that hard work to beat Murray just to get dismantled by Djokovic.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

The Caroline era is upon us! Love how she changing the pace and taking it to Kerber.

 

[chuckddd]

Maria v Maria on my television. Hell yes.

 

[IISANDERII]

Djokovic hasn't lost since Halloween? Wow, did not know that.

 

[mcfrank]

Anyone have a stream of this? I cannot pull it up with the ESPN iPad app since it does not get ESPN News and it says blacked out on ESPN 3.

 

[chessnut]

PM'ed

 

[Kobe24]

Nadal breaks

 

[Peco]

fuck nadal wins.

Spoiler

that dude in the audience is sweating as shit

 

[keit4]

Fuck yeah, Nadal is back.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Glad Mowglis epo, HGH, and testosterone is working again.

 

[zero_suit]

Nadal is back, bitches!

 

[ghstwrld]

Del Po takes it to three. xD

 

[szaromir]

delpo breaks back. I would love him to win the title. Beating Murray/Djoker/Nadal back to back would be quite an achievement.

 

[szaromir]

delpo's serving for the match, go go go!

 

[tycoonheart]

Novak, come on son.

 

[Peco]

Nole is exhausted.

 

[Niraj]

BOOM

 

[Good Job Bob]

Goddamn, Del Potro is unbeatable with the Pope on his side now.

 

[Peco]

Noooooooooooooooo.

Spoiler

It's ok really, I like Delpo.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

It's here, it's finally here!!!!!!