perfectchaos007
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4-3 Young up a break. Can he do it?
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The 2015 US Open |OT| 31th August 13th September
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perfectchaos007
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Troicki is trying to become the American killer by defeating 3 consecutive Americans at the US Open.
He def. Tiafoe in R1, and Ram in R2
Donald serving for the match
greenleaves
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Young's doing great this tournament. Great comeback!
John Dunbar
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just wait when federer and wawrinka lose to isner and young. shudder.
perfectchaos007
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Is Donald sponsored by a hemp clothing line?
Stan or Bemelmans. So, logically, Stan.
John Dunbar
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anderson-murray is looking like a likely 4th round match. i wonder if the big man can produce another scare.
Kotetsu534
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What a match between Young and Troicki! I was cheering for Young the whole way. Always great to see players work hard and get some big wins for their efforts. As for Troicki, losing from 2 sets to love up against unfavoured opposition in consecutive Slams has to suck.
Took me a minute to remember who that guy was (the guy who Sock retired to)
Rafa=FedKilla
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Sucks had to work and miss another Young triumph.....
perfectchaos007
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Lisicki needs grass like Nadal needs clay. Grass season is only 4 weeks long though
Kotetsu534
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Bellucci gave it a real go in the first set, but Murray was in blistering form though - when he's hitting clean winners with his running down the line forehand he's in the mood.
EdibleExplosives
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Commentator on Eurosport just called Ray Liotta, Jack Nicholson.
perfectchaos007
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Wow nice comeback by Lisicki. She was down big in the 3rd set
perfectchaos007
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Diprosalic
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Top 20 players in half:
Men:
- Top:
1, 9, 18, 19
- Bottom:
2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15
Women:
- Top:
1, 13, 19
- Bottom:
2, 5, 20
Men:
- Top:
1, 9, 18, 19
- Bottom:
2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15
Women:
- Top:
1, 13, 19
- Bottom:
2, 5, 20
perfectchaos007
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2 qualifiers are into the 4th round too on the womens side.
Diprosalic
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what purpose would that serve tho? If anything they should push their most popular player (Federer).
Dunno, maybe they want to create the narrative of Djokovic chasing Federer's records down the road, which - looking at the way things are heading - could provide them headlines for the next 4 or 5 years.
Coldnoodle
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Sharapova mad.
Novak will not win more than 13 Grand Slams imo.
John Dunbar
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still more than he deserves.
What is this nonsense? Dude's legit.
mmazurkiewicz
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saw this on reddit. tennis players sure do make a lot of money. 5 of the top 15 highest payed athletes in the world are tennis players.
not really sure where the #s come from though. both nadal and li na made a lot under "Sports".
not really sure where the #s come from though. both nadal and li na made a lot under "Sports".
Diprosalic
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saw this on reddit. tennis players sure do make a lot of money. 5 of the top 15 highest payed athletes in the world are tennis players.
not really sure where the #s come from though. both nadal and li na made a lot under "Sports".
that's 2013, nadal and li na made that in that year in prize money. that part is legit.
Kotetsu534
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Here's the Forbes list for 2015. Obviously Mayweather and Pacquiao were #1 and #2, with Messi and Ronaldo at #3 and #4, but after that comes Roger Federer and there's a fair few tennis players on the list.
What's interesting is that such a large chunk of tennis earnings come from sponsorships (which is why Sharapova outearns Serena despite being vastly less successful on the court). I would guess that tennis being an individual sport makes its players naturally more marketable than most players in a team sport, even if the team sport is more popular. Sort that list by endorsements, and players like Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray are competing with Neymar and Peyton Manning, even if they get much less in salary/winnings. Tennis having a global audience doesn't hurt there either.
In terms of women's sport, tennis has 7 of the world's top 10 earners. I suspect if more information was available that proportion would not decrease across the top 50 (it might even increase).
The downside for tennis is that since the big money is in sponsorships, the earnings are very top heavy. Once you get down to the players who don't go deep enough in Slams and Masters 1000 events to get the big prize money and sponsorship deals, the earnings can be a bit lean. So even if the very best paid tennis players are some of the richest in the world, the average tennis player will do a lot worse than an average American Football/Basketball/Baseball/Football/Hockey player at a run of the mill club.
What's interesting is that such a large chunk of tennis earnings come from sponsorships (which is why Sharapova outearns Serena despite being vastly less successful on the court). I would guess that tennis being an individual sport makes its players naturally more marketable than most players in a team sport, even if the team sport is more popular. Sort that list by endorsements, and players like Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray are competing with Neymar and Peyton Manning, even if they get much less in salary/winnings. Tennis having a global audience doesn't hurt there either.
In terms of women's sport, tennis has 7 of the world's top 10 earners. I suspect if more information was available that proportion would not decrease across the top 50 (it might even increase).
The downside for tennis is that since the big money is in sponsorships, the earnings are very top heavy. Once you get down to the players who don't go deep enough in Slams and Masters 1000 events to get the big prize money and sponsorship deals, the earnings can be a bit lean. So even if the very best paid tennis players are some of the richest in the world, the average tennis player will do a lot worse than an average American Football/Basketball/Baseball/Football/Hockey player at a run of the mill club.
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Yeah, you're not going to be turning a profit unless you're in the ATP top 200, and you don't start getting to consistent money until the top 100. People like James Ward have pretty average earnings, certainly less than a lot of office job people.
GordonHalfman
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Might just be the case that a lot of tennis fans are (like Boxing fans) not all that bothered about the sport but are more into the personalities and stories and such. It might be why you see so many empty seats at big tournaments, people have bought all day tickets but would rather watch Fed or Rafa on the practice courts instead of watching someone else play.
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Yup. Explains Genie, Dimitrov, etc. - people want to see the people rather than the sport.
John Dunbar
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it'd be great if venus ended up preventing serena's calendar year grand slam, considering how many times she has lost to her in the finals.
but really, even if venus could win she would probably let serena take the match.
but really, even if venus could win she would probably let serena take the match.
Diprosalic
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yeah, it's a walkover either way.
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