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The Championships 2012 at [WIMBLEDON]
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Coldnoodle
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Wozniacki playing offense? D;
The roof is up.
Fed looks like he has lost some power on his ground strokes. He still moves around the court really well (might have lost half a step), but his forehand doesn't seem to have that same pop that it uses to. Or maybe the other players have moved past him. Not sure.
But I am not so optimistic on him winning another one at Wilmbledon (his best chance assuming Nadal AND Dkoker don't get hurt or upset).
But I am not so optimistic on him winning another one at Wilmbledon (his best chance assuming Nadal AND Dkoker don't get hurt or upset).
Coldnoodle
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Oh great a 3rd set...ungh
The Last Wizard
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Every time I've been on the tennis channel it's just been the correspondents talking to each other during some segment.
It's all good if they have to play Sunday too!
lol
This Wozniacki match is good....but I wanna see Novak!
Djokovic fans will have to wait. All five of them.
Yay.
Coldnoodle
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Of course she chokes...uggggggh
Wasn't a choke, really. Woz in desperate 'actually playing agressive' mode there.
tycoonheart
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That joke that is Caroline Wozniacki, ladies and gentlemen.
Coldnoodle
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PUSHNIACKI IS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE
Her boyfriend is in a massive slump, too. Ever since they started dating, it's been all down hill. Although I'm not sure that Woz ever made it to the top of the hill.
Lone_Prodigy
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Relationships, man.
She was a very promising junior, competing more or less at the same level as Azarenka, Radwanska and Wozniacki. No idea what happened during her transition to seniors. Good to see her living up to her potential, I wonder if she can do outside grass season though.
I'm hoping Andrea will take down Clijsters, though I'm not expecting it.
Why?
It annoys me when part-timers go deep in tournaments, that's all.
That just proves the current generation is lacking.
Well the part-timers haven't gone deep lately. Don't think Clijsters is a threat here, Serena might streak her way.
If Serena gets to the QF, I think she'll win it all.
She's projected to meet her first good grass court opponent in QF, so I wouldn't make such prediction. She looked really flat in her opening round.
edit: go Tsvetana!
Boozeroony
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Hur hur
Quite the opposite.
She would be the 2nd recent #1 to hold a slam and then go out early.
I'm just saying that because it seemed that with Maria's return, she would be injecting some sense of normalcy and stability back into the WTA. If she were to lose today (which doesn't seem as likely, now that they're back on serve), it would just be more of the same.
She may say that, but it's been her weakest for a couple of years. Pironkova is also expert at dismantling big players at Wimbledon. I called this match as Maria's most dangerous several times in this thread.
I thought that as well but either she's hurt or she has mental problems, in any case she isn't a worthy number 1 (yet)
Her game translates poorly to clay and grass. She's the best hard court player though, Sharapova's the best clay court player (as ridiculous as it sounds).
perfectchaos007
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Harrison can hang with anyone, but he can't get over the hump, and still loses to the occasional scrub outside the top 100. fun to watch though
absolutely, was very impressed with him at RG (of all places). But for some odd reason talented US players tend to fade into obscurity in the last years. Ginepri, Querrey looked like some legit top 15 material (at least on fast courts) but couldn't come back after injury problems.
It would be good for the sport if the US would have at least one player in the Top 5.
well that's a poor excuse. I get that she has more problems on clay (even though I thought she was pretty good when she started*) but there's no reason she can't succeed on grass.
*just checked http://www.matchstat.com/Player/Victoria%20Azarenka and according to the cold hard facts she's pretty good on every surface
It's not an excuse, just an observation. I'm not a fan of either player. Azarenka had good-to-great clay results this year (two finals and R4), but Sharapova with her 3 titles gained enough points to have significantly more points off clay. But Azarenka handed Sharapova too many one-sided beatdowns on hard courts to have any doubt who's better on the surface that dominates in the season (over 6 months out of 10 are played on HC). That's why I think describing Sharapova as the real deal #1, when her ranking is very much in flux and she's much worse on the surface that will played on after Olympic Games till the end of the season, is wrong and out of place.
It'd be awesome if Radwanska could sneak the title here and at the same time #1 ranking for a few weeks, just to make things more interesting, although chances are pretty much nonexistent.
I love Radwanska but I just can't see her beat good hard-hitting opponents (on regular basis) like Sharapova, Serena or Azarenka to get to Nr.1. That said she might if she takes the Wozzy route.
Oh and regarding Sharpova on hard court: She had lots of problems with her serve last year and to me it seems that now that she's finally 100% healthy she could challenge Azarenka. Plus she has a coach that seems to be able to make her play a bit more intelligent. Should be a fun summer.
She had no problems whatsoever with her serve this year and she crashed very hard against Azarenka in both AO and IW (and in Miami against Radwanska for that matter). She just can't do anything with Azarenka's deep flat balls that land at her feet, she was totally helpless in both matches despite very good serving.
Radwanska will become #1 if she beats in the final someone else than Azarenka, Azarenka will regain #1 if she reaches the finaland wins it or meets someone else than Sharapova. #1 spot is up for grabs for 3 players in both ATP and WTA this Wimbledon.
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