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US Open 2017 |OT| The One Where Everyone's Injured (Or Pregnant)
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Merchandise
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LET'S EFFING GO
perfectchaos007
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Alright Alright Alright. Nadal may root for Fed in the 4th set. This needs to go 5!
SomewhatGroovy
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Unbelievable.
I need to step away.
I need to step away.
I thought he was going to choke.
RedAssedApe
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Fed so many set points smh
greenleaves
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Wow Fed blew it. Hope he can win in another 5 setter.
VistraNorrez
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DelPo is getting huge cheers. There is a huge crowd there for him.
Sax Russel
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Jesus Christ Fed so many fucking chances.
Phoenix RISING
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Great article.
What it didn't say: Venus, Serena, Clijsters, Davenport, Capriati, Graf, Seles, and even Sharapova were big women. All 5'9 or more. The bold names in particular possess(ed) more muscle mass than the average woman, too. Justine Henin is the outlier.
Basically, Anna K. is still the ideal, the Williams sisters are the "exceptions," which I interpret that to mean the same thing as when commentators call black QBs "athletic" rather than calling them accurate or intelligent like a Brees, Manning, Brady, or Rogers.
Tennis clubs are expensive. Here in Michigan, we pay something like $700 just to be members, and you still have to pay ~$300 for each class per person, and I have a family of five. My wife and two sons play. My daughter isn't interested. Tennis is in my wife's blood. I've never played but I'd like to learn (whenever I hit the ball, it flies out of the court like a baseball).
Tennis is arguably the most expensive sport for such a simple setup: racket and court. Good luck getting lessons though. That's why folks like Tiger Woods' dad or the Williams sisters' dad are legends in their own right.
SomewhatGroovy
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The crowd isn't singing The ole ole ola shit to Fed
Key point was that first Delpo return. Not the first time something like that causes Fed to fall apart.
There are a few JDP fans but tbh it pisses me off when the Fed fans cheer when JDP does a double fault that shit annoys me. And the majority of the crowd is clearly supporting Fed.
PhantomZone
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Hope Federer loses!
Carn Del Potro!!
Carn Del Potro!!
Simply Sami
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Pablo Carreno Busta seems like a nice guy with a nice name.
SomewhatGroovy
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Yeah we've been making the same observations. No arguments there.
The crowd should not be a variable in a game of tennis. This umpire has no control.
New York is to Tennis what Corpus Christi is to WWE
TrumanBurbank
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Not trying to be racist, but aren't there any super athletic male black American players?
I would think a Lebron James type guy would destroy tennis lol
I would think a Lebron James type guy would destroy tennis lol
Merchandise
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When I was there last night cheering for Anderson (mostly as a joke but I also think Querrey is bad) people were trying to use the "but how can you root against an American you traitor" argument on me and I was like ?????? Querrey though ?????? lmao
Simply Sami
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Not in the men's game. Power can only get you far. You need to have technique and good mental strength.
VistraNorrez
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The point was why is American women's tennis doing better than men's. Not what sport parents get the kids into. It's soccer for both men and women. Yet more male athletes move to sports other than Tennis. There is clearly a higher percentage of American women moving to Tennis than men. You don't get more competitive women in Tennis by luck, it's by quantity. More players in, more successes out.
And it makes sense when you still have the Williams sisters so prominent. They are inspiring.
Is Federer not going to switch gears in terms of tactics? Running to the net like that on weak approach shots is basically him begging to get lucky. This serve-dependent serve and volley shit is not what won him his titles this year.
He must have zero confidence in his groundstrokes right now. Can't even properly rally with Del Potro...
He must have zero confidence in his groundstrokes right now. Can't even properly rally with Del Potro...
Simply Sami
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Oh dear Federer.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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That missed smash is going to be costly.
EDIT: yep, break down.
EDIT: yep, break down.
It's at least one every game seems like.
greenleaves
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Don't know why Fed is serve and volleying on critical points so much this match when he's been great from the baseline this whole year.
Pyroclastic
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i'm ok with this being over in quick time now. before the game I wanted whoever wins to be reasonably fresh for the semi.
Simply Sami
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What a return by Del po.
Controversial but I don't think Fed has played as well as he did in the first three months of the season since his break.
I know he won Wimbledon. But all his main challengers went out. Then Cillic got injured in the final. It was probably his easiest Wimbledon. Now he hasn't looked right maybe due to his back in his last two tournaments.
Controversial but I don't think Fed has played as well as he did in the first three months of the season since his break.
I know he won Wimbledon. But all his main challengers went out. Then Cillic got injured in the final. It was probably his easiest Wimbledon. Now he hasn't looked right maybe due to his back in his last two tournaments.
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