Year Round The Tennis Thread

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

RG draw is out...Federer gets Djokovic luck (Ferrer is his projected Semi Final opponent provided they both make it there) while Djoker has...Nadal very interesting. Hope for an exciting event~

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Strange. I'd made a post about that's what happens when you're seeded 4th, but that was a few days ago and I guess it didn't appear.

RG has started. Serena murdered her first round opponent and Hewitt lost in five.

 

[Faust]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

French Open 2013

Go Sabine Lisicki

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

I don't know if any of you saw it, but I watched Nadal's first round match. Brands, a young German, won the first set, and should've won the second set tiebreak, except for the fact that he hesitated at a crucial moment and instead of hitting backhand, he tried to slice it, but it was a horrible slice and it went wide, I believe. After that, Brands stayed in it, but it was never going to go his way.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Tennis channel kept reairing it so i saw the match like 3 times lol. He has potential, that second set was truly his...oh well. Monfils Berdych was a good match too

 

[Faust]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Andy Murray not playing because of Back Injury.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Strange. I'd made a post about that's what happens when you're seeded 4th, but that was a few days ago and I guess it didn't appear.

RG has started. Serena murdered her first round opponent and Hewitt lost in five.

Sharapova is also on course, winning in straight sets. I'm hoping someone can provide a challenge to these 2 on their way to the title, otherwise we're destined for another showdown between them and my money will always be on Serena- barring injury or unexpected misform.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Sharapova is also on course, winning in straight sets. I'm hoping someone can provide a challenge to these 2 on their way to the title, otherwise we're destined for another showdown between them and my money will always be on Serena- barring injury or unexpected misform.

We could possibly see Radwanska make the Final, but Serena beating Sharapova in the Final is the most likely outcome.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Radawanska's been out of the spotlight for a while now, well...not shone as she had previously and definitely not as much as Sharapova or Serena. It may work in her advantage; to slowly advance without too much pressure or attention on her.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

This definitely isn't the Nadal of old.

He lost the first set to Klizan and after Klizan donated four games to start the second set, Klizan's clawed back to 2-4 down.

Then again, if Brands hadn't missed the slice in the tiebreak in the 1st Round, Nadal might've been out there.

A few days ago, we saw Nadal massacre Fed in the Masters Final, but here...

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A better player, so who doesn't miss as often as Klizan does, might have won this match today. Klizan actually had chances to get back on terms in the third set, but he wasted them.

Basically, I haven't been very impressed with Nadal so far.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Has he not already dropped a couple of sets in the tournament? I think I've seen that he'd dropped the first sets of one or 2 matches, which is very unlike him. Djoko absolutely destroyed his previous opponent, so he's looking good and Fed hasn't really been troubled by any of the unseeded players.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Has he not already dropped a couple of sets in the tournament? I think I've seen that he'd dropped the first sets of one or 2 matches, which is very unlike him. Djoko absolutely destroyed his previous opponent, so he's looking good and Fed hasn't really been troubled by any of the unseeded players.

In Nadal's first round match, he dropped the first set to Brands, a relatively young German, and should've lost the second set, but Brands hesitated in the tiebreak and blew it. In the second round match, he lost the first set, but then Klizan started choking. Nadal hasn't played well at all. Since when does a healthy Nadal get broken on clay by randoms?

Nadal smacked Fed down 6-1 6-3 the other week in the Masters Final, but now he's losing sets to randoms? Not looking good. Of course, Nadal has traditionally struggled with big hitters, so it might not mean a whole lot. Last year, he was pushed to five sets by Isner, but still got to the Final and eventually subdued Djokovic in a five setter plagued with rain stoppages.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Djoko absolutely crushed Dimitrov in his last match, to advance to the last 16. This match felt more like Djoko wanting to correct his previous loss to him and send a message. I guess as far as Dimitrov is concerned, it's messaged received lol.

 

[Faust]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Sabine Lisicki loss to Sara Errani

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Sabine Lisicki loss to Sara Errani

Faust, if you're supporting Germans, Kerber lost to Kuznetsova today.

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Simon really pushed Fed today, but Simon ran out of energy down the stretch. He had two break points to make it 5-4 it in the fifth, but he couldn't get it and then missed a backhand to lose the match.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Simon has always troubled Federer because he plays the type of game Federer hates. An early test is always best haha. Simon actually beat Federer in their first two meetings and pushed him to 5 at AO in 2011

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Simon has always troubled Federer because he plays the type of game Federer hates. An early test is always best haha. Simon actually beat Federer in their first two meetings and pushed him to 5 at AO in 2011

Yeah, I know that he plays the type of game that Federer hates, but I was unaware that he'd beaten him their first two meetings.

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Serena killed Kuznetsova in the first set, sort of fell apart in the second set, and then immediately got broken to start off the third set. An odd match.

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She's just like a few inches off right now, but that's the difference between winning tennis and making unforced errors.

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Serena has stormed back to take a 4-2 lead in the third. Errani overcame Radwanska in straight sets.

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5-2 Serena.

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Serena finishes it with a swinging volley. 6-1 3-6 6-3.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Federer out to tsonga in straights. Semis is Tsonga Ferrer then o:

 

[FrostyMouse]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Yeah. Interestingly, Ferrer is up 2-1 in the head to head, but it's a different match, so that doesn't really matter.

 

[Atobe the king]

Re: The Tennis Thread- French Open (26/05- 09/06)

Tsonga is on fire....he almost took out Djoker here last year....if he makes the final holy shit..because we know Nadal/Djoker semi final (should it happen) is going to be brutal.