Year Round The Tennis Thread

[FrostyMouse]

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Wow, Dimitrov...so proud ;;. After he took Nadal to 3 in Monte Carlo i thought maybe he'd make this a close match but to win. Such a dramatic match haha. Nadal will win most likely. Murray is /not/ beating Nadal on clay lol.

Murray has won this title though, apparently. I was watching Sky Sports News on Fox Soccer and they said that all of the Big 4 had won this Masters.

In case you were wondering, I support Djokovic over anyone not named Roddick, but Roddick retired, so...

 

[Atobe the king]

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Haha duuuude I loved Andy ;;. I miss him, luckily i follow him on twitter so i still get his humor now and again. As for Murray winning this, the Madrid Masters used to be an indoor hardcourt event that took place in the fall. The last year it was a hard court event was 2008 (when Murray won it). Since 09 it's been a clay court tournament moved to spring to likely replace the former Hamburg Masters. Federer won it 3 times, once on hard, twice on clay. Nadal once, and Djokovic once (clay for both).

There's a chance though. Rafas form isn't /up/ there despite results this year. And Murray and him had a tight match at monte carlo in 2011 so anything can happen. But Murray was pushed my Florian Mayer, went out of Monte Carlo really early and in an interview basically said "Im not a claycourt player" (despite a SF at RG) lol

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Haha duuuude I loved Andy ;;. I miss him, luckily i follow him on twitter so i still get his humor now and again. As for Murray winning this, the Madrid Masters used to be an indoor hardcourt event that took place in the fall. The last year it was a hard court event was 2008 (when Murray won it). Since 09 it's been a clay court tournament moved to spring to likely replace the former Hamburg Masters. Federer won it 3 times, once on hard, twice on clay. Nadal once, and Djokovic once (clay for both).

There's a chance though. Rafas form isn't /up/ there despite results this year. And Murray and him had a tight match at monte carlo in 2011 so anything can happen. But Murray was pushed my Florian Mayer, went out of Monte Carlo really early and in an interview basically said "Im not a claycourt player" (despite a SF at RG) lol

Yeah, Andy was great, but he somehow had no forehand for like the last three years. After he lost that Wimbledon Final to Fed, his spirit seemed to have been crushed.

Oh, right, right, I'd forgotten that Madrid was hard court before it replaced Hamburg. Even still though, it's Ion Tiriac and that awful blue clay, or did they get rid of that?

We'll see. I don't like Murray at all (although Sai loves him), but I think he could have a chance here. Federer's a safer pick, but I don't think Federer's really a favorite for any tournament anymore.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Idk whats up with Fed this year lol,he's certainly still capable. And nah, after Nadal and Djokers complaints they went back normal red clay. Sai loves Murray, forgot about that. He's fine i guess, i just wanted him to get a slam to shake up the monopoly of the big 3 and show that "hey I'm here to play too" but i find him to be the weakest of them by far. His results vary a lot more and he's the most prone to shock exits. I really thought Mayer had his number today.

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Idk whats up with Fed this year lol,he's certainly still capable. And nah, after Nadal and Djokers complaints they went back normal red clay. Sai loves Murray, forgot about that. He's fine i guess, i just wanted him to get a slam to shake up the monopoly of the big 3 and show that "hey I'm here to play too" but i find him to be the weakest of them by far. His results vary a lot more and he's the most prone to shock exits. I really thought Mayer had his number today.

Right. You can't piss off the top two clay court players in the world and expect to get away with it.

Yeah, the truth is that Murray's not consistent enough. Then again, Djoker hasn't been that consistent this season either, although he does have a Major.

Mayer looked to have the advantage, but it didn't pan out.

 

[Atobe the king]

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So after Djokovic loses to Dimitrov, Federer loses to Nishikori. I hope this is a wake up call for both of them. Pretty much Nadals tournament to win at this point lol.

 

[Hardy]

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If Haas beats Ferrer he wins this, I'm calling it now

 

[goldb]

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Nah with Federer and Djoko being out, this is Nadal's tournament to lose.

 

[Atobe the king]

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This is why people dislike upsets i guess...neithe Dimitrov or Nishikori could back up their big wins.

 

[goldb]

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Murray lost to Berdych in straight sets, who then fell to Wawrinka. So we've got Nadal vs Wawrinka for the men's final and S. Williams vs Sharapova for the women's.

A little gossip for you; Sharapova is dating Dimitrov. Lucky bastard.

 

[FrostyMouse]

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She used to be engaged to NBA player Sasha Vujacic, but after he started playing in Turkey, she ditched him.

 

[goldb]

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So Serena takes the women's title; in straights sets 6-1 6-4 and increasing her record against Sharapova to 15-2. I read something on Eurosport that pretty much sums up how well I think Serena's played in this tournament.

An outstanding week for Serena extending her ownership of Maria, Madrid and the NO 1 ranking. She has shown a great display of the variety in her game and why she OWNS the WTA. A massive slap in the face for the haters, doubters, confused and poor clay court analysts.

Take nothing away from Sharapova though, I think against any other player, she would've come up on top.

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Yeah, but Serena always beats Sharapova, apart from that Wimbledon Final with the umpire who incorrectly awarded Sharapova a point during a tiebreak.

 

[goldb]

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Yeah, but Serena always beats Sharapova, apart from that Wimbledon Final with the umpire who incorrectly awarded Sharapova a point during a tiebreak.

Definitely Williams owns her. I feel for Sharapova sometimes about that, she could have so many titles if it wasn't for Williams. The best she can do is to capitalise in any event where Serena falls short and play her best when they face off.

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Definitely Williams owns her. I feel for Sharapova sometimes about that, she could have so many titles if it wasn't for Williams. The best she can do is to capitalise in any event where Serena falls short and play her best when they face off.

I don't. I don't like Sharapova and the fake smile and everything she puts on. She's also not Russian. She's lived in America for like 15-16 years.

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I'm an American though, so I support Serena.

 

[Atobe the king]

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I can't stand either williams sister. That is all lol. I also don't believe in supporting a player because they're from your country, Roddick was the only American player i liked.. I can't stand Isner and he bores me to tears. Harrison needs to work on his demeanor on court, fish is on his way out,Querrey is okay i guess. Imo nationalism has no place in the sport outside of davis cup and the olympics. These guys/girls should (and probably do) play for themselves first and foremost.

Every player puts on a fake PR personality for the press, this isn't limited to Maria lol. Djokovic is probably the fakest of the fake despite me liking him. As for her not being russian...nishikori has been here for half his life. Tommy Haas is actually a US citizen now,Djokovic doesn't live in Serbia,and a good chunk of the French players live in Switzerland.

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Oh right, Nadal won. #surprisesurprise

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Well, I have to say that Roddick and Serena are the only American tennis players I've ever supported. I wasn't really being nationalistic there.

Isner represents a brand of tennis I don't support.

Maria's pretty bad with it though. Djokovic is entertaining.

Yeah, but a lot of players train in America.

Haas isn't a German anymore? Lame.

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It was against Wawrinka though. How Wawrinka even got to the final, I don't know.

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Oh, well, Haas has dual citizenship now, so it's not like he's no longer German.

 

[Atobe the king]

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My point was just that a lot of players don't really live in their country anymore lol, or spend huge chunks of their life here. Nishikori mentions moving here at a really young age and learning english as he went along haha. Sorry for the assumption, I just know some people who will support any american player even if they're not particularly worthy of it lol.

Wawrinka getting there doesn't surprise me, he's a good player but he wasn't beating or even getting a set off Nadal tbh lol. Hopefully Rome is more interesting

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Yeah, but not all of them go, "I'm Russian and that's so important to me, even though I haven't lived there since I was a young child."

Wawrinka's not great on clay though, so it did surprise me.

The only thing that matters is Roland Garros.

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Murray gets injured today and considers himself a doubt for Roland Garros.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Siiigh Murray