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Good decision.
Diprosalic
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lol
He's Alexander Zverev. They used his brother's, Sascha's, voice sample.
Bummer, but fair enough.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
Ah yeah, I forgot. There was this weird Russian thing. My bad.
perfectchaos007
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She's ranked #211. Thats generally high enough to get into the quallies. Guess she missed the cut-off
perfectchaos007
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Uhhh Sharapova was up a break in the 3rd set against Lucic Baroni then she retired. What happened?
Left leg injury apparently
John Dunbar
correct about everything
weather forecast for scotland: foggy.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
surely not even fognini can mess this up.
Nope.
RedAssedApe
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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And yet Frenchman Constant Lestienne gets a wild card to qualifying despite serving ban for illegal betting
https://twitter.com/DaveJamesafp/status/864560379891986436
Further Sugapova was odds on #2 favourite for winning the French, according to online betting. Pathetic decision IMO.
The cut-off actually happened some time ago, I believe. Maybe right after Stuttgart ended? I remember reading that if Sharapova had won the tournament, she would've been ranked high enough to at least get into FO qualifying without needing a wild card.
Regardless, she'll now very likely be high enough to at least get into Wimbledon qualifying--should she not be given a wild card into the main draw.
As for the French Open's decision to not even let her into qualies, well, in the end it's their loss. Sure, Sharapova could've used the points (and the chance, however slight, to win another Slam), but she'll get them soon enough anyway. Without her and Serena there, though, viewership (and likely attendance, too) for the women's side of the tournament is sure to be a bit dire.
Besides of all that, tough day at the office for Sharapova today. She was in a great position against Lucic--totally cleaned up her service and ground game in the second set, plus started the third with a break, and then ... ? No one's sure when she injured herself, but she clearly couldn't move after she came back from the MTO :|
Oh, well, at least she now has a good four or so weeks to recover and get back into shape before the Wimbledon tune-ups start!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Let's not kid ourselves the French attendance is poor at best.
EDIT:
Wait your username d+pad, are you responsible for that digital gaming magazine a while back? If so I'd like to say fabulous design and content standards you had. If not, ignore this left field post.
EDIT:
Wait your username d+pad, are you responsible for that digital gaming magazine a while back? If so I'd like to say fabulous design and content standards you had. If not, ignore this left field post.
Phoenix RISING
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LoL, Sharapova. She can dry her tears on a stack of endorsement money.
Unfortunately, no, I wasn't responsible for that mag. I do run a little gaming blog, though
Focuses on Japanese games, esp. old ones.Anyway, back to Kerber and Murray and Djokovic and how they all currently suck...
perfectchaos007
Member
Claywrinka is not in good form. Anyone who loses to Isner on clay is playing poorly
Ew. Why'd he have to do that?
Wawa's had kind of a bad year, though, hasn't he? I mean, what's he done since winning the US Open last fall? Guess he's just in the usual "post Slam slump" many players go through after winning a Slam...
John Dunbar
correct about everything
watching modern day del potro can be pretty tragic. his backhand is still awful, or he just slices it all the time.
Yes. This is why he's going to have an awfully hard time consistently winning matches, IMO--and that's not even considering his tendency to quit matches/withdraw from tournaments a la another unfortunately fragile player, Nishikori.
Best news of the year incoming.
https://twitter.com/Steve_OS/status/865256513140666368
More info http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release...dio-announce-tennis-world-tour-20170518-00964
Let's pray is goood.
https://twitter.com/Steve_OS/status/865256513140666368
More info http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release...dio-announce-tennis-world-tour-20170518-00964
Let's pray is goood.
Yes, finally. If the core game is anything like Top Spin 4 then it will be a good game.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
nadal is trying to prolong his match for as long as possible to see if he needs to start tanking to avoid beast slayer querrey.
perfectchaos007
Member
Querrey had a match point on his serve but lost it and then lost the match. Typical Querrey
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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John Dunbar
correct about everything
nadal getting routined by thiem in the first set. he's playing better at the end though, so second set will probably be closer (assuming of course thiem manages to serve the first set out now).
edit: and of course he didn't. still has one break though, so gets another shot.
edit: and of course he didn't. still has one break though, so gets another shot.
perfectchaos007
Member
Thiem up a set and now a break in teh 2nd set. He's doing it!!?!?
John Dunbar
correct about everything
also goes to show that nadal has certainly not been unbeatable this clay season. fognini should have beaten him, and thiem is now doing it unless he finds a way to mess it up (which he probably will do). the competition is just particularly dreadful at the moment.
hopefully that continues when the king returns on grass.
hopefully that continues when the king returns on grass.
perfectchaos007
Member
DelPo is known to start slow, yet he breaks Djokovic in the first game
perfectchaos007
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4 games played, 3 breaks. This is a WTA match
John Dunbar
correct about everything
del potro has the grace of a giraffe on his backhand side.
perfectchaos007
Member
Djokovic has just been able to out-grind DelPo so far. Del Po needs to go for more
perfectchaos007
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Djokovic wasn't playing as well in the 2nd set so God postponed the match to let him regroup
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