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The 2012 U.S. Open |OT| August 27th - September 9th

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I always wonder what they think when they play.

They may not be able to stop their abominable shrieking now but when it started it WAS intentional and it WAS designed to throw off their opponents. To have their own bullshit thrown back in their faces lol. I bet they annoy the fuck out of each other.

Yeah, they are not best friends.

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Sharapova's bad, but Azarenka is that much worse. At least Sharapova sounds like she's grunting because of the effort behind hitting the ball. Azarenka is like some kind of Belarussian condor swooping down towards the ball.

EDIT: My understanding is that the shrieking is more of how they were trained to breathe when hitting the ball, not necessarily because it was distracting.
 
Machine Messiah is on point. This stuff was drilled in at Bolletieri academy for maximum power hitting, which is what he does. Complaining is pointless. Maria does it practicing as well. If you're that fucking annoyed (and personally I dislike the lower tone ones that sound like orgasms, not good old fashioned screams, although Azarenka's vuvuzela lasts a bit too long) then the solution is starting at the academies, not implementing some random limit in matches.

Women's SF is great in terms of top names, but may end up one-sided with these match-ups. Masha not playing quite well enough to match Vika's hardcourt levels (we know h2h on that surface this winter), but I'm happy with her third GS SF of the year. Errani is actually maybe the only player left who could trouble Serena, but that's a big maybe.

Still amazing to see Errani in her second slam SF of the year. Great story, produced some very fun matches. Bad serve, but great tenacity, agility.
 
Massive forehand return to take the 2nd set. Del Potro seems in control of the match now.

Break straight away for Del Potro. This is the end for Andy Roddick.
 
Murray is apparently complaining that Louis Armstrong is like "20 times faster than Ashe" lolol They should play Federer there.

Whoa that Drop was Fed like by Delpo
 
Murray is complaining that the court is too fast on Louis Armstrong and that they never should of moved his match there. Hilarious!!
 
Despite my feelings about Andy Roddick's attitude, this is really sad to see him go. He was an incredibly consistent player for many years and the pride of U.S. Tennis after Sampras/Agassi. Good show of respect from Delpo.

edit: Holy crap Delpo sounded like he was almost in tears
 
Andy Murray is starting to fake injury. Classless display going on right now. Cilic is destroying him. 6-3 4-1 double break.
 
Wow I hadn't even looked at the Murray match while watching the End of Roddick, the fuck is going on there. lol Cilic will take him out.

lolololol
 
I just began playing tennis when Sampras and Agassi's career was ending and Roddick's career was beginning. His retirement makes feel old if nothing else
 
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