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Post by ChairfaceC on Sept 7, 2017 4:08:41 GMT
Delpo isn't Spanish, wendy. He's beautiful Argentine miracle.
Can't wait for a 2009 SF repeat thrashing of Rafa. (Please.)
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 7, 2017 9:31:13 GMT
Mmmmmm but did I lie?? She was such a grubby player.  Seriously though I probably would have been a fan if she wasn't such a poor sportswoman and awful competitor (I usually like a good racquet player). Ah well. You enjoy your 2007 USO run (and none of them had to fake an injury or retire to her when they were losing!!!), and i'll enjoy Vee's 7-2 head to head against her (including that bagel in the Wimbledon final) and her 20year+ career. Venus and Serena's constant "I didn't play well today, I can beat anyone in the whole wide world when I want to" in every press conference every time they lost a match for seemingly the first decade of their careers-ish was pretty awful too. Pretty much put me off them both for life. Not to talk about Serena threatening a line judge. That was (maybe with exception of the low points of Jeff Tarango and Daniel Kollerer) the most miserable behaviour I've ever seen by a player. And when it comes to fake injuries - Serena did the same for example in the French Open semi against Timea Bacsinszky. I just don't like the Williams sisters attitudes - though Venus is at least a bit nicer than Serena. What they say, how they behave. And it doesn't help that I don't like to watch their tennis. It's all about bashing the ball as hard as you can. Don't like this, though it definitely plays the smaller role in my dislike of them. |
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 7, 2017 9:43:14 GMT
It's soo good to see del Potro back in a semifinal. Only the fourth of his career. He should have had so much more.
He did it with a pretty good, though maybe not great match against Federer. His serve was great and while other player have overall better forehands, del Potro showed once again, that no one can hit a faster forehand than he does. And while his backhand his without harm for the oppenent this seemed to be enough to even overpower Federer. I would have thought that Roger could have attacking that weakness of Delpo a bit more, then rushing the net. But it has to be said that the Gentle Giant with his phlegmatic nature once again kept his head in the decisive moments and was the mentally stronger player there.
Now we've got the semifinal between Nadal and Del Potro, which is probably already the true final. Cause I don't see either of them losing to Anderson or Carreno Busta baring an injury or an illness.
Of course Del Potro defeated Nadal heavily at this court in the 2009 semifinal, though this was Rafa just coming back from an injury. More indicating is that the Argentine has actually a pretty good record against Rafa, losing only 8 of the 13 matches. This 5-8 is actually the best H2H Del Potro has against any member of the Big Four (or Big Three and Murray). Since Del Potros second comeback they played only once. At last years Olympics with Juan-Martin winning narrowly 5:7, 6:4, 7:6.
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 12:36:13 GMT
Delpo isn't Spanish, wendy. He's beautiful Argentine miracle. Can't wait for a 2009 SF repeat thrashing of Rafa. (Please.) How embarrassing! I was getting his country mixed up with Pablo. Seriously though he continues to amaze me. I don't know where he is finding these reserves of energy and stamina. I would love love love to see him claim this title again! Although Busta would be nice too.  |
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 12:40:06 GMT
Venus and Serena's constant "I didn't play well today, I can beat anyone in the whole wide world when I want to" in every press conference every time they lost a match for seemingly the first decade of their careers-ish was pretty awful too. Pretty much put me off them both for life. Not to talk about Serena threatening a line judge. That was (maybe with exception of the low points of Jeff Tarango and Daniel Kollerer) the most miserable behaviour I've ever seen by a player. And when it comes to fake injuries - Serena did the same for example in the French Open semi against Timea Bacsinszky. I just don't like the Williams sisters attitudes - though Venus is at least a bit nicer than Serena. What they say, how they behave. And it doesn't help that I don't like to watch their tennis. It's all about bashing the ball as hard as you can. Don't like this, though it definitely plays the smaller role in my dislike of them. Yeah that was a bad (well, disgraceful really) moment for Serena that she deservingly got a lashing for. But Venus has never done anything like that in her life (even when Spirlea barged her on the court), she's known as one of the more graceful and quiet players on tour... she's also the reason they get paid the same as men now and has contributed a lot to the sport (off the court). And hitting the ball as hard as they can? That's being a bit wilfully blind to Serena's superlative athleticism (that famous split is very impressive) or clever shotmaking, or the fact that Venus is one of the best movers for her height and one of the great net players of all time (helped by her reach and reflexes). She actually plays a very similar game to Henin, especially when Henin upped the power of her serve in the mid 00s. People who think their game is all serving and bashing haven't really watched them, or are oversimplifying it. They both have a lot of power, but it's not their fault they have both that advantage over the other girls as well as a high tennis IQ ..... especially weird coming from someone who was rooting for Pliskova.  That goes for the Garbine fan in the corner too. Anyway i've gotten off topic sorry pals. Less than twelve hours til the women's semis will be under way! How exciting. |
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 12:42:37 GMT
I will also say that even though Rafa absolutely steamrolled Rublev yesterday, he was making a couple of unnecessary and unexpected errors here and there.
It will have to be a huge fight from Delpo but I think he can do it, and maybe playing all these long hard battles on the way to the semi will actually be an advantage to him.
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 7, 2017 13:33:20 GMT
Not to talk about Serena threatening a line judge. That was (maybe with exception of the low points of Jeff Tarango and Daniel Kollerer) the most miserable behaviour I've ever seen by a player. And when it comes to fake injuries - Serena did the same for example in the French Open semi against Timea Bacsinszky. I just don't like the Williams sisters attitudes - though Venus is at least a bit nicer than Serena. What they say, how they behave. And it doesn't help that I don't like to watch their tennis. It's all about bashing the ball as hard as you can. Don't like this, though it definitely plays the smaller role in my dislike of them. Yeah that was a bad (well, disgraceful really) moment for Serena that she deservingly got a lashing for. But Venus has never done anything like that in her life (even when Spirlea barged her on the court), she's known as one of the more graceful and quiet players on tour... she's also the reason they get paid the same as men now and has contributed a lot to the sport (off the court). And hitting the ball as hard as they can? That's being a bit wilfully blind to Serena's superlative athleticism (that famous split is very impressive) or clever shotmaking, or the fact that Venus is one of the best movers for her height and one of the great net players of all time (helped by her reach and reflexes). She actually plays a very similar game to Henin, especially when Henin upped the power of her serve in the mid 00s. People who think their game is all serving and bashing haven't really watched them, or are oversimplifying it. They both have a lot of power, but it's not their fault they have both that advantage over the other girls as well as a high tennis IQ ..... especially weird coming from someone who was rooting for Pliskova. That goes for the Garbine fan in the corner too. Anyway i've gotten off topic sorry pals. Less than twelve hours til the women's semis will be under way! How exciting. Venus is quite graceful and quiet most of the time, I'll give you that. And that's the reason I like her a lot more than her sister. Actually, thinking about it a second time, I don't really have an issue with her winning this US Open. But please, don't talk about them having a high tennis IQ, because they certainly don't have a very high one. They are very good athletes, though obviously they always have problems when they have to move a lot, but no tennis player is without weaknesses. And please show me where I was rooting for Pliskova. Yeah, I would have preferred her winning over Coco, but I'm no Pliskova fan. I like her attitude, which is calm and nearly phlegmatic, but I'm not a "fan" of her. Actually in women's tennis I wouldn't call myself really a "fan" of any player, though there are certainly ones I clearly prefer. I like Kvitova, maybe you got this messed up with her compatriot. Kvitova is just such a likeable character and after all she has gone through in the past year I would have loved her to lift the trophy here. Also I haven't seen this match, which seemed to be a quite good one. |
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 7, 2017 13:41:34 GMT
As a fan of statistics, here is a little trivia:
If either Del Potro (seeded 24) or Anderson (28) make it to the final, they would be the lowest seed in a grand slam final since Tsonga (unseeded) in 2008 Australian Open.
But Anderson or Carreno Busta would in my eyes anyways be the "weakest" finalist (of course they have the chance in the future to up their game and teach me wrong) since at least Baghdatis, but probably since Puerta, cause Marcos was actually quite a good player.
I wonder if this is one further hint that we once again are finally about to enter another weaker era or transition period, like in the early 2000s, when one-hit-wonders like Schüttler, Verkerk or Puerta made finals.
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Post by ibbi on Sept 7, 2017 14:01:56 GMT
People who think their game is all serving and bashing haven't really watched them, or are oversimplifying it. They both have a lot of power, but it's not their fault they have both that advantage over the other girls as well as a high tennis IQ ..... especially weird coming from someone who was rooting for Pliskova. That goes for the Garbine fan in the corner too. Woooooooooooooah I like Garbine for 3 major reasons (1) she is gorgeous (2) she USED to use her doubles experience to get to net, and really attack. She still does it now and then, but it's clearly the weakest part of her game. Still can't have nothing but love for someone who so regularly utilizes the drive volley. (3) She is one of less than a handful of people on tour right now neither scared nor in awe of Venus and Serena. That fact alone turned me from an Azarenka hater into a fan. Still, the fact that she is starting to sound like Venus every time she plays is a major cause for concern.  I will second that Serena was a phenom in her youth. Those years up till 2003 before she piled on the pounds she has to have been one of the great athletes on the planet. As a Hingis fan watching her attacking game, rushing the net the way that she did was scary. She deserves her all time great status for those years alone where she proved herself the creme de la creme of the womens tour in maybe the strongest era that there has ever been certainly in the womens game. |
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Post by ibbi on Sept 7, 2017 14:06:13 GMT
I wonder if this is one further hint that we once again are finally about to enter another weaker era or transition period, like in the early 2000s, when one-hit-wonders like Schüttler, Verkerk or Puerta made finals. Honestly, after the past decade and a half of watching the same thing happen over and over and over again a little transitionary era would be just the cleansing that the game needs. Still, I won't count on it yet. Looked like it was going to happen in 2014 too, and then we just went right back to normal. |
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Post by Kirk-Picard on Sept 7, 2017 16:12:12 GMT
Now that Federer is out,I hope JMDP does the job and gets his second GS.
On the WTA,from the all-American SF,Sloane Stephens prevailing would be delightful
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 18:06:48 GMT
Yeah that was a bad (well, disgraceful really) moment for Serena that she deservingly got a lashing for. But Venus has never done anything like that in her life (even when Spirlea barged her on the court), she's known as one of the more graceful and quiet players on tour... she's also the reason they get paid the same as men now and has contributed a lot to the sport (off the court). And hitting the ball as hard as they can? That's being a bit wilfully blind to Serena's superlative athleticism (that famous split is very impressive) or clever shotmaking, or the fact that Venus is one of the best movers for her height and one of the great net players of all time (helped by her reach and reflexes). She actually plays a very similar game to Henin, especially when Henin upped the power of her serve in the mid 00s. People who think their game is all serving and bashing haven't really watched them, or are oversimplifying it. They both have a lot of power, but it's not their fault they have both that advantage over the other girls as well as a high tennis IQ ..... especially weird coming from someone who was rooting for Pliskova. That goes for the Garbine fan in the corner too. Anyway i've gotten off topic sorry pals. Less than twelve hours til the women's semis will be under way! How exciting. Venus is quite graceful and quiet most of the time, I'll give you that. And that's the reason I like her a lot more than her sister. Actually, thinking about it a second time, I don't really have an issue with her winning this US Open. But please, don't talk about them having a high tennis IQ, because they certainly don't have a very high one. They are very good athletes, though obviously they always have problems when they have to move a lot, but no tennis player is without weaknesses. And please show me where I was rooting for Pliskova. Yeah, I would have preferred her winning over Coco, but I'm no Pliskova fan. I like her attitude, which is calm and nearly phlegmatic, but I'm not a "fan" of her. Actually in women's tennis I wouldn't call myself really a "fan" of any player, though there are certainly ones I clearly prefer. I like Kvitova, maybe you got this messed up with her compatriot. Kvitova is just such a likeable character and after all she has gone through in the past year I would have loved her to lift the trophy here. Also I haven't seen this match, which seemed to be a quite good one. I meant Kvitova! Sorry the late nights are getting to me. But yeah it's Kvitova who was doing a lot of bashing (it's probably the only reason she lost against Vee because it was that close and she was just outfoxed a bit on some of the more tense points). Comparative to the current women on the tour, nobody has a higher tennis IQ than the sisters IMO (or really comes close). Of course that's down to experience and the fact that the competition is dry (Sharapova for example has been around for way too long, and has way too much success, to still be playing that simplistically, same with Wozniacki the pusher), but they have a lot more in their arsenal and can adapt their game to a player better than anybody else on the WTA right now. There is no Capriati or Clijsters or Hingis like back in the day to even compete with their court smarts. And yeah obviously I'm rooting for my fave, but while I outright don't want Colleen to win, I wonder if winning a slam this soon might have an odd effect on Sloane or Madison (both of whom I quite like). We've seen a lot of promising young players struggle to live up to that lately, and they're both coming off long sabbaticals. Hmmm! |
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 18:10:21 GMT
As a fan of statistics, here is a little trivia: If either Del Potro (seeded 24) or Anderson (28) make it to the final, they would be the lowest seed in a grand slam final since Tsonga (unseeded) in 2008 Australian Open. But Anderson or Carreno Busta would in my eyes anyways be the "weakest" finalist (of course they have the chance in the future to up their game and teach me wrong) since at least Baghdatis, but probably since Puerta, cause Marcos was actually quite a good player. I wonder if this is one further hint that we once again are finally about to enter another weaker era or transition period, like in the early 2000s, when one-hit-wonders like Schüttler, Verkerk or Puerta made finals. Just shows you how much the men's game has been dominated by the top players! I think Baghdatis is a strong player too, his physicality kind of lets him down a bit though. If I were to make a prediction, I think we have two more years of Federer/Nadal/Murray/maaaybe Djok, before the really young ones take over. I hope they're ready to step up to the plate. This is actually a good time for them to strike, while so many are out (and it looks like Murray won't be back for a looong time)... but of course the veterans have been the ones doing all the striking. |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 7, 2017 18:18:54 GMT
Hopefully Del Potro can knock Nadal out too. It would make me so happy to see one of my favourite players of the last decade or so knock out both of the players I'm so utterly tired of. Seeing yet another year of men's tennis where the slams are split between Federer and Nadal would possibly kill the interest I have left in men's tennis.
Also, Venus better win this damn thing or lose in the semi's. I don't think I could handle seeing her lose a third slam final in a year.
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Post by wendy on Sept 7, 2017 18:20:01 GMT
People who think their game is all serving and bashing haven't really watched them, or are oversimplifying it. They both have a lot of power, but it's not their fault they have both that advantage over the other girls as well as a high tennis IQ ..... especially weird coming from someone who was rooting for Pliskova. That goes for the Garbine fan in the corner too. Woooooooooooooah I like Garbine for 3 major reasons (1) she is gorgeous (2) she USED to use her doubles experience to get to net, and really attack. She still does it now and then, but it's clearly the weakest part of her game. Still can't have nothing but love for someone who so regularly utilizes the drive volley. (3) She is one of less than a handful of people on tour right now neither scared nor in awe of Venus and Serena. That fact alone turned me from an Azarenka hater into a fan. Still, the fact that she is starting to sound like Venus every time she plays is a major cause for concern. I will second that Serena was a phenom in her youth. Those years up till 2003 before she piled on the pounds she has to have been one of the great athletes on the planet. As a Hingis fan watching her attacking game, rushing the net the way that she did was scary. She deserves her all time great status for those years alone where she proved herself the creme de la creme of the womens tour in maybe the strongest era that there has ever been certainly in the womens game. To be fair I am coming around to Garbine slowly. Easily the most consistent (new) #1 we've had since Azarenka 5 years ago, maybe even all the way back to Ivanovic and Jankovic. That's more because there are so few others to root for outside of Grandma.. Konta, Halep, Svito, and Kerber have been such disappointments at the slams this year. No nerve at all, which as you say, Garbanzo seems to have. Speaking of Azarenka, if she didn't have her custody issues she probably could have won this US Open. :/ And hey she's not even 1/5th as noisy as she used to be!! In fact dearest Petra nearly ruined my eardrums in their last match, I'd forgotten she could really yelp like that. The biggest offender isn't even Sharapova any more, Kenin is DEAFENING... and Vesnina has easily the weirdest and most offputting/distracting grunt. It literally sounds like she's saying "fire!" every time she hits the ball, like a Tekken character or something. I do miss the ultra competitive '97-'05 era a lot. Nobody was scared of each other (maybe the fact that they were all similar ages helped), the rivalries were deep and exciting, and there were always more than 2 or 3 contenders for every title. You didn't know if one of the sisters would completely dominate (or even which sister), or if Davenport, Hingis, Capriati, Pierce, Clijsters, Henin, and the rest of them would pull it off, and they ALL easily could have at any time. In this vacuum that is Serena's absence, any one of those players back then playing NOW would be vulturing all the slams with ease. |
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Post by wendy on Sept 8, 2017 1:49:57 GMT
Just the worst match to watch.  Couldn't believe how many errors Venus made, and how bad she was at the net (maybe the worst ever in her career... she picked the right match for it ). She obviously had nothing left in the tank on that last point. Wasn't too impressed with Sloane either. Aside from those last two games where she pulled off some brilliant clutch shots, her pushing today was absolutely hideous (worse than Wozniacki) and her 60mph serves look pathetic. I'm still rooting for her but I seriously think Keys or Coco can walk all over her. Come on Madison!! |
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Post by wendy on Sept 8, 2017 3:10:07 GMT
OMG Madison just gave Coconia a LASHING.
6-1, 6-2 even with an injury time out in the 2nd set and coming back with her hamstring covered in tape.
What a fucking display. I don't see any way she's losing this final. She may have beaten peak Serena tonight, I don't know how Sloane's 60mph serves are gonna go against her cannon like ballstrikes.
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Post by ChairfaceC on Sept 8, 2017 3:59:19 GMT
OMG Madison just gave Coconia a LASHING. 6-1, 6-2 even with an injury time out in the 2nd set and coming back with her hamstring covered in tape. What a fucking display. I don't see any way she's losing this final. She may have beaten peak Serena tonight, I don't know how Sloane's 60mph serves are gonna go against her cannon like ballstrikes. Sloane's serve confuses me. She can hit her ground strokes with so much power, but then her serve is nothing. If Maddie returns like she did tonight she'll break every time. What a beautiful match from her, though. Almost felt like Coco took as long as possible between serves at the end of the first set just so she wouldn't lose in 15 minutes. |
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Post by ibbi on Sept 8, 2017 9:07:52 GMT
Very happy for Maddie. The only one I liked from the final 4. Didn't think there was any way that she'd pull it off, but I've been thinking that since she played Svitolina, and she keeps proving me wrong. Hope this tournament proves the big turning point for her, and she finishes the job against The Great Obnoxio tomorrow. Was she really good, or was Coco just really bad? Also (sorry, not sorry  ) Wendy 20 Hours Ago Venus is one of the best movers for her height and one of the great net players of all time Wendy 7 Hours Ago Couldn't believe how many errors Venus made, and how bad she was at the net Wendy, could you please talk a little about how amazing Del Potro's serve and forehand are, and how unstoppable he looks? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?  |
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Post by wendy on Sept 8, 2017 15:37:47 GMT
Very happy for Maddie. The only one I liked from the final 4. Didn't think there was any way that she'd pull it off, but I've been thinking that since she played Svitolina, and she keeps proving me wrong. Hope this tournament proves the big turning point for her, and she finishes the job against The Great Obnoxio tomorrow. Was she really good, or was Coco just really bad? Also (sorry, not sorry ) Wendy 20 Hours Ago Venus is one of the best movers for her height and one of the great net players of all time Wendy 7 Hours Ago Couldn't believe how many errors Venus made, and how bad she was at the net Wendy, could you please talk a little about how amazing Del Potro's serve and forehand are, and how unstoppable he looks? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? I am honestly the biggest jinx ibbi !! One of the commentators even said "this is bizarre, Venus is one of those players you could bet your house on at the net, but tonight she is just missing so many." Was a bit upsetting to watch. Just going to shut my trap for future favourites (like Delpo!) and try hope for the best. Coco actually played well and had good movement, but Maddie was hitting so hard and so perfectly I couldn't believe it. They interviewed Pat Cash during the match and even he was like "there's not much she can do against Madison right now except just.. try stay in the match, try her best to hold that serve??" He was saying he had never seen such a great service match in years. One of the best, most dominant and competitive matches a woman has played this year (against a non-scrub opponent), along with Muguruza def. Kuznetsova at Cincinnati (both players in that one on fire), Venus def. Konta at Wimbledon (best serving and volleys of the year), some of Serena's AO matches, and that one superb Ostapenko match at RG (best nerve). When she took her MTO and came back with her leg covered in bandages I was really worried for Keys but she just continued to blast those bullets into the most perfectly placed corners of the court. It was quite a sight! ChairfaceC I don't know what it is about Sloane's serve, her coach mentioned that she still didn't have all her leg power but then she was running around the court like Usain Bolt today so I find that hard to believe. Maybe she just has bad accuracy when she hits it big? She's still pretty fresh back off months of not playing so perhaps she will build to it. I feel bad for her having that glorious moment and all the press, only to get back to her hotel room and have to watch Maddie firing homing missiles like that.  |
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 8, 2017 17:18:50 GMT
I wonder if this is one further hint that we once again are finally about to enter another weaker era or transition period, like in the early 2000s, when one-hit-wonders like Schüttler, Verkerk or Puerta made finals. Honestly, after the past decade and a half of watching the same thing happen over and over and over again a little transitionary era would be just the cleansing that the game needs. Still, I won't count on it yet. Looked like it was going to happen in 2014 too, and then we just went right back to normal. I don't think it will happen from one day to the other. This just doesn't happen. It's step by step. But obviously with the top players getting older, it comes closer. But I'm sure Djokovic will come back strong and has at least 3 good years ahead of him. |
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 8, 2017 17:20:46 GMT
Venus is quite graceful and quiet most of the time, I'll give you that. And that's the reason I like her a lot more than her sister. Actually, thinking about it a second time, I don't really have an issue with her winning this US Open. But please, don't talk about them having a high tennis IQ, because they certainly don't have a very high one. They are very good athletes, though obviously they always have problems when they have to move a lot, but no tennis player is without weaknesses. And please show me where I was rooting for Pliskova. Yeah, I would have preferred her winning over Coco, but I'm no Pliskova fan. I like her attitude, which is calm and nearly phlegmatic, but I'm not a "fan" of her. Actually in women's tennis I wouldn't call myself really a "fan" of any player, though there are certainly ones I clearly prefer. I like Kvitova, maybe you got this messed up with her compatriot. Kvitova is just such a likeable character and after all she has gone through in the past year I would have loved her to lift the trophy here. Also I haven't seen this match, which seemed to be a quite good one. I meant Kvitova! Sorry the late nights are getting to me. But yeah it's Kvitova who was doing a lot of bashing (it's probably the only reason she lost against Vee because it was that close and she was just outfoxed a bit on some of the more tense points). Comparative to the current women on the tour, nobody has a higher tennis IQ than the sisters IMO (or really comes close). Of course that's down to experience and the fact that the competition is dry (Sharapova for example has been around for way too long, and has way too much success, to still be playing that simplistically, same with Wozniacki the pusher), but they have a lot more in their arsenal and can adapt their game to a player better than anybody else on the WTA right now. There is no Capriati or Clijsters or Hingis like back in the day to even compete with their court smarts. And yeah obviously I'm rooting for my fave, but while I outright don't want Colleen to win, I wonder if winning a slam this soon might have an odd effect on Sloane or Madison (both of whom I quite like). We've seen a lot of promising young players struggle to live up to that lately, and they're both coming off long sabbaticals. Hmmm! Radwanska and Halep for example have a higher tennis IQ. They just don't have any comparable weapons. |
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Post by ibbi on Sept 8, 2017 22:24:04 GMT
Honestly, after the past decade and a half of watching the same thing happen over and over and over again a little transitionary era would be just the cleansing that the game needs. Still, I won't count on it yet. Looked like it was going to happen in 2014 too, and then we just went right back to normal. I don't think it will happen from one day to the other. This just doesn't happen. It's step by step. But obviously with the top players getting older, it comes closer. But I'm sure Djokovic will come back strong and has at least 3 good years ahead of him. Well, I didn't expect it to happen overnight! An entire generation of players has literally gone through their promising years, what should have been their prime years, and passed into what would historically be called your post prime years without a single grand slam win between them. Nishikori, Raonic, Dimitrov, Goffin, Tomic, Pospisil, Paire. The lost generation. How sad. |
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Post by ChairfaceC on Sept 9, 2017 2:25:24 GMT
Everything sucks.
It's up to you now, Big Kev. Don't let me down. I need you.
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Post by Kirk-Picard on Sept 9, 2017 6:15:02 GMT
Nadals draws in his last two USO wins and this year have been laughable
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