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Postby heyeaglefn » Sun Sep 11, 2016 20:58:23

JUburton wrote:Damn, Stan. So is there a big 5 now? Guy has won his last 11 finals and 3 slams which equals Murray.

Depends what you mean by the current big 4. Not sure if Nadal or Fed have any majors left in them.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby JUburton » Sun Sep 11, 2016 21:04:54

They've been grandfathered in for now.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby heyeaglefn » Sun Sep 11, 2016 21:19:01

JUburton wrote:They've been grandfathered in for now.

This is how I view if you are talking about best chances to win Majors next year.

Joker
Murray
Stan
Nadal
Roger

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Re: tennis thread

Postby swishnicholson » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:58:47

heyeaglefn wrote:
JUburton wrote:They've been grandfathered in for now.

This is how I view if you are talking about best chances to win Majors next year.

Joker
Murray
Stan
Nadal
Roger


Kind of interesting that the upstart is older than everyone of them except Federer.
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Re: tennis thread

Postby heyeaglefn » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:11:45

swishnicholson wrote:
heyeaglefn wrote:
JUburton wrote:They've been grandfathered in for now.

This is how I view if you are talking about best chances to win Majors next year.

Joker
Murray
Stan
Nadal
Roger


Kind of interesting that the upstart is older than everyone of them except Federer.

Yeah Stan is a late bloomer I guess, will be interesting to see how long he can keep it up. Think Nadal could win the French next year if his healthy. Unfortunately for Roger his best chance is probably Wimbledon, and that is the toughest competition.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby JUburton » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:50:02

Stan's backhand should be in the MOMA

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Re: tennis thread

Postby Squire » Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:36:00

I like Stan and I dig the interesting story but he seems like kind of an odd guy. That was the worst most subdued reaction to winning the USOpen (or any major) I have ever seen.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby slugsrbad » Tue Oct 04, 2016 09:05:36

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Re: tennis thread

Postby JUburton » Tue Oct 04, 2016 09:50:01

Squire wrote:I like Stan and I dig the interesting story but he seems like kind of an odd guy. That was the worst most subdued reaction to winning the USOpen (or any major) I have ever seen.
This might explain something: http://deadspin.com/stan-wawrinka-says- ... 1787361052

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Re: tennis thread

Postby ReadingPhilly » Sat Nov 05, 2016 18:31:52

Andy Murray is now the #1 player in the world.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby ReadingPhilly » Sun Nov 20, 2016 16:00:21

murray beat djokovic in the year end championship to remain #1. djok would have taken it back with a win.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby etched Chaos » Sun Nov 20, 2016 16:07:27

The wrath of the big 3, is over!
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Re: tennis thread

Postby ReadingPhilly » Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:41:36

11th ranked petra kvitova suffered a severe hand injury defending herself from a knife attack in her apartment.

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Re: tennis thread

Postby ReadingPhilly » Thu Dec 29, 2016 16:14:20

ana ivanovic retired :(

serena williams got engaged to co-founder of reddit

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Re: tennis thread

Postby pacino » Wed Jan 18, 2017 09:02:44

*bump*

Federer advanced to the 3rd round of the Australian Open, never been ousted before then in 18 years. dude is 35 years old.
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Re: tennis thread

Postby JUburton » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:14:05

Kyrgios lost a 2 set lead. But I didn't see anything about a giant meltdown from him. Progress!

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Re: tennis thread

Postby swishnicholson » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:35:12

JUburton wrote:Kyrgios lost a 2 set lead. But I didn't see anything about a giant meltdown from him. Progress!


Yeah, a little unfair that some are taking to account for lack of "fire", since he didn't end up cursing anyone out.

The 89th-ranked Seppi clinched the 3-hour, 9-minute match 1-6, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2, 10-8, but this performance was about what Kyrgios failed to accomplish.


Kyrgios, who sustained a knee injury playing basketball several weeks ago, was circumspect about the loss.

"It's obviously disappointing, but it was ultimately a pretty fun match," Kyrgios said. "He's a great guy and he deserved it, so. ... I'm not going to beat myself up about it. It could have gone either way."
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Re: tennis thread

Postby pacino » Thu Jan 19, 2017 09:24:36

Djokovic OUT

lost to Denis Istomin in the 2nd round: 7-6 (8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
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Re: tennis thread

Postby swishnicholson » Fri Jan 20, 2017 02:09:24

Sorry i have to step away from the Tsonga-Sock match. Pretty epic already, and it's only moving to the 4th set.
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Re: tennis thread

Postby JUburton » Sun Jan 22, 2017 09:19:40

Both top seeds out in the round of 16.

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