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johnobvious 
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Joined: May 11 2006 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 1367 |
 Topic: wow.....(the unofficial PA's tennis thread hahha)Posted: February 02 2009 at 16:29 |
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Don't feel bad for Roger. He's loaded and has his place in history as one of the greats. Nadal is just a beast and Roger doesn't have the edge he had 4-5 years ago. It ain't easy keeping up the mastery he has given us. |
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memowakeman
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 15:18 |
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So Nadal won again
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Padraic
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 13:27 |
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Just can't believe Roger couldn't outlast Rafa; the way Fed blazed through Roddick, has the extra rest, whereas Nadal had to have a 5 hour slugfest against Verdasco....I was sort of rooting for Fed in this one, but what can you say? Rafa just has his number right now. The rest of the season should be interesting.
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johnobvious
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 13:24 |
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I saw the last 2 sets of Nadal-Verdasco and that was unbelievable. How Nadal came back to beat Roger after that is truly super human.
I don't know how Fed keeps motivated anymore. He's filthy rich and has won everything. Chasing Sampras may not be enough for him to keep working to overcome Nadal |
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Ricochet
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:02 |
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Yeah, come think of it, the gas was over, in every way, after the first half of the fourth set: no more struggle with winning points, once broken (Rafa in the fourth, Roger in the fifth) the faith of the set was decided, and even the audience entertained a much colder atmosphere. But until then, it was the long-awaited and highly-rewarding deathmatch of the tournament. |
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Jimbo
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 14:36 |
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^ Yes, fantastic game. It was sad to see Roger lose his grip towards the end of the game though.
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Ricochet
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 08:27 |
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Wow...(he's) they've done it again!
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/match_reports/2009-02-01/200902011233408752625.html In short words, yet another Grand Slam final that was enthralling. |
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progismylife
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Posted: September 26 2008 at 20:04 |
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You could send me money to buy you tickets. Interestingly enough my parents got free tickets because someone in my church had bought some but couldn't go for some odd reason so my parents got to go to Wimbledon for free! |
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 26 2008 at 02:32 |
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You could buy me tickets next year.  |
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progismylife
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Posted: September 25 2008 at 20:20 |
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I have never really watched much tennis but I guess since I live less than 2 miles from Wimbledon I might as well get into it. Also considering Andy Murray is mostly good I guess I can have some national pride.
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 22 2008 at 02:41 |
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Wow...when was the last time that neither the USA, neither Russia managed to reach the Davis Cup final?
Roddick and the gang met the Spanish Bulls on their clay ground, so they were pretty much doomed against Nadal, but Ferrer pulled an awesome 8-6 in the decider (coming back from 1-2 at sets) against Roddick. Meanwhile, Spain is to go to Argentina for the final, where young Juan Martin del Potro is rising fiercely (in fact, the only people to beat him these days could only be perhaps the top trio + Murray) and both matches with him will be a showdown. |
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Roj
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Posted: September 09 2008 at 06:28 |
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If Murray had played as well as he had played against Nadal, the Final would have been very close. This looks like Murray's best surface. I would still say Federer is best on grass, but the level of his performances at Flushing Meadows were way above his Wimbledon performances. |
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 09 2008 at 03:23 |
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Rafa constantly progressed this year, despite also losing. This semifinal exit - as well as that in Australian Open - were better results than last year. His only fluke was perhaps Rome, before Roland Garros, when he lost early as a defending champion. Otherwise: Queens, Wimbledon, Cincinatti Masters - high improvements. I'm sure Rafa will train to play the US Open final next year; this time, it was a bit too much for him, after too many consecutive successes. |
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 09 2008 at 03:20 |
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Congrats to Roger, he really made an excellent tournament and he deserves, thus, his 13th Slam. His year wasn't as good as the previous, but that didn't meant, for me at least, that he didn't play quality tennis and kept somehow his "invincible" aura. The pre-US Open acts were a bit fluked, but at least he was one of the two tennis artists who gave us such a Wimbledon final, and here I really enjoyed seeing him play so good.
Congrats, Roger, congrats to Andy too, I start liking him as a player more and more! Let's hope for a sizzling last two months of this tennis season. Two more Masters, plus the Master Cup to go, after all... Edited by Ricochet - September 09 2008 at 03:26 |
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Finnforest
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 22:44 |
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Damn, I missed the final. Can't believe Raffa lost but was happy to hear Roger is back! The next Raffa/Roger final should be great!
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 21:53 |
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Amazing match today. I was glad to see that Roger was starting to head back to the Roger that everyone knows better. Hopefully this will be an indicator that he'll have a much better season than this slight slump he's had. Still, even his slumps make him #2 in the world... and not by much.
Federer all the way.  Murray put up a good fight. |
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micky
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 21:51 |
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 let's just say that one of them is probably drunk as a skunk now and partying with woman that wouldn't even look twice at mere mortals like us hahhahaha .. the other.. .wondering what freight train hit him . It's been over for some hours now hahha |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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memowakeman
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 21:48 |
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what's this?
i hadn't noticed this thread until now, i like tennis a lot and i am all for Federer as well, when is the final match between him and Murray?
Despite Roger is the favourite, Murray might surprise us! |
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micky
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 21:05 |
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made Rafa suck air.... and that ... you NEVER see ... Murray was in another world in that semi. |
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Padraic
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Posted: September 08 2008 at 21:02 |
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And a clappie for Andy Murray - got further in a GS than Tim Henman ever did  Bright future ahead for him, hopefully. |
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