*Official* Tennis Thread

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Family forum..............

You get in here too. More love to go round.

 

[Sanz]

So why did Agassi lose to Rafael in straight set then ? I am sure he didn't have any big match experience either.

Talk about shifting Goalposts, well you still missed the goal, proves that monkeys cant play football.

 

[benchmark00]

So why did Agassi lose to Rafael in straight set then ? I am sure he didn't have any big match experience either.

Talk about shifting Goalposts, well you still missed the goal, proves that monkeys cant play football.

I have no idea what you're trying to say. I have never said Nadal was a bad player, chump. What I did do, however, is retort your 'experience' argument.

 

[Anna]

Regardless the fact remains Nadal is a poser.

Grow up.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Nadal - could've gone out first round if his opponent had some more experience.

But in the earlier rounds he could have purely used his skill to beat the lesser opponents. Against Federer on grass in the Wimbledon final, it's gonna take a bit more.

 

[benchmark00]

But in the earlier rounds he could have purely used his skill to beat the lesser opponents. Against Federer on grass in the Wimbledon final, it's gonna take a bit more.

Well done buddhy, you've just made the most irrelevant post of the thread.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Murphy's too cool to tell me how what I said is irrelevant, so can someone else?

 

[benchmark00]

Murphy's too cool to tell me how what I said is irrelevant, so can someone else?

Maybe you should sit the next couple of plays out.

 

[Burpey]

Should have stuck with (y)

 

[Buddhmaster]

Yay I won

 

[Sir Redman]

Chuffed that Federer won. I'm not a fan of Nadal at all: I hate his stupid 3/4 shorts, his singlet, his hairstyle and most of all I hate his stand-3-metres-behind-the-baseline-and-play-horrible-topspin-loopies-all-game style. That type of play annoyed the hell out of me when I was a tennis player and it bores me to tears watching it now.

 

[benchmark00]

Yay I won

We discussed you talking, remember?

 

[Anil]

Chuffed that Federer won. I'm not a fan of Nadal at all: I hate his stupid 3/4 shorts, his singlet, his hairstyle and most of all I hate his stand-3-metres-behind-the-baseline-and-play-horrible-topspin-loopies-all-game style. That type of play annoyed the hell out of me when I was a tennis player and it bores me to tears watching it now.

did you watch the final at all? i think he came to the net even more than federer(or at least as much) and was fairly successful at net as well....

 

[Jono]

I find he uses his 'behind the base-line top spin' style of play more on the slow courts because simply, it works. It works whether he plays Federer or someone ranked over 100. But when he plays Federer on grass, he obviously has to change it up, which he attempted.

 

[Buddhmaster]

We discussed you talking, remember?

Ike

 

[Sir Redman]

did you watch the final at all? i think he came to the net even more than federer(or at least as much) and was fairly successful at net as well....

No, because I was on holiday and didn't stay at any places with Sky tv. I'm just generalising based on what I've seen from him on clay and hard courts.

 

[Anil]

No, because I was on holiday and didn't stay at any places with Sky tv. I'm just generalising based on what I've seen from him on clay and hard courts.

well, give the guy some credit for getting over some steep learning curves really quickly....he didn't look too shabby at the net when he did choose to come in....his general quickness around the court aided him there as well...he was very nervous at the beginning of the match and federer really took advantage and grabbed the first set before nadal knew what hit him...then his natural competitiveness came to the fore and he really took the fight to federer and there was a perceptible drop in federer's quality of play.....the 2nd and 3rd sets were extremely close and one loose game in the fourth set threw away the match for nadal....federer himself acknowledged at the end that the nervous giveaway at the beginning by nadal was what helped him win what ultimately was a very close match....federer was clearly the better player on the day but i'm pretty sure this guy would've won against most other people...and quite likely would win the whole thing one of these days.....

 

[Simon]

2006 US Open thread

The last grand slam of the year starts on Monday, the usuals should probably make it to week 2.
the draw has been released and these are my semi final predictions

Roger Federer vs Andy Murray
Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal

Im hoping Haas can come through and make the semis, hes in Murray's secton which is probably the easiest of the 4 quarters.


Womens

Martina Hingis vs Nadia Petrova
Venus Williams vs Justine Henin Hardenne

 

[Simon]

Men's odds

ROGER FEDERER $1.50
RAFAEL NADAL $4.50
ANDY RODDICK $15.00
JAMES BLAKE $34.00
ANDY MURRAY $34.00
RICHARD GASQUET $41.00
IVAN LJUBICIC $41.00
MARCO BAGHDATIS $51.00
TOMAS BERDYCH $51.00
FERNANDO GONZALEZ $67.00
LLEYTON HEWITT $67.00
DAVID NALBANDIAN $67.00
TOMMY HAAS $81.00
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thats everyone under $101

Women's odds
MARIA SHARAPOVA $3.50
JUSTIN HENIN-HARDENNE $4.00
AMELIE MAURESMO $5.50
NICOLE VAIDISOVA $13.00
MARTINA HINGIS $15.00
LINDSAY DAVENPORT $17.00
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA $17.00
SERENA WILLIAMS $17.00
ELENA DEMENTIEVA $21.00
ANA IVANOVIC $21.00
VENUS WILLIAMS $26.00
JELENA JANKOVIC $67.00
ANASTASIA MYSKINA $67.00
NADIA PETROVA $67.00
DINARA SAFINA $81.00
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thats everyone under $101

 

[Slats4ever]

some really juicy odds in the male side of things