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*Official* Tennis Thread
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Magrat Garlick
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How the hell do you get broken twice by Tomik? He stands further back than Söderling ffs...Cilic breaks twice and then is broken twice
Good length tho.
Haha, broken again. Called this.
Magrat Garlick
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Would seem so. Tomik's 3-0 up in the third according to t'internet.
Johnners
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2-1 up! He's got this
EDIT: For those watching (I'm not, hour behind etc. etc.) how the hell is Tomic winning? Following live, stats say he's got half as many winners, and only about 5/6 less unforced errors, yet is up 2 sets to one. Just running cilic all over?
EDIT: For those watching (I'm not, hour behind etc. etc.) how the hell is Tomic winning? Following live, stats say he's got half as many winners, and only about 5/6 less unforced errors, yet is up 2 sets to one. Just running cilic all over?
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Magrat Garlick
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Marin to lose 5-7 after serving at 5-3.
Johnners
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Jono?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Wow, Cilic just gets over the line 6-4 in the 5th.
Umm Clapo, from my point of view, and I'm no expert mind you, it's well noted Tomic hits a really slow ball, and hence Cilic couldn't get much pace on the ball at times. He had to create his own pace and he wasn't on his game today. However on top of that Tomic hits a 'low ball', whereby on a slow court like the Aust Open, Cilic will struggle as he has to bend low plus generate pace. As he relies on heavy hitting, it doesn't suit him at all.
Normally if he had his first serve percentage higher that wouldn't have matterd as much, but he didn't.
And finally Tomic, until he got tired, was able to chase down almost anything. Not necessarily because of pace, but because he plays smart defensive tennis at times. Cilic looked like he'd have the point won, but on a slow surface like this, Tomic could get the ball again and again and eventually Cilic would crack.
At the end of the day Cilic won however, but well played Tomic.
Cilic has Wawrinka next. Not sure who can win that one. Cilic looks tired after the match, did lots of running. Plus obviously isn't playing too well.
Btw, on theis slow surface, I reckon Rafa Nadal has a really good chance of defending his Aust Open. He won't get dominated by your Davydenko, Cilic, Del Potro etc. as much.
Umm Clapo, from my point of view, and I'm no expert mind you, it's well noted Tomic hits a really slow ball, and hence Cilic couldn't get much pace on the ball at times. He had to create his own pace and he wasn't on his game today. However on top of that Tomic hits a 'low ball', whereby on a slow court like the Aust Open, Cilic will struggle as he has to bend low plus generate pace. As he relies on heavy hitting, it doesn't suit him at all.
Normally if he had his first serve percentage higher that wouldn't have matterd as much, but he didn't.
And finally Tomic, until he got tired, was able to chase down almost anything. Not necessarily because of pace, but because he plays smart defensive tennis at times. Cilic looked like he'd have the point won, but on a slow surface like this, Tomic could get the ball again and again and eventually Cilic would crack.
At the end of the day Cilic won however, but well played Tomic.
Cilic has Wawrinka next. Not sure who can win that one. Cilic looks tired after the match, did lots of running. Plus obviously isn't playing too well.
Btw, on theis slow surface, I reckon Rafa Nadal has a really good chance of defending his Aust Open. He won't get dominated by your Davydenko, Cilic, Del Potro etc. as much.
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Magrat Garlick
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Cheers, makes up for the lack of points. (Wright joined me, though he always tips anyone with AUS after their name so perhaps doesn't count.)
Gave me confidence to try a couple more upsets tomorrow
Simon
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Good showing from Tomic last night but the way he's going he's going to be less popular than Germaine Greer in Australia. Having a crack at the officials because he had to play at night even though he requested a day match, how bout you just be stoked to get a centre court match mate, douche bag.
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AWTA, not very gracious at all. Age is no excuse either; Hewitt was a douche at 15 and at nearly 30 in a career of enough ups and downs which would humble most players even a little........is still a douche.
SirBloody Idiot
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Hewitt is not a douche any more.
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Just finally figured out to keep a lid on it whilst not winning anything, tbh.
SirBloody Idiot
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Won the very prestigious Houston title last year 