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*Official* Tennis Thread
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Time to bring this baby back into my avatar.Hey Clapo... eat some bicep
Nadal wins 7-6 7-5
Next stop, Wimbledon.
To come back from being hit off the court and 0-5 down in that 1st set to win in 4 sets is just brilliant.
Tsonga or Murray it don't matter! Rafa will be playing in his 4th consecutive Wimbledon final (he didn't enter the tournament in 2009 so it doesn't count
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Nah, they deffffinitely support the underdog over here. Take my word on this one
. Wimbledon is partly an exception. Perhaps people just feel like they know the best players a bit more personally and hence cheer for them.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I'll take your word, but Jeez I haven't seen it in my walks of life.
Supporting Bangladesh over Australia doesn't count, and I seriously haven't seen it yet at Wimbledon, which is a pretty huge part of British sporting culture tbf. In the soccer, it just seems to not want England's rivals win.
And by the way, Tsonga's fall away here has been pathetic. Hate players that can't put a bad point out of their mind.
That's why your Nadal and Federer will forever be more supreme than these fellas.
The young guys making a name for themselves now (Delpotro, Soderling, Berdych) are quite strong mentally at the moment. Tsonga, Monfils etc. just aren't there at all.
At least we'll get Murray vs. Nadal, which will be epic.
Supporting Bangladesh over Australia doesn't count, and I seriously haven't seen it yet at Wimbledon, which is a pretty huge part of British sporting culture tbf. In the soccer, it just seems to not want England's rivals win.
And by the way, Tsonga's fall away here has been pathetic. Hate players that can't put a bad point out of their mind.
That's why your Nadal and Federer will forever be more supreme than these fellas.
The young guys making a name for themselves now (Delpotro, Soderling, Berdych) are quite strong mentally at the moment. Tsonga, Monfils etc. just aren't there at all.
At least we'll get Murray vs. Nadal, which will be epic.
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Berdych played great, I was expecting this result considering the way Federer struggled against Falla and Bozoljac.
I don't think that's fair, I read his press conference and he has given Berdych a lot of credit. This is a guy who hasn't retired from a match in his career, and hates taking injury time-outs.Roger making injury excuses
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Hmmm, Wimbledon website seems to agree with me. The title anyway 
Federer blames defeat on back and leg injuries
Federer blames defeat on back and leg injuries
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Haha, I could get more sense out of a ******** chimpanzee than some of those user comments. This is the FIRST time Federer has blamed his fitness after a defeat, and he has lost plenty of long matches to Nadal in the past. Won a few as well, last year's final comes to mind. And I repeat, he has NEVER retired from a match even when he was visibly struggling physically, watch his YEC matches against Nalbandian and Murray. So maybe, just maybe he's telling the truth.Many of those user comments seem to share my opinion as well, so I'm not alone.
It's okay when Roger does it but not Serena.
I don't think Serena is criticized for blaming her fitness, it's comments like "she hit a lot of lucky shots today", or "I just gave the match away" that people take exception to. I don't care too much either way, micro-analyzing press conferences is a waste of time. Even Roddick, who is usually a gracious loser, said something like "I played three terrible sets" after losing to Lu. Top players aren't used to losing and don't particularly like it.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Where have I said Federer is lying about his injuries?
I don't think it needs to be said in the fashion it was said.
Look, call me biased, but Nadal after he lost to Murray in the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament had a knee injury in the middle of the match, and refused to talk about it immediately after, not wanting to take away from Murray's win.
He spoke about it later on, but not in the post-match press conference. That's the difference tbh.
And regarding A-Rod, he's not spoken as a man of the utmost humility as Roger is, that's why I'm bringing it up.
I don't think it needs to be said in the fashion it was said.
Look, call me biased, but Nadal after he lost to Murray in the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament had a knee injury in the middle of the match, and refused to talk about it immediately after, not wanting to take away from Murray's win.
He spoke about it later on, but not in the post-match press conference. That's the difference tbh.
And regarding A-Rod, he's not spoken as a man of the utmost humility as Roger is, that's why I'm bringing it up.
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