2015 Tennis Thread - Page 35 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Senator Clay Davis · 07-08-2015, 01:10 PM

Gasquet is extremely talented, and he probably would have had a chance if Kevin Anderson didn't already happen. But Novak looked very dialed in today and if he's dialed in again Friday I don't see any way Gasquet beats him unless he plays at an absurdly high level.

Curious to see the Maria-Serena match tomorrow. Not for the match itself because I think Serena will destroy Maria (double bagel maybe?), but to see if Maria gets time violations like Vasek did, seeing as she's the worst offender in the game (along with Nadal).

dash_pinched · 07-08-2015, 01:16 PM

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Huge break for Novak as Stan surprisingly loses to Gasquet 11-9 in the 5th. Novak should easily make the final now as he owns Gasquet. Looking like we'll be getting a rematch of last year not that that's a bad thing at all.

Gonna have to catch this match on Wimbledon Primetime tonight, sounds like Gasquet dug deep to upset Stan.

GirlySports · 07-08-2015, 01:16 PM

Serena will easily beat Maria, for the thousandth time. It shows how bad the women's game is today that Maria continues to get this far. She double faults 10 times per match and has double the amount of errors to winners yet nobody except Serena can beat her.

Senator Clay Davis · 07-08-2015, 01:37 PM

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Gonna have to catch this match on Wimbledon Primetime tonight, sounds like Gasquet dug deep to upset Stan.

It was a very good match and some of the one handed backhand rallies were sublime. Almost a dinosaur match because we won't see two guys ripping one handed backhands much in the future.

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Serena will easily beat Maria, for the thousandth time. It shows how bad the women's game is today that Maria continues to get this far. She double faults 10 times per match and has double the amount of errors to winners yet nobody except Serena can beat her.

This is why it's sort of foolish to give up on Genie right now. Women's game is so weak once she steadies her confidence she can make it back (if she diversifies the game as well). Radwanska won yesterday with 13 winners while Keys had over 50. Women's tennis is more drama filled than mens but the quality difference is pretty huge.

Senator Clay Davis · 07-09-2015, 08:53 AM

First service game Maria has 3 double faults. This is going to be ugly. Muguruza takes out Radwanska and I'd give Muguruza a fighting chance against Serena.

Mango · 07-09-2015, 12:58 PM

Whoa:

Arash Madani @ArashMadani
BREAKING: Have learned Vasek Pospisil will NOT play Davis Cup next week due to a wrist injury. Dancevic/Peliwo likely Canada's singles team

Fire · 07-09-2015, 01:55 PM

Ouch!

GirlySports · 07-09-2015, 01:57 PM

that sucks, the Davis Cup has turned into a joke.

A Djokovic-less Serbia travels to Argentina
Kazakhstan travels to Australia
France play Great Britain at Queens. That's th de facto Final!

and in European Group 1, Russia are making Spain travel to Vladivostok

Senator Clay Davis · 07-09-2015, 02:18 PM

They should just turn it into the tennis version of the Ryder Cup, have it every other year and have Europe take on the rest of the World as a two week tournament with both men and women. That could have some real interest in it I would think. But yeah at present both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup are pretty much useless.

GirlySports · 07-09-2015, 04:02 PM

I do like how there are home and away ties but the tennis calendar is just too congested for the men. 4 majors plus 9 masters 1000 is a long season.

Senator Clay Davis · 07-09-2015, 06:17 PM

Frank Dancevic going all out...on the challenger tour.

Machiavelli · 07-10-2015, 06:16 AM

The state of women's tennis is definitely concerning. Who is the next great player?

GirlySports · 07-10-2015, 07:45 AM

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The state of women's tennis is definitely concerning. Who is the next great player?

If Mugaruza wins tomorrow, it'll be her. But yeah the numbers are really small.

Senator Clay Davis · 07-10-2015, 09:56 AM

What a sensational first set from Roger, 23 winners, 3 errors, 85% first serves in, wins it 7-5 with the late break. He's turned back the clock to nearly peak levels.

dash_pinched · 07-10-2015, 09:57 AM

Murray played great in that opening set, but Roger is Roger...

Inglewood Jack · 07-10-2015, 10:00 AM

Fed getting close to achieving full flight...could wrap up quickly if Andy doesn't calm down fast

Senator Clay Davis · 07-10-2015, 10:42 AM

This game at 4-5 though....

Senator Clay Davis · 07-10-2015, 10:45 AM

That could be the match changer. Andy rallies from 0-40 and 3 set points down and saves a few more set points. Gotta be a huge confidence jolt for him.

dash_pinched · 07-10-2015, 10:47 AM

That 15 minute game at 4-5 was crazy good. Then Roger serves and takes just over a minute to win his service game.

Senator Clay Davis · 07-10-2015, 10:53 AM

The last few years when something bad like that (blowing the set points) happened to Federer, he usually didn't respond very well. What a response there as he again breaks Andy at 6-5 to win the set. If this is a straight set win for Roger it might be the greatest straight set match ever. That set point was insanely good.