02-13-2011, 08:21 PM
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So we had dinner with this guy the other night. Class act.
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02-13-2011, 08:31 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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So off to Memphis where both the men and women will be involved.
Here's the draw for the Men's ATP 500
http://www.memphistennis.com/userfil...011%283%29.pdf
Raonic vs Verdasco Part Deux goes Wednesday night
For The Women both Marino and Wozniak are involved.
http://www.memphistennis.com/userfil...011%283%29.pdf
Marino is the #6 seed so she should make a good run. Both players play tomorrow.
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02-13-2011, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
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Thank you for posting these details. I really appreciate that you posted about Raonic playing today and that it was on TV. We just watched it and it was so cool to watch him win his first tournament. We would have missed it without your posts.
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02-13-2011, 09:10 PM
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I didn't get to watch today but great news for Milos and tennis Canada. Kinda crazy he got Verdasco again so quickly - that should be interesting. I'm also kinda curious to see Raonic play on grass and clay.
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02-13-2011, 10:00 PM
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02-13-2011, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
Thank you for posting these details. I really appreciate that you posted about Raonic playing today and that it was on TV. We just watched it and it was so cool to watch him win his first tournament. We would have missed it without your posts.
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It's my pleasure. Tennis is a crazy year-round world wide sport. There are tournaments going on anywhere and everywhere.
This thread was created by Matty 81 to track Canadians and tennis in general. Who knew that we would discover a Canadian winning a title so quickly!
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02-14-2011, 03:23 AM
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Awesome result. As Roddick has shown, he could be top 10 in the world with just his serve.
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02-14-2011, 03:24 AM
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They gave him a bottle of maple syrup? yeah like he has never seen that before being from Canada and all....
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02-14-2011, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
They gave him a bottle of maple syrup? yeah like he has never seen that before being from Canada and all....
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It was a bit of a inside joke that Raonic had with somebody. I don't know who the somebody was but he had enough pull to present Raonic with the maple syrup when he won the title.
Raonic was a wild card entry so not expected to win the tournament. The guy made some kind of joking bet that if he won the tournament he would buy Raonic a bottle of the maple syrup. Which he did.
It was kinda funny to see during the award presentation after the tournament. Raonic said he would enjoy it with his pancakes tomorrow.
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02-14-2011, 09:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
It was a bit of a inside joke that Raonic had with somebody. I don't know who the somebody was but he had enough pull to present Raonic with the maple syrup when he won the title.
Raonic was a wild card entry so not expected to win the tournament. The guy made some kind of joking bet that if he won the tournament he would buy Raonic a bottle of the maple syrup. Which he did.
It was kinda funny to see during the award presentation after the tournament. Raonic said he would enjoy it with his pancakes tomorrow.
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I was hoping they would give him something from the SanJose area. Like a $2000/month, 300 sq ft apt filled with 12 people from East Asia.
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02-14-2011, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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From Tennis Canada:
Career highs for Canadians on #ATP & #WTA rankings today: Raonic no. 59 (+25), Bester no. 260 (+8), Marino no. 80 (+4) & Bouchard no. 392 (+158)
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02-14-2011, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
So we had dinner with this guy the other night. Class act.
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You did? How'd you manage that? 
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02-14-2011, 01:54 PM
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Wozniak got crushed 6-2, 6-2 in the first round.
She really been struggling.
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02-14-2011, 05:38 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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#6 Marino wins easily 6-4, 6-1 
She gets the Romanian Cristea next, should be easy.
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02-14-2011, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Wozniak got crushed 6-2, 6-2 in the first round.
She really been struggling.
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That injury has really set her back. I'm not sure if she'll be able to regain her pre-injury form. I watched her closely during Fed Cup action and her body language was just off, even when she was leading. She was defeated physically, even if she was ahead on the scoreboard.
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02-15-2011, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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02-15-2011, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
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And just to add, here is Raonic's complete interview with Sportsnet. Connected only showed a few parts, but the website has the interview in its two part entirety on their website: http://www.sportsnet.ca/video/
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02-15-2011, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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The top 2 seeded women, Strycova and Arvidsson (WHO?) are out of the tournament in Memphis. The 4th, 5th and 8th seeds are out too. There is nobody left. Just a bunch of unpronouncable names.
It's an opportunity for Rebecca Marino to win the whole thing.
Only seeds left are
#3 Melanie Oudin (USA)
#6 Rebecca Marino (CAN)
#7 Renata Vorokova (CZE)
http://www.memphistennis.com/userfil...%202011(4).pdf
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Last edited by GirlySports; 02-15-2011 at 11:49 AM.
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02-16-2011, 11:46 AM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Marino is on court right now playing her Round of 16 match. (she's already up a break)
Raonic V Verdasco Part Deux goes tonight at 6pm MT.
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02-16-2011, 12:36 PM
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
Marino is on court right now playing her Round of 16 match. (she's already up a break)
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I'm following it on Twitter as I work on something and they are off to a 3rd set.
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