07-10-2023, 09:20 AM
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#2541
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Sensing a pattern here...
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Matthew Tkachuk apologist.
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07-10-2023, 09:31 AM
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#2542
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Wow!! Chris Eubanks just knocked out Oikos. Amazing stuff.
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07-10-2023, 09:35 AM
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#2543
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cam_calderon
Hurkacz is my favourite guy on tour. With that serve, I really think he should be close to (or have even won) a major by now.
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His serve is an absolute weapon. Wimbledon is his only chance tho. The rest of his game isn't quite at the level it needs to be. What's weird tho is that he used to have a much better baseline game and you kind of saw that in this game. Send like some regression hit.
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07-10-2023, 09:42 AM
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#2544
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Izzle
His serve is an absolute weapon. Wimbledon is his only chance tho. The rest of his game isn't quite at the level it needs to be. What's weird tho is that he used to have a much better baseline game and you kind of saw that in this game. Send like some regression hit.
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Yeah, the biggest thing holding Hurkacz back is his forehand, serve is top 10 and his backhand is fine as well, but that forehand is weak for a player as highly ranked as he is. He is good at the net (volleys are fine and he has soft hands), but that forehand can be exploited.
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07-10-2023, 09:43 AM
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#2545
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Yeah, the biggest thing holding Hurkacz back is his forehand, serve is top 10 and his backhand is fine as well, but that forehand is weak for a player as highly ranked as he is. He is good at the net (volleys are fine and he has soft hands), but that forehand can be exploited.
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You'd think his forehand could be improved upon fairly easily. Hopefully him and his coach work on that aspect of his game.
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07-10-2023, 10:33 AM
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#2546
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Man, Ons made short work of Petra Kvitova today 6-0 6-3. This is not to say that Bianca would have done the same or something similar, it's just that it looks like a missed opportunity in retrospect.
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07-10-2023, 10:49 AM
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#2547
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First Line Centre
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Just realized this... Hurkacz got broken only once on his serve in 4 matches at Wimbledon. And now he's out of the tourney.
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07-10-2023, 11:22 AM
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#2548
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Well, with Leylah going out in mixed doubles just now, that means there are no more Canadians left at Wimbledon.
/Haven't checked the junior draws to see if any Canadians are playing.
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07-10-2023, 11:49 AM
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#2549
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Charlie just went round the post with a beautiful backhand winner. Bweh has competition for shot of the tourney.
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07-10-2023, 11:52 AM
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#2550
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Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Video quality not great, but hey you get the picture...
Edit: Found better video quality.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1678462375257841669
Last edited by dash_pinched; 07-10-2023 at 11:58 AM.
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07-10-2023, 01:23 PM
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#2551
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Holger Rune is through to his first Wimbledon quarter-finals with a four set win over Grigor Dimitrov. Really high quality match from both guys, Holger just won the majority of the big points.
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07-10-2023, 01:57 PM
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#2552
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Franchise Player
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Charlie vs. Holger on Wednesday at Wimbledon. Looking forward to this one.
Last edited by dash_pinched; 07-10-2023 at 02:04 PM.
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07-10-2023, 06:03 PM
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#2553
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07-11-2023, 06:29 AM
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#2554
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I didn't realize that both of them were in the range of 5'8"-5'10".
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07-11-2023, 08:28 AM
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#2555
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Franchise Player
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Pegula was up 4-1 in set 3 and had a point for a double break. Instead, Vondrousova reels off five straight games to win the match.
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07-11-2023, 09:24 AM
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#2556
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Franchise Player
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I'm always amazed how tennis players have the ability to reset. Svitolina lost in a tense tie breaker after having the mini break and comes back and takes a 5-1 lead in the third set.
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07-11-2023, 09:30 AM
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#2557
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Amazing performance from Elina as you say NF to refocus after losing that second set tie-break.
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07-11-2023, 09:39 AM
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#2558
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Not exactly an easy draw for Elina (lest we forget she gave birth only 9 months ago).
https://twitter.com/user/status/1678789283438575619
Last edited by dash_pinched; 07-11-2023 at 09:41 AM.
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07-11-2023, 10:45 AM
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#2559
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Franchise Player
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Bweh takes the opening set 6-4 over Djokovic. Let's go Andrey!!
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07-11-2023, 10:56 AM
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#2560
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First Line Centre
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Djokovic struggling with his first serve.
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