01-01-2023, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Darn it, Genie must have picked up some kind of injury and her opponent gets a walkover into the main draw in Auckland.
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Nope sadly it was good poisoning
https://twitter.com/user/status/1609782902903947265
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01-01-2023, 11:58 PM
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#22
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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FAA is out. Very rusty. He was up a break in the 2nd but gave it back. Then he led 5-3 in the tiebreaker and lost the last 4 points.
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01-01-2023, 11:58 PM
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#23
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Felix loses 6-4 7-6(5) to Alexei Popyrin. I thought Felix played okay, but that's the best match of Popyrin's career by a fair margin.
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01-02-2023, 12:03 AM
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#24
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Yoshi Nishioka also eliminated Holger Rune in the Adelaide tourney in three sets. All the top contenders are dropping out early making it smooth sailing for Novak.
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01-02-2023, 12:04 AM
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#25
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Better news in Auckland for the Canadians as both Rebecca Marino and Leylah Fernandez won their matches in straight sets.
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01-02-2023, 09:17 AM
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#26
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Nadal lost again this time against De Minaur. Hmmm yea not a great start to the year lol
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01-02-2023, 09:59 AM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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01-02-2023, 10:29 AM
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#28
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with early stage throat and breast cancer
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In an interview with The Times, the 18-time Grand Slam winner said she has been diagnosed with Stage 1 throat cancer and early-stage breast cancer. Navratilova, who discovered a lump in her neck two months ago, will begin treatment this month.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/tennis...v1n8MTCr-Ne36I
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01-02-2023, 10:39 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Oh man, that's brutal news. All the best to Martina and as always, eff cancer.
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01-02-2023, 11:29 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
Nadal lost again this time against De Minaur. Hmmm yea not a great start to the year lol
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I actually think the constant badgering from reporters asking about his retirement is pissing him off enough that he's going to have a very motivated year. channeling negative energy into victory is a Djokovic speciality, but Rafa is going to learn the secret in 2023.
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01-02-2023, 01:13 PM
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#31
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#1 Goaltender
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or it's this
source: Reddit
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01-02-2023, 01:36 PM
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#32
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01-02-2023, 02:46 PM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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No wonder Popyrin played so well against Felix, he was wearing these shoes...
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01-02-2023, 08:31 PM
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#35
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Darn it, Genie must have picked up some kind of injury and her opponent gets a walkover into the main draw in Auckland.
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Genie said on I/G that she had food poisoning- not injured.
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01-03-2023, 07:21 AM
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#36
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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01-03-2023, 07:23 AM
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#37
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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United Cup has been fun. Mannarino choked again against Gojo so that puts Croatia into the next round.
Croatia vs Greece
Italy vs Poland
US vs GB
The 3 winners plus the next best make the semis.
Stefanos Sakellaridis won his match for Greece and nearly doubled his ranking points from 23 to 43. Went from ranked 803 to 646!
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01-03-2023, 08:14 AM
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#38
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
United Cup has been fun. Mannarino choked again against Gojo so that puts Croatia into the next round.
Croatia vs Greece
Italy vs Poland
US vs GB
The 3 winners plus the next best make the semis.
Stefanos Sakellaridis won his match for Greece and nearly doubled his ranking points from 23 to 43. Went from ranked 803 to 646!
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Yeah, it's been pretty good, but some tweaks to the format and scheduling need to be made in my opinion. I think there's too many countries competing as well (I think four groups of three countries where each group winner advances would make things much more straight-forward).
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01-03-2023, 08:38 AM
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#39
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Scoring Winger
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United Cup definitely needs a shake-up. I felt it was sour grapes from Rafa but he does have a point: must be tough to get mentally prepared for a meaningless match.
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01-03-2023, 08:55 AM
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#40
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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I think one of the big attractions (it was for the Hopman Cup as well) are the mixed doubles where you hope to see top singles players from the ATP and WTA playing together. Some fans bought tickets hoping to see Rafa and Badosa play mixed doubles, but they pulled out an hour before the match started.
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