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Old 09-06-2019, 10:06 AM   #4321
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Can't all have layup majors like Rafa. Better to actually earn it.
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:17 AM   #4322
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Can't all have layup majors like Rafa. Better to actually earn it.
Never forget that Djokovic had 3 walkovers/retirements on the way to the 2016 US Open finals and still lost. At the end of the day you still have to win your matches.
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:23 AM   #4323
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He also had to beat three top ten players while Rafa is looking at another where he doesn't play one in the top 20, so totally comparable.
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:44 AM   #4324
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You can only play who's across the net from you. Not Nadal's fault everyone in his half got upset. He still has to win 2 more matches and Medvedev is top 5 in the world right now if he gets to the finals.

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there's probably no good way to measure this (compare twitter follower size? 10.9M vs 152K), but I severely doubt Wayne's name brand recognition is anywhere near Serena's globally. for us it just feels like Wayne is ubiquitous because of our lifelong Canadian exposure to him.
I remember going to Hamburg to a local pub a few years ago. We were chatting with a few fun and typsy germans, and they were "You are from Canada! Wayne Gretzky!""


Canada is directly associated with Wayne Gretzky in many parts of the world, based on my very accurate and large sample size.
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You can only play who's across the net from you. Not Nadal's fault everyone in his half got upset. He still has to win 2 more matches and Medvedev is top 5 in the world right now if he gets to the finals
I just enjoy the irony of years of Nadal fans saying many of Roger's majors didn't count because the fields were weak now have to defend majors like this. At least Roger was beating top 5 and 10 players in those "weak" fields. Like more than possibly one even!
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I just enjoy the irony of years of Nadal fans saying many of Roger's majors didn't count because the fields were weak now have to defend majors like this. At least Roger was beating top 5 and 10 players in those "weak" fields. Like more than possibly one even!
I enjoy the irony that initially Nadal fans were saying the grand slam total didn't matter because Nadal had a better H2H against Federer he was the better player. With Federer turning that around (outside of clay) in 5 years it will be Federer fans saying the grand slam total doesn't matter if Nadal gets more than him.
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No, we'll be saying clay majors are only worth a half major, which to be fair is actually being generous.
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Old 09-06-2019, 11:35 AM   #4329
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To get back on the topic of Bianca, it is interesting that the US Open women's final is going head-to-head against the Banjo Bowl. TSN4 will have the tennis while TSN1, 3, and 5 are showing the CFL game.

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I dont know how the WTA schedule goes, but she is currently 4th in the year race, is there any chance she can get world #1 this year?
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To get back on the topic of Bianca, it is interesting that the US Open women's final is going head-to-hand against the Banjo Bowl. TSN4 will have the tennis while TSN1, 3, and 5 are showing the CFL game.
If they were smart they would move it to CTV.
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I dont know how the WTA schedule goes, but she is currently 4th in the year race, is there any chance she can get world #1 this year?
If she wins tomorrow and the year end tournament itll be close.
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Speaking of Leylah Annie Fernandez, happy 17th birthday.

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To get back on the topic of Bianca, it is interesting that the US Open women's final is going head-to-hand against the Banjo Bowl. TSN4 will have the tennis while TSN1, 3, and 5 are showing the CFL game.
Ugh. One feed only is going to mean ESPN.
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I dont know how the WTA schedule goes, but she is currently 4th in the year race, is there any chance she can get world #1 this year?
Assuming the WTA website hasn't updated anyone since the start of the US Open, Ash Barty will be just under 5500 points for the calendar year. Bianca will be just over 4000 if she loses tomorrow, and at about 4700 if she wins.

There's a ton of time and points yet up for grabs before the finals with a 1000 point tournament, a 900 point tournament and three 470 point tournaments still on the calendar.

And for the tour ranking, if Bianca wins tomorrow, she will be 5th in the world, 11 points behind Osaka.
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Pretty ugly looking crowd out there. It's why Medvedev-Berretini as a final would be the best, might be 50 fans there. Punish those New Yorkers.
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Old 09-06-2019, 03:20 PM   #4337
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I've seen higher quality tiebreaks played at the courts in Bowness park.
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Old 09-06-2019, 03:20 PM   #4338
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Medvedev wins a lot of sets where he has more errors than winners. Awful backboard player.
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Holy crap this match sucks. Just cancel the mens stuff and have Serena and Bianca play a best of three matches.
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This is truly impressive (in a macabre way) from Medvedev, he might end up with 30 more errors than winners and still win in straights.
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