The Tennis Thread 2013

[fundmark19]

Milos dominated by Monfils 6-4 6-2. He has a lot of time to think about improving his game for Wimbledon

[polak]

Regressing.

[GirlySports]

he's never been good on grass. If he loses to Monfils on hardcourt I'd be worried.

[Mango]

Another tough go for Raonic. He drops his opener in straight sets to Dodig. I didn't realize he was the top seed at AEGON.

[GirlySports]

He's just awful on grass. Can't move on it.
I expect 2nd round at best at Wimbledon.

[GirlySports]

WIMBLEDON GENTELMEN'S DRAW

[1]Djokovic v F.Mayer
Reynolds v Johnson
Kavcic v Struff
Harrison v [28]Chardy
[19]Simon v Lopez
Berankis v Mathieu
Odesnik v Wang
Tursunov v [13]Haas

[9]Gasquet v Granollers
Haider-Maurer v Soeda
Blake v De Bakker
Tomic v [21]Querrey
[27]Anderson v Rochus
Petzschner v Przysiezny
Brands v Gimeno-Traver
Klizan v [7]Berdych
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[4]Ferrer v Alund
Bautista-Agut v Gabashvili
Zeballos v Giraldo
Elias v [26]Dolgopolov
[17]Raonic v Berlocq
Alex Kuznetsov v Sijsling
Duckworth v Kudla
Dodig v [16]Kohlschreiber

[12]Nishikori v Ebden
L.Mayer v Bedene
Llodra v Nieminen
Istomin v [23]Seppi
[29]Dimitrov v Bolelli
Zemlja v Russell
Pella v Levine
Ramos v [8]Del Potro
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[5]Nadal v Darcis
Kubot v Andreev
Robert v Falla
Ungur v [25]Paire
[18]Isner v Donskoy
Andujar v Mannarino
Brown v Garcia-Lopez
Hewitt v [11]Wawrinka

[15]Almagro v Zopp
Matosevic v Rufin
Stepanek v Reid
Edmund v [24]Janowicz
[30]Fognini v Melzer
Reister v Rosol
Dutra Silva v Stakhovsky
Hanescu v [3]Federer
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[6]Tsonga v Goffin
Roger-Vasselin v Gulbis
Verdasco v Malisse
Kamke v [31]Benneteau
[22]Monaco v Knittel
Lacko v Ram
De Schepper v Lorenzi
Baghdatis v [10]Cilic

[14]Tipsarevic v Troicki
Andrey Kuznetsov v Montanes
Gicquel v Pospisil
Haase v [20]Youzhny
[32]Robredo v Bogomolov Jr.
Mahut v Hajek
Ward v Lu
Becker v [2]Murray


A NADAL-FEDERER QUARTERFINAL!

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

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[5]Nadal v Darcis
Kubot v Andreev
Robert v Falla
Ungur v [25]Paire
[18]Isner v Donskoy
Andujar v Mannarino
Brown v Garcia-Lopez
Hewitt v [11]Wawrinka

[15]Almagro v Zopp
Matosevic v Rufin
Stepanek v Reid
Edmund v [24]Janowicz
[30]Fognini v Melzer
Reister v Rosol
Dutra Silva v Stakhovsky
Hanescu v [3]Federer
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[6]Tsonga v Goffin
Roger-Vasselin v Gulbis
Verdasco v Malisse
Kamke v [31]Benneteau
[22]Monaco v Knittel
Lacko v Ram
De Schepper v Lorenzi
Baghdatis v [10]Cilic

[14]Tipsarevic v Troicki
Andrey Kuznetsov v Montanes
Gicquel v Pospisil
Haase v [20]Youzhny
[32]Robredo v Bogomolov Jr.
Mahut v Hajek
Ward v Lu
Becker v [2]Murray


A NADAL-FEDERER QUARTERFINAL!

this bottom half is all sorts of stupid. I know they used some sort of mathematical formula based on Nadal's last 12 months on grass (which of course means he had no chance for a bump up) but for Fed/Rafa/Andy to have to plow through 3 of the Big 4 to win is just ludicrous.

I just hope Nole doesn't screw up and get bounced early, leaving the final to be an even bigger debacle than the French was.

[GirlySports]

Milos is on the easy side. If somehow he doesn't fall on grass and get some sort of game together, he could make a run.

[FlamesFanStrandedInEDM]

Has anyone on here ever gone to the Rogers Cup in Montreal?

I'm looking to check it out this summer, any suggestions? Never been to Montreal

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanStrandedInEDM

Has anyone on here ever gone to the Rogers Cup in Montreal?

I'm looking to check it out this summer, any suggestions? Never been to Montreal

see you there in a month and a half

i'm told all the time about how great Montreal is, so I don't figure it'll be much effort finding things to check out in between matches...even if it's just constant eating.

as for the tennis, I'm relatively delighted at the prices compared to a grand slam...it's actually possible to watch a semifinal without a 2nd mortgage. just hoping the big 4 are all healthy and firing on all cylinders at that point, and it'll be awesome even for just 3 sets max.

[FlamesFanStrandedInEDM]

Yeah, I'm looking at getting the Centre Court Series package $960

I'm searching accommodations and considering McGill residence summer rate,

[GirlySports]

Good day for Canadians at Wimbledon. Both Pospisil and Bouchard won in straight sets.

Second Round on Wednesday

Pospisil vs [20]Youzhny
Bouchard vs [12]Ivanovic

[NBC]

Nadal down 6-7 6-7 and 3-5 to Steve Darcis of Belgium.

Come on you Belgian!!!

[NBC]

5-4 Darcis to hold for an epic upset.

Come on Steve!!!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Rafa, holy effin crap. Huge dent to his legacy to get run out of Wimbledon in the second and first rounds back to back years. Just maginifies Federer's SF and QF streaks.

[Mango]

Um wow!!!

[fundmark19]

Does he take the rest of the year off and wait for clay season in south America again?

[spiteface]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Rafa, holy effin crap. Huge dent to his legacy to get run out of Wimbledon in the second and first rounds back to back years. Just maginifies Federer's SF and QF streaks.

dude's got a bunk knee... being a federer fan, you know better than anybody healthy rafa would not go out like that.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm not a Fed fan at all, but this does speak to how great he is. Never gets hurt, just consistent as can possibly be. Maybe Rafa's highs are higher than Feds, but Feds lows are so much higher than Rafa's lows it cancels the first point out and makes Fed the better player. Rafa dominates one surface and can't stay healthy the rest of the time. It definitely matters to the greatest ever conversation.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by spiteface

dude's got a bunk knee... being a federer fan, you know better than anybody healthy rafa would not go out like that.

I have to give you props for still showing up...if that happened to Fed, I would probably run away from all tennis forums, sobbing like a little girl.

I've made the comparison before between Nadal and Orr/Lemieux. at their best, untouchable head to head against anyone in the history of their sport. but health is always going to be part of your career story. Wayne is the Great One and Roger is the semi-disputed GOAT because they did it over their whole careers at a high level without getting betrayed by their bodies.

In these conversations I wish more people would make the distinction between Best and Greatest. one is how good somebody is at a given point in time, the other is the sum total of their body of work. I don't mind someone saying that Rafa at his peak could be BOAT, but until Fed's sheer numbers are challenged, I won't give GOAT to anyone else.