The Tennis Thread 2014

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by troutman

True, but is there any good reason for this other than tradition? Boxers don't need the crowd to be quiet. Basketball players can shoot foul shots with people screaming and waving towels. During shoot-outs hockey fans are standing and yelling.

in sports where's there's a constant murmur of crowd noise, then yelling out probably doesn't make much difference. in tennis when the stadium is whisper quiet as the server steps up, and then some dumbass randomly shouts right at the moment of the toss then that's far more disruptive and unfair.

I agree with Spiteface though, Novak has a history of letting external factors screw up his mental state. everyone assumed he had conquered that after his 2011 run, but lately some of the old problems have come back. that has me starting to think that 2011 was a bit of a very long lucky streak. he's still a future hall of famer easily, but his major total should be much higher for how many opportunities were presented over the last few seasons.

either way, Rafa stepped up and didn't let previous shaky matches against Nole creep in, and that's why he's 3-4 trophies away from history. it's really a race against time now though, cause things can suddenly stop working the way they are supposed to in your late 20's and early 30's. just ask my favorite player who doesn't even make news anymore when he doesn't make it past the 4th round.

[Mango]

Heads up: Sportsnet One has Raonic vs. Gojowczyk live from Halle at 9:30 am.

Pospisil lost his second round match at Queens.

[Mango]

Welp, that wasn't good. Raonic lost in the second round at Halle. He looked off and pretty slow today.

Good news, Wozniak moved onto the third round at Aegon.

[Mango]

A bit of a mixed bag on grass for the Canadians right now:

Peter Polansky and Frank Dancevic are on the road to qualifying for Wimbledon. Ditto for Aleks Wozniak.

Genie Bouchard is out of the Topshelf Open, after a three set loss to Vania King.

[Mango]

Here are the Canadian seeds for Wimbledon:

Raonic - 8th
Bouchard - 13th
Nestor/Zimonjic - 3rd

Here's the full list, if interested: http://2014.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news...hips_2014.html

[GirlySports]

Pospisil is #31

Wozniak qualified for the main draw, Dancevic lost in the final round.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Genie with a rather tough draw, could be out in the opening round as Hantuchova is a dangerous opponent. But hopefully she can get to the 4th round so we can get Genie-Serena. Pospisil is looking at Djokovic in the 3rd round and Milos is in Nadal's quarter.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Pospisil gets bounced, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 5-7, 3-6. And Diet Coke has a new spokeswoman...

[Mango]

Bummer. Vasek Pospisil falls to Haase in four sets in the opening round of Wimbledon.

Sort of related: Genie Bouchard signed her first non-tennis endorsement deal in Canada. It's with Coca-cola. http://tvasports.ca/tennis/bouchard-...-cola-23062014

Edit: You're fast But great minds...

[Senator Clay Davis]

Milos is up second tomorrow on Court 2, Finchman second on Court 7, Dancevic second on Court 19, and Genie up last on Court 1.

[Inglewood Jack]

finally, we have something with which to wash down those delicious chicken nuggets.

[GirlySports]

how did Dancevic get in? lucky loser?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

how did Dancevic get in? lucky loser?

He's got the LL next to him on Wikipedia, so I would imagine so.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Oh mon dieux...







http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ten...don-storm.html

[Mango]

Good start Milos! He wins in straights sets over Matt Ebden.

Edit: and it looks like Frank Dancevic is onto the next round too. He beat Ivo Karlovic in three sets, including two tiebreakers.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Dancevic is a lucky loser indeed, beats Karlovic in straights 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Edit: Dancevic played out of his mind, literally. 47 winners to 4(!!!) unforced errors. Milos "only" had 56 winners to 17 errors.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Genie gets through the tough first rounder against Hantuchova 7-5, 7-5. Trailed a break in each set, but we're used to Genie showing that kind of fight.

[polak]

Good job chika-cherry cola.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ten...don-storm.html

Some of the comments . No idea why I read them.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Mango

Some of the comments . No idea why I read them.

The saddest part is the article is 95% about her as a competitor and her drive, but once you throw in those great looking pictures, there basically was no article.