06-16-2022, 09:48 AM
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#2901
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Happy 22nd birthday to Bianca!!
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06-16-2022, 02:50 PM
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#2902
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Bianca celebrated her birthday with a doubles win in Germany today partnering up with Sabine Lisicki. Both Bianca and Gaby Dabrowski are in the semi-finals of the doubles and could be on opposite sides of the net in the doubles final.
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06-16-2022, 10:00 PM
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#2903
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Franchise Player
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So who's a good long shot to bet to win Wimbledon on the Women's side? I was thinking Halep or Pliskova might be a good bet
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06-17-2022, 12:13 AM
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#2904
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Pliskova is never a good bet.
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06-17-2022, 06:37 AM
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#2905
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#1 Goaltender
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Is Gauff a long shot?
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06-17-2022, 07:09 AM
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#2906
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
Is Gauff a long shot?
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She's 2nd favorite tied with Osaka and just behind Iga
Iga Swiatek +150
Naomi Osaka +1200
Cori Gauff +1200
Simona Halep +1400
Emma Raducanu +1600
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06-17-2022, 07:39 AM
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#2908
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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I like Pegula as a long shot.
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06-17-2022, 07:55 AM
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#2909
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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I'm putting a couple of quid on Maria Sakkari.
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06-17-2022, 08:13 AM
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#2910
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
She's 2nd favorite tied with Osaka and just behind Iga
Iga Swiatek +150
Naomi Osaka +1200
Cori Gauff +1200
Simona Halep +1400
Emma Raducanu +1600
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lol Raducanu at #5
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06-17-2022, 08:19 AM
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#2911
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
lol Raducanu at #5
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Brits pumping up the hometown girl. It's questionable if she will even play Wimbledon at this point.
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06-17-2022, 09:38 AM
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#2912
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Well, Nick made pretty short work of PCB which means that Felix vs. Hubi is coming up shortly.
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06-17-2022, 09:58 AM
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#2913
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Franchise Player
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Gah, was hoping for a quick break with Felix getting out to a 0-30 lead there but I guess at least he sent a message about how aggressively HH will have to play on his serve.
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06-17-2022, 10:36 AM
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#2914
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Franchise Player
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Both players have been all-around solid here so it's one of those "who sags first" situations but I'm slightly (not hugely, but slightly) concerned that Felix is still framing balls that should be easy. He had one that somehow turned into the greatest lob of all time (can't remember the last time I saw someone apologize for a lob landing in) but it makes me wonder if that sort of thing could be the difference in a tiebreak.
He also seems to be missing long but that makes sense in terms of strategy to send shots deep and keep Hurkacz back. Interestingly I don't think Felix has hit a drop shot yet in this match? If he has I missed it.
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06-17-2022, 10:48 AM
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#2915
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Feels like Hurkacz stole that first set based on the stats, but he did step up big time in the tie-break.
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06-17-2022, 10:49 AM
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#2916
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No issues with mis-hits, it was just an inability to get the first serve in, a couple of UEs and Hurkacz playing simple, unremarkable, but mistake-free tennis for an easy 7-2 tiebreak. This is the problem with players like Hurkacz - nothing to write home about, but just... solid.
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06-17-2022, 10:59 AM
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#2917
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Not liking the unforced errors out of Felix again today. You can live with them to a degree if they are aggressive attacking shots and largely followed by enough winners.
The shots he's missing today are largely not even attacking shots. The match is going to slip away in a hurry if he doesn't change his tactics.
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06-17-2022, 11:05 AM
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#2918
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It's true that the shots he's missing aren't attacking shots, but they're generally shots that are designed to put him in a position to hit an attacking shot, or rather, to take the offensive in a rally. If he were hitting the errors while trying to smash a winner I'd be more concerned with it. He does need to tone it down a bit though, he just does not have the range dialed in today.
Bigger problem though is Hurkacz not missing, and his serve seems to be getting better as the match goes on.
EDIT: One hell of a service game there from Felix, not even a point contested.
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06-17-2022, 11:11 AM
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#2919
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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In my opinion, this is the best Felix has played all week, the issue is Hurkacz is also playing some fine tennis.
Edit: That was a missed opportunity at 15-30 on the Hurkacz serve.
Last edited by dash_pinched; 06-17-2022 at 11:16 AM.
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06-17-2022, 11:21 AM
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#2920
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Franchise Player
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I don't think Felix is playing badly at all. I think his strategy of hitting balls close to the baseline and hoping to get a few free points off of that isn't working at all. The graphic they just showed said Hurkacz has hit a total of 4 unforced errors for the entire match. It seems like it would make more sense to try to move him around with some pace, but not try to hit fine margins, would be a good adjustment. But this is obviously much easier said than done.
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