04-02-2018, 05:41 PM
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#1041
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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Lol no kidding eh. At least it's all Clay for a while, if he's even at 50% I just don't see anyone beating him. He could run the table and not lose a single clay court match on his way to an insane 11th French Open title.
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04-03-2018, 09:34 AM
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#1042
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
Lol no kidding eh. At least it's all Clay for a while, if he's even at 50% I just don't see anyone beating him. He could run the table and not lose a single clay court match on his way to an insane 11th French Open title.
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I'm not sure I see him playing all that many events leading up to Roland Garros in the hopes he can be fresh for both that and Wimbledon. I'd rather he takes it a little slower so he can hopefully have a shot to finish the year playing events and not rehabbing.
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04-03-2018, 11:27 AM
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#1043
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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it's really cool how this site now filters the rankings by age
https://live-tennis.eu/en/atp-ranking-under-18
AA is the best under 18 player by a mile.
Shapovalov and AA are 1st and 3rd respectively under 19
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04-03-2018, 12:05 PM
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#1044
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Speaking of FAA, he's playing a ATP Challenger event in Spain this week, he won his match yesterday and plays again tomorrow against Guido Andreozzi (ranked #140).
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04-03-2018, 12:58 PM
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#1045
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Genie Bouchard update - She has split with coach Harold Solomon and she lost to Sara Errani in straight sets 6-4 6-4 at the Volvo Car Open WTA tourney in Charleston.
Edit: https://twitter.com/user/status/981251465896439809
Last edited by dash_pinched; 04-03-2018 at 02:38 PM.
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04-04-2018, 07:45 AM
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#1046
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I'm not sure I see him playing all that many events leading up to Roland Garros in the hopes he can be fresh for both that and Wimbledon. I'd rather he takes it a little slower so he can hopefully have a shot to finish the year playing events and not rehabbing.
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Honestly at this point I'd rather him go hard on clay and not even bother with Wimbledon or grass. I know he won't but it would give him a better shot at another US Open title.
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04-04-2018, 08:41 AM
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#1047
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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04-04-2018, 09:17 AM
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#1049
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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If he's smart he re-hires Becker right away. His game is broken and it's not all physical. He needs a new mental approach to the game.
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04-04-2018, 10:25 AM
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#1050
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04-04-2018, 10:39 AM
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#1051
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
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Good to see Rafa back and that Spanish Davis Cup team is loaded for bear, Germany is in tough to advance.
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04-04-2018, 11:59 AM
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#1052
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Good to see Rafa back and that Spanish Davis Cup team is loaded for bear, Germany is in tough to advance.
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Zverev will be a tough test for Rafa, will be interesting to see how the match goes. I'm just so happy hes finally back. This is the arena where they will be playing in Spain, its normally a bull fighting ring....safe to say a little nicer than the Coral or Rexall
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04-06-2018, 08:50 AM
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#1054
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Very good return for Rafa as he takes out Kohlschreiber in straights 2-2-3. He is looking to be in great form especially after being away since January, needs to clean up his serve tho.
I read a stat on the ATP website which broke down why Rafa is so dominate on clay and it said he breaks opponents 42% of the time on clay. That stat is just absurd, so for every 10 games his opponents serve he wins 4 and they win 6.
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04-06-2018, 08:59 AM
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#1055
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Perhaps the future of women's tennis clash in Japan tonight as 17 year old Bianca Andreescu of Canada takes on 17 year old Destanee Aiava of Australia. Bianca has been on a nice run of late, lost in the finals of an ITF event in Japan last week and is into the semi-finals this week.
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04-06-2018, 09:12 AM
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#1056
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Can we have a separate Nadal thread? I like tennis, but don't need to hear about the wonderful world of Rafa, every second post.
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04-06-2018, 11:38 AM
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#1057
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by troutman
Can we have a separate Nadal thread? I like tennis, but don't need to hear about the wonderful world of Rafa, every second post.
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W/E man don't be a hater. Clay court season must suck for you if you don't like hearing about Rafa. He's the worlds #1 ranked tennis player right now, coming back from a 3 month injury I expect people will be talking about him and his first match back on a tennis forum 
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04-07-2018, 03:54 PM
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#1058
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Germany leads Spain 2-1 after a 5 set doubles win.
Can Zverev beat Nadal tomorrow?
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04-08-2018, 07:50 AM
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#1059
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
W/E man don't be a hater. Clay court season must suck for you if you don't like hearing about Rafa. He's the worlds #1 ranked tennis player right now, coming back from a 3 month injury I expect people will be talking about him and his first match back on a tennis forum |
Clay court season sucks for most tennis fans, and it has nothing to do with Rafa. The length of the clay season should be as short as grass. Clay tennis is just boring and promotes negative tennis way too much, and is getting worse and worse as ball bashers who can't hit winners become more prominent. Once Rafa does retire though I do expect clay tennis to fall off since no one likes it, but with an all-time great you can tolerate it enough, I guess.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Germany leads Spain 2-1 after a 5 set doubles win.
Can Zverev beat Nadal tomorrow?
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I probably had a better chance than Zverev. He will probably eventually win a major or two, but based off the last two years it doesn't appear he has what it takes for high level, five set tennis.
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04-08-2018, 09:04 AM
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#1060
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Certainly early in tournament anti-tennis is used to advance for lessor players I get that. But the very best still are agressive like Wawrinka and Nadal and they are rewarded for it, there final last year was an amazing match. I wish North Americans weren't so useless on the surface would help the popularity here for sure, Agassi is the only American i remember who was pretty good on Clay.
Rafa wins today in straight sets. It was his 106th best of 5 match on Clay.....he's won 104 of them
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