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Old 01-10-2019, 09:14 AM   #101
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And see Kyprios. This is why you should care if you crash down the rankings.

Not a big fan of Milos but gooooo Milos!

Looks like the other dbag brother is playing Cilic. They can both shoot hoops together after the 1st day.
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Old 01-10-2019, 09:17 AM   #102
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Talk about big boy tennis.

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Old 01-10-2019, 10:23 AM   #103
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If Milos wins his first round match he gets Stanimal in the 2nd round. Just a brutal draw for him.
Not much better for Shapo, getting the #1 seed in the third round.
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Old 01-10-2019, 10:28 AM   #104
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Not much better for Shapo, getting the #1 seed in the third round.
Tough draw for Djoker who gets Tsonga in 2nd round and Shapo in 3rd round, o shoot that's too bad
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Old 01-10-2019, 10:51 AM   #105
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No point in talking about Nadal's draw, predictably a cakewalk and will be total humiliation if he doesn't reach the semis.
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Old 01-10-2019, 10:57 AM   #106
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on the women's side Halep's quarter is murder. Bouchard is there too

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No point in talking about Nadal's draw, predictably a cakewalk and will be total humiliation if he doesn't reach the semis.
He's coming back from injury hasn't played in months and just had to pull out of his warm up tournament. Plus this is his worst Grand Slam by a mile. Nadal living rent free in Fed fan's heads for years now.
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Hilariously, his fan site refers to it as a "tough draw".

https://rafaelnadalfans.com/2019/01/...rev-nishikori/

Complete humiliation is a bit of a stretch when Kevin Anderson is your quarters opponent, but let's face it, if he loses before that point it would be a pretty major upset. If your most dangerous opponent possible in the 16 is Kyle Edmund, you're doing okay.
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Old 01-10-2019, 05:46 PM   #109
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PoLLansky just lost in straight sets.

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Polansky is through to the 3rd round of qualifying where he will lose to Kokkinakkis.
Yup, 6-4 6-4 (Polansky played quite well, but Kokkinakkis was just a little better). It is confirmed that Polansky is in the top 4 for the lucky loser draw, so a good chance he might still get into the main draw.

Edit: Or see above lol

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No doubt a very difficult decision. He's really grown on me over the years.
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Andy Murray is one of the all time greats, this is heart breaking news!! 2 time gold medalist, 3 time Grand Slam winner and former world #1. I think he was everyone's 2nd favorite player and before the injury he was just starting to take over and dominate as the best men's player on tour. I'm sad I won't be able to see one last great Murray match, I will be cheering for him at the Aussie Open.
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Bianca is halfway home taking the opening set 6-0
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Bianca qualifies for the main draw as Smitkova retires down 1-4 in the second set. woot!
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Bianca avoids a seeded play in round 1...

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Andy Murray is one of the all time greats, this is heart breaking news!! 2 time gold medalist, 3 time Grand Slam winner and former world #1. I think he was everyone's 2nd favorite player and before the injury he was just starting to take over and dominate as the best men's player on tour. I'm sad I won't be able to see one last great Murray match, I will be cheering for him at the Aussie Open.
I think you couldn't be more wrong. In fact I don't know anyone who likes Andy Murray who isn't British....and reminder, when he loses, he's Scottish to them. I would guess at least 75% of fans would choose Stan over Andy (Andy mostly plays negative tennis after all). Why do you always make such bizarre, unfounded claims? (Trolling, I would guess)
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I agree with Mango, Andy was certainly a miserable git in his younger days on tour, but he certainly mellowed out when he got married and became a father. Also, it's always tough when an athlete can't retire on his own terms. I'll let Delpo have the final say:

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Now, Del Potro, there's a guy everybody loves.
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Your point was that he is awesome and unpredictable and that he can beat ANY player at any time! Well he can't and not just against good players. hahaha and i didn't cherry pick, i just copied and pasted the first and 3 paragraphs of that article. and not sure what your point is about the top 70. Those were his results from the past 21 Grand Slam tournaments he played in. He can't beat anyone good is the main point of that article.

So lets see how the bball superstar did in 2018 in all his matches.
He beat THREE players seeded higher than him all 2018! and they weren't even great players.

(17)Kyrgios d. (15)Jo Wilfried Tsonga [FRA] Aus Open
(4)Kyrgios d. (8)Feliciano Lopez [ESP] Stuttgart (on grass)
Kyrgios d. (7)Kyle Edmund [GBR] London

He crashed out twice in the 1st round to qualifiers
73 Cameron Norrie [GBR] d. (2)Kyrgios Atlanta
Q)Bradley Klahn [USA] d. Kyrgios Shanghai

and ended up losing every single match to a better player.

(3)Grigor Dimitrov [BUL] d. (17)Kyrgios
(4)Alexander Zverev [GER] d. (17)Kyrgios
Ivo Karlovic [CRO] d. (4)Kyrgios
(1)Roger Federer [SUI] d. (4)Kyrgios
(1)Marin Cilic [CRO] d. Kyrgios
(24)Kei Nishikori [JPN] d. (15)Kyrgios
WC)Stanislas Wawrinka [SUI] d. (16)Kyrgios
(4)Juan Martin Del Potro [ARG] d. (15)Kyrgios
(2)Roger Federer [SUI] d. (30)Kyrgios
Jeremy Chardy [FRA] d. (8)Kyrgios


I mean sure he is entertaining to some people. Just like how some people like Burrows biting fingers and Marchand licking people's faces and Kesler daydreaming about Backes' wife. Doesn't mean they are good for the sport.

and who could forget Kyprios's biggest impact on tennis in 2018! hahaha
He got an umpire suspended for 2 tournaments! what a jackass! haha

No one says you have to like the guy who is clearly a headcase, but going off the handle in an attempt to push your personal vendetta is too much. The point you made about records against low ranked players at majors being such a cherry pick is that obviously you're going to play low ranked players in a grand slam when you're seeded relatively high.....Pulling meaningless stats about wins against those outside the top 70 shows you are lost in your own delusion here. Does anyone care what any of the great players records are against players outside the top 70 at majors - meaningless.

Did I ever say he could beat the top 4-5 players on tour on any day, no. I did say that he has results to prove he is not simply a non-factor and about to be off the tour altogether as you wildly suggest. You can't honestly be surprised that a player isn't beating many people ranked ahead of him when he's leveled off as a 15-20 ranked player can you? Those stats are so typical of any good player who has peaked on tour. If he were knocking off better players with regularity, he would be in the top 10 conversation!

Kyrgios has been a top 30 player since 2015 with the same issues and work ethic problems he's always had. It may not happen right away but it's more than fair to assume he'll be right back into the top 30 as soon as he get's past his injury problems that slowed him down last year.
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