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Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: brice jovial on June 20, 2011, 11:19:42 PM
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Okie its one of the top 4 to win
if you think an unlikely other then please state.
Also thread is here for comment and discussion on the all england championships.
Mens Ladies Doubles Mixed Doubles
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Why is Murray an option?
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Brilliant Pete !
LOL. ;D
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One of the Williams Brothers.
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Hopefully anyone other than Federer/Nadal. I'll go for Djokovic.
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Can't stand it for all sorts of reasons, when does the Tour De France starts, that is the real sporting event of the summer!
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, when does the Tour De France starts, that is the real sporting event of the summer!
July 2nd.
There is a thread somewhere, I'll dig it out later.
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I clicked on this thread hoping to see pictures of Ivanovic or Kirilenko....
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uwSsZeieeqo/S79nfgFGWCI/AAAAAAAABj4/DSkM-ULBn0M/s1600/ana-ivanovic-14_resize.jpg)
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I clicked on this thread hoping to see pictures of Ivanovic or Kirilenko....
I hope that this year's thread will stick to the serious topics at Wimbledon, such as just how hot Maria is looking.
We don't want the thread to descend into an in-depth analysis of the actual tennis, do we ?
(http://www.mariakirilenko.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Kirilenko-RG2011-180611.jpg)
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I never thought I'd see a picture of Diana Ross and Jonathan Trott together but that looks like one on the BBC Sport website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/
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I never thought I'd see a picture of Diana Ross and Jonathan Trott together but that looks like one on the BBC Sport website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/53553000/jpg/_53553303_dianaross464.jpg)
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I prefer the tennis threads that Mr Redsox starts.
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Kirilenko has flashed through to the Second Round.
Not literally, sorry.
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I prefer the tennis threads that Mr Redsox starts.
You mean the kind of thread that starts off like this ..................
(http://www.howmuchdotheyweigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/maria-kirilenko.jpg)
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I never thought I'd see a picture of Diana Ross and Jonathan Trott together but that looks like one on the BBC Sport website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/
I had tickets for Court 1 at Wimbledon yesterday and saw several other members of the England cricket team outside Centre Court.
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Next up on Court 15................
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lgrG2xMG3Gs/SCvlYd4hh-I/AAAAAAAABlk/G7F5ZZ-_m2U/s1600/maria_kirilenko_gorgeous.jpg)
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Ivanovic is looking good both looks and tennis-wise.
Serena Williams is playing Halep. Am I right in thinking that she is the player who had Double D breasts and had a reduction? :o
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Yep, it was Halep
Before
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/7081/slide_7081_93614_large.jpg?1308832549760)
After
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/7081/slide_7081_93620_large.jpg?1308832638190)
Still has plenty to work with from what I can see
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Should Mrs Redsox win today, she'll face Serena in the next round
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Any idea if they are playing middle Sunday next year?
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Kirilenko is playing but the BBC is just offering a "choice" between FIVE different mens' matches. That Sue Barker is a bloody pervert.
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Kirilenko's through. Not that you'd know it by watching the British Blokes-Only Corporation.
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Kirilenko's through. Not that you'd know it by watching the British Blokes-Only Corporation.
I'd better log off then. Maria will be needing her post-match rub down
(http://russianfamous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/maria-kirilenko.jpg)
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Just watched the Li Na / Lisicki match , Top stuff from Miss Lisicki who saved 2 match points & served a good few aces, + shes also quite fit !
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Yeah, I kind of love Lisicki. It was a brilliant match.
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I love Wimbledon
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Is it right to have a hard-on watching women tennis?
I feel so guilty that I want to beat the meat.
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Is it right to have a hard-on watching women tennis?
I feel so guilty that I want to beat the meat.
Better than getting a stiffy watching the men.
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Is it right to have a hard-on watching women tennis?
I feel so guilty that I want to beat the meat.
Better than getting a stiffy watching the men.
NTTAWWT
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I can't be doing with the fuckers in the crowd at the tennis.
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Looks like this might be the end for Maria Redsox
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Serena Williams knocked out. Maybe we will get a female champion this year!
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Penis Williams gone too!
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Both sisters out, what a shame?
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Only Sharapova left now that has won it before. Much more open than the men's version.
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Only Sharapova left now that has won it before. Much more open than the men's version.
Ahh Maria!
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This Pironkova lady on BBC2 is rather smashable. By this I mean that she attempts a lot of lobs leaving herself open to a smash volley return. Obviously.
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Only Sharapova left now that has won it before. Much more open than the men's version.
Ahh Maria!
There's nobody quite like Maria.
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Only Sharapova left now that has won it before. Much more open than the men's version.
Ahh Maria!
There's nobody quite like Maria.
All the women I know keep banging on about how off-putting Sharapova's grunting is. Strangely, I can't agree.
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Whenever Maria plays, I turn the volume up.
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Tim's getting hammered.
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Some of the shots Nadal finds at times are phenomenal, but Murray has made so many very poor errors in this game compared to others. The mental block he has at the latter stages needs a damned good coach to sort out his head. He has the ability, as proved in the first set, and was a couple of shots from breaking in the second, missed any easy forehand and has been utter garbage since.
Djokovic will beat Nadal unfortunately, although if Nadal wins it, how on earth does it work that Djokovic will be ranked number 1, despite Nadal winning the French and Wimbledon. Most odd.
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Only Sharapova left now that has won it before. Much more open than the men's All the women I know keep banging on about how off-putting Sharapova's grunting is. Strangely, I can't agree.
It's bloody annoying. And so was that guy from Cyprus who groaned on every shot. I don't mind the occasional 'Aaargh!' in extremis at the end of a rally but, every shot? It's calculated to wind up the opponent. It's supremely irritating and it's just not sportsmanlike, tennis, cricket, necessary or clever. It's why I can't be arsed if she wins or not.
Since when has somebody who looks and plays like Sharapova needed a gimmick? She's superb!
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I can hear the guys on Fleet St tapping tomorrow's headlines in to their templates...
'Scotland's Andy Murray...'
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Nadal really is a beast. He's probably the tennis equivalent of fighting Roberto Duran in his lightweight heyday. Whatever you throw at him is coming back at you twice as hard.
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Better luck next year Tim.
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Interestingly Sharapova can practice in serene silence hitting the ball just as hard. I reckon there should be decibel meters and if they are exceeded consistently over 3-4 games then points get docked. Hate the grunting.
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Interestingly Sharapova can practice in serene silence hitting the ball just as hard. I reckon there should be decibel meters and if they are exceeded consistently over 3-4 games then points get docked. Hate the grunting.
Unless she is in bed with you ;)
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I can't help feeling that the wait for a British singles winner at Wimbledon is not going to end any time soon.
Tennis has become a sport when the "eras", i.e. the span of time when one, or at best two, players dominate have become longer and the dominance of said players on all surfaces are far more firmly entrenched.
Henman best years coincided with the dominance of Sampras; Murray is world class, but has had first Federer and now Nadal to content with. I reckon he has at most a couple more seasons trying to crack winning any Slam, let alone Wimbledon.
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I think a female winner is much more likely than a mens at some point. Nadal, Federer, Sampras, Agassi etc are 4 of the greatest ever, and have followed each other. Murray and Henman simply don't stand a chance
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1. You guys in the UK should stop with the British winner at Wimbledon thing. It hinders any British players rather than helps. Try to consider Wimbledon as one of four slams, and just hope for a British winner in one of them.
2. Murray can be proud of himself, excepting the slump that cost him the second set - you don't let Nadal get ahead and win, it doesn't happen. But anyway, he's a hardcourt player is Murray, as seen by the slams where he's got to the final, and he a has a decent chance of winning one of them if he plays as intense as he did today, especially in the first and last sets - and if he wins one or more US or Aus open he's a great player, whether he ever gets past the first round of Wimbledon again.
3. I can't stand Nadal's style of tennis, based on getting everything back an in, and letting your opponents win your points for you with their mistakes. He's basically Michael Chang after a good course of HGH and Steroids! I like to see clean winners :-) Hence my preference for Fed and Sampras, and Henin on the women's side. Plus they had a single-handed, aka 'proper' backhand - when I were a lad, the two-handed was only if you found the single-handed too hard to do.
4. Change the grass back and make it faster please. Wimbledon used to be the fastest surface, at this rate it'll be as slow as Roland Garros soon.
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Interestingly Sharapova can practice in serene silence hitting the ball just as hard. I reckon there should be decibel meters and if they are exceeded consistently over 3-4 games then points get docked. Hate the grunting.
And I'm with you on that.
Actually, I think John Mc has a lot to answer for. ' You cannot be serious!' and, 'I saw chalk dust!' are wails to the umpire that were unprecedented in frequency. Like, during every tournament.
Before him, tennis players were taciturn, self-contained individuals. See..Borg.
Now we have to put up with tennis players emoting on every shot. OOOh! AAAaargh! UUgh! That's the warm-up.
And the bits when the killer shot doesn't achieve what they wanted. Twang! Oooh. Frown, pick at the strings on the racquet, big breath in and bounce the ball up and down..7 times...serve...Uuurgh!
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Interestingly Sharapova can practice in serene silence hitting the ball just as hard. I reckon there should be decibel meters and if they are exceeded consistently over 3-4 games then points get docked. Hate the grunting.
And I'm with you on that.
Actually, I think John Mc has a lot to answer for. ' You cannot be serious!' and, 'I saw chalk dust!' are wails to the umpire that were unprecedented in frequency. Like, during every tournament.
Before him, tennis players were taciturn, self-contained individuals. See..Borg.
Now we have to put up with tennis players emoting on every shot. OOOh! AAAaargh! UUgh! That's the warm-up.
And the bits when the killer shot doesn't achieve what they wanted. Twang! Oooh. Frown, pick at the strings on the racquet, big breath in and bounce the ball up and down..7 times...serve...Uuurgh!
Ilie Nastase? Jimmy Connors?
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I can't help feeling that the wait for a British singles winner at Wimbledon is not going to end any time soon.
Tennis has become a sport when the "eras", i.e. the span of time when one, or at best two, players dominate have become longer and the dominance of said players on all surfaces are far more firmly entrenched.
Henman best years coincided with the dominance of Sampras; Murray is world class, but has had first Federer and now Nadal to content with. I reckon he has at most a couple more seasons trying to crack winning any Slam, let alone Wimbledon.
I do kind of agree with that to an extent - there was a period around the Millennium where if Murray had been playing, I think he'd have won more than one slam. But then again, if you want to be the best you have to win during a period when others look unbeatable. No point being a fake champ. That's what winds me up when teams like Villa and Forest get forgotten about in programmes like Match of the 70's/80's - both teams achieved glory in an era when one team was utterly dominant and it seems to be brushed away.
I think Murray will win one, but I can only see it if he has some extremely favourable circumstances e.g. shock defeat to Djokovic by some no-hoper, repetitive injury to Nadal forcing his retirement and an unexpected win over a fading Fed.
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Interestingly Sharapova can practice in serene silence hitting the ball just as hard. I reckon there should be decibel meters and if they are exceeded consistently over 3-4 games then points get docked. Hate the grunting.
And I'm with you on that.
Actually, I think John Mc has a lot to answer for. ' You cannot be serious!' and, 'I saw chalk dust!' are wails to the umpire that were unprecedented in frequency. Like, during every tournament.
Before him, tennis players were taciturn, self-contained individuals. See..Borg.
Now we have to put up with tennis players emoting on every shot. OOOh! AAAaargh! UUgh! That's the warm-up.
And the bits when the killer shot doesn't achieve what they wanted. Twang! Oooh. Frown, pick at the strings on the racquet, big breath in and bounce the ball up and down..7 times...serve...Uuurgh!
Ilie Nastase? Jimmy Connors?
The occasional, 'ooof!'
I'll give you that, but not a sub orgasmic scream on every bloody contact of the ball.
(i really, really hate the grunting!)
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Henman best years coincided with the dominance of Sampras; Murray is world class, but has had first Federer and now Nadal to content with. I reckon he has at most a couple more seasons trying to crack winning any Slam, let alone Wimbledon.
You need to put Djokovic in the bracket too.
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Our Laura will win it one day.
Sadly not as fit as I thought she was:
(http://www.picturearchive.co.za/Images/large_Laura+Robson_2010WimbledonR1_018.jpg)
Anyway here's another nice tennis girl:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/TennisGirl_thumb.jpg/220px-TennisGirl_thumb.jpg)
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Gather Andy's gone.
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Is it over yet?
Tour de France starts tomorrow.
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Is it over yet?
Tour de France starts tomorrow.
Well exactly. Can't wait. Tennis over, cycling begins. Only the bloody Open Golf to spoil things a little...
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Poor Mr Murray, next year is his year!!
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Poor Mr Murray, next year is his year!!
Next year? The US Open, his favourite tournament, is still this year. Wimbledon isn't the be all and end all of the tennis season!
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Cracking final so far.
Think this will go 5 sets.
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Come on Djokovic.
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Well done Djokovic. Takes something special to beat Nadal.
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Hes been truly incredible this year.
At the moment there is probably 3 of the top 6 or 7 seven best players of all time currently active.
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Fair play to Djokovic, it's about time he won.
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Really pleased for the joker. He's had an incredible year and deserves everything.
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He's worth the No. 1 ranking.