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Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #105 on: July 07, 2012, 04:38:50 PM »
I wish they'd ban this tradition of the winner going up to the box.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #106 on: July 07, 2012, 04:46:20 PM »
Well done to Williams but the commentary was so biased. It was all Serena this Serena that and  no or very little mention of Radwanska.
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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #107 on: July 07, 2012, 05:00:24 PM »
I wish they'd ban this tradition of the winner going up to the box.
Miserable sod!

Well done Serena.

Fingers crossed for Murray too...hes going to need to bring his best game and have luck on his side tomorrow.
« Last Edit: July 07, 2012, 05:02:14 PM by KRS »

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #108 on: July 07, 2012, 05:43:26 PM »
can't wait until the williams sisters retire, 2 very average players who've dominated the womens game purely by being bigger and stronger than the rest (and using that to create an service game that is unplayable at its best).  I can't fault them, they're very good at what they do, but it's not very interesting to watch.  The mens game went through a phase of being dominated by those players until federer came along, and it was very very dull because of it.

"Very average"? Come on, behave yourself! I'm not keen on them but you can't call them average, they're two of the greatest female players of all time.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #109 on: July 07, 2012, 06:48:49 PM »
can't wait until the williams sisters retire, 2 very average players who've dominated the womens game purely by being bigger and stronger than the rest (and using that to create an service game that is unplayable at its best).  I can't fault them, they're very good at what they do, but it's not very interesting to watch.  The mens game went through a phase of being dominated by those players until federer came along, and it was very very dull because of it.

"Very average"? Come on, behave yourself! I'm not keen on them but you can't call them average, they're two of the greatest female players of all time.

I genuinely don't think they are, they both make far more unforced errors than any of the other top female players, and they both look lost for ideas once a rally goes beyond 7-8 shots s their game is based on totally overpowering opponents.  Check the error count for today, Serena won comfortably but made well over twice as many errors.  They both play to win on first serve and win on return on the opponents 2nd serve, these are the 2 key points where power becomes valuable.  As said, I don't think they're poor players, but their success and rankings are based on a very cynical gameplan and training regime which is focused on bullying their way through.  Their accuracy and range of shots are a long way behind the other top players in the women's tour.

Fundamentally I think it will be bad for the game if it becomes full of hard-hitting power players, as mentioned it happened to mens tennis in the 90s with Sampras and a raft of other big serving power players (rusedski, phillipousis, ivanisevic, etc) all getting to finals and winning tournaments.  It was only when Federer came through (probably the greatest male player of all time) that being a great technician became important again, and now we're seeing the value of that with all the quality at the top of the mens game leading to some truly great matches.  Can anyone say todays match will go down as a classic final? Then compare it to the federer/djokovic semi which is one of the best matches I've ever seen.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #110 on: July 07, 2012, 09:11:34 PM »
Well done Marray and Nielsen.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #111 on: July 07, 2012, 10:14:10 PM »
Well done Marray and Nielsen.

Just found out about this. First time in 76 years that a British man has won the Men's Doubles @ Wimbledon.

The best thing about Marray winning is that now,  if Ol' Grumpy Pants does win tomorrow, he'll just be the first British bloke to win a Men's title at Wimbledon in the past day rather than the past 70 odd years !
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Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #112 on: July 08, 2012, 01:05:05 PM »
I hope Murray wins, he might even smile if he does, but reckon it will be Federer 3-1.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #113 on: July 08, 2012, 02:14:41 PM »
Broken him in the first game..it may not get any better than this.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #114 on: July 08, 2012, 02:16:55 PM »
Broken him in the first game..it may not get any better than this.

Ha that's what I thought as well, being positively British as usual!

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #115 on: July 08, 2012, 02:30:33 PM »
And Federer breaks back.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #116 on: July 08, 2012, 02:42:59 PM »
Federer will win. He has the best first name  ;)

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #117 on: July 08, 2012, 03:09:15 PM »
And Murray takes the first set.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #118 on: July 08, 2012, 03:10:36 PM »
Well done Murray. He has been resilient so far.

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Re: Tennis 2012
« Reply #119 on: July 08, 2012, 03:11:32 PM »
I can't remember if I've ever seen a bloke win a set without winning a single service game to 0 or 15 before. He's havingto work bloody hard. If he can just start getting his first serves in though, you never know.

 


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