Stan with the early break.

This is disappointing.

I hate watching tennis players with a conscience. Just wipe the floor with the injured. If they want to stay out their its their fault they got injured more.

Not to take anything away from Stan, absolutely delighted for him and he's played brilliantly this tournament, taking out Djokovic, Berdych and now Nadal tells it's own story, but the guy's been lucky to have two walkovers and now Nadal at well below 100%.

Also, fucking poor form from the crowd to boo Nadal when they had absolutely no clue what Stan's problem actually was.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 26/1/2014 10:38:55 PM

Injured or not

Well done to wawrinka for gunning down nadal

Even before he threw out his back, wawrinka was bossing the points- djokovic style!

Nadal's been struggling with injuries and blisters all tournament. If he can make it that far carrying injuries I don't think there's any reason to detract from Wawrinka's achievement.

French open started tonight

Its perceived to be the least popular of the four grand slams as everyone is an Anglophilic snob in their approach to the world

Having said that, Roland Garros arguably has the best looking crowd with the assortment of Laetitia Casta and Melanie Laurents (and their lookalikes and aspiring to be them) sitting in the crowd

Flushing Meadows could be argued to have Hollywood actors and sports stars from other sports, but the US Open definitely has an unfriendly time zone to Australia, except the night sessions ->

^ What? Are you plagiarising me? I did that for Natarsha Belling's tears when The Sleep In, I mean the Wake Up got cancelled

PS Scott Tenorman seemed like a nice guy, likes radiohead, takes care of stupid punk kids

Thread title updated :)

You haven't seen Episode 201 have you?

No, it's perceived to be the least popular of the four grand slams because clay court requires a very different approach to your game and fucking SUCKS to play on.

There's a French Open now?

Li Na and Wawrinka both got knocked out in the first round which underlines what a shit tournament roland garros is sometimes

Sometimes its just glorified bullfighting

It's literally just a matter of who can hit the ball hardest and flattest.

Theres that, along with a load of other shit you can think of watching on channel wiziwig

[/condescending attitude]

You know a tournament's not great when a plodder like David Ferrer is made to look like a superstar*

* watch the stream and you'll see what I mean

Stosur gone in opening round. :lol:

They should really schedule this after the world cup, theres just too much sport on at the moment, if one checks out the cricket between sri lanka and england "somewhere", the effect of spectator fatigue is obvious (although Sri Lanka is not a strong drawing test cricket team) :-k

But on the tennis, Rafa lost earlier on at Wimbledon 4 years ago, and his excuse was he wanted to watch Spain play and win the world cup

He hasnt got that excuse this time around though :-"

Wimbledon is always the last week in June. Always has been AFAIK.

Edited by afromanGT: 24/6/2014 02:38:28 AM

Wow Bartoli has certainly put on some weight in retirement.

Hewitt on at the moment.

Hewitt on.

You can say a lot about Hewitt, but he is certainly one of the best 'competitors' in tennis, and Australian sports history. The career he has achieved given the limited weapons he has compared to most on tour is remarkable. If only Tomic had a attitude more like his.

Legendary.

-PB

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new Mark Phillipoussis

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-02/five-greatest-wimbledon-shocks/5564678?section=sport

^ And whatever happened to all those players that made the upset? :-k

An entitled, vain whinger who focuses more on his social life than Tennis, and rarely plays to his potential... wait, which young Aussie are we talking about?

Forgot to say - well done Kyrgios on a great performance.

Especially:

http://youtu.be/7DJgHwseiDI

=d> =d> =d>

Edited by lastbroadcast: 2/7/2014 10:47:39 AM

How many people does Kyrgios need to beat to face off against Federer? That's the game I'm most excited to see happen.

Raonic is a different kettle of fish to nadal

Raonic has a serve that is impossible to return, Im not sure if Kyrgios is experienced enough to adjust his game against Raonic's serve, which is a force of nature

I find that Kyrgios will find it harder to express himself against Raonic because of that monster serve, which is even harder to pick on grass

Why do you think Lleyton Hewitt had problems against a guy like Ivo Karlovic, or how well Ivo Karlovic does on grass compared to the other surfaces?

Edited by condemned666: 2/7/2014 02:27:51 PM

If theres no guy who befits the role of a Bond villain in the theatre of sport, it is none other than Croat Ivo Karlovic




Doesnt speak much or well, is physically imposing, not very resourceful (a very basic game plan which involves doing the same thing over and over), has a job to do -> which is to stop James Bond - the protagonist, despite the hassle James Bond has to do to overcome "the henchman" like Karlovic, Karlovic isnt the main baddie (ie Blofeld) in tennis the big bad is Rafael Nadal




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Edited by condemned666: 2/7/2014 02:41:23 PM