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| jodeke wrote: | I have Directv I sometimes watch on 701. It's split screen usually 3 or 4 matches at one time.
Anderson's up on Djo 7 6, 1 1 |
Yeah. Their mix channel for all the four majors is awesome. I used follow tennis religiously but nowadays only watch the majors and not til the second week.
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| numero-ocho wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | I have Directv I sometimes watch on 701. It's split screen usually 3 or 4 matches at one time.
Anderson's up on Djo 7 6, 1 1 |
Yeah. Their mix channel for all the four majors is awesome. I used follow tennis religiously but nowadays only watch the majors and not til the second week. |
I don't think Djo's quite gotten over his loss at Roland Garros. He's coming back 7 6, 7 6, 6 1, up 3 1 4th set.
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| numero-ocho wrote: | I didn't see it either but I was listening to some commentary and they said Serena looked sharp. That's great to hear because her next two opponents are Azarenka and most likely Sharapova. I hope she Serena Smashes both of them. Both of their draws were a joke.
Watching Federer now. He looks good and it looks like Giles Simon is going to take out Berdych for him. |
Federer looks good, but so does Murray. I think it will be a really tough semis for Fed. A final of Murray and Djokovic on grass would be really interesting, but I'd like to see Federer go out on top. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| jodeke wrote: | | numero-ocho wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | I have Directv I sometimes watch on 701. It's split screen usually 3 or 4 matches at one time.
Anderson's up on Djo 7 6, 1 1 |
Yeah. Their mix channel for all the four majors is awesome. I used follow tennis religiously but nowadays only watch the majors and not til the second week. |
I don't think Djo's quite gotten over his loss at Roland Garros. He's coming back 7 6, 7 6, 6 1, up 3 1 4th set. |
I was wondering why Novak was playing on Court 1 and Roger was playing on Centre Court? I know Roger's a Wimbledon legend but Novak is the #1 seed and the defending Wimbledon champion.
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Djokovic in a tight one. They should have kept playing on center, Djokovic had momentum.
Murray should meet Federer later. Murray aggressive looks good. Federer cruising against journeymen. Wawrinka may be in the final after beating Djokovic again. Glad Cilic is playing well again after USO win. Top 4 mens seeds may end up there. Kyrgios lost it, too bad. Could be #1 someday if he gets his head on straight and physical strength built up.
Serena has a tough road. Hope she destroys banshee azarenka in the least time physically possible. Same for whoever plays Sharapova. |
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Serena not looking good. Azarenka is serving and returning beautifully right now and dictating points.
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Serena's committing too many unforced errors. She's missing shots that would even the match. Seems to be tight.
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| It almost makes you wonder whether she does this on purpose. |
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Almost right after I posted how well Azarenka was serving her first serve % started dropping. 
Serena's crushing her 2nd serves now and it's starting to get in her head.
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | It almost makes you wonder whether she does this on purpose. |
Kinda makes you wonder if she has shares in Eli Lilly. Prozac sales must skyrocket when she plays.
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Serena still on track for the calendar slam. During post match interview she said, no slam conversation, with a smile.
Who started the "C'mon" self admonishment when a important point in won?
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| For so many years now, only Serena can stop Serena. But she does sometimes when she feels a lot of pressure. Glad one banshee is down, hope Serena takes down the next one. Was hoping Madison Keys would represent in the other half. |
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I hope Muguruza comes through on the other half of the draw. Radwanska's entertaining to watch but she'll get killed by Serena or Maria. She's beaten Radwanska twice this year.
Muguruza's the one who knocked Serena out of the French Open last year.
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | It almost makes you wonder whether she does this on purpose. |
Serena is so good that the only person who ever beats her is Serena. For the past several years, it's always been about her falling to the level of her opponents. I don't think she does it on purpose, but she certainly is the one in control, for better or worse of every match she plays when healthy.
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Every tournament the talk is "is this his last visit here?"
When he plays like he did today he definitely can make it back.
Federer's serving was monstrous, and he is still moving very well.
Hopefully he brings it against Djokovic who is clearly the best player in the world.
BTW, did anyone doubt Serena would dismantle Sharapova? The most dangerous thing in tennis is a motivated Serena Williams, and she always brings it to Sharapova.
Hopefully I can catch her final tomorrow morning, I don't expect it to take very long |
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| Shlumpledink wrote: | Every tournament the talk is "is this his last visit here?"
When he plays like he did today he definitely can make it back.
Federer's serving was monstrous, and he is still moving very well.
Hopefully he brings it against Djokovic who is clearly the best player in the world.
BTW, did anyone doubt Serena would dismantle Sharapova? The most dangerous thing in tennis is a motivated Serena Williams, and she always brings it to Sharapova.
Hopefully I can catch her final tomorrow morning, I don't expect it to take very long |
this guy is just so ridiculously good. GOAT, sorry Nadal, Pete, Laver. I thought Nadal would be. That he can play like this at this age? Just like Serena, the GOAT easy.
Djokovic will be a tough out, but thinking Federer's got it. Great thing is should be a well played match, maybe alltimer. I just hope it's a classic more than 3 sets. Repeat of last year's 5 sets wouldn't be too bad. |
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Serena = hammer
Sharapova = nail
simple as that |
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Serena started slow. Muguruza broke he early. Serena's settled down and looks like it's going to be a 2 set match.
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I don't know if Women's tennis is at its all time low now, or maybe Serena is just making the competition look ridiculous...
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Seems like Serena has to have her back against the wall to get her started.
6 4, 6 4. Serena still on the calendar slam road.
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| jodeke wrote: | Seems like Serena has to have her back against the wall to get her started.
6 4, 6 4. Serena still on the calendar slam road. |
It almost seemed like she gave away that game serving at 5-1 in the 2nd set just to stay on court awhile longer.
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After Serena and Venus Williams pulled out of the Women's Doubles tournament, the title ended up going to Martina Hingis (and reigning world number 1 doubles player, Sania Mirza).
Hingis, now 34, last won the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1998 (with Jana Novotna) as a 17-year-old! |
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| Wolverine wrote: | After Serena and Venus Williams pulled out of the Women's Doubles tournament, the title ended up going to Martina Hingis (and reigning world number 1 doubles player, Sania Mirza).
Hingis, now 34, last won the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1998 (with Jana Novotna) as a 17-year-old! |
When they pulled out it made me think Serena really wants to get the calendar slam. She'll eventually win 22 or more slams. The calendar is the goal now.
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| jodeke wrote: | | Wolverine wrote: | After Serena and Venus Williams pulled out of the Women's Doubles tournament, the title ended up going to Martina Hingis (and reigning world number 1 doubles player, Sania Mirza).
Hingis, now 34, last won the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1998 (with Jana Novotna) as a 17-year-old! |
When they pulled out it made me think Serena really wants to get the calendar slam. She'll eventually win 22 or more slams. The calendar is the goal now. |
Pretty exciting US Open ahead. Every match for her should be a night match, and she will definitely have to battle her nerves, maybe more than ever. Pressure might be as much as any player has faced since I can remember. Maybe Murray had that much before his Wimbledon win, but probably not. Everyone will be talking about the Grand Slam calendar year, will be on other sports' minds, TV ratings should be crazy as long as she keeps winnng. Other players are probably better on hard court than grass, except for Muguruza and Kvitova maybe. She should totally take care of her body, and mind and relax as much as possible. So basically whatever she's been doing.
Picking Federer tomorrow in a tough match. If Djokovic loses 1st set, Fed could roll in 3 with Djokovic getting nervous and mad as whole crowd goes for Federer. |
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| focus wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Wolverine wrote: | After Serena and Venus Williams pulled out of the Women's Doubles tournament, the title ended up going to Martina Hingis (and reigning world number 1 doubles player, Sania Mirza).
Hingis, now 34, last won the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1998 (with Jana Novotna) as a 17-year-old! |
When they pulled out it made me think Serena really wants to get the calendar slam. She'll eventually win 22 or more slams. The calendar is the goal now. |
Pretty exciting US Open ahead. Every match for her should be a night match, and she will definitely have to battle her nerves, maybe more than ever. Pressure might be as much as any player has faced since I can remember. Maybe Murray had that much before his Wimbledon win, but probably not. Everyone will be talking about the Grand Slam calendar year, will be on other sports' minds, TV ratings should be crazy as long as she keeps winnng. Other players are probably better on hard court than grass, except for Muguruza and Kvitova maybe. She should totally take care of her body, and mind and relax as much as possible. So basically whatever she's been doing.
Picking Federer tomorrow in a tough match. If Djokovic loses 1st set, Fed could roll in 3 with Djokovic getting nervous and mad as whole crowd goes for Federer. |
She battled her nerves today. You could see it when she was up 5 1. She was broken at love and blew championship points too get it to 5 4. I thought it was nerves.
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