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*Official* Tennis Thread

Simon

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Safin making the semis, didnt see that one coming, particuarly as in the past he's said Wimbledon is a waste of time and he never even gives it much thought. With this sort of momentum if it was on any surface but grass youd give him a big hope of beating the fed express.
 
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Anil

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nadal should blitz the winner of schuettler-clement...and feds-safin is still up in the air depending on which safin turns up....
 
Simon

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Clement looked like he was gaining the upper hand, obviously at 1 set all it could still go either way but I think Clement is more match tough right now.
 
Jono

Jono

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Simon said:
Safin making the semis, didnt see that one coming, particuarly as in the past he's said Wimbledon is a waste of time and he never even gives it much thought. With this sort of momentum if it was on any surface but grass youd give him a big hope of beating the fed express.
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Haha his best quote about Wimbledon was:

"This tournament is a joke. Grass is for cows, I'm never coming back."

Love you Marat.
PY said:
Haha you are kidding me right? You gone soft? For reference, I think he's a turd and a Jock but boy, people sure love a good bandwagon.
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I actually don't understand this post. I've gone soft?
 
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Jono

Jono

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PhoenixFire said:
Don't get people who have a beef with Murray TBH. He is just enjoying winning points and playing well, good on him I say. Whenever I get a 50/100 or some wickets when playing cricket, I do exactly what I feel like doing and that is usually acting like a bit of a ****, but why should anyone care. Good on him I say.
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Don't fist pump 20 times after going 15-0 up FFS, particularly when you served a second serve and the opponent hit it into the net.

If its a gun shot, or a long point which you wore down your opponent, that's fine. Not every point. He was just playing to the crowd every point for the sake of it.

That being said, it did affect Gasquet. Obviously had no effect on my man RAFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
 
PY

PY

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Jono said:
I actually don't understand this post. I've gone soft?
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The game was made meaningless by a bit of fist pumping? Was thinking you may have gone soft in the head, it's a sport where winning is the name of the game within reason and he didn't break any rules nor did he disrespect his opponent in doing so.

If you think that's disrespecting your opponent then you have 'gone soft'. :p
 
Jono

Jono

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I meant it makes his celebrations meaningless, and it doesn't have the 'intensity' and 'effect' that a huge COME ON or fist pump/look at the crowd does when they win a major point.

If you do it every point, it isn't as inspirational/uplifting.
 
PY

PY

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At that stage, every point was a major point because he'd won jack before that, due to how well Gasquet was hitting.

Anyway, not sure why I'm discussing this, much less defending Murray as it's all a m00t point.
 
Jono

Jono

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PY said:
At that stage, every point was a major point because he'd won jack before that, due to how well Gasquet was hitting.
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Every point in a match that's gone 5 sets is always a major point. You don't see every player in a 5 set celebrating his opponent returning a serve in the net, esepcially when you're already a break up. He over-celebrated, its pretty simple and most people agree. I don't think eh crossed any lines, he didn't break any rules, and in fact it was a smart strategy since it got to Gasquet. I just think he looks dumb doing it.

At least Hewitt saves his CMON for when it matters. And I hate Hewitt.

For the record, I actually rate Murray and probably dislike him less than the Brits on this forum. I just seriously think he was shocking in the 5th set vs. Gasquet. There's playing to the crowd, and then there's just overdoing it. He overdid it. Simple really.
 
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Anil

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williams into saturday, awaiting williams...based on their past encounters, that's one final i will be glad to miss...
 
Jono

Jono

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Williams > Anil

Hopefully they win the women's doubles finals too. Would be awesome to see them literally own Wimbledon.
 
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Jono

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Like a true gun, Serena breaks back immediately. Should finish this in the next 15 mins now. Zheng will be shattered.
 
Mister Wright

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Don't usually watch matches that don't contain Hewitt, unless it's a final. But, I'll be making sure I've drunk enough Vs to watch the Safin v Federer game tonight. Hope it's a 5 setter.
 
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