*Official* Tennis Thread

[Slats4ever]

that's another matter completely! don't get me started

she was just one obscure example to back up a point i made earlier. there are many others

 

[Deja moo]

Okay Slats. Lets leave it at that. Dont rain on my parade (excuse the pun) !

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Which ignores the fact that the reason shes allowed to live in Australia is because she had those skills in the first place. I'm sure she wouldnt be welcomed by your government if she was some bum from the streets of an obscure Chinese village.

Which country wants a bum as an immigrant anyway?

 

[Deja moo]

Which country wants a bum as an immigrant anyway?

It has nothing to do with the present population , but Australia in the pioneering days did.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

^ I think we can blame the British crown for that..

 

[biased indian]

sorry dude but Sania is still rated 97 and everyone's top 20 material if they work hard enough mate..

Oh and by the way Australia's best table tennis player Jian Fang Lay is ranked 79 and amongst the tennis world people think she's on the up!!!

Concentrate on getting ur billion people to build a good cricket and hockey team first...

she is already 86 in the world after the first round victory and i think will reach into 70's with the victory over kusnetsova

 

[V Reddy]

she is already 86 in the world after the first round victory and i think will reach into 70's with the victory over kusnetsova

She will be # 77 after her win over Sveta. The thing is she has only 19 points to defend till Aug , as she playing inthe lowest level of pro tennis at this time last year i.e., $ 10 k futures as she was ranking above 450 at this time last year. She can get those 19 with just a win in either Indian Wells or the week after. So whatever points she garners in the next 5 months will increase her point tally as there are virtually no points dropping off and so we could see her really rise in the rankings with her potential

 

[V Reddy]

Also don't forget the quality points she will get for beating players ranked above her

 

[Sanz]

Which country wants a bum as an immigrant anyway?

Netherlands, Canada and NewZealand come to mind.

 

[Deja moo]

^ I think we can blame the British crown for that..

I wouldnt use the word 'blame'. You speak as if its a bad thing to take in people who are most in need of employment/new lives etc. How is it equality to accept super-qualified professionals and turn away refugees ?

 

[Pratters]

I saw the first match of Sania Mirza (a complete match) and was very impressed even though she lest pretty badly (6-2 6-2). The thing is she has an awesome forehand and the match was controlled by her racket. It was she who was making the good winners but being out of sorts, made far more errors and lost out.

Definitely a player for the future.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

NewZealand come to mind

We've got some tight ass immigration holds atm.. so i dont think we can be put into that category..

 

[Simon]

*Official* French Open 2005 Thread

Roland Garros starts next week, we can discuss all the matches and news in here, ill post the odds for the mens title (the womens isnt important) in a sec...

 

[Simon]

This will change when the draws are done and qualfying is finished...
my early tip is Coria, but Federer and Nadal will be very hard to beat...

JOSE ACASUSO 201.00
ANDRE AGASSI 67.00
NICOLAS ALMAGRO 201.00
MARIO ANCIC 201.00
IGOR ANDREEV 151.00
WAYNE ARTHURS 501.00
MARCOS BAGHDATIS 301.00
KAROL BECK 1001.00
TOMAS BERDYCH 251.00
AGUSTIN CALLERI Suspended
GUILLERMO CANAS 81.00
JUAN IGNACIO CHELA 126.00
GUILLERMO CORIA 5.00
ALBERT COSTA 201.00
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO 67.00
TAYLOR DENT 1001.00
ROGER FEDERER 3.25
DAVID FERRER 41.00
JUAN CARLOS FERRERO 10.00
MARDY FISH 1001.00
GUILLERMO GARCIA-LOPEZ 301.00
GASTON GAUDIO 17.00
ROBBY GINEPRI 501.00
FERNANDO GONZALEZ 51.00
SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN 126.00
TOMMY HAAS 126.00
JEROME HAEHNEL 1001.00
TIM HENMAN 101.00
LLEYTON HEWITT 81.00
LUIS HORNA 301.00
DOMINIK HRBATY 201.00
JOACHIM JOHANSSON 401.00
THOMAS JOHANSSON 301.00
NICOLAS KIEFER 401.00
GUSTAVO KUERTEN 126.00
IVAN LJUBICIC 126.00
MICHAEL LLODRA 751.00
FELICIANO LOPEZ 151.00
XAVIER MALISSE 401.00
FELIX MANTILLA 401.00
ALBERTO MARTIN 201.00
NICOLAS MASSU 101.00
PAUL-HENRI MATHIEU 201.00
FLORIAN MAYER 401.00
RICARDO MELLO 501.00
JURGEN MELZER 401.00
MAX MIRNYI 401.00
JUAN MONACO 301.00
ALBERT MONTANES 501.00
CARLOS MOYA 51.00
RAFAEL NADAL 3.50
DAVID NALBANDIAN 34.00
JARKKO NIEMINEN 401.00
JIRI NOVAK 251.00
ANDREI PAVEL 251.00
MARIANO PUERTA 126.00
TOMMY ROBREDO 126.00
OLIVIER ROCHUS 401.00
ANDY RODDICK 51.00
GREG RUSEDSKI 1001.00
MARAT SAFIN 21.00
DAVID SANCHEZ 501.00
CYRIL SAULNIER 751.00
SJENG SCHALKEN 501.00
RAINER SCHUETTLER 501.00
ROBIN SODERLING 251.00
VINCENT SPADEA 401.00
PARADORN SRICHAPHAN 1001.00
POTITO STARACE 301.00
RADEK STEPANEK 151.00
SANTIAGO VENTURA 501.00
FERNANDO VERDASCO 101.00
FILIPPO VOLANDRI 101.00
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY 301.00
MARIANO ZABALETA Suspended
RICHARD GASQUET 13.00
ARNAUD CLEMENT 401.00
SCOTT DRAPER 1001.00
PETER LUCZAK 751.00
GAEL MONFILS 301.00
CHRISTOPHE ROCHUS 301.00
FABRICE SANTORO 301.00
STANISLAS WAWRINKA 401.00
PLAYERS NOT QUOTED Suspended

 

[Slats4ever]

**** man there's some good value in that!
Andre Agassi at 67 would be worth putting a couple of bucks on and so would Nalbandian at 34 bucks. Carlos Moya at 51 looks alright to

 

[Mister Wright]

**** man there's some good value in that!
Andre Agassi at 67 would be worth putting a couple of bucks on and so would Nalbandian at 34 bucks. Carlos Moya at 51 looks alright to

Agreed.

Wonder if Federer can go all the way this year at the French. The Clay tends to blunt the big servers a little, but Federer has the all round game to win it IMO.

 

[marc71178]

Nalbandian might be a useful e/w, but Agassi's 66-1 for a reason.

 

[Pratters]

I am backing Federer to win this one.

 

[Agent TBY]

I'll go with Ferrero,depends on a lot of luck though.

 

[Simon]

i dont think anyone longer than 10-1 can win it, guys like Ferrer, Mathieu, Starace etc.... all have a chance of making the quarters or the semis, but the winner will come from coria, federer, ferrero or nadal imo...