2010 Tennis Thread (Grand Slams, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup)

lechepicha

lechepicha

Prince of the Rotten Milk
Crazy4theBrat

Crazy4theBrat

Lungzyn said:
edit: Wiki says she wont be coming back professionally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Hingis#2010

It sounds like she was playing in the World Team Tennis Competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EVItvsnH0U
There are quite a few retired players there like McEnroe and Kournikova. Kinda like half competitive/half fun I think. Its not the WTA or anything.
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Thanks for the info. I think she got a little frustrated when the big hitters all came along and pretty much blew her out of the #1 spot atop the women's tennis world. What she should have done is just practice playing against men for about 6 months and see if that helped her figure it all out.

Sadly, you are probably right about her not returning. She's pushing 30 now. She used to have a very elegant game, and she looked amazing in a tennis skirt. I'm going to miss her. :weeping:
 
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Bloodshot Scott

Crazy4theBrat said:
Thanks for the info. I think she got a little frustrated when the big hitters all came along and pretty much blew her out of the #1 spot atop the women's tennis world. What she should have done is just practice playing against men for about 6 months and see if that helped her figure it all out.

Sadly, you are probably right about her not returning. She's pushing 30 now. She used to have a very elegant game, and she looked amazing in a tennis skirt. I'm going to miss her. :weeping:
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She played the game the way it was meant to be played...unlike Penis and Serena. :nono: Hingis was always one of the funnest players to watch. And of course I saw her lose many a heartbreaker over her career in many finals.

Just look how many runners up in finals she had:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Hingis#Grand_Slam_singles_finals :shocked: I watched many of them too.
 
Crazy4theBrat

Crazy4theBrat

Bloodshot Scott said:
She played the game the way it was meant to be played...unlike Penis and Serena. :nono: Hingis was always one of the funnest players to watch. And of course I saw her lose many a heartbreaker over her career in many finals.

Just look how many runners up in finals she had:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Hingis#Grand_Slam_singles_finals :shocked: I watched many of them too.
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Unlike a lot of Hingis fans, I don't really have a problem with Venus and Serena. They play a game that isn't as much fun to watch, but there is no denying that it's more effective. I'm guessing if Martina could play that way she would. It's no fun to be ****** by, but unfortunately it's probably a fact.
 
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Bloodshot Scott

Crazy4theBrat said:
Unlike a lot of Hingis fans, I don't really have a problem with Venus and Serena. They play a game that isn't as much fun to watch, but there is no denying that it's more effective. I'm guessing if Martina could play that way she would. It's no fun to be ****** by, but unfortunately it's probably a fact.
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For me it's more about the bulging, 'roided looking pipes they rock. My favorites to watch (style wise) were Hingis, Davenport, Capriati and some of the newer tail on the tour.
 
Crazy4theBrat

Crazy4theBrat

Bloodshot Scott said:
For me it's more about the bulging, 'roided looking pipes they rock. My favorites to watch (style wise) were Hingis, Davenport, Capriati and some of the newer tail on the tour.
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You're right that Serena has a lot of bulging muscles, but Venus is pretty lady-like in comparison.

One thing I like about the Williams sisters is that they are both very classy when they win. Never any trash talking or anything like that. They always give credit to their opponent, and act like two girls our country can be proud of on the world stage for the most part.

Regarding Lindsay, she was about as big as a Davenport too. :1orglaugh She and Jennifer Capriati actually had a pretty hard hitting game too if I remember correctly, but you're right, they used to have some good matches.
 
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Bloodshot Scott

Crazy4theBrat said:
You're right that Serena has a lot of bulging muscles, but Venus is pretty lady-like in comparison.

One thing I like about the Williams sisters is that they are both very classy when they win. Never any trash talking or anything like that. They always give credit to their opponent, and act like two girls our country can be proud of on the world stage for the most part.

Regarding Lindsay, she was about as big as a Davenport too. :1orglaugh She and Jennifer Capriati actually had a pretty hard hitting game too if I remember correctly, but you're right, they used to have some good matches.
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I knew people would get on me about Davenport, but I did like watching her ground strokes - flat groundstrokes and a serve that wasn't way too powerful. She had a great game and yeah, her and Capriati had some classic matches as well, as well as her and Hingis.
 
Lungzyn

Lungzyn

Die For Me
Crazy4theBrat said:
One thing I like about the Williams sisters is that they are both very classy when they win. Never any trash talking or anything like that. They always give credit to their opponent, and act like two girls our country can be proud of on the world stage for the most part.
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Its easy to be classy when you win. When they lose, its a different story.
Serena has got to be one of the worst losers on tour. Its the most annoying part about her for me. Venus I dont really mind so much.
 
lechepicha

lechepicha

Prince of the Rotten Milk
my two favorites, Ferrero and Belluci, lose today :( in the ATP 500 of Hamburg

i guess i'll root for Melzer now...

i remember the good ol' days in Hamburg, where a Roger-Rafa was almost certain... poor germans.
 
Lungzyn

Lungzyn

Die For Me
lechepicha said:
i disagree.

for example, look Roger: he's classy as fuck, either winning or losing. His game is like that. And Rafa? he's... not-classy, but fight-y, either winning or losing.

http://www.insidesocal.com/tennis/2007/04/federers_mens_vogue_interview.html

http://en.rafa-nadal.com/new-rafael-nadal-desperate-to-blake__1151.aspx
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I mean things like giving due credit to your opponent, not being conceited, etc., not really about dressing up in a sharp suit for vogue magazine.

The Spanish, at the end of mourning, said it had been "a great match". "Blake started very well, very aggressive, so I tried to concentrate because he is the best in the world, especially in this area. I had to give it everything to win."

Like that, it might be fighty, but he isnt talking down Blake or anything. He is acknowledging he had to play great to win. If you're 'classy' it should be the same when you lose.
Certain people argue that Fed has shown a lack of class. You would disagree, a lot of people did, since the article is biased, but anyway, some people think this way I guess - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/391233-is-he-serious-federers-bitterness-shines-through
A possible example of the winning/losing difference was from Wimbledon this year when Fed beat Clement and said he was back to Wimby-winning form(or was that just the media?) and that he was very happy with his game - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...ning-form-against-clement-in-third-round.html
Then when he lost to Berdych, he was quick to blame the loss on injury instead, instead of being outplayed - http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2010-06-30/201006301277916541006.html
There must be some articles out there where Nadal blames his knees for losing too, I'm not trying to pick on Federer or anything.

Serena is one of the worst, like I said before though -http://www.onthebaseline.com/2007/09/05/sullen-serena-sulks-in-post-match-press-conference/comment-page-2/
Besides that I've seen other press conferences on TV where she hardly even mentions her opponent, let alone gives credit for outplaying her.
Also there was that clip from the Wimbledon final where one of the officials said that Zvonareva was going to go on court first, and Serena told them(not arguing, just telling them) 'No, I'm going on first'. Thats not annoying at all :yinyang:
 
Crazy4theBrat

Crazy4theBrat

Lungzyn said:
Its easy to be classy when you win. When they lose, its a different story.
Serena has got to be one of the worst losers on tour. Its the most annoying part about her for me. Venus I dont really mind so much.
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I haven't seen Serena go off when she was losing, so I'll have to take your word on that one. I actually don't enjoy watching her play anyway. It's kind of like watching a men's match but not as good. There's no sex appeal, and she isn't as good at the power game as the guys are.

Give me Martina in her short skirt with those great legs and long rallies any day. Martina in about 1997-98 was about the pinnacle of women's tennis for me.
 
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GregCentauro

Banned
Crazy4theBrat said:
Give me Martina in her short skirt with those great legs and long rallies any day. Martina in about 1997-98 was about the pinnacle of women's tennis for me.
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Martina :lovecoupl (Sucha, n'est-ce pas?)



As long as I'm the only one here who takes the WTA tour seriously, I can post whatever I want. :nanner:

Still hoping for a Pervak v Hercog cutiepie final in Portoroz and a win for titty queen Julia Goerges in Klagenfurt.

You guys go ahead with your ATP gayness... :angels:
 
Patrick_S

Patrick_S

persona non grata
GregCentauro said:
Still hoping for a Pervak v Hercog cutiepie final in Portoroz
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Well, there is a cutiepie final in Portoroz, just not the one you wanted. Johanna Larsson :lovecoupl is playing her first WTA final :nanner: and Anna Chakvetadze is playing her first final since 2008 (What the hell happened to her? She used to be a top five player and now she´s ranked outside the top 100.)
 
lechepicha

lechepicha

Prince of the Rotten Milk
lechepicha

lechepicha

Prince of the Rotten Milk
Next week the action continues:

ATP 250 of Umag (Croatia)
projected SFs:
Davydenko-Ljubicic
Ferrero-Melzer

Not a clear favorite here. Should be kolya, but he's playing like **** right now.
Melzer dissapoints in the Hamburg final, Ferrero also fell bad in Germany.
Maybe Ljubicic, but he's coming off from an injury...
I'll root for a Ferrero-Kolya final anyway.


ATP 250 of Gstaad (Swizsterland)
projected SFs:
Youzhny-Montañés
Belluci-Almagro
others players to watch: Robredo, Gasquet
My guess here goes for a Belluci-Montañés final, hopefully with a brazilian win.


ATP 250 of Los Angeles (USA)
projected SFs:
Feli Lopez-Andy Murray (yeah. no kidding. he's playing an 250 event prior to Canada...)
Baghdatis-Querrey
others players to watch: Gulbis, Fish.
I don't get Andy Murray: why the fuck is he playing this tournament? i guess he thinks he's Iron Man or something...
have you checked the temperatures this summer in the USA?? it's HOT!...
My favorite here is Querrey, maybe Fish.


exciting week ahead of us, people! :thumbsup:
 
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