2010 Tennis Thread (Grand Slams, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup)
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lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
anyone but the arrogant preak of Uncle Toni
Federer: It was not my intention to influence Andy Murray
http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/...was-not-my-intention-to-influence-andy-murray
GregCentauro
Banned
Reality check: My predictions were poor.
semis Italy vs. Czech Rep and Russia vs. USA. Italy and Russia are poised to go through to the final.
WG playoffs with Germany, Ukraine, Serbia, France, Belgium, Slovakia, Australia and Estonia
WG2 playoffs with China, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia, Canada and Japan. (my predicted winners in bold).
Azarenka did only play the first match against Austria. Another year in Tier III for Belarus. Wozniacki also played only one match for Denmark. Portugal and Bosnia are relegated.
Next week Paris and Pattaya. Paris draw looks medicre at best:
http://ww2.opengdfsuez.com/resultats.php?op=simple&language=fr
Maybe Shahar Peer or Elena Vesnina can go far. *fingers crossed*
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
Feliciano Lopez won the ATP 250 of Johannesburg, ending a drought of 5 and a half years!
the top seed of that tounament was Monfils, but Feli beat him in the semis.
newly top-10 succesfuly defend his Zagreb title this sunday. Is his 2nd title of the year already and his 4th final in the last 4 months. This guy is one of the best players in the tour right now, along with Davydenko and Federer, of course.
He's now 15-1 in the year, best in the tour.
this week, the tennis continue in brasil, rotterdam and san jose.
- Brasil ATP 250 (top seed: Ferrero)
- Rotterdam ATP 500 (top seeds: Djokovic, Davydenko, Soderling, Monfils)
- San Jose ATP 250 (top seeds: Roddick and Verdasco)
the Rotterdam week looks pretty interesting. My guess is that Kolya will win.
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
brasilian young dude won the ATP 250 in Santiago (Chile), his 2nd title. Since Guga Kuerten in the 2000, he's the first man from his country to win this title.
good for this kid, who looks good for the latin-american field.
good for this kid, who looks good for the latin-american field.
Reality check: My predictions were poor.
semis Italy vs. Czech Rep and Russia vs. USA. Italy and Russia are poised to go through to the final.
WG playoffs with Germany, Ukraine, Serbia, France, Belgium, Slovakia, Australia and Estonia
WG2 playoffs with China, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia, Canada and Japan. (my predicted winners in bold).
Azarenka did only play the first match against Austria. Another year in Tier III for Belarus. Wozniacki also played only one match for Denmark. Portugal and Bosnia are relegated.
Next week Paris and Pattaya. Paris draw looks medicre at best:
http://ww2.opengdfsuez.com/resultats.php?op=simple&language=fr
Maybe Shahar Peer or Elena Vesnina can go far. *fingers crossed*
It's been a poor Fed Cup considering so many top ranked players are missing. Clearly their priorities are elsewhere...
Wozniacki/Azarenka probably should have pulled out too, I mean they have poor teams without them and I'm not sure playing Fed Cup now helped their preparations for the Clay season coming up for RG. Doubt they'll play much again when they're older. Dementieva will be favourite for Paris indoors after Serena pulled out, not sure there is anyone else in the draw who has the firepower to make loads of winners past her, but we'll see.
Bellucci Edges Monaco To Take Title
Hope to see more of Belluci this year (Maybe he'll get a run in RG?) it's been a long while a Brazilian has made a impact in Tennis. Was Kuerten a left hander too?
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
nope. Guga was a rightie.
and yes, i also hope Bellucci to step up this year, specially in the clay season, maybe a QF in Montecarlo/Rome/Madrid and a 3rd or 4th round in Roland Garros.
that would be nice for latin-american tennis
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
Ana Ivanovic poses for a swimsuit sports illustrated
http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/...c-poses-in-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue/
and so is Brooklyn Decker (Andy Roddick's wife):
http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/09/video-brooklyn-decker-on-the-cover-of-sports-illustrated/
HOT GIRLS!
http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/...c-poses-in-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue/
and so is Brooklyn Decker (Andy Roddick's wife):
http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/09/video-brooklyn-decker-on-the-cover-of-sports-illustrated/
HOT GIRLS!
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
oh lord...
the uncle toni strikes again: "Rafa would serve better if he was a rightie" :wtf:
http://www.marca.com/2010/02/10/tenis/1265837657.html
by the way, he said that rafa will be back in Indian Wells, so, that means that he won't play (for now) the 1st round of Davis Cup (against a Federer-less Switzerland and, according to some rumors, also Wawrinka-less!)... the hard courts of Indian Wells doesn't seem a nice territory to return... poor knees
but rafa is a true gladiator, so, it will be interesting to see.
my guess ? he will lose in his first match against a top-10 (that could be in the QF or maybe sooner).
in other news, 3rd seed and defending champion, Radek Stepanek, just lose in San Jose. Bad for "the worm"...
the uncle toni strikes again: "Rafa would serve better if he was a rightie" :wtf:
http://www.marca.com/2010/02/10/tenis/1265837657.html
by the way, he said that rafa will be back in Indian Wells, so, that means that he won't play (for now) the 1st round of Davis Cup (against a Federer-less Switzerland and, according to some rumors, also Wawrinka-less!)... the hard courts of Indian Wells doesn't seem a nice territory to return... poor knees
but rafa is a true gladiator, so, it will be interesting to see.
my guess ? he will lose in his first match against a top-10 (that could be in the QF or maybe sooner).
in other news, 3rd seed and defending champion, Radek Stepanek, just lose in San Jose. Bad for "the worm"...
GregCentauro
Banned
I disagree for Azarenka. The Belarusian team looks good with a solid Govortsova as number two and some prospects for the future like Anna Orlik. Considering the players who played for Sweden and Slovenia (who qualified for the play-offs), it's a shame they crashed out on a so measly level.
Wozniacki will surely pass on the Fed Cup in the future. She only has to play once every four years to meet the standards for the Olympics.
The draw for the playoffs:
Belgium - Estonia
Ukraine - Australia
Germany - France
Serbia - Slovakia
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Poland - Spain
Sweden - China
Canada - Argentina
Slovenia - Japan
Good day in Pattaya with cuddly Tammy Tanasugarn going through against the dreadful Lisicki. My money is on a Dushevina-Zvonareva final there.
I watched a bit of Dementieva's match today. Solid win against Pavlyuchenkova. With Wickmayer out I don't see anyone giving her major headaches there. She's set to play the final against one of the Italians.
The girl might be pretty, but she's boring beyond words.
Dreadful in what way? :dunno:
GregCentauro
Banned
She is a thick, overambitious bimbo.
Sharapova is still the player I like the least, but Lisicki is a close second.
I hope the Dementieva - Petkovic QF in Paris will be good tomorrow. I really like Petko. She's a bright young lady. Shahar with a solid performance through against Sprem will face a strong Safarova. *fingers crossed*
My girl Vera is out in Pattaya. But Tammy and Shvedova are in the QF. Not a bad week so far.
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
A World Without Roger Federer
http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2010-02-11/3270.php
WARNING: NOT FOR DIE-HARD FED-FANATICS!
great reading :thumbsup:
http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2010-02-11/3270.php
WARNING: NOT FOR DIE-HARD FED-FANATICS!
great reading :thumbsup:
*requires further clarification* :dunno:
As far as her being "thick, overambitious and a bimbo": :lovecoupl :hatsoff:
She knows five languages and as I remember she is a very intelligent young lady and her dad was a teacher in biology or something.
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
terrible news, people:
Del Potro out for up to eight weeks with wrist injury
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8511886.stm
this is very sad. This means that he's going to miss:
- Marselle (ATP 250)
- Dubai (ATP 250)
- 1st round Davis Cup
- Indian Wells (Masters 1000) - 2009: QF (180 points)
- Miami (Masters 1000) - 2009: SF (360 points)
damn! that's a lot of tournaments! lucky for him, he will lose just a few points (540) and he will fall maybe to 6th.
Del Potro out for up to eight weeks with wrist injury
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8511886.stm
this is very sad. This means that he's going to miss:- Marselle (ATP 250)
- Dubai (ATP 250)
- 1st round Davis Cup
- Indian Wells (Masters 1000) - 2009: QF (180 points)
- Miami (Masters 1000) - 2009: SF (360 points)
damn! that's a lot of tournaments! lucky for him, he will lose just a few points (540) and he will fall maybe to 6th.
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
Why a calendar Slam is possible for Federer
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4902261&name=tennis
it would be foolish for any sports fan -- or statistics fan -- to expect that he could go 21-0 over the next three major tournaments, and in so doing achieve a feat that no man has accomplished in more than 40 years, since Rod Laver won his second Slam in 1969.
Except … this is Roger Federer
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4902261&name=tennis
it would be foolish for any sports fan -- or statistics fan -- to expect that he could go 21-0 over the next three major tournaments, and in so doing achieve a feat that no man has accomplished in more than 40 years, since Rod Laver won his second Slam in 1969.
Except … this is Roger Federer
Lungzyn
Die For Me
Andy Roddick must want to live in this world
I think sometimes he doesnt get the credit he deserves since he has only won one major. Kinda hard when you have had to play Roger Federer in every single GS final except one(which he won).
Only freaks like Nadal beat Fed at Wimbledon, and that was only one time :dunno:
lechepicha
Prince of the Rotten Milk
Andy Roddick must want to live in this world
yeah! poor guy. He must have a lot of nightmares about him... but then he wokes up and see Brooklyn Decker naked with her arms around him, and it's all good again...
LezFemmez
Banned
I think it's a good thing to give all the other player a lot of credit, because the deserve it. In the Top 10 today there are 10 superb Tennis players. But at the same time you have to give Roger even more credit for being as dominant as he is in a time and age of Tennis where so many good players are on the Tour. And losing to Nadal in three different Slam finals, and to Del Potro in the US, just shows nothing is for granted when it comes to winning Grand Slams. All that makes Federer's accomplishments even look brighter than before.
Like Mats Wilander always says, Tennis is a major mind game, and Federer gets into people's heads. He owns Roddick, I think that's pretty much out of the question. Even with this epic Wimbledon final, he owns Roddick's ass. Even Davydenko who has beat him twice in a row, he owns him too, because in Slams, he's helpless against Roger. Same goes for Murray...Djokovic and Tsonga. And then there's Nadal, and he owns Federer, because he's way deep in his head. But as I said, all that, meaning serious competetion from all ends and a nemesis in Nadal, makes Federer even greater.
But all in all I think there's no better age to be a Tennis fan as of right now.
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