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

[Lungzyn]

Bad news for him again, huh.
Have you seen this man? - http://www.imagebam.com/image/8e99d099993962
He has been missing for the best part of a year :dunno:

He needs to get his confidence back, and return to Daddy Davy Cool.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/7ddaee99993952

 

[lechepicha]

Bad news for him again, huh.
Have you seen this man? - http://www.imagebam.com/image/8e99d099993962
He has been missing for the best part of a year :dunno:

He needs to get his confidence back, and return to Daddy Davy Cool.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/7ddaee99993952

maybe too much sex with his hot wife, Irina ?

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/DEUCE-US-Open-2008/Last-Time-Davydenko.aspx

 

[Lungzyn]

That kind of shows how he is The Forgotten One, always a top 10 guy but kids mistake him for Ljubicic who is half a foot taller than him.
But there's still that other guy that sucks too - Verdasco.
He lost again.
http://www.thailandopen.org/news.php?nid=93

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Just watching Wozniacki in the first round in Japan right now. Looks like she dropped her skirt a couple inches after people made some bad comments about it being too high at the US.

 

[Lungzyn]

Semi-finals you mean? The skirt definitely got a bit longer.
She looks good to win this match, and compete for her 5th title of the year in the final.
Good year for her, although she could still do better at Slams.

Azarenka's wail is annoying :earplugs:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Semi-finals you mean? The skirt definitely got a bit longer.
She looks good to win this match, and compete for her 5th title of the year in the final.
Good year for her, although she could still do better at Slams.

Azarenka's wail is annoying :earplugs:

Yeah, the semis.

Azeranka needs to get hit over the head with a brick or something to get her to stop that noise that sounds like she got poked in the sphincter from Lex Steele.

 

[lechepicha]

^^

well, Caroline won and now faces Dementieva in the final

http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2010/10/01/Wozniacki-Dementieva-make-Tokyo-final/UPI-61901285933417/

go Wozzie!!!

 

[jjo_is4]

Just watching Wozniacki in the first round in Japan right now. Looks like she dropped her skirt a couple inches after people made some bad comments about it being too high at the US.

Can't say I noticed. I guess it wasn't high enough. :1orglaugh

Nadal cruises into last four in Bangkok.

Can anybody holt the Nadal express?

 

[Lungzyn]

I was going to watch Nadals match but they moved it two hours ahead, made it too late
He has to beat Garcia-Lopez and Nieminen/Becker to win the tournament, not the toughest assignment. Then again, it was too tough for all the other top seeds.
Nadal is the only one left.

Wozniacki's semifinal lasted nearly 3 hours. She broke Azarenka's serve 10 times in 15 games and overcame seven breaks of her own. Neither player won most of the points on serve.

If this carries on, the Wozniacki-Dementieva final will be a break-a-thon
I'll support the Russian :nanner:

 

[Lungzyn]

What a loss for Nadal
2/26 break points won
0/16 break points won in the second set
1 break point for GGL in the whole match and he converted
6-2, 6-7, 6-3 against Nadal
But congrats to Guillermo for playing great, he also beat Gulbis in his last match :hatsoff:

and Elena lost her match after winning the first set 6-1
But congrats to Woz on her 5th title :hatsoff:

 

[lechepicha]

Can anybody holt the Nadal express?

i guess a lot of people can :dunno:

bad news for raFANatics today... he played poorly, and next week in Tokyo will be a much stronger field than he had in Bangkok.

HOWEVER, IMO, this is no "real" bad news. He's not injured or lack-motivated or something. Just a bad match.

In Kuala Lumpur, the final will be against Youzhny and Golubev.
Go Mikhail!

 

[Lungzyn]

Golubev crushed Soderling and beat Ferrer on his way to the final, he will roll Youzhny :hammer:

Scientific evidence that players gain an advantage from grunting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11458669

Mr Sinnett said: "The study raises a number of interesting questions for tennis. For example, if Rafael Nadal is grunting and Roger Federer is not, is that fair?"

Scandal :eek:

 

[jjo_is4]

i guess a lot of people can :dunno:

bad news for raFANatics today... he played poorly, and next week in Tokyo will be a much stronger field than he had in Bangkok.

I must admit I didn't see that one coming. :surprise:

HOWEVER, IMO, this is no "real" bad news. He's not injured or lack-motivated or something. Just a bad match.

:glugglug:

 

[Lungzyn]

Guillermo García-López won in Bangkok , 2nd career title for him :hatsoff:
Missed a good celebratory shot, it looked like he kissed the court. Either that or he just fell down fowards on it. Approaching for a handshake instead.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/9359fa100453251

Stats. Close match.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ab0e41100453256

Jarkko signing autographs after the loss, good guy :clap:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/4f23ff100453261

 

[Lungzyn]

Youzhny just won the Mayalsian Open, beating Golubev in a third set tie break.
So the WTA-Japan, and ATP-Thailand and Malaysian finals all went three sets :hatsoff:

Not much of a celebration after winning from the experienced Mikhail, some ball signing and hitting them into the crowd.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ddb4ac100463086

Stats. Was the winners count really that high :dunno:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/faa6e0100463090

and the trophy :clap:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/840085100463095

 

[lechepicha]

Guillermo García-López won in Bangkok , 2nd career title for him :hatsoff:

First in 17 months, first in hard courts. :clap:

Next for him is Tokyo this week, facing Ram in 1st round. Easy, BUT facing Delpo/Feliciano in 2nd.

Youzhny just won the Mayalsian Open, beating Golubev in a third set tie break.

his 7th career title, 2nd of the year.

He's having his best year so far, and looks good to get into the World Tour Finals. I hope so. :clap:

Next for him is China this week, facing Ljubicic in 1st round. Ouch.

 

[lechepicha]

Peers rank Federer over Nadal despite career Slam

http://newsok.com/peers-rank-federer-over-nadal-despite-career-slam/article/feed/194342

Ferrer: "Rafa is probably the best player in the history of Spain. But in the world, at this moment maybe it's Federer because he has more Grand Slams and more titles"

Soderling: "He has won so many Grand Slams already, so many titles, but to me, Roger is still the best"

Berdych: "To be the player who won the most Grand Slams, he is still missing a couple of them. Still, I think it is a long way to go for him

agree with you guys :thumbsup:

 

[lechepicha]

This week in Beijing, high seeds Berdych, Verdasco and Youzhny loses in 1st round...

Berdych is having a bad post-wimbledon season, Verdasco sucks big-time since May, and Youzhny was tired after winning last sunday in Kuala Lumpur.

Djokovic-Fish looks very interesting. Also Kolya-Cilic.


In Tokyo, high seeds Tsonga and Gulbis lost in 1st round

Tsonga is returning from an injury and is undernstandable. But Gulbis disapoints us all once again, losing against veeeeery low-ranked-and injury Tursunov. Shame on him.

 

[lechepicha]

Roger Federer vs. Federer Inc.: Will the man or the brand prevail in Swiss great's final years on tour?

http://blog.oregonlive.com/tennis/2...vail_in_swiss_greats_final_years_on_tour.html

When the Aussie star and number-one seed lost that fourth-round match at the 1970 Wimbledon, reporters asked him what had happened. "I felt good, but I guess deep down something wasn't driving me hard enough," Laver said. "When I had somewhere to aim my hope, I always played better. Deep down in, you wonder, 'How many times do you have to win it?'"

Laver had won four Wimbledons when he said that -- and 11 majors overall. Federer has won six Wimbledons, 16 majors overall. What is he wondering, deep down? Is Nadal's rise as an all-court champion enough to keep him driving hard? Or is it enough for Federer to see his face on billboards and in magazine fashion spreads?

 

[lechepicha]

Federer faces difficult decision on competition

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39406604/ns/sports-tennis/

very, very nice reading.

in short: should Roger retired in order to protect his legacy? or continue (losing), jeopardizyng it ?