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Post by mooncreek on Jun 27, 2011 3:18:58 GMT
I don't mind a mix that includes teens but I am glad to not have the days (especially on the ladies tour) when a 15-yr-old teenager could dominate like Seles or Hingis did. That was creepy, I do agree, but it seems unlikely there will be another Sharapova.
You mention Rafa - 2005 is the last year I can remember teens on the men's side making a significant mark on the tour. I know there are individual players that have since but that year sticks out for the youth movement.
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Post by falafaclese on Jun 27, 2011 11:24:36 GMT
I really think, with the way Peng Shuai has been playing this year, there is potential for an upset against Maria.
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Post by lt on Jun 27, 2011 12:29:05 GMT
Does Bartoli have another new serve motion? It looks different than it did at the French, but that could be just the angle of the camera. That whip-back parallel arm motion is freaky.
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Post by falafaclese on Jun 27, 2011 13:59:18 GMT
Serena and Marion look so intense right now, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to cut out thew middle man and just start whacking each other with their racquets.
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Post by apocalipstick on Jun 27, 2011 14:01:01 GMT
Bartoli's serve has always freaked me out. She looks like a puppet on strings. I'm so nervous. NOW WIN THE DAMN TIEBREAK, 'Rena.
Any gardeners, I live near the Springhill Nursery outlet store. Between ordering bulbs and gorging myself at the 99 cent perennial sale, I have purchased around 200 plants. Could you arrange an intervention for me? Please.
ETA: FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKITYFUCKSTICKSFUCKERS. Pardon my Ferrer language.
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Post by acre on Jun 27, 2011 14:18:51 GMT
Aw, damn ... not that I hate Ba-toli, but I'd rathe- see Se-ena just about always. Ugh, Venus do NOT go out again!
Andy M's making a tidy job of it with Will and Kate watching on - can't imagine what it's like to live with "royalty" and then have them come watch you. Eh, likely not a big deal fo- anyone on that level, been watched by millions fo- yea-s anyway.
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Post by GrandSlamGuru on Jun 27, 2011 14:23:05 GMT
I've had a soft spot for Bartoli for years, but why did she have to pull it together today? She played her ass off so my hat's off to her.
Still not a bad showing for Serena given how little she's played.
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Post by apocalipstick on Jun 27, 2011 14:23:33 GMT
What is up withe Feli as well? Kubot? Really?
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Post by acre on Jun 27, 2011 14:44:21 GMT
Yeah, I have to ag-ee that it's not a bad showing fo- S ... guess sometimes I get used to he- doing amazing things like winning when unseeded, but honestly she's been out since last Wimbledon basically, and Ba-toli is a legit 9th seed, not a fluke.
Huh, yup again - I don't think I even know who Kubot is, and I obviously follow tennis! Guess I've seen the name, but couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
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Post by falafaclese on Jun 27, 2011 15:03:42 GMT
Ugh, this is horrible. Please pull this together Venus.
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Post by skyz on Jun 27, 2011 15:07:04 GMT
I can't bear to watch Venus play like this, again. I have turned the TV off and will see what's happened when I wake up. But please, please, Venus, pull your shit together! Make it a match at fucking least.
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Post by acre on Jun 27, 2011 15:15:35 GMT
Aieee, Venus! Yeah, it's gotta be ha-d to focus when you- siste- just lost, but they've been doing this a long, long time ... and damnit I want Venus to win this! That should count, what I want, right?
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Post by falafaclese on Jun 27, 2011 15:20:17 GMT
I mean is this woman a voodoo priestess or something? Why is it that every time Venus plays her at a major she comes out playing like hot buttered shit? I can't take this.
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Post by apocalipstick on Jun 27, 2011 15:30:13 GMT
At least Woz is out. I'd like it if that girl never ever won a slam. She's so very unworthy. Yes, bitchmeter is on max. I own it.
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Post by acre on Jun 27, 2011 15:44:00 GMT
Is the-e any woman I even like left?* Damn. Fine by me that Woz is out though, don't ca-e. Looks like I'm gonna be hoping fo- Sha-apova by default. At least she's legit(I know, dumb concept, you win, you win), and she's a huge fighter. Not to say I actively dislike all the
othe-s, just do not care.
Let's move on to the Fed and Nadal matches. Fed all the way(please!), and with Nadal/JMDP I wouldn't be upset eithe- way, like them both, both g-eat playe-s. But I still totally expect it to be Nadal.
*Technically Venus isn't out yet but .....
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