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Post by chestylarue on Jul 8, 2012 16:27:57 GMT
Well- I feel like Fed has this in the bag. Already in tears for Andy. 0-4 in grand slam finals and the Big 3 continue their stranglehold on the men's game.
What a showing for the 30 year olds in this tournament.
Congrats to all the Fed fans here. I am out for today unless Murray can come back . But don't see it.
I need to hang with my Andy Murray fan online peeps now.
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Post by skyz on Jul 8, 2012 16:29:59 GMT
lt, I hope so but Roger's playing great right now. He's in a groove and if Andy can't hang onto his serve, then that's that. But I like both of them so... But I would rather Roger get his Olympic medal and Andy win Wimbledon. It'd be incredible if it went to a 5th, but I don't really see that happening.
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Post by lt on Jul 8, 2012 16:32:24 GMT
YES! Thank you--that's exactly what I want too. Now, how do we make that happen?
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Post by tikigirl on Jul 8, 2012 16:40:40 GMT
NO! I want Feds to have this title.
Murray's getting into some shitty body language even when he's doing well. And he's worse than Federer at challenges, if that's even possible!
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Post by oopssorry on Jul 8, 2012 16:40:51 GMT
I like that compromise. But knowing Roger's nerves at the Olympics, I feel that's the longest shot of all.
Other perk of streaming? (Annoyed yet??) I can take my cleaning to each room of the house....
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Post by lt on Jul 8, 2012 16:46:09 GMT
I want it to be pre-determined now that if Andy wins this Wimbledon Roger will win the Olympics.
Tiki, I do not understand that challenge where the paint was clearly poofing up--it wasn't the baseline so it couldn't have been mistaken with dirt, so what was he doing?
Andy getting out of this third game in the fourth is a promising sight for me.
oops, cleaning is really helpful during stressful sports watching isn't it?
Oh, and the cat is now staring at me with slitted eyes. She's a scary little seven-pounder sometimes.
Roger is a strange mix of lithe and strength. Where Andy's muscular body is starting to tire Roger lighter body isn't. But Roger can give the power back with interest as we saw in the first set.
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Post by tikigirl on Jul 8, 2012 16:50:33 GMT
Uh-oh, I might get dragged out to Chuck E. Cheese -- any way I can watch on my smartphone?
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Post by lt on Jul 8, 2012 16:55:09 GMT
Did you see they're replacing the rat with a guitar-playing rockstar at Chuck E. Cheese? That made me laugh, and reminded me of The Simpsons.
Tiki, if you can quickly download the WatchESPN app you can watch on your phone. I can't access it (stupid Android phone that's all of one years old).
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Post by falafaclese on Jul 8, 2012 16:58:51 GMT
Just came back from another friend's house whose husband used to play semi-professionally. He's a really good guy, and i was asking him about grass court play (he said he played on the Hall of Fame courts, and on some courts in the Philly area). He said he hated it and that me marvels at the length of some of the points and some of shot's they're getting to. Even for someone like him, the bounce felt really really low to him; to the point where trying to bounce the ball before serving was almost a futile prospect.
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Post by falafaclese on Jul 8, 2012 17:02:18 GMT
Uh-oh, I might get dragged out to Chuck E. Cheese -- any way I can watch on my smartphone? Sometimes some of the livescorehunter.com links work on my phone too, although there's no rhyme or reason to when they work and when they don't. If all else fails, you can get the Wimbledon app and listen to it on Wimbledon radio. The commentators are excellent. |
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Post by tikigirl on Jul 8, 2012 17:05:43 GMT
Good observation about the body type and effects, lt, and thanks for the app tip; I'll try it. But I have a one-year-old Android too.
Everything about Chuck E. Cheese is creepy. Except the skee-ball. I love me some skee-ball.
ETA thanks to fala as well. Fucking ESPN didn't work. But maybe I won't need it...fingers crossed!
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Post by lt on Jul 8, 2012 17:11:47 GMT
tiki, if you do have to leave before it is over ABC has a three-hour window between 3-6pm ET.
Skee ball! Some day you'll have to give yourself some real extra time for your East Coast trip and we'll go down the shore and hit the boardwalk. Skee ball and salt water taffy. Life couldn't be better.
They're going to have to name the roof the "Roger Roof."
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Post by GrandSlamGuru on Jul 8, 2012 17:13:59 GMT
My nerves are shot -- I can hardly watch.
Skee ball? Let's go to out to Coney Island and play.
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Post by tikigirl on Jul 8, 2012 17:14:51 GMT
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by lt on Jul 8, 2012 17:15:58 GMT
7 Wimbledons, 17 Majors, #1 in the World. . .
I was hoping Andy was going to win but I can't help but be ecstatic that Roger has been able to do this.
Great crowd. They were firmly behind Andy but were so loud for Roger as well.
Look at the twins! They're so adorable, blowing kisses to Daddy.
I'm rooting for Andy at the US Open. Maybe it would help to get his first away from the UK.
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