Tennis
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@Bovidae said in Tennis match fixing?:
I'm really hoping Fed gets his 18th title.
If he wants to stay ahead of Rafa, he might have to.
If my prediction above comes true, Rafa would move to 15 and it would be a bold move to bet against him at the French.
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@Chris-B. Rafa's body could break down again at any time so I wouldn't be that confident in him getting to 17 slams, much less 18. And his injury problems started before he was 30.
I'm expecting Djokovic to be back with plenty of motivation.
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@Bovidae Yeah - although I guess my point is that this one is potentially a very big swing.
18-14 to Roger and you could just about shut the gate behind him.
17-15 and a fit Rafa with a Grand Slam already in the bag and heading toward the French.
Reality for Roger is that he's heading for 36 years old and only a small handful of chances to add to his tally. Rafa's still in the age bracket where quite a few have won Grand Slams.
Still - a way to go before either bag this one and then a long way before Rafa gets two more!
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just watched the finish of Venus Williams' semifinal match. What a lovely lady. Her acceptance speech was modest, fulsome in her appreciation and compliments toward her vanquished opponent, and her sister. Glad to see her in the final after 14 years away.
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@Bovidae said in Tennis match fixing?:
@Wairau So she's everything Serena isn't.
It's likely to be a repeat of her last Aust Open final too.
ha, yes you could say that if you wanted. I missed her visit to NZ recently.
I suppose you might be right about the result of the second semi...but Lucic Baroni is ripping it up at the start. Great game....if you have a chance, anyone, turn it on.
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@Chris-B. said in Tennis match fixing?:
Other slightly interesting news is that NZ Junior Finn Reynolds has made it to the Junior Boys doubles semis. Playing the top seeds there.
A NZer doing well at tennis. Clear evidence confirming the thread title.
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@booboo said in Tennis match fixing?:
@Chris-B. said in Tennis match fixing?:
Other slightly interesting news is that NZ Junior Finn Reynolds has made it to the Junior Boys doubles semis. Playing the top seeds there.
A NZer doing well at tennis. Clear evidence confirming the thread title.
Not only made the semi against the no.1 seeds but has tipped them over in two tie-break sets and is in the final.
Surely being carried by his (Portugese!) partner.
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The Venus-Coco match was a pretty entertaining one. I'm surprised Coco hasn't made more of an impression on the womens' ranks, because she can play and is not short on power.
I missed Serena's match, but thought it would be a foregone conclusion.
Looking forward to Roger-Stan!
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Pissed off these two won't meet in the final. Big fan of both of them.
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Actually watched an entire set of tennis, the 5th in the Rog v Stan match. Go on you old man!
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I know the "Serena is a dude" thing is a pisstake, but seriously no man, trans or not, would ever have curves like that. I'm surprised there aren't more woman on the circuit with her build given how successful she is. She completely wiped the floor with Lucic-Baroni in her semi, it just wasn't a fair contest.
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@mariner4life said in Tennis match fixing?:
Actually watched an entire set of tennis, the 5th in the Rog v Stan match. Go on you old man!
I would fucking love Rog to take it out. I was a big fan when he first joined the circuit, way before it was cool.
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@No-Quarter said in Tennis match fixing?:
I know the "Serena is a dude" thing is a pisstake, but seriously no man, trans or not, would ever have curves like that. I'm surprised there aren't more woman on the circuit with her build given how successful she is. She completely wiped the floor with Lucic-Baroni in her semi, it just wasn't a fair contest.
Yeah I was expecting a flood of bigger, stronger women to come onto the circuit after the success of the Williams sisters (and Amelie Mauresmo to a lesser extent).
But they haven't, which I think is testament to how amazing Serena actually is. Easily the most dominant athlete of the 2000s IMO.
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Did you see Rog's interview after the match? It's little wonder he is so liked. A little bit funny, then effusive in his praise of his mate Nadal. They really want to play an Open final against each other one more time.
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@mariner4life He's PR perfect ... alot of it though on the back of being such a fabulous sportsman to watch. I don't really care about tennis, but do find myself making a lot of effort to watch him play.
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Seeing Roger in action both on and off the court just highlights what a class act he is and what a prize fuckstick Kyrgios is. Fed cracked the top 10 when he was 21 and won his first slam aged 22. He was treated like a God in his home country, yet incredibly and astonishingly, never felt the need to have "a bad day at work" or "entertain" us with a tanty.
