Tennis
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The Federer Express got derailed last night by some Greek kid named Tsitsipas. Quality match, the kid has skills and was very fast over the ground. The Aussie commentators, who apparently don't like to get ahead of themselves, were quick to annoint him as an emerging superstar. Maybe he will, maybe not, but he played a great match. The other main source of interest in the men's draw is the advancement of Francis Tiafoe, an unorthodox raw young black american kid who is capturing the imagination of the fans. He dispatched Dimitrov in 4 sets, but he is set for a rude awakening in the next round where Rafa waits
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@canefan I watched most of that.
Fed had numerous break points in the second set and was holding his own serve easily - but, Tsitsipas saved all the break points and then stormed through the tiebreaker to level 1-1.
Then he got the bit between his teeth and Roger looked like he was just holding on for the rest of the match.
Meteoric rise for Sissy Pants! He only won his first match at a Grand Slam tournament at last year's French Open - now he's a 14 seed and toppling the mighty Fed.
Long way to go before he's a fixture at the top, but he's probably the most impressive young guy I've seen in recent times!
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Just got back from Melbourne and the Open. Awesome event. Saw Osaka and Raonic vs Zverev. Osaka far from the complete package but has the weapons. Will be unstoppable if she can mix her shots up a bit.
Raonic was awesome, but was helped by the Zverev meltdown. Don't know wtf happened there. He looked pissed off from the start and had a tanty after the 3rd game. Thought I was seeing a future GS winner before the game but now I'm not so sure. 10 double faults is ridiculous.
Nadal vs Titsypants should be good.
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Smashed him. Incredible performance.
Some fool was talking about a "changing of the guard" when Titty Pants beat Fed. Well the guy in his 30s who arse farked him just got arse farked in turn by another guy in his 30s. Changing of the guard - hardly.
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Rafa might have got his clock cleaned in Melbourne, but back to Roland Garros and it's business as usual. Eighteenth Grand Slam.
Going back to that 2017 Australian Open final, where I thought Rafa would walk home against Fed, but lost in five - all else being equal, if Rafa wins that one those two would be nineteen apiece.
Novak has fifteen - if he'd won that one he'd have held all four at once for the second time. Given the edge he seems to have at present on all other surfaces, this time next year he'll likely be pretty close to Rafa and breathing down Roger's neck as well.
Ash Barty wins the ladies' singles with all the biggest names getting tipped out early.
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Rafa might have got his clock cleaned in Melbourne, but back to Roland Garros and it's business as usual. Eighteenth Grand Slam.
Going back to that 2017 Australian Open final, where I thought Rafa would walk home against Fed, but lost in five - all else being equal, if Rafa wins that one those two would be nineteen apiece.
Novak has fifteen - if he'd won that one he'd have held all four at once for the second time. Given the edge he seems to have at present on all other surfaces, this time next year he'll likely be pretty close to Rafa and breathing down Roger's neck as well.
Ash Barty wins the ladies' singles with all the biggest names getting tipped out early.
Great win for Ash Barty, some of the Oz men could learn from her success about commitment, hardwork and being a humble winner and general all round good sportsperson. Likewise for Rafa, fantastic sprortsperson who works his guts out for the sport. Two well deserved winners for tennis this weekend
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I have been very impressed with Barty, I was lucky to watch her live at the Aussie Open this year and she really is a great sportswoman. She appears to have a great head on her shoulders and does not appear to let things get to her, she is always relaxed and open and just appears to be fair dinkum. The same cannot be said for the petulant entitled Aussie duo.
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Tomic has pretty much been surpassed by more level headed people like Millman and de Minaur, I think. He's become a bit of a sideshow. Kyrgios continues to be a bit of a plonker.
So it's nice to see someone like Ash Barty capture the Oz tennis headlines.Heard on radiosport that she lucked out a bit with her draw - didn't face anyone ranked in the top 10 - but, the French Open can be like that.
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Tomic has pretty much been surpassed by more level headed people like Millman and de Minaur, I think. He's become a bit of a sideshow. Kyrgios continues to be a bit of a plonker.
So it's nice to see someone like Ash Barty capture the Oz tennis headlines.Heard on radiosport that she lucked out a bit with her draw - didn't face anyone ranked in the top 10 - but, the French Open can be like that.
I like the fact that Womans tennis bar Serena Williams is so competitive. Just looking at Open winners this decade there have been 18 different woman winners. The men by comparison 6
14 Djokovic
12 Nadal
5 Federer
3 Murray, Wawrinka
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Why do I like Nkck Kygrios?
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@booboo maybe, if you're like me, you've seen him being a just plain honest kid a few times, in an industry where the money generators are teen age kids.
Kids that hit the court everday from the age of 5. Hell of a childhood if you don't value fame and fortune, or it loses it's appeal.
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Why do I like Nkck Kygrios?
i do to! I mean, he's a tool, but the kid can play, and he has zero fucks to give, and everyone else in that sport is so boring. He's got talent but he's flawed, people normally like that.
And a sport that has been dominated by 3 blokes devoid of personality for what feels like 30 years needs it.
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Guy who throws a hissy fit, because he didn't get a white towel. What's not to like?
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Why do I like Nkck Kygrios?
I really like him.
In this era of hyper-competitive sport, there's something so refreshing about someone who:
- Doesn't try that hard
- Acknowledges he doesn't try that hard, but
- Is still really fkn good at tennis.
And yes he could be great, but he doesn't really want to be. It causes you to rethink everything about sport because for decades I've thought that effort is inherently good, and laziness means you 'waste your talent'.
But he's so comfortable with a ranking in the 30s, earning great coin, traveling the world, winning some circuit tournaments but never getting close to a Slam. It's so different but I find it weirdly refreshing.
