The Tennis Thread (Part 14)
alwaysanigel247 wrote: »oh i find that great entertainment!:cool::o
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Well I wouldn't compare the women's game to being kicked in the nuts, especially since I don't have any
Not all matches though are the players choking, sometimes the lower-ranked players play the tennis of their lives, it's not just down to the top players playing badly. Kerber for example played a fantastic tournament, really great tennis and fighting from her. Also this Wimbledon for me was the best Wimbledon I've seen in a long time, the first week had some great matches and there's been a couple of great matches at the US Open too, like the matches between Stosur and Petrova and Stosur and Kirilenko. The only time a men's match is exciting for me is the final set really and I'd much rather see any woman play rather than watching Gasquet or Mathieu, but that's all done to personal preference.
I wish Wozniacki had held on more against Serena last night, she's the world No.1 and I really want her to win a slam. It annoys me that that the commentators keep saying "She's happy, she's got Rory" there's no way they would say that about Rory.
That match agaisnt Serena and Elena is one of my favourite matches of all time, despite not liking the outcome. I remember I was doing the ironing when I was watching it and it was edge-of-seat stuff, amazing tennis. I do miss Dementieva
So it's not as if it's impossible for women's tennis in this era to be great - it just happens far less often. I'd love more than anyone for it to happen more often than it does.
All other things being even, at least some of the women are easier on the eye.
Certainly. Not_the-doctor has fond memories of the time when the likes of Capriati, the Williams sisters, Hingis, Seles, Graf, etc, would slug it out on the American hard courts, but women's tennis just hasn't had anything like that for several years now.
that is a classic of a match! Also I'm missing Dementieva quite a lot, much more then Henin:rolleyes:
From the previous part of the Tennis thread:
"Like walking down the street, and somebody unexpectedly kicking you in the nuts might be interesting and unpredictable?"
Methinks not_the_doctor has outdone himself with this statement (on more than one level, as barracuda has already pointed out). :eek::D
Adverse comments about the women's game are fine, but refusing to accept that others don't share this view is hard to fathom.
Re Serena, that really was a short & sweet masterclass this morning - Caro was just nowhere for most of Serena's shots. At least the scoreline didn't end up quite as embarrassing as it looked as though it was going to be.
I think I have a solution to your posting dilemma not_the_doctor - if Federer wins that ATP Favourite Player thing voted for by the players at the end of the year, shall we call it a special slam to help you out?
Although methinks you're rather enjoying this third person malarkey.:cool:
Talk of Gasquet depresses me - so much talent and yet in comparative terms just unable to convert it into the wins. Although I do remember him at RG this year using the crowd to galvanise himself instead of viewing them as his enemy.
Oh I apologise if that's how I came across. I think I said in a previous post that if people prefer the men's game, I don't have a problem with that. If people love the men's and hate the women's, that's their opinion and that's fine by me. I love the women's but I do like to follow David Ferrer
I don't think Drew_M was referring to you.
You clearly have discerning taste - young David is my second favourite Spaniard - I love my little warrior.:D
He's lovely
Sadly, only a slam or retirement can lift the curse.
Between Gasquet, Mauresmo and Mathieu, could the French be said to be the chokiest tennis nation ever?
I reckon he was thinking to himself, I'll let Andy get all hot and bothered because he can do it well enough for the both of us and may be it'll distract him!
David does have a temper on him though - saw him blow up at Ramos I think the other day but it was all in Spanish - he looked hot and I don't mean temperature-wise!:p:D And he kicked the hoarding or something when they started the rain delayed match initially and hurt his foot apparently!
Not saying there isn't some choking. which there clearly is. But a lot of it is just change in momentum, which can happen at many times during a match.
Because the serve is far from dominant in the women's gameio, indeed often not dominant at all. once players get the upper hand they start winning both their serve and return games. In the men's game with their serves, they can much easier hold on even when the other player is generally playing better.
That explains a lot of the the large swings in scores during and, yes, at the end of women's matches, not so much one woman choking as the other improving their game and just getting on top and they take a succession of games.
Awwww
That was pretty lucky, though.
The silver lining for Federer is that making it to the final would not just have meant another loss to Nadal, it would also have added to Nadal's slam tally and brought him ever closer to a second career slam. Djokovic has a much better chance of stopping Nadal and safe guarding Federer's legacy..
And here we have the reason why Rafanatics such as myself were willing Federer to win.
In fact, that's just another negative to add to the list - the more I think about it, the more I think he did it on purpose!:eek::D
I want to like him, I really do because he's such a phenomenal player. But some of the things he comes out with are just so arrogant and dismissive, I cant.
He doesn't like Nole or Andy. It must really "p" him off when those two get the W over him.
I think I heard she was contemplating retiring - or am I just making that up?
I find her career decline really hard to fathom, even more so than Jankovic or Ivanovic - unless it's principally injury related?
I posted the relevant parts of his press conference interviw on another forum. The full interview can be seen on the US Open official; site.
Anyway....
Novak had thrown his cap in the crowd at 40 - 15 down and then, well over to Roger...
just the way he returned...guy who doesn't believe any more in winning....then to lose against someone like that....very disappointing...you feel he was mentally out of it already...just gets a lucky shot and off you go
and returning to the theme :
some players grow up and play like that....I remember in juniors players that would be 5 - 2 down and just slapping shots and they'ed go in for some reason...that's the way they grew up playing when they were down....I never played like that. I believe in hard work going to pay off kinda thing....because maybe early on I didn't work ay my hardest.....so it's very hard to understand how you can play a shot like that on match point...maybe he's been doing it for 20 years so for him it was very normal... better ask him
Awwww
Yes, that match should have been the final last year. I agree on your consistency remark as well.