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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 24, 2020 13:50:06 GMT
fed does it in a 5th set tiebreak 7-6 (10-8)
that was a pleasure to watch
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 24, 2020 14:14:46 GMT
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 24, 2020 14:19:26 GMT
yeah - i saw that yesterday where he was concerned about her and gave her a kiss nadal/fed are like two different people as they've matured and gotten older although during his victory speech i did sense just that small amount of smugness that used to be wide out in the open years ago - maybe it's just his broken English too and sometimes it comes off/is interpreted the wrong way though - don't know if you saw it but he was talking about how he was a better bowler than his team - it was funny - but had a tad of arrogance to it buried underneath - but I guess if he wasn't a confident guy he wouldn't be Rafa.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 24, 2020 15:00:46 GMT
Wow indeed! I can see her reaching the semi-finals, which would be an amazing achievement for a girl who is two months shy of her 16th birthday.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 24, 2020 15:04:55 GMT
Wow indeed! I can see her reaching the semi-finals, which would be an amazing achievement for a girl who is two months shy of her 16th birthday.
I get the kid is 15 - but how do you like her personality - kid seem a little smug/entitled?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 24, 2020 15:15:28 GMT
Wow indeed! I can see her reaching the semi-finals, which would be an amazing achievement for a girl who is two months shy of her 16th birthday.
I get the kid is 15 - but how do you like her personality - kid seem a little smug/entitled? I have no opinion on the subject - I don't think I have seen her in any interview.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jan 24, 2020 15:37:21 GMT
It’s always a good day when Serena Williams loses. Of all the sportspeople in the world, she is the one I dislike the most. A terrible loser, an ungracious winner, and she has little in her game except pure power. The only part of her that isn’t completely odious is she at least doesn’t grunt a la Seles or Sharapova
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 24, 2020 15:56:51 GMT
It’s always a good day when Serena Williams loses. Of all the sportspeople in the world, she is the one I dislike the most. A terrible loser, an ungracious winner, and she has little in her game except pure power. The only part of her that isn’t completely odious is she at least doesn’t grunt a la Seles or Sharapova Her 'kindness' if you can call it that after she acted like a child losing to Osaka a couple of years back at the US Open seems forced and fake as well. I listen to her during interviews and she doesn't sound genuine at all - i.e. - like it's all an act and a front she's putting up because she received so much backlash after her last temper tantrum. She carries herself like The Queen of England - like you - she's one of my most disliked athletes to go along with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 24, 2020 16:00:53 GMT
yeah - i saw that yesterday where he was concerned about her and gave her a kiss Older guys are always looking for an excuse to kiss a nubile young girl.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 24, 2020 16:05:06 GMT
yeah - i saw that yesterday where he was concerned about her and gave her a kiss Older guys are always looking for an excuse to kiss a nubile young girl. This will sound horrible - but that ran through my head yesterday - Rafa is probably waiting for this chick to contact him like 10 years from now when she's an adult.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jan 24, 2020 19:42:56 GMT
Older guys are always looking for an excuse to kiss a nubile young girl. This will sound horrible - but that ran through my head yesterday - Rafa is probably waiting for this chick to contact him like 10 years from now when she's an adult. If he comes back to Melbourne he can legally try it on in three years.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 24, 2020 20:00:55 GMT
Older guys are always looking for an excuse to kiss a nubile young girl. This will sound horrible - but that ran through my head yesterday - Rafa is probably waiting for this chick to contact him like 10 years from now when she's an adult. He clearly had Epstein killed.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 25, 2020 8:26:39 GMT
wawrinka takes the 1st 2 sets vs Isner
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 25, 2020 10:30:13 GMT
Tennis related: Ash Barty just named Young Australian of the Year.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jan 25, 2020 12:50:49 GMT
Local hero Nick Kyrgios wins an epic 5-setter against Karen Kachanov, 4 of them tiebreakers in 4 and 1/2 hours.
Nicks next match against Rafa might not be so easy.
Kyrgios made 33 aces. He said he would donate $200 per ace to bushfire relief.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 25, 2020 13:34:50 GMT
Kyrgios beat somebody named Karen.
His name is Karen.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 25, 2020 15:12:31 GMT
Nadal wins 1, 2, and 4.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jan 25, 2020 22:33:10 GMT
Kyrgios beat somebody named Karen. His name is Karen. Spare some sympathy for the commentators and umpire for the womens singles. They have to take a two minute break just to figure out how to say the score for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 25, 2020 22:57:39 GMT
don't Nadal and Kyrgios hate each other?
this should be fun
Coco on later tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 6:44:42 GMT
First match I've watched is Kenin and Gauff. Both impressed me. Kenin was the better player today.
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