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Post by GoDom on Jan 25, 2008 6:55:17 GMT -5
Not hitting dumb choking drop shots is part of being outstanding. I have very high standards, you know!
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Post by Dina on Jan 25, 2008 7:20:28 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Jan 25, 2008 7:25:58 GMT -5
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 25, 2008 7:26:39 GMT -5
How could this happen.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 25, 2008 7:29:59 GMT -5
Now I'm going to have to come back from Daegu on Sunday early enough to watch the finals. I would have been tempted had it been Federer-Tsonga, but now I have virtually no choice. Sigh.
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Post by Calico on Jan 25, 2008 7:53:01 GMT -5
Congratulations to Novak Djokovic on beating Roger Federer in straight sets in their semifinal match. I didn't expect set straight set win for Novak. Now he has to seal the deal and win the 2008 Australian Open final against Tsonga who has the bigger and more powerful game. And I fear a Djokovic letdown in the final after beating Federer.  |
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Post by Denise49IQ on Jan 25, 2008 8:31:32 GMT -5
WOOHOO!! Novak has arrived. Properly.  Oh, I find him attractive for his body more than anything. |
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jan 25, 2008 9:53:51 GMT -5
djokobitch
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 9:54:47 GMT -5
When Djokovic's oldest of the younger brothers is done with puberty .... eh, never mind. I'm not going to finish that thought. We're allllll thinking it. ;D Again...the gay favorite lost on me. Maybe I'm straight again!  |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 9:55:59 GMT -5
Anyway. WOW. Straight sets no less. How about that. If he chokes and lets Tsonga win a Slam before he does... It won't happen. Novak is going to win a major!  |
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Post by sasha on Jan 25, 2008 10:09:25 GMT -5
No.
The only way Nole loses this final is if he totally chokes, or Tsonga serves incredibly well AND wins the tiebreakers, where Nole is amazingly good.
While Jo-Willy has had an awesome run, every match has been against defenders (Murray isn't really, but his serve was shit and he didn't play so great). Nole should expose Tsonga's weakness on defense.
And if Nole wins 1 of the first 2 sets, it's lights out.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 25, 2008 10:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 25, 2008 11:53:55 GMT -5
Novak is going to win a major! Well, I think most of us gathered that it was going to happen sooner or later. |
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 25, 2008 12:45:30 GMT -5
Just watched the end of the match again and hearing Djokovic's after match interview with The Courier again... I'll summarize everything he said, for those who missed it:
"It's kind of amazing how amazing I am. Wow. I'm amazing. Btw, Jim, you're like, twice as old as me. Did you hear that I'm amazing?"
BABIES.
The end.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 13:26:31 GMT -5
Novak is going to win a major! Well, I think most of us gathered that it was going to happen sooner or later. Yeah, but I gathered later, considering the Federer Express! Little did I know Fed would age before his time! |
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 25, 2008 13:32:14 GMT -5
Fed's advanced aging is quite enjoyable. Hopefully he doesn't discover viagra and rogaine.
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Post by sasha on Jan 25, 2008 13:38:20 GMT -5
26 is a common age when players start declining... Pete, Chang, Edberg, Becker, Guga... pretty much every recent top player except for Lendl and Agassi.
Not that I think Roger is yet. His bleh play was probably due to not much practice and the injury he had coming into Australia.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 25, 2008 14:07:26 GMT -5
If he does, then Federer/Nadal/Djokovic establish themselves as the best triumverate/triad of power the sport has ever seen at one time. What about Borg/McEnroe/Connors? |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 14:08:16 GMT -5
We're allllll thinking it. ;D Again...the gay favorite lost on me. Maybe I'm straight again!  Okay...now I'm positive the rest of the world is crazy. I thought this the first time I saw that clip of Marko on the talk show which was linked here. And really:  = |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 25, 2008 14:10:19 GMT -5
Great win for Novak and he played a great match, but Fed was flat. He didn't play well this tournament. It makes for interesting tennis for the rest of 2008, though, which is great.
If Novak wins the final, he can make a solid case for #2. AO Champ, US Open finalist and Wimbledon and RG semifinalist. Won Masters Series events in Canada and Miami. Although, Nadal's got RG, a Wimbledon final, AO semi, Indian Wells, Monte Carlo and Rome (?). Anyhow, it's close.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 25, 2008 14:11:53 GMT -5
Again...the gay favorite lost on me. Maybe I'm straight again! Okay...now I'm positive the rest of the world is crazy. I thought this the first time I saw that clip of Marko on the talk show which was linked here. And really: =The brother everyone is lusting over is the boy on the extreme right?  |
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 25, 2008 14:21:44 GMT -5
LOL, there is a resemblance. Maybe this pic is better:  I still think he's better looking than Our Nole. Or will be. |
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 25, 2008 14:22:46 GMT -5
Actually, that pic is not much better. But whatever. He'll be sexxxier.
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Post by sasha on Jan 25, 2008 14:22:56 GMT -5
Ephebophiles.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 14:27:47 GMT -5
Ha! I had to look that up. Don't look at me!!
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Post by DBBN on Jan 25, 2008 14:34:02 GMT -5
But, seriously...it's like the Gasquet thing. When did looking 12 = looking hot? Because, um, I didn't receive shoulders from Jesus until I was, like, 22, and really? I was being STEADFASTLY AVOIDED by most. And that's when I needed ass; not now when all I want is to never be touched by anyone and for most people to really just die.
So I don't appreciate how things have turned, here.
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Post by R. Black on Jan 25, 2008 15:24:22 GMT -5
We're being sold that young=teh sexxx and it seems what is meant by "young" is no longer "18 to 24" but 12.
Now for a gay guy to be hot, it means having zero body hair, weighting 90 lbs and having a baby face.
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Post by Calico on Jan 25, 2008 15:41:39 GMT -5
I'm watching a replay fo the Djokovic/Federer semifinal on ESPN2 and I'm wonderfing why Chris Flowler a college football host is doing the play by play of this match instead of Cliff Drysdale who has made tennis his life.  I don't get it. Fowler is an amiable host for college football and tennis but I don't get the need to make him their lead play by play tennis commnetator when he only works at 3 tennis tournaments a year for ESPN2. |
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Post by sasha on Jan 25, 2008 15:47:29 GMT -5
Because ESPN is a monopoly in the sports television business, and thus can get away with forcing whichever of their characters they want in any position.
What gets me most is when they promote future matches, and they have Announced by Dick Enberg, Patrick McEnroe, etc... in font about as big as the players. Who cares. That's how far ESPN is up its own ass.
You know, this board doesn't have an ESPN hate thread. Every other one I frequent has one.
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Post by Calico on Jan 25, 2008 16:47:33 GMT -5
Because ESPN is a monopoly in the sports television business, and thus can get away with forcing whichever of their characters they want in any position. What gets me most is when they promote future matches, and they have Announced by Dick Enberg, Patrick McEnroe, etc... in font about as big as the players. Who cares. That's how far ESPN is up its own ass. You know, this board doesn't have an ESPN hate thread. Every other one I frequent has one. I just wish ESPN knew they had real tennis fans watching their coverage and cared about what we think of their coverage in adition to the tennis. |
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I don't get it. Fowler is an amiable host for college football and tennis but I don't get the need to make him their lead play by play tennis commnetator when he only works at 3 tennis tournaments a year for ESPN2.