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Day 1.
May 24, 2008 14:58:48 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 24, 2008 14:58:48 GMT -5
CHATRIER 11:00am (2) Ana IVANOVIC (CRO) vs. Sofia ARVIDSSON (SWE) (3) Novak DJOKOVIC (SMO) vs. Denis GREMELMAYR (GER) (18) Paul-Henri MATHIEU (FRA) vs. Gustavo KUERTEN (BRA) (19) Alize CORNET (FRA) vs. Julia VAKULENKO (UKR)
LENGLEN (6) Fat Dave NALBANDIAN (ARG) vs. Carlos BERLOCQ (ARG) (24) Virginie RAZZANO (FRA) vs. Klara ZAKOPALOVA (CZE) (10) Andy MURRAY (ASS) vs. Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA) (5) Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs. Ashley HARKLEROAD (USA)
COURT 1 (15) Nicole VAIDISOVA-STEPANEKOVA (CZE) vs. Iveta BENESOVA-HURLEYOVA (CZE) (7) James BLAKE (USA) vs. Rainer SCHUETTLER (GER) Camille PIN (FRA) vs. Mathilde JOHANSSON (FRA) (32) Snotso TIPSAREVIC (SMO) vs. Nicolas LAPENTTI (ECU)
COURT 2 Josselin OUANNA (FRA) vs. Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) (30) Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) vs. Yvonne MEUSBURGER (AUT) (16) Carlosh MOYA (ESP) vs. Eduardo SCHWANK (ARG) Nathalie DECHY (FRA) vs. Julie DITTY (USA)
COURT 3 Sandra KLOESEL (GER) vs. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) Olivier ROCHUS (BEL) vs. Sebastian DECOUD (ARG) (28) Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) VS. Angelique KERBER (GER) Dominik HRBATY (SVK) vs. Jose ACASUSO (ARG)
COURT 6 Anastasiya YAKIMOVA (BLR) vs. Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) vs. Roko KARANUSIC (CRO) Sara ERRANI (ITA) vs. Gisela DULKO (ARG) John ISNER (IVO) vs. Juan Ignacio CHELALA (ARG)
COURT 7 Jeremy CHARDY (FRA) vs. Frederico GIL (POR) Stephanie DUBOIS (CAN'T) vs. Selima SFAR (TUN) (19) Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) vs. Boris PASHANSKI (SMO) Galina VOSKOBOEVA (RUS) vs. Youlia FEDOSSOVA (FRA)
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Day 1.
May 24, 2008 15:05:29 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 24, 2008 15:05:29 GMT -5
Oh, and Mathieu-Guga is the RG "Match of the Day". I guess it would be if one enjoys watching a former superstar hobble around the court and struggle to win a couple games.
Moya-Schwank on Court 2. BULLSHIT, that's a rare match I wanted to watch. Even 360 doesn't get that court.
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Day 1.
May 24, 2008 16:28:32 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on May 24, 2008 16:28:32 GMT -5
Cruel. But accurate.
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Day 1.
May 24, 2008 16:33:06 GMT -5
Post by corswandt on May 24, 2008 16:33:06 GMT -5
Oh, and Mathieu-Guga is the RG "Match of the Day". I guess it would be if one enjoys watching a former superstar hobble around the court and struggle to win a couple games. Wisely, Eurosport will be showing Il Giro d'Italia instead of that. This is the first year since 1995 I won't be following the major cycling races BTW.
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Day 1.
May 24, 2008 17:48:17 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 24, 2008 17:48:17 GMT -5
I'm lucky enough to get a service where I can watch the 3 main courts online. So, I'll be glued to my computer.
Start off with the Czech lasses for perversion and laughs.
Then, watch Fat Dave probably go 4 or 5 unnecessary sets.
Maybe watch Blake if he struggles, as well.
Then, uhhh... I guess I'll call it a day. 14 more after this.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 7:24:02 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on May 25, 2008 7:24:02 GMT -5
Stupid Gremelmayr. Giving me false hope. Komm jetzt.
Arvidsson wasn't too horrible against Anci. She actually dominated the most of the 2nd set.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 7:38:12 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on May 25, 2008 7:38:12 GMT -5
I swear Blake was leading 5-1 in the 3rd, why is it 6-6 now? Oh well. Sfar vs Dubois must be a fascinating match. I imagine the crowd is going wild there.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 7:38:40 GMT -5
Post by GoDom on May 25, 2008 7:38:40 GMT -5
Nah. Gremelmayr is a good player but his forehand is too weak. I would have liked to see him go up a break in the second but I don't think it would have changed much.
Vaidisova should retire and give birth to Radek's children.
Rochus losing. Not good.
What the hell is Sfar doing in the main draw. And she's winning. LOL.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 7:40:03 GMT -5
Post by GoDom on May 25, 2008 7:40:03 GMT -5
Oh, she qualified without losing a set. Mon dieu.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 7:57:28 GMT -5
Post by GoDom on May 25, 2008 7:57:28 GMT -5
Djoko from 5-1 to 5-5.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 8:08:19 GMT -5
Post by GoDom on May 25, 2008 8:08:19 GMT -5
Djoko from 5-5 to 7-5.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 8:47:51 GMT -5
Post by Brinyi on May 25, 2008 8:47:51 GMT -5
Dubois (DIDN'T)
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 8:49:56 GMT -5
Post by Brinyi on May 25, 2008 8:49:56 GMT -5
Nice to see Fat Dave put Berlocq away so easily. That's the type of match he often turns into a 4 hour waste of energy.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 8:50:39 GMT -5
Post by Brinyi on May 25, 2008 8:50:39 GMT -5
Nice to see Fat Dave put Berlocq away so easily. That's the type of match he often turns into a 4 hour waste of energy.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 8:51:02 GMT -5
Post by Brinyi on May 25, 2008 8:51:02 GMT -5
Schwankster leads 7-6(4)
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 9:38:59 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on May 25, 2008 9:38:59 GMT -5
Hsieh's Serena-esque schedule ("I only play Slams!...and $25Ks") failed to pay off against The Yak Hey, 1 and 1 from Lucie. Good score. Vaidisova Jonathan Eysseric is kind of hot.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 9:55:48 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on May 25, 2008 9:55:48 GMT -5
Good Lord, Murray's pic on the RG scoreboard is scary. Cammee Pan looks to be on her way out. Who is E.Schwank?
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 12:01:29 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 25, 2008 12:01:29 GMT -5
Schwankster! Great ending to the match, as well. He finally broke in the 5th at 5-3, and got a big cramp in his left quad. Drama abound. Then, Carlosh plays a terrible return game and Schwank holds at love to win. Schwank has game, I can see him getting to the 4R.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 12:51:04 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 25, 2008 12:51:04 GMT -5
Nikki is truly hopeless. She rarely even moves into the right position. And her return, as always, is laughable. Just stands there and swings away. Unbelievable how bad she is currently.
Serena vs. Ashley, why? There is no reason for this match to exist.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 16:35:18 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 25, 2008 16:35:18 GMT -5
Hey, Tennis Cult, this is a grand slam.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 16:40:28 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on May 25, 2008 16:40:28 GMT -5
Nothing happened though! Apart from Eysseric being hott.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 16:41:10 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on May 25, 2008 16:41:10 GMT -5
I mean, we could talk about Harkleroad posing for Playboy, and Silliams saying she was annoyed someone got there before she did, but I'd rather not.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 16:51:53 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 25, 2008 16:51:53 GMT -5
Pebbles isn't posing nude, so that doesn't even matter.
Some stuff happened. Nole had a close match, I guess. The Schwankster's win was awesome. The trials and tribulations of Stepanekova.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 16:57:32 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on May 25, 2008 16:57:32 GMT -5
I'm imagining how bad Stepanekova will suck on grass. And wondering when she'll actually decide to just quit the sport.
I think we might get some awesome matches later in the tournament...
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 17:27:01 GMT -5
Post by Denise49IQ on May 25, 2008 17:27:01 GMT -5
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 17:29:12 GMT -5
Post by corswandt on May 25, 2008 17:29:12 GMT -5
Nikki is truly hopeless. She rarely even moves into the right position. And her return, as always, is laughable. Just stands there and swings away. Unbelievable how bad she is currently. I remember saying here and at WTAW/TF that Stepankova had the worst return game in the top 30 by far (Safarova was already out of the top 30 at the time) and nobody would agree with me. My guess is that she'll claim some bullshit injury soon and retire without ever openly admitting having done so.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 17:34:07 GMT -5
Post by corswandt on May 25, 2008 17:34:07 GMT -5
wannabeknowitall is a strange poster. Uses the appropriate tennis jargon, and the structure of his posts is similar to that of the rest of the WTAW/TF punditry, yet everything in them is completely wrong.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 17:46:46 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on May 25, 2008 17:46:46 GMT -5
He's just trying to be different. I think he also claimed Davenport would have a shot at winning RG, or something.
Djokovic and Ivanovic playing today meant that both Serbian TV and Eurosport showed the same matches, so it was a pretty boring day. Well, I could have watched Almagro vs Pashanski but I gave up after like 5 seconds.
Eysseric is cute.
I tuned in just to see Schwankster get hurt and Moya throw the last game away. Retire.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 17:58:58 GMT -5
Post by Denise49IQ on May 25, 2008 17:58:58 GMT -5
He used to think Davenport and Bartoli should put on more weight to give their shots more pace or something, too. He's just a retard basically, whether it be about tennis, Mariah Carey v Kelly Clarkson or race.
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Day 1.
May 25, 2008 18:42:14 GMT -5
Post by sasha on May 25, 2008 18:42:14 GMT -5
Nikki is truly hopeless. She rarely even moves into the right position. And her return, as always, is laughable. Just stands there and swings away. Unbelievable how bad she is currently. I remember saying here and at WTAW/TF that Stepankova had the worst return game in the top 30 by far (Safarova was already out of the top 30 at the time) and nobody would agree with me. My guess is that she'll claim some bullshit injury soon and retire without ever openly admitting having done so. I basically agreed. Although, her return game wasn't nearly this bad before. Lucie's return game isn't really bad. Her problem is that she can't play defense. I don't think Nikki's fully committed to tennis at the moment. From what I saw of the match, there was no emotion. I remember her getting angry a lot more. Her complete lack of athleticism, I cannot explain.
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