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Post by GoDom on May 31, 2009 11:51:20 GMT -5
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Post by janie on May 31, 2009 11:51:46 GMT -5
Lee Na and Shriek's 3-shots-tops rallies are...underwhelming, to say the least. Lee Na, though. She must be one of the game's biggest underachievers, right? She's acknowledged as a threat to pretty much everyone on tour, with those bullet groundstrokes, and has beaten the very best, yet she's only won one MM title, made one Slam QF, never been top 15, and never scored any big win on a big stage (I guess FVW at the Olympics is closest). I think I remember LN choking at Wimbledon one year when she was lording it over Saint Kimmie in set 2 after losing the first set. She was up 5-2 30-0! (had to look it up) After that choke, my expectations for her in big matches have always been low. |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 11:52:43 GMT -5
Lee Na and Shriek's 3-shots-tops rallies are...underwhelming, to say the least. Lee Na, though. She must be one of the game's biggest underachievers, right? She's acknowledged as a threat to pretty much everyone on tour, with those bullet groundstrokes, and has beaten the very best, yet she's only won one MM title, made one Slam QF, never been top 15, and never scored any big win on a big stage (I guess FVW at the Olympics is closest). It doesn't help that Lee Na is injured 13 months out of every year. But it mainly has to do with the 11 games she gives away with unforced errors per match. So if the other girl gets her 12 games first...so sad, too bad. |
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Post by janie on May 31, 2009 11:53:29 GMT -5
Susan Boyle lost like, a day ago. She's had more time to be a loser. Give Rafa time. Okay. We'll see if Google News has 7,463 articles about his loss tomorrow. I'm pessimistic that the world cares that much about tennis, even tennis Gods. |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 11:53:52 GMT -5
Half of your name is eliminated, that's what. |
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Post by GoDom on May 31, 2009 11:55:44 GMT -5
Done!
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 11:55:49 GMT -5
Susan Boyle lost like, a day ago. She's had more time to be a loser. Give Rafa time. Okay. We'll see if Google News has 7,463 articles about his loss tomorrow. I'm pessimistic that the world cares that much about tennis, even tennis Gods. The Susan Boyle situation has more to do about human nature (gender, class, societal expectations) than anything involving Rafa Nadal ever will. She's a zeitgeist moment, it's not worth comparing the two. |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 11:56:19 GMT -5
Your name just got far less foxy. |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 11:58:19 GMT -5
I kind of want to follow Justin Gimelstob's Twitter. I'm sure it is crazy.
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Post by janie on May 31, 2009 11:58:22 GMT -5
haha @ "RobinRogerKohlAndy".  Hurley, you're right about that zeitgeist thing. I've never seen ANY topic have that many articles come up on GoogleNews, not even, like, Obama winning the election. |
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Post by janie on May 31, 2009 12:01:15 GMT -5
I kind of want to follow Justin Gimelstob's Twitter. I'm sure it is crazy. You can check it out now and then without becoming a debased "follower": twitter.com/justingimelstobHe's DYING, not being able to discuss the big news! |
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Post by Maeby Fünke on May 31, 2009 12:01:41 GMT -5
All the power was in the pirate pants.
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Post by leelee on May 31, 2009 12:02:49 GMT -5
No. Lee Na can be an impressive power player, but she's very streaky. Like most of the pathetic women's tour these days.
People think it's just China that screwed up her career and she came out of nowhere to win 20 straight challengers and Asian IVAs, but she was getting crushed by Elbo types well before that.
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:06:35 GMT -5
Jim Courier's Twitter is probably crazier. I can't bring myself to follow Gimelstob's.
I know what Lee Na's limitations are, but my point was more that there really isn't anyone else who's perceived as such a threat to the top players, on a match-by-match basis, despite having actually accomplished relatively little.
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:16:37 GMT -5
Jim Courier's Twitter is probably crazier. I can't bring myself to follow Gimelstob's. I notice that Justin follows Jim. I might have to join Twitter.  Fair enough. I guess she's the only person whose reputation is based solely upon the drubbings she gives in sets, even though she gets them right back in return, and usually two per match. I love a good Lee Na scoreline, like 0-6 6-0 7-5, or 6-1 1-6 6-1  |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:23:35 GMT -5
Case in point: she's very close to bageling or breadsticking Ma Sha, and she'll almost definitely still lose the match, as is her custom. I call them scoreLiNas |
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:24:40 GMT -5
0-6 6-1 6-3 vs Silliams  The tennis fraternity probably all follow each other. Andy Roddick is another one I can't bring myself to follow. I'll stick to reading about how Sabine Lisicki got rained on, and Anne Keothavong's thoughts on reality TV shows. |
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:26:18 GMT -5
It's not just sets, though. A lot of the time you see Li's name in a draw, usually unseeded, and you know that upsets will ensue. And I think she'll win this match!
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:26:48 GMT -5
At least Gimelstob and Courier are eccentric, thoughtful, and unwilling to be muzzled. I don't need to hear about Beyonce's cat.
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:28:54 GMT -5
It's not just sets, though. A lot of the time you see Li's name in a draw, usually unseeded, and you know that upsets will ensue. And I think she'll win this match! But isn't that really your point? We all think that...and yet, there is no basis for us to think that! It really all depends upon where her hot streak falls. But, as we've noted, it rarely falls close to MP. In fact, it usually is the middle set, a la today. If she sticks to her usual pattern, she's going to get thumped in the decider. I guess we'll have to wait and see. |
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:30:07 GMT -5
Talking of Beyoncé, her own Twitter has 48,000 followers despite the fact that she has never posted on it, and has said in interviews that she doesn't get it and never will. Lee Na bagels Shriek! ScoreLiNas |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:30:13 GMT -5
There's the patented bagel set. Hell, today's the day if she's going to make it happen, isn't it...
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Post by janie on May 31, 2009 12:31:14 GMT -5
I stopped following the Li Na match after the first set! Missed the good part, now it'll probably go south again, as everyone is pointing out
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:31:53 GMT -5
Talking of Beyoncé, her own Twitter has 48,000 followers despite the fact that she has never posted on it, and has said in interviews that she doesn't get it and never will. That's funny. I just picked a random celebrity who I know is a raging moron, and there ya go. Well, Nando had break points to serve for the set, and now he's about to let Kolya serve for the match. There goes both his QF streak and my boner. |
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:32:28 GMT -5
I think my point, which I've only just worked out, is that Lee Na's early-round giant-killing rarely translates into actual accomplishments. She'll beat Serena or Sweta or whoever in the first couple of rounds, and finish with a respectable QF/SF showing in a non-Slam, losing to like Bepa or Batty.
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:34:16 GMT -5
Talking of Beyoncé, her own Twitter has 48,000 followers despite the fact that she has never posted on it, and has said in interviews that she doesn't get it and never will. That's funny. I just picked a random celebrity who I know is a raging moron, and there ya go. I think that factoid says more about the 48,000 followers being raging morons. B's sister is a Twitter addict, though. |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:35:44 GMT -5
Let's make it all 48,001  |
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:37:06 GMT -5
I think I'm more annoyed about Verdasco than Nadal. But that might be because I got to actually watch this fucker.
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Post by DBBN on May 31, 2009 12:38:53 GMT -5
Wow...you know...I really think Kolya is going to get his final here. And maybe more.
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Post by lexpretend on May 31, 2009 12:43:23 GMT -5
Concur. Remember how NAILZ he used to be in Slams?
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