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Post by DBBN on Feb 20, 2013 18:19:51 GMT -5
I've been hellishly busy so I haven't looked, but.... Why wasn't Serena replaced by a LL?
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Post by janie on Feb 20, 2013 18:35:24 GMT -5
Apparently they'd all left town.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 20, 2013 21:18:41 GMT -5
Should have been Janie (LL) def. Cake, 6-0 6-0
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 6:31:13 GMT -5
Vinci d. Stosur 62 64  A true victory for tennis. |
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Post by Paean on Feb 21, 2013 6:36:09 GMT -5
Annabel's discovery of the match:
"It's like Roberta almost prefers to hit a slice bachand rather than a one-handed top spin backhand."
No shit, Sherlock.
Vinci can hit such a great variety of winners.
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 7:24:05 GMT -5
Should have been Janie (LL) def. Cake, 6-0 6-0  |
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 7:26:11 GMT -5
Annabel's discovery of the match: "It's like Roberta almost prefers to hit a slice bachand rather than a one-handed top spin backhand." No shit, Sherlock. Vinci can hit such a great variety of winners. This Vinci emergence is very fun. Next, Oprandi, please!  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 8:24:55 GMT -5
RT ovafanboy: Nadia finally saves a BP. Now Errani is 2/3. Nadia is 2/15. #quality RT ovafanboy: Nadia anticipated where the ball was going, and hit it 13 feet out. #but #why |
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Post by DBBN on Feb 21, 2013 9:50:43 GMT -5
Ovafanboy is awesome. We hung out at USO this year. I keep trying to get him to join the Cult but he's afraid of message boards.
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 10:00:20 GMT -5
Sara, you show 'em!  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 10:22:59 GMT -5
Wait, Ovafanboy isn't/wasn't on TF? I thought the whole tennis Twitter crew came from there.
This whole "pushers are ruining the game" hysteria is funny to me, because when I was getting into tennis the chatter was all about how the power players like the Williamses would ruin the game.
It really pisses me off when winners or UEs are used to judge a player's quality, though. Half the points I see are dictated by mid-rally decisions that leads to one or the other player gaining the upper hand. Those aren't reflected in the stats.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 21, 2013 11:41:46 GMT -5
He JUST joined TF, posted once, and got scared (I mean for obvious reasons there). He's just actually a general tennis fan and player who uses Twitter and then got sucked into the community.
Meanwhile, I don't even like Errani, but trashing her ranking is stupid. She made a GRAND SLAM FINAL for God's sake, preceded by a QF, and then made another SF. I mean Christ, I thought everyone was pissed off because people who suck at Slams were highly-ranked.
I HATE WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE THE RULES.
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Post by Traveling Man on Feb 21, 2013 13:05:00 GMT -5
CAKE goes down to Woz.  Hope Petra makes it to the final from the bottom half. |
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Post by DBBN on Feb 21, 2013 13:40:59 GMT -5
(LL) Janie would have done much better.
Petra is up 6-2 but that's not over at all. And then it would make perfect sense if she lost to Woz.
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Post by Grarliner on Feb 21, 2013 14:08:30 GMT -5
Errani v. Vinci for a spot in the final ... it's nice that Sara chose Doha and Dubai over clay court Tier IVAs since it would have been easier for her to go there and try to repeat her Tier IVA rampage of last year. But the way things are going, she is earning a lot of nice, fresh points on hardcourt so she's fine.
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 14:08:55 GMT -5
Finally. Kvitova breaks for *4-3 in the second set after way too many deuces. That running pass on the penultimate point =  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 14:09:36 GMT -5
Errani v. Vinci for a spot in the final ... it's nice that Sara chose Doha and Dubai over clay court Tier IVAs since it would have been easier for her to go there and try to repeat her Tier IVA rampage of last year. But the way things are going, she is earning a lot of nice, fresh points on hardcourt so she's fine. She can only play two Tier IVAs this year, as a top 10 player. The first will be next week, in Acapulco! |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 14:14:01 GMT -5
Whoa, 130km/h FH from Petra.
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 21, 2013 14:22:48 GMT -5
Petra takes it on her first MP, 6-2 6-4. Easy! And the next player up is even easier.
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Post by Grarliner on Feb 21, 2013 14:32:06 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot about that! My guess is her second IVA will be Palermo in July.
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Post by Old Hag on Feb 21, 2013 17:34:47 GMT -5
It really pisses me off when winners or UEs are used to judge a player's quality, though. Half the points I see are dictated by mid-rally decisions that leads to one or the other player gaining the upper hand. Those aren't reflected in the stats. Agreed so much, but that requires watching the matches. It bugs me most watching someone like Ratwanska who wins with 2 winners and 4 UEs, and she's regarded as a nothing pusher that only wins because her opponent makes errors. Which is only true to a point. Winner/UE ratios mean so little, especially when they're graded differently by every tournament. |
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Post by Traveling Man on Feb 22, 2013 10:40:26 GMT -5
Errani d. Vinci again. In these BFF showdowns, one ALWAYS wins - what's up with that?
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Post by Traveling Man on Feb 22, 2013 10:46:52 GMT -5
Petra wins the first set 6-3. Hope she can close it out in straights. I hate not being able to watch these matches. My laptop is dying so don't want to risk running streams on it.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Feb 22, 2013 12:08:25 GMT -5
What is it with laptops and streams? My laptop dies when I tried to watch them. Or videos on YouTube or whatever. So annoying.
Nowhere to watch tennis. Thanks, SEWTA. You suck.
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Post by Lady on Feb 22, 2013 12:19:48 GMT -5
Well I bough a new PC this year and actually now can watch 2 streams simultaneously I did it for Azza/Serena & Rafa/Nalby just this Sunday. I do the same at work sometimes, so... I guess I'm happy I didn't opt for laptop? (But I do have a tablet if I want to watch something in bed) Anyway, I'm VERY happy with the result. My fave beating my least-fave is always extra enjoyable. |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 4:32:28 GMT -5
Petra is turning into a bit of a vulture, isn't she? Sweeping the post-Olympic USO Series, sweeping Dubai after everyone pulled out...I'm not complaining, though. Just hope she parlays this into something that matters soon. And as Lady said, Petra beating up on Woz is always welcome (not to mention, obvious).
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 11:33:12 GMT -5
6-2 1-6 2-1* Petra. Petra just came back from 0-40 to hold.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 11:42:54 GMT -5
Errani gets broken after her first UE in history at deuce, followed by Petra's first successful passing shot* in history on break point. Then Petra holds at love for 4-1.
*yes Errani is RUSHING THE NET ON EVERY POINT
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 11:43:09 GMT -5
Which turned out to be key!
Huge credit to Errani for making this something of a match after being killed in the first set. Net skills key.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 11:54:35 GMT -5
Petra wins 6-2 1-6 6-1  |
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