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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 5, 2014 23:56:06 GMT -5
Kvitty winning a second Slam is perfect.
Also, Bouchard is on my shit list. Game is nothing special and the attitude. Ugh. Also SEWTA trying to shove her down our throats doesn't help.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 7:31:35 GMT -5
Not me; I'm slowly turning from neutral to positive with Bouchard. I enjoy the huge contrast between her uber-Barbie appearance /privileged background and her on-court tough-guy, jock character. Maybe also the excessive TF hatred toward her has sent me in the other direction. I wouldn't call myself a fan, actually, but I'd be happy to see her win a few Slams. Especially if she beat Ma$ha to do that.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 9:04:24 GMT -5
Fabulous, tense first-set tb ended the way I wanted it to! But will Fed still choke?
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Post by Lady on Jul 6, 2014 9:15:35 GMT -5
Not me; I'm slowly turning from neutral to positive with Bouchard. I enjoy the huge contrast between her uber-Barbie appearance /privileged background and her on-court tough-guy, jock character. Maybe also the excessive TF hatred toward her has sent me in the other direction. I wouldn't call myself a fan, actually, but I'd be happy to see her win a few Slams. Especially if she beat Ma$ha to do that. Same for me, the intense hate is turning me towards her. Anyway I was busy yesterday with walking on the beach and having good time with Nicole, so I missed the final. So happy for slam #2 though! I guess I'm rooting for Fed today which is weird?
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 6, 2014 10:36:51 GMT -5
After Murka obnoxiously pretending to care about World Cup for a month, I don't care what 'fans' think. I hate Twitter.
It's still weird seeing Ivo Federer at Wimbledon. Only realistic chance he has at a slam these days, though.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jul 6, 2014 11:22:56 GMT -5
I don't get the Bouchard hate.
Djok just fucked this up big.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 6, 2014 11:25:28 GMT -5
Without Hawk-Eye, the match would probably be over.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 11:28:35 GMT -5
Lady and Old Hag! Wow, I never expected Roger to take that set. I was sure he'd botch that final service game. So much SEWTA here, except for the quality of the tennis has been fairly spectacular. Lady, I'm sorry you missed Petra's big day! Boy was she on fire. So focussed the whole time; it was fabulous to see. At least, it was fabulous for those of us who love her.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 11:29:02 GMT -5
Without Hawk-Eye, the match would probably be over. I know! I guess Roger's not against it any more, is he.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 11:32:27 GMT -5
After Murka obnoxiously pretending to care about World Cup for a month, I don't care what 'fans' think. I hate Twitter. I tried to care about World Cup for a day or two, but it didn't take.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jul 6, 2014 11:33:09 GMT -5
Fed used to be a moron with his challenges. I think this match is the first time I've seen him consistently use the challenges appropriately.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 12:10:07 GMT -5
Oh, well, it seemed inevitable the whole match, so finally it happened. Congrats to Nole, that was some darned good tennis for sure. Can't really feel too bad about this one. Rog just couldn't make it happen on the biggest points.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 6, 2014 12:10:31 GMT -5
Fed gave away the last game.
Meh, he didn't deserve to win anyway, it's a miracle it went that far.
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Post by janie on Jul 6, 2014 12:11:13 GMT -5
Fed gave away the last game. Meh, he didn't deserve to win anyway, it's a miracle it went that far. Yes, exactly.
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 6, 2014 13:09:59 GMT -5
Genie is like Sloane for me last year. I've got nothing against her but she's not as good as these slam results, and the media/SEWTA has to go on about her because she's kinda pretty and she's tapping a new bandwagon market like the Williams/Belgians/Wozniacka did and that all adds up to annoying over time.
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Post by Wagasi on Jul 6, 2014 21:08:21 GMT -5
That was some final. Federer's fourth set surge was amazing. I'm ok with Nole winning but it sucked that Boris beat Stefan. I actually was a Becker stan back in the day but his post-tennis idiocy has made him unsupportable while Edberg remains all class. Bouchard seems to be big with the non-tennis watching crowd. A few people today mentioned that they'd tuned in to yesterday's final just for her. They didn't know anything about "that Czech girl" and were disappointed that it only lasted 55 minutes, but no matter, "Bouchard's sure to make many more."
I find Genie harder to appreciate than Sloane. Genie's best qualities (grit etc.) take effort to appreciate while her game itself is boring looking. Sloane, even at her lackadaisical worst, will still do some interesting stuff with that forehand which makes for an interesting highlight reel.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 7, 2014 20:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 7, 2014 21:20:18 GMT -5
Part of that is Wimbledon being on ESPN now, that's significantly hurt ratings in general.
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Post by janie on Jul 8, 2014 10:13:13 GMT -5
That's true. Lots of people don't get ESPN.
Plus, ESPN spent all their post-Serena-loss time raving about Ma$ha's inevitable coming victory on the 10-year anniversary of her first Wimbledon title!!!, and about her wonderful candy company and her general all-around GOATness. Then after she spoiled their frantic storyline by losing, they tried to pretend they believed Genie was the New Queen. (Actually, Evert might actually believe that.)
It has never occurred to ESPN, despite being a sports channel, to promote the players with the most exciting GAMES to watch. Unfortunately for them, US fans didn't buy the Genie hype, and they had never even had Kvitova mentioned to them, so why should they tune in? Better to go online and order some of that awesome candy!!1!!!@
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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 8, 2014 10:17:34 GMT -5
Also ESPN blowing off a classic doubles final wasn't the smartest move.
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Post by Wagasi on Jul 8, 2014 14:14:14 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Jul 8, 2014 15:36:53 GMT -5
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Post by R. Black on Jul 8, 2014 21:56:29 GMT -5
The Globe is a terrible newspaper, the plagiarist Wente is the worst.
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