James Daulton
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Nadal looking awesome playing against this munchkin.
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Tennis: Australian Open - Who opens the new season with a bang (1 Viewer)
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CurlyNight
Footballguy
At the very least, Nadal survives longer than Federererererer! That is the minimum I wanted to see. 
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
Look, I'm not a peyton manning guy, but when you're still one of the top 5 QB's in the game and take your team to a bye week, that's not really the "wrong way"Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll said:Crazy shot. And to close out the biggest match/point of his life.Master of Past and Present said:Insane stretch winner for the match for Seppi. Didn't think he would even get solid racket on it
Roger and Peyton going out the wrong way.
nor is being the #2 player in the world and having made the semifinals or better in 3 of your last 5 majors
Going out the wrong way is like Lleyton Hewit... multi-major winner and former #1 player in the world who hasn't been relevant in 10 years and routinely exits majors in the first week.
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Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll said:Crazy shot. And to close out the biggest match/point of his life.Master of Past and Present said:
Roger and Peyton going out the wrong way.
Guys are suppose to lose skills getting older, don't think that is going out the wrong way, just natural progression. The fact he has held it off this long is still impressive.If he becomes a super douchey attitude guy on the way out, that would be the wrong way to me. Guys shouldn't be expected to exit stage right as soon as they start losing a few more matches.
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Verdasco had one of the worst double faults to lose a mini-break in the first set tiebreaker vs Djokovic. Bounced it to the net.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Holy chit. The Nadal/Anderson match is a nail biter. Both evenly matched and looks like it will go to 5 the way the first set is going. 
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Looked like it but Nadal basically won two sets by saving a handful of break points at 5-5, serving love-40 and not breaking. Immediate break for the set and then trounces him in the second.
Excited to wake up and watch Dimitrov-Murray on DVR, should be a really good match.
Excited to wake up and watch Dimitrov-Murray on DVR, should be a really good match.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Yeah that was quite a turn around. Looked very scary in the first set but now Nadal is fully in the driver's seat. I have to watch these things live. DVR doesn't give the same flavor, especially since I can't wait to find out who won and wind up checking scores. Good thing I'm a night owl!
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Onward he goes!!
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
Nadal is starting to scare me a bit, he was supposed to lose that 2nd round match... but when he avoids that land mine and gains confidence that sucks.
Byrdych will fold to him.... not sure who could get in the semi.. probably murray.... I hope Murray or Djoker can beat him... Djoker had better not let Stan get to him again this year because there is no way Nadal would lose to Stan twice.
this guy has no right to be this far when he has been losing to qualifiers in the warm ups and hasn't played many meaningful matches in months... someone better STEP UP!
Byrdych will fold to him.... not sure who could get in the semi.. probably murray.... I hope Murray or Djoker can beat him... Djoker had better not let Stan get to him again this year because there is no way Nadal would lose to Stan twice.
this guy has no right to be this far when he has been losing to qualifiers in the warm ups and hasn't played many meaningful matches in months... someone better STEP UP!
CurlyNight
Footballguy
I thought you were done until Wimbledon? Nadal is impressive isn't he..
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Why don't the men play first and the women later so I can sleep if I want too. Could care less about the ladies side of it.. <_<
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Cibulkova-Azarenka has been a highly entertaining match
CurlyNight
Footballguy
I can see by the score alone, but the only females I follow are the well known ones like Sharipova and the William sisters. I'm into males singles tennis. My hay day was the Andre Agassi/ Pete Sampris competition. I was an Agassi fan. His father is persian so that made it even more entertaining for me. Not to mention all the famous women he dated and married in Brooke. Now he's with Steffi Graff and has faded away for awhile now. :(
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Exciting match! Waw was spiraling down from the 3rd set, rallied up in the 4th set to tie 6-6, was down 5-0 in the first tie break, and now has rallied to tie in the tie break 6-6--------------tie again-----------7-7-------8-7 Lopez----8 all-----9-8 Waw------ And Waw wins!
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Venus and Serena meet in the semis if they get through the quarters.
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
Venus is one of those people that seems like she should've retired a few years ago. She's been irrelevant since 2010. Heck, the sisters haven't even had doubles success since 2012 Wimbledon and that was a lone title since 2010 also.
Seems odd to me to see former #1's and champions especially like Lleyton Hewitt, and Venus Williams (in her case there's no way she needs the money... maybe Lleyton does) seemingly be content going out there and generally having little to no success... that doesn't seem like it would be fun to me to compete when you are way WAY past your prime.
Now... maybe this type of run gives her the strength to keep going.. but you have to wonder what her reasons are for continuing other than maybe hanging out with sis on the tour.
I'll think the same of Federer if he gets to the point where he's playing after he's dropped out of the top 10 and gets to the point where significant time has passed without making a slam semi/final.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
I didn't think Venus would pull it off. She was catching her breath a lot due to her Sjogren's syndrome. I'm happy for her that she's into the quarters. She's an inspiration. She could easily just go away but she loves the sport enough and is showing those who suffer from something that makes it even harder to play that you too can do it.
That would be cool to see the sis's compete against each other. It could very well be the last time we see them go head to head on the court if this happens. On the one hand you are always rooting for your sis and now you have to beat her.
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Only a couple matches away from Maria looking completely helpless against Serena for the hundredth straight time.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Yeah I agree. Nadal vs Berdych is on now! Let's go Nadal!!
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CurlyNight
Footballguy
Dammit. Nadal is going down bad... :(
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Nadal is one of the least cocky guys I've watched, dude has claimed before he shouldn't be the favorite at the French some years.
Gawain
Footballguy
That's the type of cockiness I hate. Now he's faking an injury.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Apparently Gawain doesn't know Federererer very well. Nadal is far from cocky....
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Faking? He's been injured most of the past year so it's far from unusual to call it faking. You just hate the guy, which I can understand because I hate Federererer like that.That's the type of cockiness I hate. Now he's faking an injury.
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
That's the type of cockiness I hate. Now he's faking an injury.
Humble is cockiness now?
Gawain
Footballguy
That whole thing about how Rafa can't be friends with guys that beat him. Joker's dad was peeved.Apparently Gawain doesn't know Federererer very well. Nadal is far from cocky....
Gawain
Footballguy
It would be awesome (though I'm premature in thinking about it) for Nadal to make a match out of this.
Think I'm just peeved I'm going to have to work after this dud of a storm.
I just prefer my tennis players to know their limitations. That's why I'm the founding member of the Isner Insanity Crew.
Think I'm just peeved I'm going to have to work after this dud of a storm.
I just prefer my tennis players to know their limitations. That's why I'm the founding member of the Isner Insanity Crew.
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
His dad was mad at Federer too, so what?That whole thing about how Rafa can't be friends with guys that beat him. Joker's dad was peeved.Apparently Gawain doesn't know Federererer very well. Nadal is far from cocky....
I'm guessing there will be a lot of not nice opinions out there if you asked the parents of players. Even the players if they are honest. But in that opinion I don't see anything about being cocky so not sure what it means.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Well the 3rd set is becoming a match but I doubt Nadal can pull off winning 3 in a row the way Berdych is playing. Need a miracle here... :(
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Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
I guess I just don't understand then, Nadal comes here and says he's not a favorite which to me is knowing he might be limited in his chances to win but you might take that as being cocky. If anyone knows there limitations, it may be Nadal who has had to deal with many injuries including one early in his career he feared he might never get back to his top form. He knows his sports mortality better than almost anyone out there.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
I don't see the miracle coming. He did better than I thought he would. Hopefully he comes back strong at his next event.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Put up a good fight at the end but alas until the next event. Not sure who I'm rooting to win it all now. :/
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
What a dud of a quarter-final day session. Really no doubt in the three matches who the better players were today.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Very disheartening. At least Federererererer isn't still in. That's the only consolation in this. :(
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
it's all the roids.
I look forward to the day when he gets the Lance Armstrong treatment and Federer is retroactively awarded an extra WImbledon, AO, and 4 more FO's giving him 23 slams.
TenTimes
Backhoe Operator
You'd have to give shared titles to all the guys Nadal beat in the forfeited tournaments imo, not just the guy he beat last. Only thing that is fair.
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
I don't think any of those guys were going to beat or even take a set off Federer in any of those finals, so I don't think you have to.
I also think it will be cool to give Djoker 2 more USO's and a couple French Opens, Soderling an FO, Ferrer an FO, an d Byrdych a Wimbledon
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
wait though.... i just realized a problem with my system.I always wanted Ferrerr to get a major so no argument from me there
I just liked the idea of a retired amatuer becoming a major champion overnight for qualifying for the French Open a decade ago.
in the 2005 French Open Nadal beat Federer in the semis and then some schlep named Marinao Puerta in the final.
Obviously Federer would've pwned that guy.
Same with the 2014 French Open... Nadal played Djoker in the semis.. and he obviously would've crushed Ferrer in the final.
So clearly we've got a lot of things to work out here once they strip all of his titles. Maybe we should just award it to the highest ranking player Nadal beat along the way.
So Federer wins teh 2005, 6, 7, 8, and 11 French Opens
Soderling gets the 2010 French Open
Djokavic gets the 12, 13, 14 French Opens
Federer gets 2008 Wimbledon
Andy Murray gets the 2010 Wimbledon
federer gets the 2009 AO
Djokavic gets the 2011 and 13 USO's
So to summarize: Federer gets 7 additional majors... now he's a 5 time AO winner, 6 time FO champion (also has 2 CYGS's), and an 8 time Wimbledon champion.. also gets probably 2 more seasons as the #1 player in the world and would have like 400 consecutive weeks.
Djokavic gets 3 FO's and 2 USO's and is now a 12 time major champion, he also would probably get another year as #1
Andy Murray gets another Wimbledon
And Robin Soderling has a title.
Seems about right.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Well so much for seeing the sis's play each other next round. 
Venus is out. Serena is so far doing well.
Venus is out. Serena is so far doing well.
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
I don't wish it on Federer because I have nothing against him but the blow up from his fanbase would be epic if we found out the reason Federer was able to have this incredible streak of never missing a major and hardly ever pulling out of tournies was due to HGH/performance enhancing drugs.
Considering recovery is a major reason why some use and he seems to have no problem ever recovering, well, he certainly can't get any more pass than the next guy if playing the what if game of who might be using.
TenTimes
Backhoe Operator
I always figured it was his swiss superblood, but HGH is definitely plausible too.
And it wasn't until recently that he started hooking Wawrinka up
Dentist
***Official FBG Dentist***
If Fed was found guilty of PEDs I'd strip him of his majors just like I'd do to Nadal.
My opinion of him would go from Tennis God to schlep just like with Lance Armstrong.
I"m an equal opportunity hater.
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