Brian Baker's great comeback!

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Give this a read guys, its a touching story for someone who has suffered a lot of hardships.
Wishing him luck at RG and in the future. GO BRIAN!

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/05/18/Roland-Garros-Brian-Baker-Earns-USTA-Wild-Card.aspx

Baker loses the first set 6-3
perhaps today was a step far but boi has he showed tenacity and spirit to come back from the jaws of defeat this week.

One last push brian!!!!

saves a break point at 4-1 down followed by a great angled point to get to game point what a trooper

Wrong scoreline. Good run Brian. RG awaits.

Brian has jumped 83 places to be 133. RG may help his ranking quite a bit.

Good run by BB...but h ran into a proper clay juggernaut in th final...I fancy Almagro to get to the quarters a bit further north in France.
Haddie, Big Al isn't far from your neck of woods you know (Murcia).

What a sensational week, huge let down potential for RG though.

he has a tough match against malisse who isn't bad on clay but hasn;t had a particularly strong showing in his two past RG's and yet he still won a match each time so unfortunately i hope BB disappoints him further here!
GO BB!

So what are Brian Bakers prospects of making it into the top twenty by next year?

if he wins RG yes

If he wins the next three slams I think he can get to number one.
Luckily fognini isn't in his side of the draw so his path is clear, for now anyway...

Up a set on Malisse.

Wins second set on a tie-breaker 7-1, Baker leading two sets to love.

TB. He should close it here. MB. 2-0.

4-2. 3 more points.

FH error from Malisse. Baker wins.

GSM!!

Just managed to catch the last few points thanks to this thread alerting me....the great story continues.

My interest in tennis has been waning a little, and I have for some time been looking to transfer my allegiance from Mr Murray to some penniless, up and coming prospect. Maybe Mr Baker is that person.

Luv dis guy hes such a great sport!
see what i did there? yeah and what?

so happy for BB though like you say HB it just keeps on getting better!

Tommy Haas is the real comeback kid today!

Move over BB!!

Hoorah for Brian! Next up: Simon, hmm dilemma, I quite like Simon.

Who do you think'll win? Simon might be a step too far, he's a good returner, and mover and not afraid to rally.

I predicted Simon would make it to the Quarter-final. But I think I would prefer Baker to win and go further. I wonder whether Baker will qualify directly into the main Wimbledon draw - I don't think so. Maybe he will get a wild-card into Wimbledon, otherwise he will have to go through the qualifiers.

He can make Simon work, like Harrison (another American did ).

Oh he'll definitely make him work, he hasn't come back from injury after so many years for nothing, and Simon is usually a slow started too. But somehow, I think Simon will pull through.

Nice little interview-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea48puMbZHM&feature=related

legendkillarV2 wrote:Tommy Haas is the real comeback kid today!

Move over BB!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6aS72qqe9c

in this instance you're brian.

LuvSports! wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:Tommy Haas is the real comeback kid today!

Move over BB!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6aS72qqe9c

in this instance you're brian.

Quality

ahh you're a good sport LK
seems like you're a smart fella too!

.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8vNHQvviw

tehe last one

Another classic clip

I like the butt scratcher!

It is good to have a sense of humour on the boards

hehe ta boss. good to see the spirit of family guy lives on throughout these boards!

butt scratcher you say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P33KxKeRnxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NW5qFoqqHs&feature=related

Butt scratcher!

buttt scccrraaaattttheeerrrrrrr

Butt Scratcherrrrrrrrrrrrr

Your man is up soon according to my favourite correspondent on the BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtrD5j-O8co

I think this is what BB needs to do to win!

interesting tactic lk good to see the family guy flows through you

simon breaks and is serving at 5-4 for the first set

Or maybe Fed can run around in circles flapping his arms chicken-style on centre court whilst shouting "Bird, bird, bird....bird is the word!".

huh thats odd, i thought that would be big news.
There seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece, a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain aviary variety.

Oh have you not heard? it was my understanding that everyone had heard.

A WELLA BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD A WELLLAA BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORDDDDD
DONT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIRD? EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS THE WORD!
surrfffingggggg birrrrddddd! blalladshjfahajgsafkhfhfjfkfk blalaaaaddd

baaabbaaa oohhhh mow mowww babaaahh oohhhh mow mow mowwww

lol...that original 1963 music video still makes me laugh everytime (even before the Family Guy sketch did). The abstract thought of Federer doing it on Phillipe Chatrier is somewhat amusing too - it would beat Guga's drawn heart into the clay hands down.

fantastic effort from baker to come back after surrendering that 3rd set lead but to come back and win the tiebreak, great stuff!
He's great great touch, finesse and variety for a big man come on BB!

i dont even care that its just me commenting on my thread, cos im a G init.
BB breaks in the 4th to lead 3-0 we have a match here folks, stay tuned luvsports you're da only man out there give it to em!

LuvSports! wrote:i dont even care that its just me commenting on my thread, cos im a G init.
BB breaks in the 4th to lead 3-0 we have a match here folks, stay tuned luvsports you're da only man out there give it to em!

You're not the only one LuSports

I can see why Brian Baker was considered a great talent when he burst on the scene. His years away from the main tour have shown his rustiness, but his comeback shows his class.

If Simon can calm down, then I would give him slight edge as he is serving first in this set.

good to hear it bud, i think you may be right specio as hes a break down

Baker's years away from the tour was evident in that last point in his first service game...

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-06-20/201206201340217182919.html

good work lf ata boi brian!!!

the guy goes from strength to strength!
hope he gets a gd first round draw!

what a comeback it has been from when i made this thread!
way up into the top 100 and surely will keep on rising
fantastic stuff BB!!!!!

so sad to hear about BB sustaining a knee injury after winning the first set against querrey

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2263152/Australian-Open-2013-Brian-Baker-wheelchair-court.html

GET BETTER SOON BB!!!!

You should be studying!!!

haha i have done a good mornings work thanks!

This is really sad to hear and this must make him the unluckiest tennis player of all time. I don't want to see the guy retire because of injuries of course and he's a wonderful story of what hard work and willpower can achieve, but maybe it's better for him to walk away from tennis whilst he can still actually walk?