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Australian Open Day 10-14 - Djokurray! And others! :P
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Also not Berdych's biggest fan, but I do like him, and he's a watch connoisseur, I'm an amateur watch maker... Gotta support the market!
Also not Berdych's biggest fan, but I do like him, and he's a watch connoisseur, I'm an amateur watch maker... Gotta support the market!
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It Must Be Love wrote:Hmm, this gets on my nerves.emancipator wrote:
It just shows how much the tour has weakened over the last couple of years. Djokovic has reached the semi without playing anywhere near his best tennis, and he hadn't even dropped a set.
Not that I think somehow the tour is extremely strong. I remember writing a PM to Socal in late 2013 saying that the tour at the top is going to get weaker within the next few years, and a few years on I stand by that. If you don't believe me, Socal can vouch for me saying that.
But when I made the point that the level of play at the tour can fluctuate, it was dismissed as 'era talk' which is by default 'nonsensical'. I remember Bogbrush talking about how the ranking points all had up to the same thing every year.
It's so hypocritical on the one hand to say that the difficulty of the tour fluctuating is nonsensical in one circumstance, but then when it suits you to say exactly the opposite. I do think btw, that the tour is not as strong as it was half a decade or so ago.
Why are you directing this crap at me? I've never denied that the level of the tour fluctuates - it's a pretty obvious statement. I never get involved in these crappy era debates so you'd be better off directing those comments at someone who actually gets involved in those discussions.
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Socal can vouch?
Joke of the year IMBL![Laugh](/users/3014/26/22/82/smiles/810156456.jpg)
Joke of the year IMBL
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Fak sake, 2:1 for eary guy.
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You never get involved ? Hah !emancipator wrote:
Why are you directing this crap at me? I've never denied that the level of the tour fluctuates - it's a pretty obvious statement. I never get involved in these crappy era debates so you'd be better off directing those comments at someone who actually gets involved in those discussions.
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Both players have looked quite off compared to their best.. Except for a couple of times.
Novak gets the set donated to him, probably the worst set either have played
Novak gets the set donated to him, probably the worst set either have played
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That was always coming.
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Crush time now, up it up Stannnnnnn
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This is a match that makes no sense when you only have the feeds and match stats to watch.
How on earth is Novak 2-1 up?
Ah, I see. Stan made 21 unforced errors in that set.
How on earth is Novak 2-1 up?
Ah, I see. Stan made 21 unforced errors in that set.
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It Must Be Love wrote:You never get involved ? Hah !emancipator wrote:
Why are you directing this crap at me? I've never denied that the level of the tour fluctuates - it's a pretty obvious statement. I never get involved in these crappy era debates so you'd be better off directing those comments at someone who actually gets involved in those discussions.
You're the one obsessed with this stuff, writing reams of incoherent rubbish that no one bothers to read!
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Pretty sad that third set. Stan claws back from 0-3 and BP down only to throw it away from 40-15 up.
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Would it be fair to say that Murray is the favourite in the final, whichever of these two gets there?
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The irony...emancipator wrote:
You're the one obsessed with this stuff, writing reams of incoherent rubbish that no one bothers to read!
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Unpredictable nature of Stan. From brilliant to ineptsummerblues wrote:Pretty sad that third set. Stan claws back from 0-3 and BP down only to throw it away from 40-15 up.
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Djokovic pushing the ball in waiting for errors.
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Positives for Stan - He's broken Djoker and had a few break points, so he's creating chances.
Negatives for Stan - He's being mercurial to a fault
Negatives for Stan - He's being mercurial to a fault
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IMBL, Emancipator, cut the cr**, take the spat to PM if you must.
Stans goose looking particularly crispy right now
Stans goose looking particularly crispy right now
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Uh... a bit like that
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Break for Novak, Stan isn't getting many cheap points on serve..
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Awful game from Djokovic. A comedy of errors.
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Wow, dreadful, Novaks just turned the oven off on Stans goose. Flaky to say the least
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And like that. Wawrinka breaks. Djokovic's serve is shot to pieces at the moment. Only broken once all tournament... Wawrinka is breaking at will, and Wawrinka isn't really that good a returner
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Going by current form, Murray's gotta be favourite whoever gets through from this match!
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This Novak looks eminently beatable, yet Stan is a set down and barely hanging in the fourth.
,,,and I woke up for this at 3:30am.
,,,and I woke up for this at 3:30am.
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Wow, what a volley, watch him double fault the game away now...
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Its not often you hear Novak needing to up his game for a final.emancipator wrote:Going by current form, Murray's gotta be favourite whoever gets through from this match!
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Say it with me
WTA!
WTA!
WTA!
WTA!
WTA!
WTA!
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I don't think I've seen Djokovic play so tentatively in years. He's not going for anything, just content to push the ball back in and wait for errors - which Stan is obliging with.
If can Stan find some consistency this match is his to lose.
If can Stan find some consistency this match is his to lose.
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temporary21 wrote:Its not often you hear Novak needing to up his game for a final.emancipator wrote:Going by current form, Murray's gotta be favourite whoever gets through from this match!
Yeah, maybe it's just this matchup with Stan that makes him nervous, but he's definitely been way below par so far.
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It's like Bambi on Ice. Just go for it one of you!
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He had to for Wimbledon, and did so.temporary21 wrote:Its not often you hear Novak needing to up his game for a final.emancipator wrote:Going by current form, Murray's gotta be favourite whoever gets through from this match!
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It Must Be Love wrote:He had to for Wimbledon, and did so.temporary21 wrote:Its not often you hear Novak needing to up his game for a final.emancipator wrote:Going by current form, Murray's gotta be favourite whoever gets through from this match!
You're right. He was pretty tentative in the preceding rounds but nailed in for the final.
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He played about equally well in the SF and F at Wimbledon. He certainly did not look this bad there.It Must Be Love wrote:He had to for Wimbledon, and did so.
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OK, this is late because I'm just catching up on events after a meeting... but Novak broke and immediately conceded serve again?
This is pitiful.
This is pitiful.
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Sometimes watching two thoroughbreds scratch and claw their way out of a ditch is more entertaining than watching them race
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Pitty or not, he is winning.
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If you say so.kingraf wrote:Sometimes watching two thoroughbreds scratch and claw their way out of a ditch is more entertaining than watching them race
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kingraf wrote:Sometimes watching two thoroughbreds scratch and claw their way out of a ditch is more entertaining than watching them race
Only if they are ladies.
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Break him... now!!
Please
Please
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Break him nowwww Staannnnn
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No way !!summerblues wrote:He played about equally well in the SF and F at Wimbledon. He certainly did not look this bad there.It Must Be Love wrote:He had to for Wimbledon, and did so.
He was all over the place against Dimitrov. He was extremely lucky Dimitrov kept randomly coming up with these horror service games (I think there were a few with multiple double faults), or he would been in big trouble in every set. In the rallies Djokovic was dealing with the slice really poorly. Dimitrov had a few set points to make it 2 sets all, but he blinked while Djokovic went to the net on some pretty risky approaches; and it only just about paid off.
Djokovic Federer was a lot different, Federer's forehand was a bit off but Djokovic did really well to control the baseline rallies. If not for Federer's great serving and super grit in the 4th set, it may not have even gone to 5 sets.
That's the sort of improvement Djokovic will need to make if he has to beat Murray.
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Ok Novak, the courts THAT way...
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A break doesn't mean anything in this match really
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I thought Dimitrov played exceptionally well in that semi final, and deserved at least a fifth set. Just because Djokovic didn't look great, doesn't mean he wasn't, Dimi was on flames that day
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What a shocker; four UE's to give the break away.
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