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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    This is good for Rafa I think. He may come out fighting....getting focused.

    Vamos Rafa!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    I can't believe they are playing at this level still. Amazing.
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Suziemay wrote:
    I can't believe they are playing at this level still. Amazing.


    I've been yelling at my tv since the second set!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Just gone past midnight here... I have to be up at 6.30 for my first day of work this year... Want it to end, want it to continue...

    Can't help but admire Nadal's fight and Djockovic skill
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    I can't believe they are playing at this level still. Amazing.


    I've been yelling at my tv since the second set!
    :lol::lol: Me too, after I stopped yelling at myself for oversleeping.

    Cmon, take this to 5! They both seem to still have it in them. Please please please.
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Rafa's slice backhands make me very very very nervous
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Yes!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    YEEEAAAAHHH!!!! Good, now I can go pee :lol::lol:
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Wow... I jumped in for a quick shower in the rain delay... came back just in time...

    What about the emotion from Nadal.. Awesome....
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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    yesss 8-)

    late start for work...
    wah
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    This match would be over by now if Novak didn't bounce the ball 100 times every time he served...
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    Melbourne 24/01/2014
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    pjfan31 wrote:
    This match would be over by now if Novak didn't bounce the ball 100 times every time he served...
    Aw, I don't think he's been bad at all, he used to do it so much more so I guess I don't notice when he goes a bit longer.

    I hope this doesn't come down to fitness. It would be a shame, they have both played soo well.
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Is it me or is the chair umpire's name Gonorrhea? That's what I keep hearing the commentators say. :lol::lol:
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Suziemay wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    This match would be over by now if Novak didn't bounce the ball 100 times every time he served...
    Aw, I don't think he's been bad at all, he used to do it so much more so I guess I don't notice when he goes a bit longer.

    I hope this doesn't come down to fitness. It would be a shame, they have both played soo well.


    AS much as I want it to go on and on and on... I gotta go to bed...

    5 hours 45 mins till wake up time...
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    Melbourne 24/01/2014
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Suziemay wrote:
    Is it me or is the chair umpire's name Gonorrhea? That's what I keep hearing the commentators say. :lol::lol:


    I think it is Jose Pascal Maria or something like that...
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Great match, good night
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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    what a bummer
    Happy to see Novak is still such an asshole.....

    Nadal did great. Novak out played him in so many ways, but he just kept plugging along and never gave up.

    Glad it went to a 5th.
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    Is it me or is the chair umpire's name Gonorrhea? That's what I keep hearing the commentators say. :lol::lol:
    I think it is Jose Pascal Maria or something like that...
    :oops: :oops: You're right. Thank god! I think I need to dig out my ears.

    WOW. No words. Sprunkn7, I know Novak has that asshole-y reputation but frankly I didn't think I saw any of that tonight. Just sheer guts and determination and emotion from both guys. Epic.
  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    that was incredible....glad I had an insomnia night to watch :)
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    went to sleep after 2am, i was up at 6.30am for work!
    glad i stayed up and watched!
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    vedder_soup wrote:
    went to sleep after 2am, i was up at 6.30am for work!
    glad i stayed up and watched!


    Haha... Exactly the same as me....

    Worth every moment and I am surprisingly in good form...
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    Sydney 22/11/2009
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    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Suziemay wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    Is it me or is the chair umpire's name Gonorrhea? That's what I keep hearing the commentators say. :lol::lol:
    I think it is Jose Pascal Maria or something like that...
    :oops: :oops: You're right. Thank god! I think I need to dig out my ears.

    WOW. No words. Sprunkn7, I know Novak has that asshole-y reputation but frankly I didn't think I saw any of that tonight. Just sheer guts and determination and emotion from both guys. Epic.

    Maybe I'm just bitter! Haha, well, IMO Rafa played a great game too. Not his best, but I'm glad he stuck it out and didn't give up.

    Till the next tennis tourny!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Well as the commentators here were saying Jim Courier and Lleyton Hewitt that his natural forehand has top spin on it which Novak is the only guy in the world who just eats those shots up...

    So when Nadal hit them flat he gave him a good run which he was doing more towards the end of the 4th set and into the 5th...
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    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I think it is Jose Pascal Maria or something like that...
    :oops: :oops: You're right. Thank god! I think I need to dig out my ears.

    WOW. No words. Sprunkn7, I know Novak has that asshole-y reputation but frankly I didn't think I saw any of that tonight. Just sheer guts and determination and emotion from both guys. Epic.

    Maybe I'm just bitter! Haha, well, IMO Rafa played a great game too. Not his best, but I'm glad he stuck it out and didn't give up.

    Till the next tennis tourny!
    :D Yeah, he does come across arrogant sometimes, I've heard he's an ass but I don't follow him enough to know much. Didn't realize that his parents don't follow him on tour anymore, I thought they were normally at every game.

    Still in awe of today's performance! Hilarious when they were both squirming during the awards ceremony. Thank goodness they finally brought chairs out for them. At one point I think Rafa reached down to adjust his junk, he was probably like fuck this, I've been playing for almost 6 hours and I didn't even win and now I have to stand here and smile. If I need to adjust myself I'm gonna do it.

    Definitely see the mutual respect they have for each other. They probably played that well because of who was across the net. Rafa was so gracious too, I don't know if I would have been able to compose myself after that battle.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    How awesome was the guy from Kia's speech... haha... Just watched it again...
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    pjfan31 wrote:
    How awesome was the guy from Kia's speech... haha... Just watched it again...
    I feel bad, I think people had trouble understanding him. I think he didn't get the response he was expecting, there were clearly planned pauses for applauses and people didn't know they were supposed to clap :lol::lol: It was about then that Rafa and Novak started fidgeting and at one point they were both bent over stretching their legs out :D
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    yes, saw him, he was definitely adjusting his junk!

    Happy for the chairs too. I was surprised Novaks parents were absent. Seems they said he is now "the boss" and wants his girl there. So good for him in that respect. I don't like to NOT like somebody! I just can not get over his past behavior.
    Rafa's girlfriend also has the entourage to deal with I'm afraid....She seems sweet, and to have to deal with an OCD like him! She must be a saint!
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    Rafa's girlfriend also has the entourage to deal with I'm afraid....She seems sweet, and to have to deal with an OCD like him! She must be a saint!
    There's that, and there's also this:
    rafael-nadal-shirtless-in-beach-.jpg
    I realize that is completely shallow :lol::lol: Oh and he seems like a nice guy.
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Suziemay wrote:
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    Rafa's girlfriend also has the entourage to deal with I'm afraid....She seems sweet, and to have to deal with an OCD like him! She must be a saint!
    There's that, and there's also this:
    rafael-nadal-shirtless-in-beach-.jpg
    I realize that is completely shallow :lol::lol: Oh and he seems like a nice guy.

    Meow....
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    I could not watch it as I had to get up at 6am for work.
    Watched until 11:30pm then hit the sack.
    Stupid scheduling by the organisers, first day of the school year for many and many people returning to work.
    Wish I could have watched this epic in its entirety.
    Why they couldn't have the women's final at let's say 4pm then the mens final afterwards in the evening on a SAT night is beyond me.
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