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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Any time Nadal is on a court is my happy time.  
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,455
    Hi! said:
    Nadal is fun to watch. He is so finicky and really enjoys himself a fresh towel. 
    I just said this saturday night! you know it's going the distance when Nadal towels his head and pits after every rally! LOL
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  • Hi!
    Hi! Posts: 3,095
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Hi! said:
    Nadal is fun to watch. He is so finicky and really enjoys himself a fresh towel. 
    I just said this saturday night! you know it's going the distance when Nadal towels his head and pits after every rally! LOL
    Lol, save a towel for future generations. Jesus...


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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,455
    Hi! said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Hi! said:
    Nadal is fun to watch. He is so finicky and really enjoys himself a fresh towel. 
    I just said this saturday night! you know it's going the distance when Nadal towels his head and pits after every rally! LOL
    Lol, save a towel for future generations. Jesus...


    yeah, his superstition rituals are downright nutty. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    HesCalledDyer said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Bianca Andreescu wins the US open. First Canadian singles champion (male or female). She apologizes to the crowd for winning, knowing they were cheering for Serena. Serena later states “I love Bianca, I think she’s a great girl, but I think this is the worst match I’ve played all tournament. And it’s hard to know that you could do better,” she told reporters after the match. “It’s inexcusable for me to play at that level.”

    Sore loser in my opinion. In her mind she lost because she sucked, not because her opponent was better. That's not how you carry yourself at that level. 
    Exactly why I can't stand Serena. She has a track record of downplaying her opponent when she loses.  She got a beat down in straight sets by someone half her age and ten times more humble.  Someone who, despite winning her FIRST EVER Grand Slam tournament, being the FIRST EVER Canadian to win the US Open, and the FIRST EVER player born in the 2000's to win a GS - something she's dreamed of her entire life - apologizes to the crowd because they wanted her opponent to win over her.  Serena could take some lessons.
    Hell this was humble for Serena.

    Serena was also quoted at saying "look for her in the finals" meaning Andreescu so you do have that.

    Also Serena did play like crap.  First serve wasn't working.  Many unforced errors.  When she got it working late in the third set it was too little too late.

    Congrats to Bianca.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Ummm, serena gonna lose this?
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Yeeeeep
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Wow 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,264
    holy shit! osaka looked deader than dead in the first set.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    edited January 2022
    Great win by Ash Barty in the Oz open tonight. As an Aussie we’re so proud of her and all that she brings to the game. A real role model for all young sportspeople, not just tennis! 
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,790
    That was a great match. Coming back from 1-5 down to win the second set was awesome!
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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Watched it, good match! Keeping my fingers crossed for Nadal tomorrow :)
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    He‘s really done it 🤯😃
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Pretty amazing and another great match.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,264
    shoulda set my alarm. amazing the “old guy” was the one to come from two sets down.

    the time difference makes the AO really hard to watch.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,790
    Even living in Australia, finishing after 1am makes it hard to watch!
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    Congrats to Iga Swiatek (fellow Pearl Jam fan) on winning the French Open.

    Also to Nadal for winning although his best match was against Djokivic in the quarters.
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  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    Pistol Pete was my favorite player growing up - he has 14 career grand slam titles. Rafa has 14 French open titles. Jesus.

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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    nautical_disaster said:
    Pistol Pete was my favorite player growing up - he has 14 career grand slam titles. Rafa has 14 French open titles. Jesus.
    It really is extraordinary!!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,255
    In some respects the younger generation should be embarrassed that they still can't take down the old guard, but those three were just so damn amazing.  

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