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    The fat lady is warming up

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      Djoker gone. The comms said the Korean kid has never made the semis of a senior men's tour event. QF of a GS is a solid start

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        @canefan

        Fark this Chung is like a Korean version of Djokovic. Awesome defensive player.

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        @rancid-schnitzel said in Tennis:

        @canefan

        Fark this Chung is like a Korean version of Djokovic. Awesome defensive player.

        RS, in the post match interview he said he modelled his game on his idol, Djokovic. You called it

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          We better have a whip round to help Novak with some $$$.
          His pay packet is going to be a little short this week.

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            Watched the final set of the Halep v Kerber SF. Great power hitting from the women. Cilic is battling Ryan Reynolds clone Brit Edmund who looks a good young talent. Meanwhile Rocky's squash buddy Cheong makes it to the SF vs Federer. If he can keep his composure and keep Roger hitting lots of backhands who knows? This is a golden opportunity for Federer to snatch another GS title

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            • canefanC canefan

              Watched the final set of the Halep v Kerber SF. Great power hitting from the women. Cilic is battling Ryan Reynolds clone Brit Edmund who looks a good young talent. Meanwhile Rocky's squash buddy Cheong makes it to the SF vs Federer. If he can keep his composure and keep Roger hitting lots of backhands who knows? This is a golden opportunity for Federer to snatch another GS title

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              @canefan Should really be a walk in the park for Roger - he couldn't hope for an easier line-up than Berdych, Chung, Cilic (or Edmunds).

              I was flicking between the cricket and tennis watching Halep v Kerber. Just sheer grit got Halep through.

              Hard to pick a winner between her and Wozniacki - neither has won a Slam tournament before and both have been losing finalists twice. Both a bit susceptible to a choke.

              Wosniacki ahead in the head to head 4-2 and won the most recent meetings, but I'm slightly inclined to think Halep might just edge this.

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                Federer is a fucking marvel. 15 years after his first GS his body is still good enought to outlast the other "greats" and his game is still good enough to beat everyone else.

                Finding it a bit churlish to find him being called lucky in this tournament because his contemporaries aren't in good enough shape to get through.

                GOATiest of GOATs

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                  Federer is a fucking marvel. 15 years after his first GS his body is still good enought to outlast the other "greats" and his game is still good enough to beat everyone else.

                  Finding it a bit churlish to find him being called lucky in this tournament because his contemporaries aren't in good enough shape to get through.

                  GOATiest of GOATs

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                  @mariner4life Fed's game is so good since his comeback he'd have every chance even against a fit Novak or Rafa. Murray hahaha

                  As has been said - Federer's unlucky he came up against Rafa or he'd have ruled Paris for 5 years too.

                  Countering that there are a shed load of historically really good players "unlucky" that their careers coincided with Federer's

                  He is in his 21st year as a pro FFS He broke through by beating Sampras! at Wimbledon. He was 4th at the SYDNEY olympics

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                    @mariner4life @dogmeat and he's not a dickhead!!

                    I loved watching the match against the frenchman I think in maybe the quarters? Both had one handed backhands.... the way it should be!!

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                      @mariner4life Fed's game is so good since his comeback he'd have every chance even against a fit Novak or Rafa. Murray hahaha

                      As has been said - Federer's unlucky he came up against Rafa or he'd have ruled Paris for 5 years too.

                      Countering that there are a shed load of historically really good players "unlucky" that their careers coincided with Federer's

                      He is in his 21st year as a pro FFS He broke through by beating Sampras! at Wimbledon. He was 4th at the SYDNEY olympics

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                      @dogmeat said in Tennis:

                      He is in his 21st year as a pro FFS He broke through by beating Sampras! at Wimbledon. He was 4th at the SYDNEY olympics

                      And played in the 2000 Heineken Open as an 18 yr old, losing in the 1st round.

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                        @dogmeat said in Tennis:

                        He is in his 21st year as a pro FFS He broke through by beating Sampras! at Wimbledon. He was 4th at the SYDNEY olympics

                        And played in the 2000 Heineken Open as an 18 yr old, losing in the 1st round.

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                        @bovidae

                        And on a back court, too!

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                          Current ranking points:

                          1. Nadal 10,600

                          2. Federer 9,605

                          3. Dimitrov 4,990

                          Those two are just miles ahead.

                          Rafa is going to shed quite a bucketload, for having to pull out in the quarters compared with being a losing finalist last year. If Roger wins, he'll still be a few hundred points behind, but if Rafa is out injured for any significant period of time, Rog will be back at number one.

                          Notably, Roger has all those points (relative to the young guns) despite skipping the clay court season last year!

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                            Watched the final set of the Halep v Kerber SF. Great power hitting from the women. Cilic is battling Ryan Reynolds clone Brit Edmund who looks a good young talent. Meanwhile Rocky's squash buddy Cheong makes it to the SF vs Federer. If he can keep his composure and keep Roger hitting lots of backhands who knows? This is a golden opportunity for Federer to snatch another GS title

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                            @canefan said in Tennis:

                            Watched the final set of the Halep v Kerber SF. Great power hitting from the women. Cilic is battling Ryan Reynolds clone Brit Edmund who looks a good young talent. Meanwhile Rocky's squash buddy Cheong Billy Jean King makes it to the SF vs Federer. If he can keep his composure and keep Roger hitting lots of backhands who knows? This is a golden opportunity for Federer to snatch another GS title

                            All this talk about Federer's longevity how good is Billy Jean to compete against the blokes at her age? Bobby Riggs ... pffft ...

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                              It's a rainy evening in Melbourne but the Fed Express is already rolling

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                                Chung has the trainers working on his feet down two breaks in the second set. Roger is deciding what time to book for dinner

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                                  Chung pulls the pin. Roger will meet Cilic in the final

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                                    I missed half of the 1st set watching the NZ sevens team. :rolling_eyes:

                                    Oh well, a training session for Roger.

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                                      Roger would have been thinking he was in the first round again!

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                                        Wozniacki takes the lively first set in a tie break. Looks like she's making a point of attacking more than I've seen her before

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                                          Wow. Halep looked done. Injury timeout, limping, I'm not sure if it was Halep's stand and deliver tactics or Wozniacki's lack of aggression but she wins the second set.

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