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Is this going to a third set, Serena is just giving this away Or not.
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Kilmers Elbow posted:Women's tennis is terrible. Except when it gets awesome. 
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Jul 11, 2015 15:31
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Jul 11, 2015 15:36
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Jul 11, 2015 15:37
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Serena's still on course to doing the first calendar year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf... 
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Jul 11, 2015 15:39
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goddam that match sucked.
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Jul 11, 2015 15:43
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Never any doubt Serena was going to win after beating Azarenka.Diet Crack posted:Not that it has any bearing on the match or tennis whatsoever (take note media), Muguruza is good lookin. Far more than Sharapova in my eyes, and she's the one who gets all the attention? Well Sharapova has won all the slams for one thing but I agree with the rest. After Muguruza beat Serena last year I expected to see more of her.
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Jul 11, 2015 15:43
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So 3 more grand slams and Serena can overtake Court. Hope she does it, since Court has turned out to be a religious nut.
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Jul 11, 2015 15:47
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God drat Serena is the best
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Jul 11, 2015 15:53
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Sodium Chloride posted:Well Sharapova has won all the slams for one thing but I agree with the rest. After Muguruza beat Serena last year I expected to see more of her. Won't be long IMO before Muguruza has slams to her name. Shitload of resilience for someone that young.
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Jul 11, 2015 16:01
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Eltoasto posted:So 3 more grand slams and Serena can overtake Court. Hope she does it, since Court has turned out to be a religious nut. Actually, 4 slams (3 is to tie her) and  .
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Jul 11, 2015 16:03
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zakharov posted:God drat Serena is the best Yeah, she's great. I hope she crushes the US Open and gets the Grand Slam.
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Jul 11, 2015 16:05
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Now here's hoping Federer can pull it off tomorrow
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Jul 11, 2015 16:06
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Jack's Flow posted:Yeah, she's great. I hope she crushes the US Open and gets the Grand Slam. zakharov posted:God drat Serena is the best Eltoasto posted:So 3 more grand slams and Serena can overtake Court. Hope she does it, since Court has turned out to be a religious nut.
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Jul 11, 2015 18:46
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On the other hand, she's cool and I hope she wins all the slams
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Jul 11, 2015 18:48
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:She's a roided up freak preying on the worst competition of the Open era. I hope her body collapses soon. I am sure that a player who moved to play in Spain had access to a higher quantity and quality of PEDs (I actually like Muguruza but am still bitter over the semis) CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Jul 11, 2015 18:53
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:She's a roided up freak preying on the worst competition of the Open era. I hope her body collapses soon. https://twitter.com/TheCauldron/status/617036306871382020
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Jul 11, 2015 18:56
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Ross Angeles posted:On the other hand, she's cool and I hope she wins all the slams She's a terrible sport with a graceless style of play who threatens line judges, harasses umpires, and has dominated women's tennis in an era of very poor competition. Why anyone likes her is beyond me.
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Jul 11, 2015 18:57
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Tacier posted:She's a terrible sport with a graceless style of play who threatens line judges, harasses umpires, and has dominated women's tennis in an era of very poor competition. Why anyone likes her is beyond me. What is "graceless" about it?
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Jul 11, 2015 19:00
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Tacier posted:She's a terrible sport with a graceless style of play who threatens line judges, harasses umpires, and has dominated women's tennis in an era of very poor competition. Why anyone likes her is beyond me. Because she's really good at tennis. Are we blaming Serena for everyone else not being good enough now?
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Jul 11, 2015 19:07
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If someone wants to pretend she's not an all-time top talent because this era sucks then maybe you should stop bullying them? The way Serena bullies her opponents; without grace.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:12
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:What is "graceless" about it? she's black
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Jul 11, 2015 19:13
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I don't hate Serena at all, I just like rooting for someone else to win for a change. Venus on the other hand..
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Jul 11, 2015 19:17
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zakharov posted:she's black And not a true champion like, say, John McEnroe who threatened line judges and harassed umpires all day long. But, you see, it was ok back then because
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Jul 11, 2015 19:59
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Jack's Flow posted:And not a true champion like, say, John McEnroe who threatened line judges and harassed umpires all day long. But, you see, it was ok back then because Cavauro posted:If someone wants to pretend she's not an all-time top talent because this era sucks then maybe you should stop bullying them? The way Serena bullies her opponents; without grace. I have similar thoughts about Graf, because a big part of her argument is the 22 titles, but in the early 90's Seles was taking over and looked like the dominant player of the decade, winning 8 of the previous 12 majors while Graf was winning 1 a year. Anyways, Seles got stabbed, Graf won 10 of the next 15 and Graf became 'the best player of all time'. Serena is like Graf if Seles never even existed. In the mid 2000's she was losing out to Henin a lot, then she had a baby, fought with her husband a lot and retired. Now we're in the age where Wozniacki was the world #1 for 2 years in a row, where the 2nd best player is an older Sharapova with a permanently busted shoulder, Francesca Sciavone won a major and we're talking outselves into Bouchard, Halep and Safarova because who the hell else is there. It'd be insane to just shrug that off. Even if we pretend that Serena isn't roided to the gills it's still a little embarassing that she's more dominant than ever at age 34 in a sport where you used to peak at 21.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:30
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I am super into this women's doubles final
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Jul 11, 2015 20:35
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Is a 33 year old Serena winning titles and being number 1 more or less embarrassing than a 33 year old Federer winning titles and being number 2
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Jul 11, 2015 20:41
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Is a 33 year old Serena winning titles and being number 1 more or less embarrassing than a 33 year old Federer winning titles and being number 2 But there are other good male tennis players so it's okay somehow
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Jul 11, 2015 20:45
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Jul 11, 2015 20:52
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McEnroe was absolutely an rear end in a top hat but I don't recall him being on camera saying "I'll loving kill you" to a an ump/lines person like Serena was after a questionable call.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:58
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Jack's Flow posted:Correct. And he's still one of the most popular dudes from his generation. Somehow being an rear end in a top hat didn't seem to turn people against him. Serena is widely regarded as a great role model and sportswoman in a way McEnroe never was. McEnroe became much more likeable after he stopped playing, but his dumb histrionics got on a lot of peoples' nerves during his career.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:59
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Mastigophoran posted:I am super into this women's doubles final Yeah it's been great. Great comeback from Mirza/Hingis. Doubles still weirds me out since I don't watch it often, though. It's such a completely different beast.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:59
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Jack's Flow posted:Correct. And he's still one of the most popular dudes from his generation. Somehow being an rear end in a top hat didn't seem to turn people against him. CharlieFoxtrot posted:Is a 33 year old Serena winning titles and being number 1 more or less embarrassing than a 33 year old Federer winning titles and being number 2 Ross Angeles posted:But there are other good male tennis players so it's okay somehow
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Jul 11, 2015 21:05
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Tacier posted:Serena is widely regarded as a great role model and sportswoman in a way McEnroe never was. McEnroe became much more likeable after he stopped playing, but his dumb histrionics got on a lot of peoples' nerves during his career.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:30
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Josh Lyman posted:The only people I know who like Serena are either black mainstream sports writers (who don't know much about tennis) or people who have a vested interest in American women's tennis. She's hugely popular across a wide demographic and you don't have to look hard to find publications proclaimng her the greatest American athlete of our time.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:45
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Glare Seethe posted:Yeah it's been great. Great comeback from Mirza/Hingis. That was the final I've been waiting for all day. A good doubles match is the really up there with the best tennis you can get, imo; much like any tennis match they can sometimes go out with a putter rather than a bang, so, it's easy to see a few doubles matches and end up feeling a bit whatever about them, but think about how many dull singles matches you've seen. Speaking of doubles, I tuned in to some of this morning's senior invitational doubles (staring among others, Mansour Bahrami) with a friend and it didn't seem like something she had ever seen before and didn't really grasp the idea of the rules sort of being surplus to requirement. Noting that, from 11:30 am tomorrow, Ivanisevic & Ljubicic will be
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Jul 11, 2015 21:51
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Tacier posted:
lebron james would murder her with a "slam dunk"
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Jul 11, 2015 22:03
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I honestly would love to see Alternate Universe Lebron Who Went Into Tennis murder most of the ATP tour, actually
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Jul 11, 2015 22:09
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I honestly would love to see Alternate Universe Lebron Who Went Into Tennis murder most of the ATP tour, actually His serves would average 150 and he would probably smack a forehand so hard it knocks the racquet out of the hand of whatever fool tried to serve and volley him. It'd be glorious.
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:Federer is absolutely not having the best year of his career. He looks like an older version of the guy who was formerly an all time great. maybe the top players on the women's tour should do more drugs
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