2017 Australian Open - Everyone is old and terrible

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Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

C h o k e d

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 12:33

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 03:26

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

oliwan posted:

The finals are nadal v Federer and Williams v Williams. Welcome to tyool 2002.

Yes several years before Nadal debuted and a year before Federer won a grand slam.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 13:15

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Schlesische posted:

It's a great narrative for a Slam final, but the Geriatric Final is going to be a 5 set win for Nadal.

I must be hallucinating but since when has a five set match between Federer and Nadal not gone down as an all time great match? Wimbledone 2008, Australian Open 2009 off the top of my head.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2017 16:56

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

So much bitterness in this thread for good tennis.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 11:11

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Well between the two of them Nadal's service game has gone to poo poo. Hope.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 12:43

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Nadal's first serve is so weak it couldn't break an egg.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 12:51

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

This is reminding me of Federer v Roddick.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 12:58

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Schlub Husband posted:

Pessimistic fucks the lot o' you

Ikr

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:00

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

ChaosReaper posted:

This match up always makes me pessimistic man.

No one enjoys being around a pessimist. Being a cynic is fine but pessimism is so dull.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:04

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Federer is clearly the better player currently.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:07

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:10

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

I am shocked Nadal returned that serve.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:11

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

DO IT DO IT

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:12

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Good loving work linesman

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:14

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

HE IS SO HAPPY

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:16

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Fed's celebration needs to be a gif

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:18

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Parsifal posted:

Haha gently caress all the "experts" in this thead who thought Roger would choke.

Ikr

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:20

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Federer now the second oldest grand slam winner ever

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:23

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Orkin Mang posted:

gandalf rules

To be fair the oldest is Ken Rosewall so Fed could beat that

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:27

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 13:37

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Schlesische posted:

I would have just said Federer has actually been playing relatively badly for 3-4 sets of every match and has been getting away with it because:
Nishikori = Bad Hip
Zverev = Bad player
Stan the Man = Bad Knee

If Nadal is fit and firing, Federer is screwed.

It's a great narrative for a Slam final, but the Geriatric Final is going to be a 5 set win for Nadal.

marsisol posted:

Lol if you think this is lasting longer than 2 hours.

Nadal wins 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 and tennis promptly dies.

Hortism posted:

Goddamit. But credit where credits due, that was some good rear end tennis. RIP Federer #18 I guess.

ChaosReaper posted:

Yea not sure I can watch another Fed rear end kicking from Nadal on Sunday.

ChaosReaper posted:

Well if this keeps up we're getting a Fedal final which means Federer is getting another rear end kicking. I don't really wanna drink that early on a Sunday so that'll be a hard match to watch.

Glare Seethe posted:

Yeah. Fed vs Rafa would just be sad to watch. I really have zero belief he could beat Nadal in a major final.

They're still playing but Wawrinka's been crap so far to be honest. Fed's doing enough without peaking. Would be a nice reversal of Wimbledon 2015 if he peaked for the final instead of the semi.

Mmmmmmm

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 14:02

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Most Grand Slam titles : 18, next are Sampras and Nadal with 14.
Most major tournament titles (Slams + Masters) : 24, next is Sampras with 19
Most grand slam finals : 28, next are Nadal and Djokovic with 21.
Most major tournament finals : 39, next is Lendl with 28.
Most AO finals : 6, tied with Djokovic.
Most Grand slam semi-finals : 41, next are Djokovic and Connors with 31.
Most AO semi-finals : 13, next is Edberg with 8.
Most Grand Slam quarter finals : 49, next is Connors with 41.
Most AO quarter finals : 13, next is Edberg with 10.
Most matches won on hard court : 675, next is Agassi with 612.
Most titles on hard court : 61, next is Djokovic with 51.
Most Grand Slam titles on hard court : 10, next is Djokovic with 8.
Most wins against top 10 players : 202, next is Djokovic with 180.
Oldest grand slam winner since 1974 : 35 years and 5 months. Next is Agassi with 32 years and 8 months at AO 2003.
Oldest grand slam finalist since 1974, next is Agassi with 35 years and 4 months at US Open 2005.
Most matches won in Grand slams : 307, next is Connors with 233.
Most matches won in the Australian Open : 85, next is Djokovic with 58.
Longest time between first and last grand slam titles (so far) : 13 years and a half. Next is Sampras with 12 years.
First to win 3 different slams at least 5 times. Nobody even won 3 different slams at least 3 times.
First to win 4 different major tournaments at least 5 times.
First to reach the at least 6 times the finals in 3 different grand slams. Lendl, Nadal and Djokovic have had 4 finals in 3 different slams. Note that Federer is at 5 finals in the French Open.
First player seeded #17 (or lower) to win a slam since Pete Sampras in US Open 2002.

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# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 14:19

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

monkeu posted:

Hmmmm seems like Rafa has beat him a lot more though still. Federer the greatest of all time except he lost most times he played this one dude

23-12

removing Clay, because Nadal is Clay God, the record is 10-10.

when the history is written Federer will always come out ahead because on top of everything else - he is simply the more beloved player

no matter how great Djoker or Nadal get they will never be as loved as Federer and when asomeone is referred to as the Greatest part of it is the human element

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 15:02

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 03:26

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

And always

more John McEnroe eating crow

�[Federer will] be a factor for as long as he steps on a court but to win 7 best of five set matches and against at least two of the top 3 guys, that�s going to be extremely difficult.

[�] I�d be surprised if he didn�t get to the quarters, semis and possibly the final of a Major before he quit.

To win one? I personally don�t see that. It doesn�t mean that it�s not going to happen. Maybe he can use that as motivation. I just don�t think that physically at this stage he is going to be able to overcome the hurdles of those younger, hungrier guys.�

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 15:15

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