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re: The Unofficial 2015 French Open Thread

Posted on 5/27/15 at 9:20 am to
Posted by emanresu
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 9:20 am to
Querrey still stinking it up in big tournaments. I think his best is behind him.
Posted by deathvalleyjunkie
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:57 am to
Why is this not on ESPN 2?
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:59 am to
They are only broadcasting 5:00-10:00 eastern this week. Tennis Channel has the rest. Seems like an uneventful day. That Lucic chick who peaked in like 2000 took out Halep.
Posted by deathvalleyjunkie
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 12:33 pm to
So will ESPN 2 have it next week?
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 12:40 pm to
It kind of skips all around next week.
TV Schedule.
This post was edited on 5/27/15 at 12:40 pm
Posted by barry
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:11 pm to
Live update from Roland Garros

Overall very well run event. Spent the day at Philippe. Crowd for Nishikori sucked, Monfils was way better(no surprise). Weather is fantastic. Will be going between Philippe and Suzanne to watch Nadal, Djok, and Murray.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:13 pm to
You're ballin' if you can shuttle between the two main show courts. You probably saw it already, but the Babolat RG lab with the stringers is pretty cool. The venue isn't that big, so it's hard to miss anything.
This post was edited on 5/27/15 at 1:15 pm
Posted by barry
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:28 pm to
That's the only bad thing, if you want to see the top seeds in earlier rounds, you almost have to buy both because it's a crapshoot. I wanted to see Isner bomb some serves but he'll be on No. 1
Posted by SystemsGo
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 4:07 am to
Djokovic is 180-1 against Muller.

I'm not making that up.
Posted by UltimateHog
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 5:35 am to
That Kuznetsova opening set holy shite, hour and a half opening set Kuz takes it 7-6 (13-11).
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 5:36 am
Posted by FootballNostradamus
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:12 am to
So would Rafa and Djoker meet next round or the round after?
Posted by UltimateHog
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:15 am to
Neither, round after round after, 5th round/Quarters.
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 6:16 am
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 8:50 am to
Rafa just rolled Almagro, which is a good sign since Almagro is pretty solid. SG was right, Dolgopolov would have been more of a threat. I would love to see Sock/Nadal in the fourth round, but I think Robredo will take out Sock in the third round.

Tomic is such a soft choker. Was up two sets, then 5-2 in the fifth, but loses to Kokkinakis. I heard Kokkinakis interviewed the other day. He seems like a pretty funny kid. Couldn't get a flight to Rome to play there, then I think got entered into Bordeaux last minute and won the thing.

Schivaone and Kuznetsova had an absolute war of past champions.

Benjamin Becker already pulled out of his match with Nishikori tomorrow. I wish guys in these situations would just quit in the match they're hurt, but I guess he needs the money/ranking points and figures he might get better in a day or two.
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 9:00 am
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 8:57 am to
I watched Kokkanakis play out in Palm Springs and came away really impressed with his game.

Glad to see Serena was able to pull out the win after playing like dog crap.
Posted by BayouBengals03
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

Rafa just rolled Almagro

pretty surprising.
Posted by SystemsGo
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

Tomic is such a soft choker. Was up two sets, then 5-2 in the fifth, but loses to Kokkinakis.


He's getting a cortisone shot in his back for the grass court season. What is he like 24? I like his game; he's a very unique player. But when a guy is having back problems in his early 20s, I can't be bullish on his chances for success going forward.
Posted by SystemsGo
Member since Oct 2014
2774 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:07 pm to
Nick Kyrgios also strikes me as pretty cool.

Asked whether he subscribes by the pre-match self-ban on sexual relations that it's assumed most players adhere to, Kyrgios tells GQ's new Aussie edition, “Ha! No, I don’t abide by that rule. I don’t abide by that at all.”

Elsewhere in the conversation, he says, "And if they're good enough, some of the top players have lots of girls as well."

Shhhhhhhhhh!
Posted by SystemsGo
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:09 pm to
quote:

I would love to see Sock/Nadal in the fourth round, but I think Robredo will take out Sock in the third round.


Well, not Robredo, but I think Coric will likely beat him, though I won't rule Sock out.

If Sock does advance, I suspect Rafa will just feast on that country club junk slice he tries to pass off as a backhand. I don't like that matchup at all for Sock. He'll see very few forehands.
Posted by SystemsGo
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:09 pm to
I still haven't seen Borna Coric play. How for real is he?
Posted by SystemsGo
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:12 pm to
Rafa has an $800,000 wristwatch. So I guess he upgraded after his lowly half a million dollar model got stolen. Good to be king.

ETA: sorry, it's a mere $750K. My mistake. LINK
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 6:14 pm
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