re: Official 2013 French Open Thread

Djokovic left the court

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If that's all you had on Serena at -540, you need to think hard about your investment portfolio. Serena is focused. Losing that Set to Svetlana was the best thing that could have happened. No way a 5'4" player with no weapons and no serve (but ranked #5) was going to sneak up on SW or threaten her in any way.

BTW, everyone has a weakness. I can remember the Conners has no weakness talk in the 73-5 timeframe. He did.


Let's look at Djoker. His serve has been known to depart him at times. His two hand backhand is pure, but when he has to let go with the left, his right hand grip is too weak making his slice float a little. His forehand is relative weak and he can lose his feel for during stretches in matches. He also has been known to get to where he can't get enough air at times
(although this has happened much since he went to the new diet about 4 years ago. He is not a natural mover on clay although he has improved here as well. He hugs the baseline like Agassi did, but on clay that can make it tough to handle some of the heavy topspin and irregular bounces you get. It's much easier to catch the ball on the rise when you know very well where it's going to be and it doesn't have much work on it.

Don't get me wrong. The dude is awesome. Still an underdog tomorrow (-166) but he's playing the best clay court player ever. I'll give Djoker the US Open trophy now, but this will be a war tomorrow.

Interesting fact. If Serena wins tomorrow (which she will as she OWNS Maria) she will be only one of three women to have 2 career grand slams. Agassi's wife has FOUR. Wow.

Other interesting facts discusses during the SW match. Chris Evert won like 125 straight clay court matches during her career - lasted from 8/73 to 5/79. Wow. Martina went 86-1 in 1983 and then had a 74 match win steak in 1984. Why wasn't I betting tennis back then? Damn the line, give me the girl that just doesn't lose.

You don't need a 12 step program, you need a bookie.

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Not every aspect of his game can be his best. I'm not saying the man is infallible, I simply mean that there isn't an aspect of his game that is noticeably exploitable (i.e. he isn't tactically susceptible). To beat him, you just have to play better than him.

Djok doesn't look too good

Double faults here

Djok has mailed the set in, 5-0. Bagel or breadstick likely

Not looking good for the golden slam.

Breadstick it is.

I was watching the match live on the tennis channel earlier today. Johnny Mac said that the NBC broadcast was going to be the the Tsonga-Ferrer match live. Not sure if that is accurate, just passing it along.

Damn, what a point.

Here's another link (with no commentary)

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if nadal holds right here then thats match