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re: The Unofficial Great Great Roland Garros Thread 2021
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:26 pm to lsupride87
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:26 pm to lsupride87
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Yes I could have.
Definitely not
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Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:27 pm to little billy
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Maybe you're using roids as an all encompassing term but I don't think any of them are taking steroids like bodybuilders. I think they're blood doping like cyclists.
Did I use the word roids?
ETA: yes, it appears I did. PEDs would have been a better choice of word.
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:30 pm to lsupride87
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Correct. Tennis is the most inequitable sport on the planet. Its a completely unlevel playing field, and doping is no different
It's "inequitable" only after the players are at the top. So, how did they get to the top?
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:34 pm to bayoucracka
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Regarding the doping, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that the top players who already have advantages in travel, coaching, training, etc, etc… also have access to (and can afford) the best doctors and doping methods
So then how did they become top players?
I really do hope that my point here is clear, and that the silliness of a "top players are top players only because they are juicing" argument is jumping off the page.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:35 pm to MidnightVibe
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:49 pm to MidnightVibe
I heard a few days ago that Alex is one of the worst players on tour in terms of winning second serve points. I know the DFs are a big part of that, but it's crazy you can be six in the world with that stat.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:19 pm to MidnightVibe
quote:Not all of us were club level players at Tenner bro
Definitely not
Posted on 6/7/21 at 11:07 pm to MidnightVibe
I'm not saying doping makes them more talented. I'm saying it is giving them an unnatural level of age defying endurance. I don't think they have always been doping. They definitely do have much more access to recovery and performance enhancing methods than younger and less wealthy players. Who knows what kind of cutting edge / experimental shite they have access to and are on. Hypothetically of course.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:10 am to MidnightVibe
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I really do hope that my point here is clear, and that the silliness of a "top players are top players only because they are juicing" argument is jumping off the page.
I could be wrong but I don't think anyone is making that argument. My stance is... everyone is doping and, as with everything else, the top players are doing it better.
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So then how did they become top players?
Not seeing the connection here. It's possible to believe that the entire tour is doping while acknowledging that the better players earned their place at the top.
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 2:22 am
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:25 am to lsupride87
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Correct. Tennis is the most inequitable sport on the planet. Its a completely unlevel playing field, and doping is no different
Couldn't that be said for top college football teams? Always the same old top 10 in the rankings! Seems like it is the same thing you are talking about in any sports that have the same repeating top teams each year!
Posted on 6/8/21 at 12:56 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I heard a few days ago that Alex is one of the worst players on tour in terms of winning second serve points
He’s sandwiched between elite talents like Damir Dzumhur and Paolo Lorenzi for his career.
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Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:12 pm to bayoucracka
This is gonna be one hell of a match......
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:31 pm to lsupride87
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Not all of us were club level players at Tenner bro
Not all of us claim to be challenger level players but in fact only played in the qualies of one challenger -- which was in Baton Rouge...so I assume a wildcard was involved -- and lost 2 and 0 in the first round....of qualies.
But, yeah, you could take Musetti.
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:43 pm to MidnightVibe
Teetsy looking solid.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:49 pm to bayoucracka
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Not seeing the connection here. It's possible to believe that the entire tour is doping while acknowledging that the better players earned their place at the top
Perhaps I misinterpreted the nature of the argument. Which, to be fair, you weren't really advancing, but appeared to be supporting.
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I could be wrong but I don't think anyone is making that argument.
Certainly reads that way:
Among others...
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Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:51 pm to MidnightVibe
Why is there nobody in the focking stands? Does paris have some gay arse curfew?
Posted on 6/8/21 at 2:57 pm to MidnightVibe
I love watching Daniil. His strokes are so unorthodox.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 3:01 pm to MidnightVibe
Teetsy will work over Alex
Posted on 6/8/21 at 3:15 pm to MidnightVibe
9 pm COVID curfew. The night matches have been so depressing to watch.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 3:23 pm to MidnightVibe
Tsitsipas fights off double set point. Probably going to a breaker here.
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