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| Yes that retirement list is endless isn't it. JB next plays in Rome, the scene of his big accident |
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| Lot of retirements at Barcelona and it is still early days! Thank goodness the serbian sook didn't go or else the percentage might be higher. Yeah, I saw that article about Nadal this morning - alot of pressure this time of the year to defend ranking points and I think people just expect him to win. There was an interesting article today on tennis.com about Nadal and Federer titled 'no just about it' (concrete elbow section). So fingers crossed... When is Blake playing next? As for Murray, he might want to hang in there for a few more rounds so as to get some more practice! Considering he spent his junior years in Spain, he should have a stronger game. |
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| Thanks skip....Guess he had too much golf before he got there. Loved Andy Murry's comments about his lose..Just there to getr soem practice!!!!!! re your article and all those injuries With Barcelona two didn't even make the first round Ferrero and Spadea....then retirements from Acasuso,Tipsarevic, Minar,Ramirez Hildago and &.Triocki in first round and M.Lopez in the second. All from James's half of the draw. I bet he is kicking himself I see nadal thinks the pressure might be too much for him to excel at all the clay court matches: http://au.sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news/article/-/2 932836 He is after all to quote " The popular victory at the Real club over the world No.45 left Nadal with an enviable 99 wins out of his past 100 clay matches since winning his first Monte Carlo title in 2005. |
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| grs - I see your man got knocked out - condolences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thanks for that skip. Just read the article. Boy are some of them woeful. I think Federer nailed it when he said this about Djokovic after a match in 2006. "I think he's a joke, you know, when it comes down to his injuries. The rules are there to be used, not abused." That's the first time I have read or heard anything negative about another player coming from Roger Federer. Just looked up Djokovic's ranking at the time and he was still to blossom, last year was when he did, but he would have still been in the top 50. I don't know what it is with Haas when it comes to Federer. Federer had won the last 6 matches prior to the last 2 meetings which were a walkover but from the stats on ATP, Federer didn't wipe Haas of the court every match. There were some close sets. In 2005 when they had the Tennis Masters Cup at the end of the year, most of the top players pulled out with injuries etc. Federer was injured with his ankle and it had been strapped for a couple of months. He was going to pull out as well but with the others not playing and the spectators buying the tickets to see the top 8 in the world he went and played. Made it all the way to the final but hadn't played many long 5 set matches. Played Nalbandian in the final. Won the first 2 sets but both in tie-breakers and started to tire in the third set which Nalbandian won. He then had to ease off a bit to rest and give himself a chance. Nalbandian won the 4th set 6 - 1. Nalbandian won the first 4 games straight and looked like running away with it before Federer dug his heals in and got it back on serve. I think he even had match point before the tie-breaker but he ended up going down in it. After the match it was all congratulations from Federer to Nalbandian for being the better player on the day. Got to watch that match as well as his other loss which was a great match. The semi against Safin in the Australian Open in 2005. Doesn't surprise me to see the others there. |
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| Afternoon all. been abit later in getting here today. Must be that I am catching up on last weeks lost sleep and getting ready for next weeks insomniac schedule. Barcelona: All the big guns are up playing matches tonight Including Nadal & Blake. Poor old Nalbandian really struggled last night against Calleri. Loved that article about misses Skippiglet. My man has none :-) There were 3 retirements last night including Tipsy |
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| Good morning all! Given all the talk lately about players retiring during a match, you might this this article on Tennis.com interestging - some good stats on the top 10 players etc http://www.tennis.com/features/general/features.as px?id=127724 take out space after as and before px |
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| weekend - the best URL I can source is on Wikipedia for #1 ranked mens players and each period they were ranked at #1 in succession, hence why some players have their names listed more than once. Easiest country reference is the flag in column 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ ranked_players#Number_1_ranked_men Don't have much time right now to try and source a better, clearer list from the ATP website, so hope this suffices for a broader view and confirmation to skip's answer. |
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| Weekend, in answer to your question - only Swiss to have been #1 is RF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I would like Federer to win at Rome. But Nadal has to make it to the final. He has 500 points to lose whereas Djokovic has only 125. Then its 300 and 125 at Hamburg respectively. Nadal has to keep his claycourt record intact to hold off Djokovic for the moment. I'd like to see it as No. 1 Federer and No. 2 Nadal go into both the French Open and Wimbledon and to come out of them as the same. During the French Open and Wimbledon, the heat starts to be put on Novak. He had a pretty good run towards the end of last year. Federer is the only one who had a better one so Nadal has nothing to lose if he wins a few more events or goes further in some of the tournaments this year. For Djokovic, 350 points to lose at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Then comes the US Open where Novak has 700 points to lose. He has to break through Federer or Nadal to make the finals and better the 350 points. Wouldn't mind seeing someone knocking him off early. :) |
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| Does anyone know the answer to this question? Have we ever had a Men's number one from Switzerland before Federer came along. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nothing too suprisiung in Barcelona last night. Here are the results: Singles - First Round [9] G Canas (ARG) d O Hernandez (ESP) 61 64 N Lapentti (ECU) d [13] F Verdasco (ESP) 63 64 [14] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [Q] J Sanchezde Luna (ESP) 63 63 [15] D Tursunov (RUS) d K Anderson (RSA) 64 63 J Chela (ARG) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 67(2) 64 62 R Haase (NED) d [Q] M Mirnyi (BLR) 62 62 M Daniel (BRA) d I Navarro (ESP) 61 64 [WC] M Ancic (CRO) d M Zverev (GER) 61 60 [Q] G Trujillo-Soler (ESP) d W Eschauer (AUT) 64 46 62 [Q] M Lopez (ESP) d I Minar (CZE) 31 ret. (right ankle) [Q] D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d S Ventura (ESP) 62 61 [LL] Y Schukin (KAZ) d R Ginepri (USA) 64 62 A Calleri (ARG) d T Johansson (SWE) 61 63 D Gremelmayr (GER) d [LL] R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 76(7)2-1 ret. (right leg) Munich; Singles - First Round [1] P Mathieu (FRA) d [WC] D Brands (GER) 63 63 [6] A Seppi (ITA) d R Karan.usic (CRO) 63 63 [8] M Cilic (CRO) d O Rochus (BEL) 64 64 K Vliegen (BEL) d S Roitman (ARG) 76(3) 63 J del Potro (ARG) d A Clement (FRA) 63 61 S Bolelli (ITA) d M Gicquel (FRA) 64 62 For Barcelona rest of the first round tonight and a couple of second round matches Nalbandian/Calleri and Murray/Ancic |
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| I think the Joker may have the joke on him here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I can't believe this guy - take a look at this link http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28042008/58/atp-tour -djokovic-hits-spoiled-brits.html take out space after hyphen before djokovic He's slanging off the English for not working hard enough blah blah |
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| Thanks gry for that info about order of play - Barcelona. Worked fine. Kraavitz, I too posted on Nole's website - we're not the only ones put off by his behaviour. This could get interesting! |
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| Kraav....must go looko at his message board...just dont suggest to skippiglet that he goes there as he might just get carried away. My efforts to get decent thread going seems to have worked with at least four of us now have good chats...even if there is an occasional burp from oru friend. Thanks for starting up Rome thread. we will all be there in force later in the week although I did put a good atricle there about R & R |
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| grs, I happily took the liberty to post a couple of comments on two of the threads on "Messages for Nole" on his website. Indeed expressed my thoughts as have a number of other people. Definitely worth registering on his website for. And given that you have been making such a stellar effort to start decent threads and continually working toward promoting sensible and intelligent conversation on tennis, I thought I would give you break in starting up the threads. Will look at the Barca info in a little while...Thanks as always for that info. Cheerios for now... |
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| here is the link to order of play: http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?fil e=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/425/op.p df |
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| go to www.atptennis.com On th ehome pay are the up and comming tournaments. click till you find Barcelona and then click on Order of Play |
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| I need computer help - on the Barcelona site, when I try to open 'order of play' it opens briefly then shuts down. I thought it might be something to do with the pop-up blocker and enabled the website but still can't get it to work. I'm sure it is something simple... Advice please anyone? Oh Kraavitz - what a little gem you have found on the Serbian starlet's website! I think we should all join his message boards and start contributing.... How long do you reckon we'll last? |
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| you tow plus weekend have made my day with all your comments. This site is vrituyally dead now excpet for Munich and Barcelona then onto your new site Kraavitz. Nice to have one started by you. Will be webwatching Barcelona as Mr Blake is up there and doesn't have a bad draw ecept nadal in the semis if they get that far....well Nadal will but hopefully James will as well. |
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| Kraavitz. Thanks for all fo that. Yes those two commentators have been around for sometime now and it is good to have some unbiased ones who talk with alot of knowledge. Makes of for all those years of having to put up with old man Barrett twho has been retired off. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And you can post your messages to Nole at the appropriate message board on his website... http://www.novak-djokovic.com/forums/viewtopic.php ?f=12&t=1088& Somehow I think he will not be reading it because he has a sore throat. |
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| weekend and skip - you two crack me up. Love the idea of the Strepsils and postage. Perhaps we can find his postal address from his modest and reserved website - http://www.novak-djokovic.com/ I particularly like the first two frames. I think they need some quick edits right now to display more factual information. |
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| Skip I'll pay for the strepsils and post pack. Maybe it might help the poor bloke. Put Novak in a 5 set match against Federer or Nadal and he has got no chance. |
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