who will win french open

  • nadal

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  • joker

    Votes: 59 32.2%
  • roger

    Votes: 26 14.2%
  • other

    Votes: 27 14.8%

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NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong

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Right, but you'd think the results would match the variety & hard work eventually, right?

I would think so :manny:

Monfils has been playing better without a coach though in big tournaments

Sometimes the homogenous nature of coaches and their training techniques lead to bland playing styles and similarities across the board. Being the court jester alone is effective because it gets in the opponents head due to random body movements that they see out of their peripherals and unpredictability in shot pattern.

Most tennis players grow up and learn in essentially the same ways and get used to the bullshyt "tennis decorum". They all move the same, basically swing the same (other than one hand vs two hand backhands and serves)..and they generally "act" the same on the court outside of the hot head here and there.

There are no rules against moving weird, random gestures and expressions mid-point, doing random shyt while theyre getting ready to serve..hitting random squash backspin slice shots etc. All of that shyt works because 99% are accustomed to the same bullshyt. If Monfils wasnt himself he wouldnt have pushed Fed like he did. If he had less clownery to his game but trained harder he wouldve lost in straights.

When I coach i tell my players to try and never hit the same shot twice in a row unless its a guaranteed winner. Do random shyt sometimes. Hit a second serve as a first serve to throw off their timing..tank on purpose in warm-ups to make them expect shyt that isnt gonna happen..all that fukkery. And it works like a charm and my main player routinely makes her opponents cry mid-match or after because they are too mentally fragile to account for unforeseen variables. On some level, that translates to every skill level tier in tennis.
 

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also @yoyoyo1 @Liu Kang @Yapdatfool @malbaker86 my player won two matches today, one against a top 20 ranked player in new england that hadnt played in our area yet..semi-finals at 9 AM tomorrow. she herself is probably top 15 quality but mad players loophole the system by playing in really high level doubles tournaments..losing first round and winning a consolation in one of those can be worth more ranking points than winning a singles tournament :beli:

shes ranked 5th in our state now in her class on tennis recruiting websites, 12th in the region :blessed:

and we just signed up to play in a mixed doubles tournament (49 teams :damn:). should be good times..i think its on clay and har-tru primarily :banderas:
 

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@Yapdatfool, Monfils a mental midget ? How ? :lupe:

Watching this Serena Williams post match interview..

Never knew she speaks fluent French:leon:
That was not fluent at all :whoa: But she does live in Paris most of the time and her boyfriend is French so she does need to speak "some" French :lolbron:

also @yoyoyo1 @Liu Kang @Yapdatfool @malbaker86 my player won two matches today, one against a top 20 ranked player in new england that hadnt played in our area yet..semi-finals at 9 AM tomorrow. she herself is probably top 15 quality but mad players loophole the system by playing in really high level doubles tournaments..losing first round and winning a consolation in one of those can be worth more ranking points than winning a singles tournament :beli:

shes ranked 5th in our state now in her class on tennis recruiting websites, 12th in the region :blessed:

and we just signed up to play in a mixed doubles tournament (49 teams :damn:). should be good times..i think its on clay and har-tru primarily :banderas:
Will you have a portion of her career earnings if she makes it ? :mjpls:








girl had a roddikk-like press conference apparently

agree with her though, was clearly her point

What call is she talking about ?
 
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@Yapdatfool, Monfils a mental midget ? How ? :lupe:


That was not fluent at all :whoa: But she does live in Paris most of the time and her boyfriend is French so she does need to speak "some" French :lolbron:


Will you have a portion of her career earnings if she makes it ? :mjpls:


What call is she talking about ?

Big big point at the 15 sec mark..

It Was called out by the linesman so serena kinda gave up on it and hit it out of bounds

But Victorias shot was clearly INBOUNDS ... so the judge made them replay it..

Victoria started arguing with the judge that it should be her point, and when he was like no, just replay it

She then started to ask Serena to be fair and give her the point

Serena kinda gave her the.:rudy: So they continued play and Serena ended up winning the set...

No excuses in tennis... very rarely does a match hinge on 1 point or 1 bad call.. Serena clearly won the match even after going down 2 games to 0 starting the 3rd set..

Victoria eas just desperate and making excuses..how you going to ask you opponent to give you points when they dont have to:camby: and they playing for prize money too:wtf:
 
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Big big point at the 15 sec mark..

It Was called out by the linesman so serena kinda gave up on it and hit it out of bounds

But Victorias shot was clearly INBOUNDS ... so the judge made them replay it..

Victoria started arguing with the judge that it should be her point, and when he was like no, just replay it

She then started to ask Serena to be fair and give her the point

Serena kinda gave her the.:rudy: So they continued play and Serena ended up winning the set...

No excuses in tennis... very rarely does a match hinge on 1 point or 1 bad call.. Serena clearly won the match even after going down 2 games to 0 starting the 3rd set..

Victoria eas just desperate and making excuses..how you going to ask you opponent to give you points they do have to:camby: and they playing for prize money too:wtf:

I see. Well that looks like a good call from the umpire imo. From the moment there is outside intervention during a point, it's called a let. I remember Dechy having to replay a point she won in wimby against Ivanovic because her hat fell. She then lost the replayed point.

And from what you say, she did lost that set but she went up 2-0 in the final one, so it is no excuse. Though she may be thinking she could have won in straight sets.

EDIT : I just googled the rule and it's called the hindrance rule. If it's involuntary or from a third person, the point is to be replayed. The rule was respected so there is no controversy for me. Vika just mad she lost.
 
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Victoria started arguing with the judge that it should be her point, and when he was like no, just replay it

She then started to ask Serena to be fair and give her the point
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You damn right Serena gave her the her the :rudy: face

It is not Serena's job to give her the point.. The line judge fukked up.. Not Serena

So Nouni replayed the point = no controversy..

Talk about clutching at straws.. People are so desperate to see M̶a̶y̶w̶e̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ Serena get beat...

Azarenka need to take a seat.. That bytch was one service game away from victory against Williams a few weeks ago.. and Serena at 50% still came back to beat her ass
 

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point was clearly azarenka's, out was called after serena hit it


fukking rain, all i was looking forward to today was monfils/federer but we might not get that
 

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point was clearly azarenka's, out was called after serena hit it


fukking rain, all i was looking forward to today was monfils/federer but we might not get that
Nope. A point isn't ended until the ball rebound twice or touch something out of the court. She hit the ball and almost immediately, the line breh shouted "fault" while the ball was still travelling which makes a let. Call was good.

EDIT : Berdych getting that work from Tsonga ? :leon:
 

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Berdych killing my parlay before it even gets started :snoop:

tennis betting isnt for me brehs :mjcry:

@Liu Kang @yoyoyo1 tips if you can brehs :feedme:

I think Djokovic, Murray and Federer straight sets
 
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