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« Reply #60 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:37:44 » |
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I wish Nadal would stop pulling his shorts out of his arse every 5 minutes. I really don't need to be seeing that.
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« Reply #61 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:44:51 » |
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Blokes too good. Not a case of bottling it.
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« Reply #62 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:48:02 » |
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Nadal to win 3 sets to 1.
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slinky
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« Reply #63 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:52:59 » |
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Nadal to win 3 sets to 1.
I'm hoping not, but I do think that's the way it will finish. |
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« Reply #64 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:58:10 » |
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« Reply #65 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:59:03 » |
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Blokes too good. Not a case of bottling it.
a bit of both I'd say. Murray has issues under pressure and a wimbledon semi is nearly the most pressure he will ever be under. |
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« Reply #66 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 17:59:54 » |
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They should stop this!
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upon the rooves of Swindon Town"
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« Reply #67 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:00:31 » |
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Blokes too good. Not a case of bottling it.
No doubt that Nadal's a top player, but Murray has been missing easy shots. Either he simply isn't a good enough player (which I don't believe as he can beat the lesser players), or he isn't mentally strong enough  |
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« Reply #68 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:06:35 » |
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He's gone from virtually controlling the match, one set up with Nadal not having one break point on the Murray serve in the first 8 service games, to not being hardly to hold onto his own serve at all.
Maybe the injury which appeared in the first few games is now starting to take its toll
Anyway England women just beat New Zealand 2-1 in the Woman's world cup.
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« Reply #69 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:09:59 » |
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the commentators may aswell run down a suck nadall off   |
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« Reply #70 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:12:19 » |
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I think some of the crowd have had too much vino and strawberries.
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« Reply #71 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:38:08 » |
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Started off strong, but now being taught a bit of a tennis lesson.
Shame.
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« Reply #72 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:47:16 » |
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If both Djokovic and Nadal have reached the final, how come Djokovic has gone ahead of him to world no 1?
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« Reply #73 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:49:35 » |
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If both Djokovic and Nadal have reached the final, how come Djokovic has gone ahead of him to world no 1?
Because the system they are referring to is a sliding 1 year window. Last year Nadal won in the final, so this year he can only equal that (defend the same ranking points). Djokovic lost in the semi, so he has already won more points this year than last. FYI: 2000 points for winner, 1200 points runner up, 720 Losing semi-finalist. |
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« Reply #74 on: Friday, July 1, 2011, 18:50:41 » |
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First set aside, Murray was just overpowered, outclassed, outplayed, outfought, and out-thought. It was exactly what I expected, it was pretty much a repeat of last years match, but perhaps this time in some ways it was even more brutal. "This is Murray's time" was a call I heard repeated time and again from various people, "He's a much better player than last year and Nadal is weaker" was another claim. No no no. Nadal relishes these matches, and he raises his game. He delivered a masterclass today and showed how good you have to be to win a Wimbledon title. Murray was excellent in the first set, Nadal was poor. Second and third set? Murray dropped, and Nadal significantly improved as he was always going to do. Fourth set was better from Murray, but Nadal was in the groove and just swatted him aside. It was so inevitable.
Murray probably will win a Grand Slam one day but if he does, it'll be on the hard courts. He's not good enough to beat a Nadal or a Federer or a Djokovic on grass yet.
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