the coming of gary 7:48 Fri Aug 27
The 2021 U.S. Open
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... starts Monday ! ...Djokovic goes for the calendar slam, with Federer, Nadal, and Thiem all missing. Some seed numbers ;
4 - Zverev - just won the Olympic gold medal, and followed up with the Cincinnati tournament.
6 - Berrettini - ten Italians in the mens draw, Berrettini is the best of them.
8 - Ruud - young Norwegian has just won three lower ranked tourneys.
22 - Opelka - the highest ranked American now, he is a massive six feet eleven.
...and the women ;
1 - Barty - won Wimbledon, and tourneys on two other surfaces, Barty has pulled away from the field this year.
2 - Sabalenka - like a powerful cannon that sometimes misfires. She needs it to be her day
11 - Bencic - she won the gold in Tokyo, and is best on hard surfaces.
U - Giorgi - the unseeded Italian Giorgi just won the Montreal tournament.
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Manuel
7:02 Mon Sep 13
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So Djokovic is the 'happiest man alive' because he has finallly found a set of fans that like him.
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the coming of gary
1:59 Mon Sep 13
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congrats to Medvedev, a first slam for him !
(and well done to Brown022 for having confidence in him)
.. next stop Melbourne 2022
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LeroysBoots
1:58 Mon Sep 13
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Not a fan of Djokovic but he was pure class with that speech
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1:40 Mon Sep 13
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Well Djokovic lost to Medvedev tonight leaving himself, Nadal and Federer all on 20 career Slams.
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jfk
12:28 Mon Sep 13
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Pagey 11:50 Sun Sep 12
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plankton
10:13 Sun Sep 12
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Swiss. 1:42 Sun Sep 12
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Brentford
Will be the most successful British tennis player of all time. Mark my words.
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Fuck, I hope not. I've got rather a lot of time and money invested in someone else!
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daveyg
10:09 Sun Sep 12
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Fifth
No
She young and in NY with all the emotions that 911 would bring.
If she was in London on 7/7 she would probably say a similar thing.Fernandez had a right to put her point of view across. Better for her to be a bit teary than a hard crusty dyke type acting like a neanderthal bricklayer.
It's also perfectly allright for anyone to have feelings.
People like Vexed are just short of everything a human should be think they are being clever for every comment.
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twoleftfeet
8:51 Sun Sep 12
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That Adil Ray is one funny fucker.
His tweet -
“If you play in a tennis final you’re British if you’re a builder/delivery man/waitress etc you’re Romanian.”
Someone needs to tell him Toronto isn’t in Romania.
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Hammer and Pickle
8:34 Sun Sep 12
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Serena Williams future career as a scrum half beckons
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the coming of gary
8:28 Sun Sep 12
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.. it's just not true that the Williams sisters have dominated in recent years.
they have won only 3 of the last 24 Grand Slams
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Any Old Iron
8:21 Sun Sep 12
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Like I've said previously the womens game (apart from the Williams') has been very weak for years, so it's not completely surprising that two unseeded playes get to the final. But it is surprising for a qualifier to end up winning the thing.
The highest ranked player that Raducanu beat was the 11th seed, whereas Fernandez had beaten the 2nd, 3rd and 5th seeds. So for Emma to have beaten her in straight sets suggests she's the real deal and not just a one-off as so many have been in recent years.
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fraser
6:20 Sun Sep 12
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Pedro
ESPN were responsible for the coverage
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Mex Martillo
5:47 Sun Sep 12
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Fifth Column 12:26 Sun Sep 12, I also could see the words on New Yorkers and 9/11 was maybe premeditated, but it was quite nicely done and well thought out. I think she was sincere even if it was planned. I guess she does have a good old USA type media team consulting her, they’re like that over there and I wouldn’t read too much into it as a comment on her. She’s 19, worth a lot of money now and a bunch of cunts are trying to control. Hope she does well, she does seem a nice person, like Emma.
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LeroysBoots
5:27 Sun Sep 12
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Yep 100%, manufacturing an image
Emma doesn't have to try
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Pedro
5:21 Sun Sep 12
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Fernandez seemed to have a group of about 50 with her and Amazon loved showing them every 2 mins.
Seemed a bit fake. Telling her to smile all the time and sitting with sponsored hats.
One shot of Emma’s camp at the end and that was it.
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LeroysBoots
3:58 Sun Sep 12
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My sister lives in Alberta in Canada
She has had nothing but grief from her customers in the place she works, government building, she is an immigration officer
Gone in today with an England shirt on !!!
She said that they had lined up all these commercial deals for Fernandez, not sure you noticed they were wearing baseball caps sponsored by a Canadian airline.
The constant fist pumping by Fernandez was pissing me off plus that shadow tennis she does
Makes the win so much more sweeter
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the coming of gary
3:33 Sun Sep 12
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she's a great player and can win many more big tournaments.
Its true she won it without facing any top ten players.
The same happened to Marion Bartoli when she won Wimbledon. Never dropped a set either.
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BRANDED
3:22 Sun Sep 12
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No Kandu
I was surprised Andrew wasnt there supporting her to be honest.
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Kandu
2:34 Sun Sep 12
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Teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu received praise from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and from the Royal Family with the Queen commenting “it is a remarkable achievement at such a young age, and is testament to your hard work and dedication.”.
And Prince Andrew enquired as to if she was free next Saturday and if she likes pizza
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
2:28 Sun Sep 12
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Her Dad seems to be Whatsisface Williams MkII.
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Eerie Descent
1:52 Sun Sep 12
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It's a phenomenal achievement for a young lady of that age, and she obviously has the mental toughness to go with the talent to win many more.
However, to be the greatest sporting achievement of all time by a Brit, it would had to have included beating an all time great along the way. If she beat a Steffi Graf, or a Williams, then fair enough, but I bet hardly any of you remember the names of anyone she beat along the way.
Take nothing away, as I say an amazing achievement, but let's be honest before claiming it's the best sporting achievement ever.
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