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01-22-2018 , 07:45 AM

#251

Henrik Sedin

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One of those jobbers beating Fed would be amazing

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01-22-2018 , 07:45 AM

#252

Chrizza

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Djokovic bamboozled by a peak version of his younger self

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01-22-2018 , 07:47 AM

#253

mukdukaluk

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Chung >>>> Zverev

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01-22-2018 , 07:54 AM

#254

Zimmer4141

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Feel like Chung has definite multiple major-winning talent.

Whether he has the extra competitive edge to harness the talent remains to be seen, but he's something special.

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01-22-2018 , 08:02 AM

#255

patron

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Does any other sport start a match at 11 pm local time and play past midnight?

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01-22-2018 , 08:04 AM

#256

mukdukaluk

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Originally Posted by patron

Does any other sport start a match at 11 pm local time and play past midnight?

I was at the Svitolina game last night. Started after midnight and there would have been 500 people left over of I'd guess 11000 who watched Kyrgios.

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01-22-2018 , 08:08 AM

#257

Zimmer4141

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Originally Posted by mukdukaluk

I was at the Svitolina game last night. Started after midnight and there would have been 500 people left over of I'd guess 11000 who watched Kyrgios.

That's what happened when I went to the US Open this year. I went to Ashe on the middle Saturday. Ashe had two 3-set women's matches, followed by a 4 hour 4-setter with Rafa because it was Rafa and he plays at about the pace a Koala bear would play tennis. Plus a roof closing for weather. The Federer match was supposed to start at 7 and actually started at like 9:45. Keys played Vesnina after and the match started at like 11:45 PM. We stayed for like 3-4 games but there were probably 1k or fewer people who stayed that long from a packed house for the Federer match.

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01-22-2018 , 08:13 AM

#258

mukdukaluk

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

Funny thing was part of the reason it started so late was the Nadal game vs Schwartzman went for nearly 4 hours to play only 4 sets and this caused Kyrgios, scheduled for 7pm, to start at 8.10pm. The scheduling is a joke anyway. It lists a men's game starting at 7pm and a women's at 9.30pm.

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01-22-2018 , 08:22 AM

#259

patron

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Good reports. No other sport does this though, right?

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01-22-2018 , 08:29 AM

#260

mukdukaluk

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Originally Posted by patron

Good reports. No other sport does this though, right?

I don't watch but does boxing or other combat sports?

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01-22-2018 , 10:15 AM

#261

Feldman

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lol Thiem.

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01-22-2018 , 11:00 AM

#262

younguns87

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Originally Posted by pokergrader

Also once again it is comical how easy Fed's path to the Finals is. So much draw luck year after year.

Nadal will have to play Cilic and probably Dimitrov to get to the final.

Federer will be playing Berdych, and then either an injured Novak or an unseeded player

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Originally Posted by pokergrader

I can't even watch my man Novak lose like this. Hopefully this tournament isn't a setback on his long term recovery.

Yup, story checks out

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01-22-2018 , 11:13 AM

#263

kingweed

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Haha fed being awesome even 36 while Novak is finished at 30.

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01-22-2018 , 12:57 PM

#264

Elrazor

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Heard a fun story about Novak a couple of months ago.

A colleague of a colleague is one of the top sport dieticians/nutritionists itw. Djokovic and his team approached him for some advice.

Apparently, Novak's diet is/was basically a combination of every single fad diet going. So no gluten, no carbs, no fat - not much of anything in fact, which might explain why he's not very good anymore.

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01-22-2018 , 01:10 PM

#265

heh

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But switching away from gluten is what was supposed to make him great in the first place!

#NoGlutenNoProblem (lol)

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01-22-2018 , 01:20 PM

#266

kingweed

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Wasn't it just putting bread on his elbow or some **** like that that helped him lol

Bloody hell, bookies have him as more likely to win his match than Roger or Rafa!

Last edited by kingweed; 01-22-2018 at 01:27 PM.

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01-22-2018 , 02:51 PM

#267

TimTimSalabim

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Gluten-free is the biggest load of crap around. Get that man a cheeseburger before he winds up playing in qualifiers!

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01-22-2018 , 04:30 PM

#268

Feldman

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lol Americans. Apparently this Tennys Sangren kid is crazy.

https://deadspin.com/what-does-pizza...ter-1822301544

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01-22-2018 , 05:15 PM

#269

younguns87

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Reporter: Do you feel that you support some of the alt-right movement?

Sandgren: No, I don’t. I find some of the content interesting, but no I don’t.

...wat

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01-22-2018 , 05:17 PM

#270

Henrik Sedin

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Lol Billy Ho

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01-22-2018 , 05:38 PM

#271

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by Feldman

lol Americans. Apparently this Tennys Sangren kid is crazy.

https://deadspin.com/what-does-pizza...ter-1822301544

Now I gotta root for Wang Chung.

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01-22-2018 , 05:50 PM

#272

Chrizza

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I've seen Isner, Harrison and Vandeweghe spout similar things on Twitter. Tennis in general is filled with conservative millionaires, it's just that most are smart enough to shut their mouth about politics, but the Americans can't resist.

This exchange was also rather cringey:

https://twitter.com/jrblake/status/775192156587819008

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01-22-2018 , 05:55 PM

#273

kingweed

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lol, he just comes across as a right idiot in that

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01-22-2018 , 08:37 PM

#274

Feldman

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Important to note:

John Isner is from North Carolina.
Tennys Sangren is from Tennessee.
Ryan Harrison is from Louisiana.

For those that aren't familiar with the various regions of the United States, these are three states traditionally associated with racism.