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09-10-2011 , 10:04 PM

#3401

cashy

we have welbeck

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federer <3
LETS WIN THE AUSSIE OPEN CMON

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09-10-2011 , 10:04 PM

#3402

ClunkerDuds

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Originally Posted by Steroid Boy

looks like mcilroy gave woz the herp

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09-10-2011 , 10:05 PM

#3403

cashy

we have welbeck

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woz just isnt hot at all

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09-10-2011 , 10:08 PM

#3404

Zammo

old hand

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Originally Posted by 00cooler00

worst. national anthem. ever.

the american anthem isnt that bad, dont be harsh

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09-10-2011 , 10:09 PM

#3405

72off

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Originally Posted by cashy

woz just isnt hot at all

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09-10-2011 , 10:11 PM

#3406

ut2010

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how old was serena when she had the operation

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09-10-2011 , 10:12 PM

#3407

Russ M.

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This will be a raping that would make Big Ben recoil.

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09-10-2011 , 10:14 PM

#3408

Bitchface

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjgCMVBYcUw&t=2m20s

The little nod he gives facing double match point down 3-5 in the 5th, like, it's ok guys I got this, is probably my favorite moment in a while.

I love how much support the NY crowd gave him. Then he laughs before the next match point. Just a kid having fun out there. He really handles pressure like nobody I've ever seen. Maybe Jordan.

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09-10-2011 , 10:15 PM

#3409

Needle77

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Originally Posted by cashy

woz just isnt hot at all

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09-10-2011 , 10:21 PM

#3410

Needle77

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09-10-2011 , 10:21 PM

#3411

Zammo

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Originally Posted by Bitchface

lol be more of a homer. It could also be interpreted as "im in the **** here, might as well give it a smash" which is exactly what happened when his low percentage return sneaked into the court.

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09-10-2011 , 10:21 PM

#3412

PoseidonCubed

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Originally Posted by pokergrader

I really don't understand why all of you like Fed so much. Did anybody catch the press conference after the match?

He is so classless in defeat.

Edit: http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/int...692666313.html

Q. Could you hit a much better serve for the return he hit that winner?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, much better. I didn't hit the best serve. But it's just the way he returns that. It's just not -- a guy who believes much, you know, anymore in winning. Then to lose against someone like that, it's very disappointing, because you feel like he was mentally out of it already. Just gets the lucky shot at the end, and off you go.

Q. When a guy hits a shot like that forehand on match point, is that a function of luck, of risk, or is it a function of confidence that someone would make kind of...

ROGER FEDERER: Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5 2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots. It all goes in for some reason, because that's the kind of way they grew up playing when they were down. I never played that way. I believe in hard work's gonna pay off kinda thing, because early on maybe I didn't always work at my hardest. So for me, this is very hard to understand how can you play a shot like that on match point. But, look, maybe he's been doing it for 20 years, so for him it was very normal. You've got to ask him.

Wow, Fed usually seems so classy (usually in defeat too), but this just reeks of being bitter and pretty butthurt. Disappointing. Though he has complained quietly in the past about the style of play of opponents here and there, it's still really surprising to hear.

Could be wrong, but I can hardly remember anyone speaking like this about Fed after he defeats them.

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09-10-2011 , 10:25 PM

#3413

Bitchface

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Originally Posted by PoseidonCubed

but this just reeks of being bitter and pretty butthurt.

I guess it makes sense that his fans on 2p2 have been trying to emulate their hero.

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09-10-2011 , 10:27 PM

#3414

kevin21

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Athlete says something controversial an hour after losing epic match. What a shocker!

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09-10-2011 , 10:29 PM

#3415

The Rat

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Hardly controversial. Djokovic threw a Hail Mary and hit it. That's why he's a ****ing boss.

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09-10-2011 , 10:30 PM

#3416

pwnsall

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I hate Serena so much that I hate Venus too even tho I have no problem with her really

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09-10-2011 , 10:30 PM

#3417

mutigers

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Originally Posted by Bitchface

it was cool that he ended up winning and everything but im pretty sure it was more of a "LOL really, im gonna lose this **** match somehow" type of look to me....i think he just said eff it i got nothing to lose at this point...I felt the same way and ended up losing alot of matches but i guess thats why im not the number one player in the world (or 1000)

more like he was nodding at the tennis gods for what they just did to him ..pretty common imo

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09-10-2011 , 10:31 PM

#3418

kidcolin

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serena i so hot

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09-10-2011 , 10:31 PM

#3419

EvilSteve

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Originally Posted by The Rat

Hardly controversial. Djokovic threw a Hail Mary and hit it. That's why he's a ****ing boss.

But Fed doesn't play like that. Fed believes in hard work not lucky shots!

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09-10-2011 , 10:32 PM

#3420

AtThe Aquarium

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Originally Posted by pwnsall

I hate Serena so much that I hate Venus too even tho I have no problem with her really

They're both pretty insufferable. Serena more so than Venus.

Maya Angelou tho.

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09-10-2011 , 10:32 PM

#3421

mutigers

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that interview makes fed come off really bad but there is zero doubt at all that there is some truth to what he said. Whether he would have set it out loud 3 days after the match is up for debate

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09-10-2011 , 10:33 PM

#3422

dnh83

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how bout what Djokovic said

"Djokovic did not exactly disagree.

"If it comes in, it comes in," he said. "It was a risk last year. It was a very similar situation. I was hitting [the] forehand as hard as I could. You're gambling.

"I was lucky today."

http://espn.go.com/tennis/usopen11/s...ain-close-deal

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09-10-2011 , 10:35 PM

#3423

Needle77

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

serena i so hot

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09-10-2011 , 10:35 PM

#3424

PoseidonCubed

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Originally Posted by EvilSteve

But Fed doesn't play like that. Fed believes in hard work not lucky shots!

I kind of hope someone brings up this quote to him next time he hits one of those between-the-legs winners and expects everyone to be all over his nuts.

Last edited by PoseidonCubed; 09-10-2011 at 10:35 PM. Reason: apparently he does work on those, tho