The Tennis Thread

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I really hope that Murray can pull this out.

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Damnit

[SABR Gamer]

Very nice way to start the set.

[Guest]

Huge for Murray to start the fifth out with a break and a hold.

[SABR Gamer]

HUGE for Murray.

[Guest]

Second break for Murray!

[SABR Gamer]

Andy really wants to drag this on as long as possible. :banghead:

[SABR Gamer]

That was beast.

[Guest]

Murray's got two chances to serve for the title.

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Finish him

[SABR Gamer]

Finish him

 

Do it, Andy!

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Line judges aren't helping him

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Yea

[Guest]

Congrats to Murray on a well deserved victory. He finally gets one after four finals losses.

[SABR Gamer]

Congrats to Murray.

[Guest]

First time since 2003 four players won the four different majors (it also happened in 2002, with four different players from the 03 winners). In 2003, Andre Agassi won his final major, Andy Roddick won his only major and Roger Federer won his first major.

 

In 2002 and 2003, eight different players won majors. In the nine years since, seven players have won 36 majors.

 

Also kind of interesting, that's five straight different US Open winners (Federer, Del Potro, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray).

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I love the US Open as you just don't see the dynasty type winners you get in Paris and London. Wish I had more time to watch the final today.

[Guest]

Would have liked to watch the entirety of Wawrinka-Djokovic, which Djokovic won 12-10 in the fifth set. Wawrinka blitzed him in the first and was up 5-2 (though only one break) in the second. When he blew that, I thought he was done but he fought back.

 

Djokovic is going to have a tough test in the quarters bouncing back from that and having to face Berdych.

 

On the women's side, Maria Sharapova has played four matches and lost a total of five games (four of which came in the third round against Venus Williams).

[Guest]

19 year old Sloane Stephens beats Serena Williams in three sets and advances to the semis where she'll play later today.

 

After Federer beats Tsonga in a fairly entertaining match, the top-four seeds on the men's side are again in the semis. We'll get Djokovic-Ferrer later today followed by Murray-Federer on Thursday night. Should be good.

 

Also, I guess Nadal will drop to No. 5 in the rankings on Monday (or so the announcers said during the Federer match). This is significant because between the Aussie and French Opens last year, he won pretty much everything so he doesn't have many points to pick up on Ferrer (and could very easily drop more points and spots in the rankings if he's not healthy). The French doesn't have a history of adjusting the seedings and tends to just go by the ATP Tour rankings. If they do that this year, one of Djokovic/Murray/Federer could have to face Nadal in the quarters rather than the semis or, if Nadal drops outside the top eight, the round of 16.

[Guest]

I realize that David Ferrer is a clear step or two down from the big 4, but Djokovic is just eviscerating him right now and it's pretty impressive. Very easy first two sets (both 6-2) and he's up two breaks at 3-0 in the third set. Whatever that 5-setter against Wawrinka took out of him the other night, he's perfectly fine now and he's going to get two days off before Saturday night's final.

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I realize that David Ferrer is a clear step or two down from the big 4, but Djokovic is just eviscerating him right now and it's pretty impressive. Very easy first two sets (both 6-2) and he's up two breaks at 3-0 in the third set. Whatever that 5-setter against Wawrinka took out of him the other night, he's perfectly fine now and he's going to get two days off before Saturday night's final.

 

Yeah 5 games total lost to Ferrer is insane. Hoping for another final vs. Federer just to see where Roger is now.

[Guest]

Murray looks like he's just about done. Djokovic up a set and two breaks in the fourth set. The first two sets were dead heats, no breaks of serve at all, but Murray had to call a trainer after the second set to have his foot looked at and he hasn't been the same since. Too bad since he was matching Djokovic shot for shot in the first two sets.

 

EDIT: Djokovic closes it out, becoming the first men's player to win three straight Aussie Open titles in the Open Era.

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Third round of the French Open, #12 Tommy Haas v #19 John Isner, Isner has now fought off 13 match points and has forced a 5th set after being down 2-0.

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And now Isner is two holds away from winning, up 4-2 in the 5th.

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And just like that, Haas broke back and they're on serve again in the 5th.