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I see that there brit Murray is doing well again, one spoiled brat Aussie gone and maybe the other. Great weather for it... Making QLD feel cold in reckon


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:03 am
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[b]C'MON TIM!!!![/b]


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:05 am
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Evans taking Cilic is bigger news


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:06 am
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Anyone for tennis?

....was the name of the first "grown up movie with ,like, kissing and that" that I ever saw, on Betamax round my mate Steve's house. He nicked it off his uncle.

True story.


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:08 am
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I see that there [b]brit[/b] Murray is doing well again

That is heresy north of the border. 😉


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:14 am
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Wait till he bottles it in the final... Poor little Scott don't like it hot (and it's getting hotter)


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 11:15 am
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Glad to see Murray and Evans' results - the latter is a bloody brilliant performance, He really is making a major move forward. Brilliant.


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 12:43 pm
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C'MON [b]Mc[/b]TIM!!!!

FIFY


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 4:52 pm
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Anyone for tennis?

Not as long as I've got a hole in my arse, but thanks for asking.

Stuff I can't do anymore due to injury:

Golf.
Bowling.
Racket Sports.

When the Doc told me that I was genuinely looking for the downsides.


 
Posted : 18/01/2017 4:59 pm
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Well poppycock in sporadically but djokovic is making hard work of the first set could be a good year for Murray


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 4:36 am
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Hmm must check the predictive text more...
And according to the commentators that is the first set novak has lost in week one in 7 years.


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 5:00 am
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Poor little Scott

He is neither poor or little. And is a Scot.


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 6:27 am
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Djok in deep trouble...

Edit - He's out. Piles huge pressure on Murray now IMO....


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 8:19 am
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amazing result and good for our Brit #1 in the singles

hope he can take revenge on Querry for knocking out our Scottish bloke in the doubles now


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 9:26 am
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Denis Istomin - wow . . You played like a beast - Seriously worth watching the match if you haven't already - Huge upset for sure - Up there with Rosol vs Nadal Wimbledon 2012 ? McEnroe calling the biggest upset in a decade - Anyway hope Murray capitalises - Go Andy !


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 9:39 am
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Denis Istomin - wow . . You played like a beast - Seriously worth watching the match if you haven't already - Huge upset for sure

caught the first set and he was going for it!! Well done


 
Posted : 19/01/2017 9:52 am
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Ooops - both our Scots out. At least 'we' have the ladies' singles

Will Fed make a miraculous comeback?


 
Posted : 22/01/2017 10:15 am
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All Williams final. Prospect of a Federer Nadal final. Is this the brexiteers slowly winding the clocks back? Great stuff from Fed.


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 10:07 am
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Great match between Fed and Wawrinka - decent tennis - no double handed backhands in sight apart from the one Stan hit once he'd lost a point.

Be prepared for Fed to dissppoint in the final though as normal...


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 1:52 pm
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damn missed it - good to see no double handers.

Fed, Stan and Gasquet - the best backhands in tennis

i wish someone would scream back at venus - its close to bloody cheating the way her volume goes up at crucial points


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 2:04 pm
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[url= http://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/in-praise-of-the-one-handed-backhand/ ]Just for you thm[/url]


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 9:15 pm
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there are still enough advantages to the single handed backhand - the trouble is that kids learn a double hander when young as it seems stronger, and then never change as they don't want the risk, or to take the time to change.

The single hander is a stronger shot - the double gets its advantage from wrist control but you can't coil up your whole back and unleash through the ball in the same way.

And I don't think the double is easier to learn, it's pretty easy to learn a top spin backhand - you just turn your back to the ball and then hit through it - simples.

When there are no singles left I probably will watch tennis a lot less.


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 9:27 pm
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IIRC Gasquet can generate the same spin on his backhand than Nadal can on the forehand, quite incredible, was around 4000rpm.....


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 10:36 pm
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Cheers mefty. I enjoyed that. As you might guess I am a single hander, play on the backhand side in doubles and still wear all,white. one of my partners has a gasquet-espue backhand too but we are in the minority sadly.

Both mini THMs are double handers, sigh....


 
Posted : 26/01/2017 10:42 pm
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Fed and Rafa already putting on a great show

I want both of them to win!!!

Go FEFA!!!


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 9:07 am
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Ideall, I'd love to see Rafa win, he's a had a rough few years. But the downside is all the usual drug accusers will resurface again...


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 9:56 am
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Just take that for granted. It's pro sport!!!

Then watch in peace..., some awesome tennis that is rolling back the years

...and then a dunked volley


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 9:59 am
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Awesome stuff - apart from Wilanders commentary

As good as I had hoped for

My dog is getting very impatient though - no walk yet !!


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 11:28 am
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This is great tennis.
I've been to the AO 3 times and it's a superb competition and arena. Also easy to get tickets , last time I got semi tickets a day before no worries


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 12:03 pm
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Too tense now!!


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 12:04 pm
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Best point of the match just there


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 12:06 pm
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Pat Cash on Federer taking a "medical timeout"

They really have to 'fess up to what the injury is. You don't just stop a marathon if you're tired. Is it something that really requires medical attention, or is it tiredness? If it's tiredness then it's a loss of condition. I cannot stress how bad this has been supervised or looked at by the medical team here in the whole tour. It's wrong, wrong and wrong. It's cheating and it's being allowed. It's legal cheating but it's still not right.


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 12:08 pm
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Well done to Federer. Tennis. Another sport I hardly watch any longer as it's not on free to air tv.


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 1:00 pm
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Free to air? Avoiding the licence fee Jamba? 😆


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 3:33 pm
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this looks like a nice condensed set of highlights - sound seems good as well, emphasises how hard they are hitting it :


 
Posted : 29/01/2017 11:38 pm
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Free to air? Avoiding the licence fee Jamba

I suppose technically I have two licences, one in the UK and one in France (French abolished TV licences and effectively add it onto your "council tax"). Wasn't on free to air French TV either.


 
Posted : 30/01/2017 12:01 am
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That's one way to lose a match


 
Posted : 05/02/2017 10:26 pm
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thats gonna smart for a bit


 
Posted : 05/02/2017 10:27 pm
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It'll certainly leave a mark

Well done GB without Andy. A massive step up from the lower ranked players


 
Posted : 05/02/2017 10:29 pm

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