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Discussion: Wimbledon 2010
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Originally posted by Celestial
Venus just won the first set 6-0 against Makarova. Makarova won Eastbourne last weekend.
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OMG what channel?????
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
OMG what channel?????
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BBC, press the red button and you can choose what match to watch.
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Originally posted by Celestial
BBC, press the red button and you can choose what match to watch.
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Thanks hun, OMG Venus is unstoppable. Actually the only person this decade to beat Williams in Wimbledon was Serena
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Mahut and Isner 5th set 23 all...EPIC
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
Thanks hun, OMG Venus is unstoppable. Actually the only person this decade to beat Williams in Wimbledon was Serena
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Sprem defeated Venus in the second round back in 2004. Jankovic defeated her in the third round in 2006.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Sprem defeated Venus in the second round back in 2004. Jankovic defeated her in the third round in 2006.
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Oh yea, I forgot. Well then, she is NEAR unstoppable
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
Mahut and Isner 5th set 23 all...EPIC
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WOW, that's one long match.
I haven't really been able to see many of the matches yet. Have you?
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Originally posted by Celestial
WOW, that's one long match.
I haven't really been able to see many of the matches yet. Have you?
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Not really...
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6-0 6-4 win for Venus over Eastbourne Champion Ekaterina Makarova
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Venus could be against Kleybanova in the next round. They have had some tough matches in the past. Their head to head is 1-1.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Venus could be against Kleybanova in the next round. They have had some tough matches in the past. Their head to head is 1-1.
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If this was any other surface, I would be worried. But she totally THRASHED a player who was won Eastbourne last week beating Stosur, Azarenka, Kuznetsova, and others along the way. I'm pretty sure V can carve it out
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
If this was any other surface, I would be worried. But she totally THRASHED a player who was won Eastbourne last week beating Stosur, Azarenka, Kuznetsova, and others along the way. I'm pretty sure V can carve it out
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Stosur and Kuznetsova are terrible on grass, and Azeranka has been out of form for quite some time. It's impressive that Venus won so easily against her, but there's a long way to got to win the title. Kleybanova will be tough. Venus is at her worst it the earlier stages of this tournament.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Stosur and Kuznetsova are terrible on grass, and Azeranka has been out of form for quite some time. It's impressive that Venus won so easily against her, but there's a long way to got to win the title. Kleybanova will be tough. Venus is at her worst it the earlier stages of this tournament.
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With a big serve and big groundstrokes, I would have expected Stosur to be better on grass. She said that clay is her worst surface, yet she reached one semi and one final back to back. Well I guess V only gets better the deeper she goes in the tournament, so if she gets past Kleybanova, she would be the favorite to get past her side. Do you know if Sharapova is in Venus' or Serena's draw?
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
With a big serve and big groundstrokes, I would have expected Stosur to be better on grass. She said that clay is her worst surface, yet she reached one semi and one final back to back. Well I guess V only gets better the deeper she goes in the tournament, so if she gets past Kleybanova, she would be the favorite to get past her side. Do you know if Sharapova is in Venus' or Serena's draw?
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Sharapova and Serena are scheduled to meet in the 4th round. I hope Maria wins, I'm tired of the Williams' Sisters dominating Wimbledon. We need more variety, I'm sick of Roger too.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Sharapova and Serena are scheduled to meet in the 4th round. I hope Maria wins, I'm tired of the Williams' Sisters dominating Wimbledon. We need more variety, I'm sick of Roger too.
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I actually want Sharapova to win too, she hasn't had a GS win in 2 years. I think that Sharapova if she should win this match, will be in the finals with Venus. And I also think that Sharapova is undefeated in GS finals, so she would be tied as the favorite with Venus because no one can doubt her. And as for Roger, I wanted him to lose in the 1st round and never get to no.1 again in his career. That would be funny because he was 1 week short of breaking Sampras' record of longest stay at no.1
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Originally posted by Celestial
Sharapova and Serena are scheduled to meet in the 4th round. I hope Maria wins, I'm tired of the Williams' Sisters dominating Wimbledon. We need more variety, I'm sick of Roger too.
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I like the William's, they are just SO good. I want Venus to win this year.
Your sick of Roger
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This is UNREAL....34 all 5th set. Isner has 76 aces, all time record is 78. Longest match in HISTORY, longest set in HISTORY. Most combined aces in HISTORY! Most games in one set in HISTORY....WOAH!
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
This is UNREAL....34 all 5th set. Isner has 76 aces, all time record is 78. Longest match in HISTORY, longest set in HISTORY. Most combined aces in HISTORY! Most games in one set in HISTORY....WOAH!
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7 hours and they're still going, showing no signs of letting down on their own services.
My goes out to them.
But I can't help but think that the winner of this match, if he wills himself to play the next match tomorrow, would collapse on the very first point.
Meanwhile Federer is not in a dominant mood again, giving a set out. If he sees himself winning the trophy again/equaling Sampras's record, he better steel himself more mentally.
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
I actually want Sharapova to win too, she hasn't had a GS win in 2 years. I think that Sharapova if she should win this match, will be in the finals with Venus. And I also think that Sharapova is undefeated in GS finals, so she would be tied as the favorite with Venus because no one can doubt her. And as for Roger, I wanted him to lose in the 1st round and never get to no.1 again in his career. That would be funny because he was 1 week short of breaking Sampras' record of longest stay at no.1
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Sharapova really need to start playing well again. She hasn't played well since she returned to the game in May last year. She has a 3-1 record in GS finals, Serena thrashed her in the Aussie Open final in 2007. I think if she can beat Serena then she'll go all the way and win the title. She has a better record against Venus I think, so Serena will be a big test fir her. Some of their last matches were not competitive at all, Serena dominated her. Roger is playing terribly this tournament, even if he wins he won't regain the number one ranking. I'm routing for Nadal, Djokovic and Murray.
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Originally posted by TinkerbellBritney
I like the William's, they are just SO good. I want Venus to win this year.
Your sick of Roger
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He has already won 16 slams, it's time for some new champions!
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Originally posted by GagalooBabii
This is UNREAL....34 all 5th set. Isner has 76 aces, all time record is 78. Longest match in HISTORY, longest set in HISTORY. Most combined aces in HISTORY! Most games in one set in HISTORY....WOAH!
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I'm sort of watching this, I keep switching between the matches. I love the interactive option, the BBC coverage of Wimbledon is amazing. One of the many reasons it's my favourite slam.
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