[MusicEnthusiast]

Mugurza VS Williams final, just like I predicted.

Now all that's left is Thiem VS Wawrinka and I'm set

[Reader]

Lighting the Alejandro candles for Thiem. Do it for us, sis.

Mugs needs to be watching her demolition of Serena at RG14 (2 and 2, lol) and play like that tomorrow.

[MusicEnthusiast]

Originally posted by Reader

Lighting the Alejandro candles for Thiem. Do it for us, sis.

Mugs needs to be watching her demolition of Serena at RG14 (2 and 2, lol) and play like that tomorrow.

[rockabella]

i really need stan to come through again!

[MusicEnthusiast]

Originally posted by rockabella

i really need stan to come through again!

He will, imo.

[MusicEnthusiast]

Thiem aggressively attacking Djokovic, resulting in many unforced errors. I don't blame him though, that's exactly how you should play Djoko.

[Bro]

Garbine pull through tomorrow

[sychung4650]

Ugh, terrible finals on both sides. Hopefully the lesser of two evils wins in each.

[Sept]

Mugu might win her first slam

[rockabella]

I hate Roland Garros this year. Expected Roland Garros sans Rafa to be bad from the start though

[Aviana]

I can't comprehend the Novak hate on here.
I'm praying for him to win this messy title on Sunday.

I miss Li Na and Sharapova

[sychung4650]

People dislike Nole because he is the beneficiary of an exceptionally weak era, much like Serena. Plus, his attitude is that of an impetuous child, especially compared to the classy Federer. Djokovic screams at ballboys, smashes his racquets on the regular, is sarcastic in his interactions with the crowd and reporters, complains about stuff only when things don't go his way, fakes illness and injury -- and still desperately wants, and expects, to be liked! He should've been defaulted in his last match. He was lucky that racquet bounce just away from the linesperson.

Edit: Looks like someone reported me for saying that Putintseva was proportionally more talented than Serena. A warning doesn't change that fact!

[uhoh-ohno]

Originally posted by sychung4650

People dislike Nole because he is the beneficiary of an exceptionally weak era, much like Serena. Plus, his attitude is that of an impetuous child, especially compared to the classy Federer. Djokovic screams at ballboys, smashes his racquets on the regular, is sarcastic in his interactions with the crowd and reporters, complains about stuff only when things don't go his way, fakes illness and injury -- and still desperately wants, and expects, to be liked! He should've been defaulted in his last match. He was lucky that racquet bounce just away from the linesperson.

Edit: Looks like someone reported me for saying that Putintseva was proportionally more talented than Serena. A warning doesn't change that fact!

Unlike Nole, Serena was winning slams even when the competition at the top was stiffer. Novak wasn't beating Nadal and Federer in their prime.

[RatedG²]

Garbine will not win tomorrow. In fact Serena will prove that she has essentially been Sharapova'd. Muguruza doesn't have the game necessary to beat Serena when she's slightly off (Serena will have to be waaaaay off). She's too slow (like Sharapova), too one dimensional in terms of hard balls only (like Sharapova), and her second serve is a slow ass mess that will get her into trouble. This being on clay will make it worse. Garbi has her best chances on a hard court (or at the very least a dry, fast clay court). This damp, slow clay court will take away all of Garbi's power and allow Serena to move her around at will. If Serena moves her wide on her FH she's done.

With that being said, I do hope for a good match tomorrow. It may even go to three sets but Serena will prevail

[Aleks]

People dislike Nole because he is the beneficiary of an exceptionally weak era

Says a Federer fan

[sychung4650]

Originally posted by Aleks

Says a Federer fan

Excuse you...it seems you need a little lesson:
At 34, almost 35, Federer is still in the top 5. Regularly reaching slam finals/SFs. Regularly beating the World No. 1. Now, of course, Federer is the most talented person to have ever touched a tennis racquet, but a 34 year old with a broken body should NOT be ranked in the top 5. While I'm happy he is, this is symptomatic of an extremely weak era.

Nadal's last 4 grand slam results: R2-R1-R3-R2. And he's still ranked top 5? How?

Murray in a RG final? How?

Raonic, Dimitrov, Thiem, etc. considered young players even though they haven't accomplished much at an even older age (although I do like Thiem).

And Djokovic still No. 1? How? Talentless player taking advantage of a weak era.

Originally posted by uhoh-ohno

Unlike Nole, Serena was winning slams even when the competition at the top was stiffer. Novak wasn't beating Nadal and Federer in their prime.

Point taken, but Serena never dominated to this extent, for this long. So she is a beneficiary of playing in a weak era. If Henin, Clijsters, Capriati, Hingis, etc. were still playing she never would've racked up this many slams post-2008/Henin's retirement or so.

[Aleks]

Originally posted by sychung4650

Excuse you...it seems you need a little lesson:
At 34, almost 35, Federer is still in the top 5. Regularly reaching slam finals/SFs. Regularly beating the World No. 1. Now, of course, Federer is the most talented person to have ever touched a tennis racquet, but a 34 year old with a broken body should NOT be ranked in the top 5. While I'm happy he is, this is symptomatic of an extremely weak era.

Nadal's last 4 grand slam results: R2-R1-R3-R2. And he's still ranked top 5? How?

Murray in a RG final? How?

Raonic, Dimitrov, Thiem, etc. considered young players even though they haven't accomplished much at an even older age (although I do like Thiem).

And Djokovic still No. 1? How? Talentless player taking advantage of a weak era.

And who was Federer beating in his 'prime' years?
Roddick, Blake, Gonzales, Baghdatis, Nalbandian, Hewitt... If that wasn't a weak era, I don't know what is. Murray is a much better player than any of those.
The only decent opponent Federer had at the time was Nadal and he had a losing record against him.

I do like Federer and I think he is a talented player, but he is very overrated and much of his 'tennis excellence' was an illusion as a result of the fact that there were no players capable of challenging him.

Nadal and Djokovic are both better players than Federer has EVER been. They might not have his touch or flair, but they are better than him physically, mentally and they are more consistent. Nadal gave Federer enough lashings during his 'prime' while Djokovic was still an inexperienced youngster, but he made up for it by turning their H2H around in his favour and beating Federer in all the important matches. And I do believe Djokovic will pass his total Slam count. Nadal could have done that as well, if he was healthy.

[Akil]

Originally posted by Aviana

I can't comprehend the Novak hate on here.
I'm praying for him to win this messy title on Sunday.

I miss Li Na and Sharapova

[Aleks]

Originally posted by Akil

WTA is boring without Sharapova. Look what a mess FO is.

Her and Serena are the only real stars of WTA.

[rockabella]

so proud of martina. honestly i never bought into the coke scandal she's a legend