JohnnyBlaze Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Another Muguruza break! She'll try to serve it out for the title after the changeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score: 7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score:7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set. I was up late last night so I am ending up watching the replay; too horrible for Venus! She is going down in flames. To preserve some shred of self dignity I feel I must mention here that I have been #1 in the TRF Nascar Fantasy game for the last two months! Obviously if it were tennis I would be dead last. You, however, know your stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score:7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set. I was up late last night so I am ending up watching the replay; too horrible for Venus! She is going down in flames. To preserve some shred of self dignity I feel I must mention here that I have been #1 in the TRF Nascar Fantasy game for the last two months! Obviously if it were tennis I would be dead last. You, however, know your stuff! :cheers: The unedited, R-rated tennis comments can be found in pm's with treeduck...over the last decade. Tennis threads don't usually seem to last in TRF. Hopefully they will in the future. Mainly, I want others around to hear us rip on Tomic and Kyrgios, tennis pro analysts/commentators, and other assorted tennis mutants. ;) Nascar...the only connection to Nascar I have is going to Daytona Beach several times in my life due to growing up in Florida. But that was to hit the beach, not the track. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Kubot and Melo are champs! :7up: 13-11 in the fifth set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score: 7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set.I missed it. I'm happy for Muguruza! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score: 7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set.I missed it. I'm happy for Muguruza! It was pretty close that first set. Muguruza saved two set points then later Venus saved one. After Muguruza got that second break in the second set, her title was all but guaranteed. I haven't seen the box scores but it didn't LOOK like the beating that it was of 6-0. At the same time, Muguruza never looked like she was in trouble that second set because, of course, she wasn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score:7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set.I missed it. I'm happy for Muguruza! It was pretty close that first set. Muguruza saved two set points then later Venus saved one. After Muguruza got that second break in the second set, her title was all but guaranteed. I haven't seen the box scores but it didn't LOOK like the beating that it was of 6-0. At the same time, Muguruza never looked like she was in trouble that second set because, of course, she wasn't. I watched the whole match. Muguruza was very good. Venus is 37 and had last week's traffic accident to deal with. She was just out of gas in that second set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Down to the finals. See if I can get these right... As stated before I'm going with Muguruza and Fed. For the Muguruza win I'm going for a straight sets victory. And let's go ahead and call the score:7-6, 6-4 Final score: 7-5, 6-0 Muguruza Just too much for Venus in that second set.I missed it. I'm happy for Muguruza! It was pretty close that first set. Muguruza saved two set points then later Venus saved one. After Muguruza got that second break in the second set, her title was all but guaranteed. I haven't seen the box scores but it didn't LOOK like the beating that it was of 6-0. At the same time, Muguruza never looked like she was in trouble that second set because, of course, she wasn't. I watched the whole match. Muguruza was very good. Venus is 37 and had last week's traffic accident to deal with. She was just out of gas in that second set. Sounds right. So how about the Cilic/Fed final? Last year, Fed came back from 2 sets to 0 to beat Cilic. But in the 2014 U.S. open semis, Cilic dominated Fed in straights then went on to destroy a fatigued Nishikori in the final for his only slam title so far. As I said earlier in this thread, Cilic has the best chance of those semi finalists to beat Roger. I don't think it'll happen but he has a chance. And I'd guess he'd have to go all out from the beginning of the match PLUS Fed being a little off his game. If that happens, it'd have to be a straight sets win for Cilic. I just can't imagine Cilic winning a tight match vs Fed. I think he'd take ONE set off Roger max. BUT I don't expect that. I'm thinking Roger in straights. Let's go with 7-6, 7-5, 6-3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I hate the BBC's coverage of tennis. It's all too jolly hockey sticks and dimwitted nods to outdated customs and protocol. John McEnroe, however, is a titan of sports broadcasting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I hate the BBC's coverage of tennis. It's all too jolly hockey sticks and dimwitted nods to outdated customs and protocol. John McEnroe, however, is a titan of sports broadcasting. McEnroe's the best tennis commentator I can think of, knowledgable and entertaining at the same time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) 1st set goes to Fed, 6-3. Cilic at less than 50% first serves in that set. He needs to be at at least 65% vs Fed. Edited July 16, 2017 by JohnnyBlaze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Cilic appeared to fall apart after the 3rd game of the second set. Crying too... Edited July 16, 2017 by Tony R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Cilic appeared to fall apart after the 3rd game of the second set. Crying too...3-6, 1-6 so far. This has to be crushing for him. :( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Federer again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. Cilic couldn't get anything going. I know he had the injury time out and all that but he was serving 130-135mph and Fed was still returning those serves. Then again, big servers never really bothered Fed too much throughout his career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. Cilic couldn't get anything going. I know he had the injury time out and all that but he was serving 130-135mph and Fed was still returning those serves. Then again, big servers never really bothered Fed too much throughout his career.Federer is a freak of nature. Just mind-boggling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. Cilic couldn't get anything going. I know he had the injury time out and all that but he was serving 130-135mph and Fed was still returning those serves. Then again, big servers never really bothered Fed too much throughout his career.Federer is a freak of nature. Just mind-boggling. Mrs. B was watching with me and after Fed returned a few of Cilic booming 130+ mph serves she asked how fast that was in km. I told her that it was faster than the usual Shinkansen(bullet train) speed. She said, "Than how can Cilic win?!" I replied, "Exactly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. Cilic couldn't get anything going. I know he had the injury time out and all that but he was serving 130-135mph and Fed was still returning those serves. Then again, big servers never really bothered Fed too much throughout his career.Federer is a freak of nature. Just mind-boggling. Mrs. B was watching with me and after Fed returned a few of Cilic booming 130+ mph serves she asked how fast that was in km. I told her that it was faster than the usual Shinkansen(bullet train) speed. She said, "Than how can Cilic win?!" I replied, "Exactly."Roger Federer has an unfair advantage... in that he's Roger Federer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. Cilic couldn't get anything going. I know he had the injury time out and all that but he was serving 130-135mph and Fed was still returning those serves. Then again, big servers never really bothered Fed too much throughout his career.Federer is a freak of nature. Just mind-boggling. Mrs. B was watching with me and after Fed returned a few of Cilic booming 130+ mph serves she asked how fast that was in km. I told her that it was faster than the usual Shinkansen(bullet train) speed. She said, "Than how can Cilic win?!" I replied, "Exactly."Roger Federer has an unfair advantage... in that he's Roger Federer. Given that Murray and Djokovic aren't healthy at the moment, it only increases Fed's chances of winning more big titles. Hopefully Rafa will keep having a great year so that he can challenge Fed. Additionally, Stan and the others need to step up to provide more competition too. Edited July 17, 2017 by JohnnyBlaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. I was just looking at the Wimbledon match scores and I hadn't realized that Roger didn't drop a single set for the entire tournament. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. I was just looking at the Wimbledon match scores and I hadn't realized that Roger didn't drop a single set for the entire tournament. I know it's nuts. You would've figured that Dimitrov, Raonic, Berdych, and Cilic would've AT LEAST mustered up 2-3 sets off Fed among the four of them. Rafa did the same thing at the French this year, didn't drop a set the whole tourney. Additionally, his last two opponents, Thiem and Wawrinka, are as good as you get on clay these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. I was just looking at the Wimbledon match scores and I hadn't realized that Roger didn't drop a single set for the entire tournament. I know it's nuts. You would've figured that Dimitrov, Raonic, Berdych, and Cilic would've AT LEAST mustered up 2-3 sets off Fed among the four of them. Rafa did the same thing at the French this year, didn't drop a set the whole tourney. Additionally, his last two opponents, Thiem and Wawrinka, are as good as you get on clay these days.Rafa wins an astounding 10th French Open and also becomes the first player to win a major in ten consecutive years. Simply fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.I know I called a straights sets Fed win but I didn't expect that much of a beat down. I was just looking at the Wimbledon match scores and I hadn't realized that Roger didn't drop a single set for the entire tournament. I know it's nuts. You would've figured that Dimitrov, Raonic, Berdych, and Cilic would've AT LEAST mustered up 2-3 sets off Fed among the four of them. Rafa did the same thing at the French this year, didn't drop a set the whole tourney. Additionally, his last two opponents, Thiem and Wawrinka, are as good as you get on clay these days.Rafa wins an astounding 10th French Open and also becomes the first player to win a major in ten consecutive years. Simply fantastic! That too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Congrats to Iga Swiatek for winning the 2020 French Open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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