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Sabine  Out of top 100 now...

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4 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

I didn't expect much from anyone else, but Melo/Soares have had a fantastic year and everybody was counting on them. Well, I guess there's no use to complain now. 

 

With different partners. Wherever they paired up they lost in early rounds.

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10 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

No medal in tennis for Brazil has got to be the biggest disappointment of the Olympics for us so far. The Olympics have been pretty rough for Brazil until now. I was not expecting stellar results, but this is way below my most modest expectations

 

Honestly, your players stood no chance of winning a medal except Melo and Soares, who got a really tough draw...  

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Well done Pica!  

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14 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Come on Johnson, take Murray to 5 sets and then lose so Murray is tired and not extra motivated for his XD match

 

Five sets?

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Pica

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1 minute ago, orangeman said:

There were some close calls at crucial points in the game, with the calls going Spain's way.  As I said, there were no replays so I'm not sure if the wrong call was made.  But at least one of them looked to be ridiculous and right in front of the ump.  I would like to see replays, but can't seem to find them.  Oh well, hopefully they can refocus for the bronze game tomorrow.  

 

I had no idea there was no hawk-eye outside the Centre Court... Quite shocking, tbh.  

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5 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Nestor says in 25 years of tennis, this was the worst judged game he's ever had.  Not happy.  

 

What happened? 

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Two of the biggest favorites to win medals in women's doubles are two breaks down respectively  

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Lol, it seems they changed the rules for Rio  

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Are the seedings in doubles correct? In GS events doubles rankings are used to determine seedings.

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Great news - Alona Bondarenko is back!  Playing 10K tournament Tarvisio this week. She won her first round match.

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Also, Rodinova sisters have been given a place in doubles event. Drama incoming, get ready y'all!  

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Saisai Zheng was named as a replacement as well!

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So happy for Nettu

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6 minutes ago, dareza said:

same will be on OG

 

It will certainly be Andy's tournament to win.

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21 minutes ago, dareza said:

this was good preparation for OG. Novak was not that good, but good enough for the title (30. atp 1000)

 

It was actually an awful tournament with poor level of play from all players in the draw.

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1 hour ago, Dragon said:

The Bryan brothers live in Florida.

The British Foreign Office just advised pregnant women not to travel to Florida because of the Zika virus

 

Oh the irony... 

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3 minutes ago, stefanbg said:

Golfers and tennis players seem to be most vulnerable to the virus. There must be some mutation of it that attacks people with specific skills

 

The richest athletes are the most threatened ones. That's why NBA players spend their time on their own yacht.  

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I hope IOC gets rid of tennis in 2024...  ITF ruined this tournament.

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Well, yeah, that's why Martina's legend... Poor Vika.  

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29 minutes ago, rybak said:

One of them is Magda Linette

 

Are you sure? As far as I know she's only ALT #6.

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It's yet to be announced who will replace Belinda and Yulia.