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Author: number_sixnumber_six
Date: Sep 20, 2008 11:38
The singles showdowns on Friday were routine wins, but the doubles is
going the distance.
Nalby took Calleri's place in the dubs, trying to close it out. They
are about to go into extra innings in the fifth against Tursonov -
Kunitsyn.
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Author: Adam ThirnisAdam Thirnis
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:49
On Sep 20, 4:52 pm, "Vari L. Cinicke" netscape.net> wrote:> Knowle and Melzer wiped out Hutchin and J. Murray 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.
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> Not that it would have been easy for the Murrays.
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> But now the tie is out of Andy Murray's hands since it could all come
> down to the 5th rubber which Bogdanovic has to win for GB to make the
> World Group.
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> Is this a fatigue issue or something else?
murray had a muscle strain - but made himself available to play.
however john lloyd decided not to risk him.
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Author: wkhedrwkhedr
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:42
Too bad he didn't win it. May be he should start play more on clay.
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Author: Vari L. CinickeVari L. Cinicke
Date: Sep 20, 2008 08:52
Knowle and Melzer wiped out Hutchin and J. Murray 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.
Not that it would have been easy for the Murrays.
But now the tie is out of Andy Murray's hands since it could all come
down to the 5th rubber which Bogdanovic has to win for GB to make the
World Group.
Is this a fatigue issue or something else?
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Cheers,
vc
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Author: JimJim
Date: Sep 20, 2008 07:50
"John McEnroe...was arguably the best serve-and-volley man of all
time, but then McEnroe was an exception to pretty much every
predictive norm there was. At his peak (say 1980 to 1984), he was the
greatest tennis player who ever lived—the most talented, the most
beautiful, the most tormented: a genius. For me, watching McEnroe don
a blue polyester blazer and do stiff lame truistic color commentary
for TV is like watching Faulkner do a Gap ad."
David Foster Wallace, "The String Theory, " from Esquire.
http://socaltennis.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
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Author:
Date: Sep 20, 2008 07:25
Federer uses his influence to replace entire line-calling team
9/20/08 10:53 AM | Johan Lindahl
- Little could spoil the winning Davis Cup return to Switzerland
of Roger Federer as the five-time US Open champion, helped by teammate
Stan Wawrinka, put the hosts in 2-0 command over Belgium in Lausanne.
But the No. 2 did have to clear away a minor annoyance as he
managed to get en entire team of linesmen replaced during his
victorious opening singles rubber.
It was a series of line calls gone wrong which got the Swiss
temper up. The usually amicable Federer boiled over in his own quiet
way after a disputed call gave opponent Kristof Vliegen an early break
in their second set.
After a quiet word with the chair, the entire team of nine
officials was substituted at the next changeover with Federer trailing
4-1 before his eventual winning recovery.
“I just asked him to change them, that's all I did”, Federer
said. “Maybe I could have over-reacted but I was so irritated by the
call because for me it was such an obvious call”.
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Author: pauldepsteinpauldepstein
Date: Sep 20, 2008 07:10
Usually, no prize money is listed for winners of the final qualifying
round for Grand Slam or ATP events. Presumably, the rationale for
this is that the prize money for qualifying will come from the
performance in the main event. So what happens if a player wins all
the rounds of qualifying, qualifies for an event, and then can't play
in the main event for a valid reason. According to the prize money
listings, they wouldn't get anything but that seems unfair. Or are
they deemed first-round losers even if they leave the tournament
before the first round starts?
Paul Epstein
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