Wimbledon

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Sports

26 Jun 08 23:52

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

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06 Jul 08 20:18

Originally posted by zebano
Nadal wins
6-4; 6-4; 6-7; 6-7; 9-7

Holy shyte, what a great match that was! Rafa wins a nail-biter.

roge25

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06 Jul 08 20:25

stunning final - best game i remember watching - nadal is just never beat no matter how good a shot you hit

RandyFlagg

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06 Jul 08 23:20

Best match i have ever seen. I can't imageine how frustrating it must be to play Nadal, everything comes back. He's amazing and uncle Tony is a genius.

ark13

Enola Straight

mouse mouse mouse

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07 Jul 08 03:00

Tremendous match. I was happy that Nadal won; I think he deserved it. It was as close as you could imagine, but both in the context of the match and the tournament scene in the past year, Nadal seems to be the stronger player.

But more than the outcome, I was touched by the gracious words Federer and Nadal had for each other after the match. It's great to see two incredible competitors play such a hard-fought match and still value sportsmanship above all else. This is why we have sports.

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

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07 Jul 08 06:37

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Anyone in the US watch? It was on NBC here and they timed out at 3 PM EDT , I couldn't watch the end. Sucked big time. The rain delay screwed up the match. What channel or network did you all watch it on?

darvlay

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07 Jul 08 13:06

Originally posted by sonhouse
Anyone in the US watch? It was on NBC here and they timed out at 3 PM EDT , I couldn't watch the end. Sucked big time. The rain delay screwed up the match. What channel or network did you all watch it on?

Uh... NBC. 😕

RandyFlagg

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08 Jul 08 00:59

NBC, they showed it all in so cal.

sonhouse

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slatington, pa, usa

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08 Jul 08 03:15

Originally posted by RandyFlagg
NBC, they showed it all in so cal.

I know what happened. My TIVO only recorded till 3PM, had to leave for a while and came back to the game but it was all over and it ended the recording at 3, so I got screwed by my tivo..

bbarr

Chief Justice

Center of Contention

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08 Jul 08 05:51

Originally posted by RandyFlagg
NBC, they showed it all in so cal.

And today it was on ESPN classic. That's right, I watched it twice. I can't recall ever seeing two more mentally tough competitors in tennis.

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

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10 Jul 08 23:37

Originally posted by bbarr
And today it was on ESPN classic. That's right, I watched it twice. I can't recall ever seeing two more mentally tough competitors in tennis.

What is the next big tournie? Aussie, US? Hard court stuff?

slimjim

Death from Above

El Paso, TX

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11 Jul 08 00:03

I think the Williams sisters have nice assets.😛

GalaxyShield

Mr. Shield

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11 Jul 08 00:27

Originally posted by sonhouse
What is the next big tournie? Aussie, US? Hard court stuff?

US Open is the last major of the year, I believe.

RandyFlagg

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11 Jul 08 00:37

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
US Open is the last major of the year, I believe.

Yup

najdorfslayer

The Ever Living

Third Earth

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11 Jul 08 09:01

US is last Grand Slam of the year but there are 2 ATP masters series Tourneys in Canada (21/07) and Cincinnati (28/07) where the big guys should all be playing this comes before the Olympics (11/08) before US Open starts (25/08) a busy schedule then!!

bbarr

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13 Jul 08 21:56

Originally posted by najdorfslayer
US is last Grand Slam of the year but there are 2 ATP masters series Tourneys in Canada (21/07) and Cincinnati (28/07) where the big guys should all be playing this comes before the Olympics (11/08) before US Open starts (25/08) a busy schedule then!!

Busy indeed. Let's see if Nadal's knees hold up on the hard stuff.