The Tennis Thread

[Soapsuds]

Chia Pet loses again.....not surprised...Nadal has his number once again

[Soapsuds]

New rankings out already. Nadal will be number 1 soon. Federer goes up to #6 and Juan Martin drops to #7 and John Inser goes up to #15 ...I love that Murray lost almost 2,000 points...

• 1 Novak DJOKOVIC 10980
• 2 Rafael NADAL 10060
• 3 Andy MURRAY 7060
• 4 David FERRER 6850
• 5 Tomas BERDYCH 4535
• 6 Roger FEDERER 4515
• 7 Juan Martin DEL POTRO 4425
• 8 Jo-Wilfried TSONGA 3425
• 9 Richard GASQUET 3165
• 10 Stanislas WAWRINKA 3150

Edited September 10, 2013 by Soapsuds

[Wales2004]

I guess it's too much to expect announcers to call matches and skip the psychoanalysis, mind reading, and projecting. The first set was all about how tired Djokovic was and how he wasn't on his game presumably Wawrinka's fault. Then they switched to how he was made to go five matches because of his endurance training. They were pleased that "this guy" was waking up and "this guy" was possibly tightening up. I stopped watching for a set and a half and turned back on in time for the final set. I don't remember all of that noise when Djokovic failed to show up against Andy Murray.

And how stupid is their graphic of a "big four?" Andy Murray doesn't belong in a big anything unless it's a list of ugly players. Roger Federer may have fallen off but are they seriously comparing his career winners to Andy Murray? This is all Djokovic's fault for not dispatching Andy Murray twice.

Good for Nadal.

[ChitHappens]

So happy! So very happy!

CONGRATS Nadal!

[ChitHappens]

Fun fact and kind of awesome:

Tennis Updates ‏@tennis_updates 2h

The funnest:Serena & Nadal have won EACH GS together: AO09, RG13, Wimby10, USO13; 1st male-female pair in the entire history of tennis to do so.

[Soapsuds]

Men's Final Rating

2.7 rating with a 0.9 in women 18-49

Much lower than the women's final with Serena....5.3 rating and a 1.6 in women 18-49

Men's tennis needs one of the USA male players to start breaking out....Nadal, Murray and Joker are NOT bringing the ratings in the USA....only Roger seems to do that for now.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Soapsuds

[Gina90]

Ferrer still 4# what the &^%^%^&%&(%$## really?

[Soapsuds]

Novak wins year end championship. Until January for the Aussie Open. Nadal ends up at number 1 for the end of year. Speaking of.....

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/rafael-nadal-played-practical-joke-andy-murray-inappropriate-163046160--ten.html

I wonder if the rumors about Nadal being gay is true??...lol

[ChitHappens]

I was really hoping Serena and Rafa would complete the twin year! 2013 was a very lucrative and championship year for both, but Djoker was not letting Rafa have US Open and YEC!

[ChitHappens]

Roger Federer and wife, Mirka, are expecting baby #3!

[Soapsuds]

I hope they have a son. I'd love to see a future Federer in the tennis world.

Speaking of

Aussie Open isnt too far to begin...

[Soapsuds]

Joker hired Becker as a coach...and now Federer has hired Edberg as part of his coach staff....Aussie Open in a couple of weeks.

[ChitHappens]

Sloane hired Paul Anacone for the Aussie Open.

[Soapsuds]

Paul Annacone is an awful coach...he was awful on the tour as a player..and I don't get why he is so great as a coach.

[ChitHappens]

Apparently, Sloane picked up on his awfulness because the relationship has been terminated. PA said he would not be working with her in the near future. This is almost as bad as Connors "coffee date" with Sharapova.