The New and Improved Tennis Thread

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  1. WillySaliba

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    Fran, strictly posting this for context of your post because because I thought the same thing. This might have something to do with it. Who knows where either of her parents learned English, but my guess is that they didn’t have a distinguished cockney accent.
     
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  2. Baron

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    Almost an hour 10 into the 1st set and we 5-5 lol
     
  3. SC

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    It’s the closest thing I’ve ever seen in sports to a legitimate off/on switch. I think it’s more a tactical choice because he knows on most days he can outgrind anyone.
     
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  4. SC

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    Matteo with a break and he’ll serve for the set! What a running forehand
     
  5. Wendel Clark

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    I was really hoping for a quick match again tonight
     
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  6. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    Nerve monster.
     
  7. Sub-Zero

    Sub-Zero ALL THE TOSTITOS!!!
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    9th time during this year's slam run he lost the first set. Obviously 8-0 so far.
     
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  8. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    First set, Mr. Tomljanovic
     
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  9. Wendel Clark

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    Hehe
     
  10. Baron

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    The same security guard on Ashe everyday just cracks me up. I don’t know why.
     
  11. Wendel Clark

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  12. Baron

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    See post #6500 in this thread
     
  13. Wendel Clark

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    For some reason I always love when the ball goes into the camera hole
     
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  14. Wendel Clark

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    Now this is the game Matteo can break Novak
     
  15. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    Here it comes
     
  16. pratyk

    pratyk Arsenal FC, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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    Maybe he's just treating the first set to loosen up and try shit out. Now he's returning everything. Up a break again in set 3.
     
  17. SC

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    Matteo’s done.
     
  18. Sub-Zero

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    I swear he wants his opponents to be confident on purpose.
     
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  19. Baron

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    When you’re the best you can do whatever you want lol
     
  20. Sub-Zero

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    I know but it's like he feasts on the confidence of others. Like a sick craving he wants his opponent to feel confident before he just crushes their spirits
     
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  21. pratyk

    pratyk Arsenal FC, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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    What a bloody return
     
  22. Lip

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  23. Lip

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    It’s over.
     
  24. Baron

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  25. Baron

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  26. WillySaliba

    WillySaliba Well-Known Member
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    I don’t understand this. To me it looks like he wanted a shot of his nipple on Instagram.
     
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  27. WillySaliba

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    Genuinely don’t care who wins. Threw a few on the youngster parlay.
     
  28. Wendel Clark

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    If this was anybody other than Leylah or Bibi, I would be all team Saba
     
  29. Wendel Clark

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    Judging by their entrances, should be a very pro Leylah crowd
     
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  30. bro

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    crowd definitely going to root for the teenagers, which is fair. Rooting for the vets tho
     
  31. WillySaliba

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    Just took the young dogs. Both win outright +866. Once this gets going I know I’ll lean towards both the youngsters.
     
  32. WillySaliba

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    Anyone know the payout structure for this. he’s the structure, does getting to tonight earn them $675 in total, or is each number a baseline for reaching a round. Meaning you add them all up leading to tonight?

    Singles:
    Winner: $2,500,000
    Runner-Up: $1,250,000
    Semifinalist: $675,000
    Quarterfinalist: $425,000
    Round of 16: $265,000
    Round of 32: $180,000
    Round of 64: $115,000
    Round of 128: $75,000
     
  33. Wendel Clark

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    Losers will make 675 tonight
     
  34. Wendel Clark

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    If Saba serves like this all night, going to be a quick night
     
  35. WillySaliba

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    Did you need IBM power rankings to tell you that?
     
  36. Wendel Clark

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    Saba on tonight
     
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  37. SC

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    Its a set number total. So they’re all at $675k. The winners tonight move up to the $1.25M tier at worst
     
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  38. WillySaliba

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    Yeah understood the min and earnings tonight, just was not sure if it was cumulative.
     
  39. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    Gotcha. Yeah, cumulative but not added together.
     
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  40. Wendel Clark

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    Saba 10/10 on first serve
     
  41. Wendel Clark

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    This power just seems way to much for her
     
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  42. Wendel Clark

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    I don’t think Leylah can win this match, Saba will have to lose it
     
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  43. SC

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    Match is definitely on Saba’s racket.
     
  44. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    Back on serve, now let’s see what she’s got.
     
  45. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    BIG hold.
     
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  46. WillySaliba

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    How the fuck is she returning these?
     
  47. Taques

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    fernandez owns
     
  48. Wendel Clark

    Wendel Clark Gambling God
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    I know the power is making leylah not being to hit her shots but she’s really got to get Saba moving
     
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  49. SC

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    TB time.
     
  50. Wendel Clark

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    Her first serve has disappeared