- Thread starter
- #251
I'm hoping for a night match (Sunday morning our time) would be great
US Open 2014
- Thread starter vaughany
- Start date
- Tagged users None
A 34 year old player from the Dominican Republic. As you would expect for a tennis player from the Dominican Republic he struggled to get the cash to travel to tournaments early on in his career. Turned pro when he was 22 but mainly played local tournaments and Davis Cup. Quit for a while and became a coach but then decided to give it another crack in 2006. He got to the top 300 in 2008 but his ranking pretty well plateaued there and he became a Futures/Challenger journeyman playing predominantly in South America. Finally won his first Challenger title in Colombia at the age of 31. Then towards the end of 2012 he tore cartilage in his elbow and took six months off. Obviously retirement then became a big option because his ranking had started to dip and up until then his career high was 163 which was going to be tough for him to reach again at the age of 32. He came back anyway and cracked the top 100 in February this year, got his Grand Slam Main draw debut at the French Open and is now into the third round at the US Open. His run at the US Open is even better with all the Dominicans who are incredibly vocal with their support. You could hear them during Kyrgios' match this morning. With this result he moves to 69 on the live rankings and is pretty much assured of staying in the top 100 until next year.
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
Genie!
Hudu Gurusingha
Cancelled
- Jul 11, 2014
- 3,146
- 3,040
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Penrith Panthers, Houston Astros
Yeah cos a Grandslam counts for nothing
Bit sick of this criticism of Sam by flogs - she's been our most successful women's player for a long time, and arguably the most successful Aussie over the last 5 years or so. Obviously is dealing with some mental demons, but FFS tennis is a headwrecking game, and you NEVER see her carry on to the media or fake injuries or doing dickhead things off the court. She goes out there and tries her best every time and works her arse off.
Get behind her.
Last edited:
bjgoddard18
Senior List
Tomic retired before a point played against Ferrer
Rustin Cohle
Flat Circle
6-0, 0-6, 7-6
LMAO
LMAO
- Thread starter
- #261
Bouchard gets the night match again round 3. All USA players are day matches Gibbs, Querrey and WilliamsGenie!
matt_897
Premium Platinum
I was right.... Dellacqua is 2nd on court 17 (although I Have heard the first match nishikori has withdrawn)
Groth/Federer coming up after this Berdych match
TennisPlayerAndy
Game #6 Klay
- Apr 1, 2008
- 57,739
- 101,776
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Raiders, GSW, QPR, NYM
Yeah cos a Grandslam counts for nothing
Bit sick of this criticism of Sam by flogs - she's been our most successful women's player for a long time, and arguably the most successful Aussie over the last 5 years or so. Obviously is dealing with some mental demons, but FFS tennis is a headwrecking game, and you NEVER see her carry on to the media or fake injuries or doing dickhead things off the court. She goes out there and tries her best every time and works her arse off.
Get behind her.
Gaston Gaudio won a Grand Slam tournament. So did Francesca Schoavone.
One Slam wonders.
Her ability should have seen her win multiple Grand Slams. Her problem is she isn't smart enough on court. Her lack of court smarts has seen her lose to lesser players on a consistent basis.
- Thread starter
- #264
Last edited:
- Jan 15, 2012
- 48,673
- 49,484
- AFL Club
- Richmond
what happened to Tomic, he couldnt even a play a point. ?
matt_897
Premium Platinum
Hip issue, to be fair he was limping around in the Brown match but who knows how serious it is.
Groth started off well considering, Fed will find his returning form though.
- Thread starter
- #267
They lost in doubles first round anyway.
- Thread starter
- #269
Oh cool I'm glad they lost I want Kyrgios to conserve energy for the singles campaign.
How do you reckon he will go against Robredo?
- Jan 15, 2012
- 48,673
- 49,484
- AFL Club
- Richmond
Ah ok, I thought he had a chance against Ferrer. I supposed he doesnt want to risk it since he had hip surgery a few months ago.
Groth lol every time I see him, I think of the KIA ads.
- Jan 15, 2012
- 48,673
- 49,484
- AFL Club
- Richmond
Halep is out already! I was expecting her to make the finals.
It's good to see M Lucic back, I remember when she first started as a 15 yr old, and she had so much potential but then disappeared from the game.
It's good to see M Lucic back, I remember when she first started as a 15 yr old, and she had so much potential but then disappeared from the game.
Think he'll win in 4, should be a good match though.
Groth doing decently against Roger at the moment.
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
Everyone knows the hot girls get the night sessions and rightly so
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
PMSL Halep the worlds worst number 2 flops again, and Kerber joins her flopping
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
Hurry up Federer I want Sabine and Maria on
