I really don't give a damn about tennis, but this has been fascinating to watch.
It's pretty much the opposite for me. I can understand the drama and the appeal of it, but it's not really tennis anymore.
I don't know much about Isner at all and I didn't see him in this match until the infamous fifth set, but does he have much more than the serve and his height?
I seem to recall him playing Murray at the Australian and looking a much more interesting player than I expected.
I really don't give a damn about tennis, but this has been fascinating to watch.
It's pretty much the opposite for me. I can understand the drama and the appeal of it, but it's not really tennis anymore.
I don't know much about Isner at all and I didn't see him play until this infamous fifth set, but does he have much more than the serve and his height?
I seem to recall him playing Murray at the Australian and looking a much more interesting player than I expected.
And Tsonga just finished up!
Isner is a really cool guy
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
There not even really playing at this point. Ace, ace, ace, ace...nothing looking like a break point...it's just getting silly.
Interestingly, it will be funny if they get up to 100+ games as there isn't a space on the scoreboard for that :P
I don't know much about Isner at all and I didn't see him play until this infamous fifth set, but does he have much more than the serve and his height?
I seem to recall him playing Murray at the Australian and looking a much more interesting player than I expected.
He's a lumberjack with a racquet. His game is slightly better than what he's showing here because he usually has more time to prepare his shots and with his size, one needs every millisecond.
Crazy match. I was switching back and forth between Svk/Ita and this most of the morning and BobCesca was right. For a loooong while, it was really just an ace show with no real back and forth. Still congrats to both Mahut and Isner.
I wouldn't feel too bad for him. He was an unseeded player who just broke several tennis records at Wimbledon. He'll have a bit of a spotlight for a while.
I don't normally watch tennis but I had it on randomly two days ago and this highlight pops up, and I think "oh that's cool" as I don't know who either of these guys are.
I end up watching most of the coverage yesterday just flipping between soccer games, the wimbeldon shit was in between the two channels in my area. Eventually the soccer games end...and this is still going on.
I watch pretty much every minute after the first games end.
I listen to it while leveling in WoW this morning. God damn.
GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
To be fair... maybe that's about it. You can climb almost all the way up Everest, but if you don't get those last five feet, it's not enough.
You can give every bit of effort you've got, but if the guy on the other end of the net gave that little bit more at the end... you didn't want it enough. You wanted it badly. Very very badly. More than is comprehensible.
But not enough. It's cruel to say, but... that's how it is. That's the essence of 'a shame someone has to lose'.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
Nadal having to go to 5 was even more interesting, because he kind of had to accept he can't play 75% and had to turn it up to beat Haase, using up some energy he could have saved for later in the week.
I'm excited about the Hewitt Monfils match tomorrow, Monfils will try and get under Hewitt's skin with his antics and he won't be able to (does Hewitt have a Aussie Aussie Aussie party like he did last year?), but he'll have the speed Hewitt used to.
And Kolschreibber beat Roddick early in the '08 AO, can he do the same tomorrow?
edit: Roddick helped out his fellow countryman last night in the for of foodstuffs:
So what should you do in such a situation for which there is no guidance in any coaching manual. Isner revealed that his first move was to drink what he called "a recovery shake to get some carbs in me right away". He then took an ice bath as he explained - for those of us who've not spent a whole day bashing a tennis ball over the net without a break - that the hunger pangs had yet to kick in.
That is, until Andy Roddick who had already left the Wimbledon complex, did his bit for American tennis by arriving with some take-away food for Isner and his coaching team. Isner recalled: "There were three boxes of pizza, all sorts of chicken and mashed potatoes. I would have eaten 12 Big Macs." If ever a man needed a boost to get through the match of his life, then surely having a former Grand Slam winner and Wimbledon finalist acting as your pizza delivery boy must be one huge fillip.
That's a cool move on his part, he's gotten much better in his role as "mentor" to Querry and Isner, whereas say in 2007 he was more isolated.
Looks like he's about to lose his second set to Lu.
EDIT:
And he's lost it.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
The Court 2 curse seems to be claiming another victim....
Hewitt lost to Novak in 4, that's a shame, now I have no one really to root for. Well, Querry but the biased Wimbledon officials are just giving the match to Murray*
Clijsters won over Henin, that was nice. Wozniacki was blown out, I wonder what was with her. And Jankovic retired due to a back injury.
Wozniacki was blown out, I wonder what was with her.
Nothing. She was outplayed from the very first point of the match. Kvit matched rallies with Azarenka and then finally had too much pace for her, compared to that match, Wozniacki was like a 12 year old vs a grown up. They played late last year and the match was exactly the same, except Kvitova was hitting more than half the balls out. so Caroline managed to win. I have no idea if she can keep her current tennis for the whole tournament, but if she can, Venus & Serena better beware.
On a side note, Wozniacki's tennis is a disgrace to the top 10. Worst player since Coetzer and it's a shame she isn't even trying to change her approach as she seems a rather nice person. She's young, at some point she'd stop deluding herself that she can ever win a slam playing that way, so we may find out how good she actually is.
Also, I really hate Wimbledon's scheduling.
Edit: Go Kimmmaay!
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
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Roddick, it's so hard to root for you on days like today.
He really expected to just outlast Lu in terms of endurance, and Lu showed it doesn't matter. And his damn loopy forehand got him in trouble along with his net game.
Nadal won very convincingly after a shaky first few games, he's the only hope left to beat Federer unless Djokovic decides to show up (because Murray will fall apart like always).
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It's pretty much the opposite for me. I can understand the drama and the appeal of it, but it's not really tennis anymore.
I don't know much about Isner at all and I didn't see him in this match until the infamous fifth set, but does he have much more than the serve and his height?
I seem to recall him playing Murray at the Australian and looking a much more interesting player than I expected.
And Tsonga just finished up!
Isner is a really cool guy
Interestingly, it will be funny if they get up to 100+ games as there isn't a space on the scoreboard for that :P
He's a lumberjack with a racquet. His game is slightly better than what he's showing here because he usually has more time to prepare his shots and with his size, one needs every millisecond.
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Has there been anything even approaching a break point yet?
They've played the equivalent of a set today, right?
Edit: Normal service resumed.
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Energizer Bunny would be more appropriate.
It just keeps GOING AND GOING.
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Yes this
I don't normally watch tennis but I had it on randomly two days ago and this highlight pops up, and I think "oh that's cool" as I don't know who either of these guys are.
I end up watching most of the coverage yesterday just flipping between soccer games, the wimbeldon shit was in between the two channels in my area. Eventually the soccer games end...and this is still going on.
I watch pretty much every minute after the first games end.
I listen to it while leveling in WoW this morning. God damn.
@sethmeyers21:
Mahut just didn't want it enough
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Man, fuck that guy.
You can give every bit of effort you've got, but if the guy on the other end of the net gave that little bit more at the end... you didn't want it enough. You wanted it badly. Very very badly. More than is comprehensible.
But not enough. It's cruel to say, but... that's how it is. That's the essence of 'a shame someone has to lose'.
Mahut looks like a Pixar version or a rat who has become human.
I'm assuming it was tongue-in-cheek. Also, hilarious.
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I would think so. Seth Myers is on SNL (does Weekend Update) and is also a big sports fan
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I'm excited about the Hewitt Monfils match tomorrow, Monfils will try and get under Hewitt's skin with his antics and he won't be able to (does Hewitt have a Aussie Aussie Aussie party like he did last year?), but he'll have the speed Hewitt used to.
And Kolschreibber beat Roddick early in the '08 AO, can he do the same tomorrow?
edit: Roddick helped out his fellow countryman last night in the for of foodstuffs:
That's a cool move on his part, he's gotten much better in his role as "mentor" to Querry and Isner, whereas say in 2007 he was more isolated.
Looks like he's about to lose his second set to Lu.
EDIT:
And he's lost it.
Hewitt lost to Novak in 4, that's a shame, now I have no one really to root for. Well, Querry but the biased Wimbledon officials are just giving the match to Murray*
Clijsters won over Henin, that was nice. Wozniacki was blown out, I wonder what was with her. And Jankovic retired due to a back injury.
*not really
Nothing. She was outplayed from the very first point of the match. Kvit matched rallies with Azarenka and then finally had too much pace for her, compared to that match, Wozniacki was like a 12 year old vs a grown up. They played late last year and the match was exactly the same, except Kvitova was hitting more than half the balls out. so Caroline managed to win. I have no idea if she can keep her current tennis for the whole tournament, but if she can, Venus & Serena better beware.
On a side note, Wozniacki's tennis is a disgrace to the top 10. Worst player since Coetzer and it's a shame she isn't even trying to change her approach as she seems a rather nice person. She's young, at some point she'd stop deluding herself that she can ever win a slam playing that way, so we may find out how good she actually is.
Also, I really hate Wimbledon's scheduling.
Edit: Go Kimmmaay!
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He really expected to just outlast Lu in terms of endurance, and Lu showed it doesn't matter. And his damn loopy forehand got him in trouble along with his net game.
Nadal won very convincingly after a shaky first few games, he's the only hope left to beat Federer unless Djokovic decides to show up (because Murray will fall apart like always).