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[TENNIS] is a game about smacking balls

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  • NoffNoff Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It's like they've broken the game of tennis. It just makes you think, "why the hell did they invent a game which can conceivably never end?"

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Both nearing 100 aces now too.

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Coming soon: (skip to 8:00)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0phlwtxwFU&feature=related

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I'm actually glad this is happening, and with an American to boot.

    In the US tennis has been on the decline since Sampras retired, mainly because no one other than Roddick does well (and Roddick isn't as consistent for someone like CBS or ESPN to guarantee TV time to). Querry and Isner are the future of the game here, and this helps put more spotlight on the game in the US.

    114 games in the 5th set, that is equivalent to 8 7-6 sets, almost two marathon games alone.

    This is insane.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    MATCH POINT! OH MY GOD!

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Thetheroo wrote: »
    MATCH POINT! OH MY GOD!

    Nope, 59-59.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Was not to be. Isner looks like he's about to collapse.

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Silly boy. You thought a match point might herald the end of the match?

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Don't boo Mahut for talking about the light you cunts.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    THE CROWD CHANTS FOR BLOOOOOODDDD!!

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    And at 59-59, this match heads into the third day.

    There are no words.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    TEN HOURS

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, people who've never played in this twilight time don't know that it is hard to see/call the ball.

    DeBakker is either really pissed or really happy to face either one (they have to play the 2nd round tomorrow, right?)

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Hey, two more days after tomorrow and it's a test match.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Isner sounds drunk.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    No direct link has been posted to this yet, but it is hilarious.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jun/23/wimbledon-2010-tennis-live

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    8.05pm: In the stands, a woman is laughing. She laughs long and hard and her laugh is the sort of ghastly yodel you normally hear in antique horror movies about Victorian insane asylums. "Wa-la-ha-la-wah," she goes. "Wa-la-ha-la-ha-la!" Will nobody drag her out? Call in the goons in white coats. Get this woman to a lobotomy!

    Someone's had a wee bit of the consumption, eh?

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I was out all day, first time in a long while I don't watch tennis, and this shit happens.
    My fucking luck;o(
    Edit: Also, every fucker who wants to introduce a tie break because of this can die in a fire(I'm looking at you, McEnroe). It's a superb freak result. It will be equally superb when it happens again, in 70 years time.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So in other day 3 wrap ups:

    -Roddick and Federer through in 4 sets each.

    -Djokovic beats Dent, which sucks, but Dent set the fastest serve record at Wimbledon at 148 mph

    -Hewitt wins easily on a retirement

    -Davydenko is out (never good on grass)

    -Melanie Oudin, the golden girl from last year's US Open, out in the second round

    -Mardy Fish loses in 4 sets

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Jesus Christ -- I just realized that if you were to win every point during your service with an ace, you could take four straight sets to a tie-break with nothing but aces and you would STILL have two fewer aces per match than John Isner's currently tallied.

    That's the most ridiculous kind of shit.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I just caught the wrap-up of this by TSN today.

    Holy fuck

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I had to leave shortly before they suspended play. I was petty convinced it was going to go to a third day (which, of all the insane thoughts this match inspires, might be the most mind-boggling to me).

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  • Simjanes2kSimjanes2k Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So if Isner gets 100 Aces, someone IS going to say he scored a century, right?

    I mean, right?

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  • spiderj24spiderj24 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The BBC has gone a little overboard on queen coverage. This has become a royal function rather than a tournament.

    To the tennis!

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Why is the Queen there today? Because she knows Murray won't make the final? hi-yoooo

    And does Niemenan have to bow to her as well? It's kind of weird seeing players do that, almost like gladiators saluting before they fight, I thought you were better than that Britain.

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Pennetta is almost done with Niculescu, so the corpses of Isner & Mahut should be on court soon.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    zeeny wrote: »
    Pennetta is almost done with Niculescu, so the corpses of Isner & Mahut should be on court soon.

    Heh

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  • AvicusAvicus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    zeeny wrote: »
    Pennetta is almost done with Niculescu, so the corpses of Isner & Mahut should be on court soon.

    I read that they are going on at 3:30 local time even if the match before them finishes before then.

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Avicus wrote: »
    zeeny wrote: »
    Pennetta is almost done with Niculescu, so the corpses of Isner & Mahut should be on court soon.

    I read that they are going on at 3:30 local time even if the match before them finishes before then.

    Correct.

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  • BobCescaBobCesca Is a girl Birmingham, UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Apparently the umpire is out for the zombie match, so hopefully it'll start soon.

    I will giggle if it's over in 5 minutes. :lol:

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  • spiderj24spiderj24 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Who is waiting to play the eventual king of zombies in the second round? Must be having a nice long rest. Also laughing.

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  • BobCescaBobCesca Is a girl Birmingham, UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    and there's the century.

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  • spiderj24spiderj24 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It'd be amazing if Tsonga's match started going the same way. And then, like a shadow passing over Wimbledon, every match started to fall into sync until it was just court after court of continuous, breakless tied-up matches.

    Forever.

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    spiderj24 wrote: »
    It'd be amazing if Tsonga's match started going the same way. And then, like a shadow passing over Wimbledon, every match started to fall into sync until it was just court after court of continuous, breakless tied-up matches.

    Forever.

    Both guys in the Tsonga match are actual tennis players.
    Neither guy in the Isner match is.

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  • ZeroCowZeroCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    zeeny wrote: »
    spiderj24 wrote: »
    It'd be amazing if Tsonga's match started going the same way. And then, like a shadow passing over Wimbledon, every match started to fall into sync until it was just court after court of continuous, breakless tied-up matches.

    Forever.

    Both guys in the Tsonga match are actual tennis players.
    Neither guy in the Isner match is.

    Mediocrity playing out before our eyes.

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  • spiderj24spiderj24 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    zeeny wrote: »
    spiderj24 wrote: »
    It'd be amazing if Tsonga's match started going the same way. And then, like a shadow passing over Wimbledon, every match started to fall into sync until it was just court after court of continuous, breakless tied-up matches.

    Forever.

    Both guys in the Tsonga match are actual tennis players.
    Neither guy in the Isner match is.

    I just flicked over from the football and saw what the score was and it sent a chill up my spine.

    For a moment I thought Mahut and Isner may have cursed the sport.

    8-8 now. If it hits double figures, I'm going back to the football.

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  • Cameron_TalleyCameron_Talley Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I really don't give a damn about tennis, but this has been fascinating to watch.

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    spiderj24 wrote: »
    zeeny wrote: »
    spiderj24 wrote: »
    It'd be amazing if Tsonga's match started going the same way. And then, like a shadow passing over Wimbledon, every match started to fall into sync until it was just court after court of continuous, breakless tied-up matches.

    Forever.

    Both guys in the Tsonga match are actual tennis players.
    Neither guy in the Isner match is.

    I just flicked over from the football and saw what the score was and it sent a chill up my spine.

    For a moment I thought Mahut and Isner may have cursed the sport.

    8-8 now. If it hits double figures, I'm going back to the football.

    it could easily be double figures, but it has rallies, returns of serve, deuces, breakpoints, a match point already etc.
    In the Isner match the average rally length is probably 1.8 shots or something similarly stupid.

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  • zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Cameron_Talley wrote: »
    I really don't give a damn about tennis, but this has been fascinating to watch.

    It's superb drama, but it's rubbish play. They played a lot better on Tuesday. I don't know wtf are they doing in that 5th.

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  • Cameron_TalleyCameron_Talley Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    zeeny wrote: »
    Cameron_Talley wrote: »
    I really don't give a damn about tennis, but this has been fascinating to watch.

    It's superb drama, but it's rubbish play. They played a lot better on Tuesday. I don't know wtf are they doing in that 5th.

    Maybe it's like the movie Speed.

    IF WE STOP THE GAME THIS TENNIS BALL WILL EXPLODE!

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