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Post by Alya10 on Aug 1, 2008 21:52:30 GMT 3
PS I don't recall hearing a very loud round of applause for the Big Yin being on the practice courts at 8.30am ... on the day he was flying out to LA. Girls, let him hear you ... Ooops! I missed that bit! That's the spirit! Moya just lost today to Andy and Dr. Ivo and Kohlschreiber are neck to neck at 5-5, 1st set... Still more to wait before Rafa hopefully makes history!! ;D p.s. thanks for all the efforts justsafin  Have a good rest now  |
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Post by jenhatter06 on Aug 2, 2008 2:22:00 GMT 3
with a win tonight, Rafa will turn #1 in the next 3 weeks depending on what happens the rest of the weekend in Cincy: (Monday) week of 8-4 - if he wins Cincy week of 8-11 - Cincy Runner-Up week of 8-18 - Cincy Semifinalist and if I heard the commentators correctly, his win tonight will mean he'll be seeded Numero Uno at the US Open (!!!!)  |
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Post by evaki on Aug 2, 2008 3:04:10 GMT 3
Don't know if he can keep it up but boy do I love Lapentti right now! Brilliant!
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Post by sabz on Aug 2, 2008 3:14:36 GMT 3
YAY FOR MURRAY!!! ;D wanna see him in the final!! GO MURRAY!! ;D OT: Interesting stats though on where the current Top 10 was ranked when Fed first reached Numero Uno on February 2, 2004: 1. Roger Federer……..(1st) 2. Rafael Nadal………(40th) 3. Novak Djokovic…….(676th) 4. David Ferrer………(69th) 5. Nikolay Davydenko….(52nd) 6. Andy Roddick………(3rd) 7. David Nalbandian…..(8th) 8. James Blake……….(37th) 9. Andy Murray……….(536th) 10. Stanislas Wawrinka..(162nd) thats really interesting! check out murray and djokovic!  as for the battle of the no1 spot (well it isnt really a battle anymore), i know rafa was gonna be no1 eventually, but i cant get used to a world where roger ISNT no1 - does that make sense?  roger seeded 2nd in USO will just be plain weird! hope he can get his head back in order and work his way back up to the top (and believe me I NEVER thought i would say that about the smurf  ) |
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Post by jenhatter06 on Aug 2, 2008 3:35:42 GMT 3
as for the battle of the no1 spot (well it isnt really a battle anymore), i know rafa was gonna be no1 eventually, but i cant get used to a world where roger ISNT no1 - does that make sense? roger seeded 2nd in USO will just be plain weird! absolutely makes sense -- esp since it's been so long having Fed at 1 and Rafa at 2, def gonna be weird switching it around ... gotten so used to how it's been -- it's cool to have this kind of development though and getting to witness this history-making stuff this season (which will become trivia questions we'll know the answers too, LOL ;D), but will definitely take some getting used to ... if Fed is able to get back to his usual self, I can see it being a back-and-forth with the two of them switching between 1 and 2, given how close they've been staying to each other |
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Post by jenhatter06 on Aug 2, 2008 4:09:45 GMT 3
FRIDAY RESULTS [3] N Djokovic (SRB) d E Gulbis (LAT) 63 64 [8] A Murray (GBR) d C Moya (ESP) 26 63 61 - when Carlos was up a quick 2-0 in the second, I was definitely thinking he was gonna run away with the upset, esp since it took so long for Andy to wake up ... bravo to Carlos though, on all the tennis he had to play the last couple days (from a distance, he looked like a non-knee-taped Rafa today ;D ) [16] I Karlovic (CRO) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 76(6) 76(3)[2] R Nadal (ESP) d N Lapentti (ECU) 76 61 - little tight to start with, but Rafa kicked it up a couple notches in set 2 ;D -- bravo to Lapentti on his week too (and seriously, first time violation on Match Point ?? - always the worst timing with those  ) SF SATURDAY OOP 
CENTER COURT
1pm Start - [16] I Karlovic (CRO) vs [8] A Murray (GBR)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs [4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH)
NB 7pm - [3] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)
[3] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs [6] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) or [2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) |
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Post by sabz on Aug 2, 2008 21:44:20 GMT 3
Well we know one of the finalists - ANDY MURRAY!! woop woop!  he beat Dr. Ivo 6-4 6-4 so he managed to break the giants serve twice! Congrats to him for his 1st Masters Cup Final!!! YAY! Love to see Nole beat Rafa, but I got a feeling the spaniard wants the no1 spot NOW lol |
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Post by Dina on Aug 2, 2008 23:51:34 GMT 3
congrats Andy!
ps: saba sweetie, we're stil playing Masters Series! You finished our year a way too soon! lol
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Post by Natasha on Aug 3, 2008 0:27:17 GMT 3
nooo i hope Rafa makes the final
happy for Murray, he needs to be doing this if he wants to make an impact in slams.
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Post by sabz on Aug 3, 2008 2:17:32 GMT 3
congrats Andy! ps: saba sweetie, we're stil playing Masters Series! You finished our year a way too soon! lol i am confused - what did i say wrong? am i being dumb?  |
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Post by Daydreamer on Aug 3, 2008 3:40:26 GMT 3
Sinceare congrats to Nole 6-1 7-5, it was an outstanding tennis tonight and I'm sooo happy for him  |
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Post by evaki on Aug 3, 2008 3:48:54 GMT 3
So happy for Nole, finally somebody beats Nadal and in a really deserving way.
And what a week.... Federer loses his no1 after all his years to Nadal, who wins the points to become no1 while fails to win the tourny or even make it to the final after how many tournaments again? Doesn't that feel weird to anybody else?
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Post by Dina on Aug 3, 2008 3:49:07 GMT 3
congrats Andy! ps: saba sweetie, we're stil playing Masters Series! You finished our year a way too soon! lol i am confused - what did i say wrong? am i being dumb? Masters Series not Masters Cup! lol! I think that forest assault is already playing on ur mind! |
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Post by jenhatter06 on Aug 3, 2008 5:18:37 GMT 3
after a spectacular 2 months, Rafa rightfully deserves a break (albeit a teeny one, with the Olympics looming just around the corner) Novak - Andy should be fun tomorrow ... and a round of applause to Annette for correctly predicting that ;D Doubles final: Bob & Mike v Erlich & Ram -- double the fun tomorrow, woot ;D (doubles SFs today featured the Top 4 - awesome doubles day) it is kinda weird knowing that Rafa will become #1 in a couple weeks no matter what else happens between now and then, kinda anti-climatic in a way - all because of the Olympics-adjusted calendar and such |
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Post by Natasha on Aug 3, 2008 10:33:39 GMT 3
Congrats to Nole and Rafa,
Murray to win i predict.
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Have a good rest now 
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he beat Dr. Ivo 6-4 6-4 so he managed to break the giants serve twice! Congrats to him for his 1st Masters Cup Final!!! YAY!
