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Cakedaddy wrote: Either let them do it, or enforce across the board.
Like steroids.
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The little bit that I heard was "Tennis is a boring fucking sport that no one cares about."
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TheCatt wrote: The little bit that I heard was "Tennis is a boring fucking sport that no one cares about."
No argument.
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So they have a camera behind the players, positioned below their waist... is this an upskirt fantasy?
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Must suck to be going against Gauff (The 15 year old). Stands are packed, and everyone's cheering for this kid instead of you.

Like the other woman got a point once, and you could hear the silence before the crowd was like "oh, right, we cheer those points, too"
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Gauff was down 5-2 in the 2nd set after dropping the first set 6-3. Her opponent had several match points. But, Gauff managed to comeback to tie it at 6-6, then won the tiebreaker 8-6 (iirc).

Hercog (the opponent) now getting some kind of medical treatment. Earlier looked like she was having her butt stretched.
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I played some tennis as a kid, and don't really care to watch it... but it just occurred to me that 30-30 is basically the same as deuce. The internet already had this observation.

Honestly, I wonder if it's something I noticed 30 years ago when I played, but had forgotten.
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Gauff won. Broke serve to win 7-5 in 3rd set. Youngest to round of 16 since '91 (Capriati?)
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Yes, Capriati. That doesn't bode well for this girl's future. Hopefully, she has better parents and doesn't date drugged out Matthew Perry.
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Leisher wrote: Yes, Capriati. That doesn't bode well for this girl's future. Hopefully, she has better parents and doesn't date drugged out Matthew Perry.
Yeah. Always a 50/50 on whether peaking early is good. Or maybe 30/70
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Leisher wrote: 15 year old ousted.
Well, she certainly has time to improve. Wayyyy too many unforced errors.
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Because they met in the first round or because a teenager beat a middle aged woman?
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Leisher wrote: Because they met in the first round or because a teenager beat a middle aged woman?
It's the 2nd time they've met in the first round of a Grand Slam: Wimbeldon last year, Australia this year.
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Williams probably wanted to get it out of the way.
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