Official Pro Tennis Thread

[TheMino007]

Soderling beat Federer for his first time in 13 match ups. I hope he can beat Nadal in the Finals b/c with Djokavic out Nadal has his path cleared to the Finals. On the womens side, of the final 4, none of them have won a grand slam

[redsoxrules]

Soderling beat Federer for his first time in 13 match ups. I hope he can beat Nadal in the Finals b/c with Djokavic out Nadal has his path cleared to the Finals. On the womens side' date=' of the final 4, none of them have won a grand slam[/quote']

 

If he plays the rest of way like he did against Federer , no one is stopping him, not even Nadal . he has the perfect game to beat Nadal . keep the points short and keep blasting forehand winners down the lines , just like he did last year against Nadal

[VA Sox Fan]

Nadal dominates/wins the French Open!!!!

 

Yay Rafa!!

[redsoxrules]

f***ing Soderling , way to show up for the Final

 

2 years in a row he does that

[TheMino007]

so Nadal is now ranked number one? Man he is so damn good on clay

[TheMino007]

Wow, Federer was down 2 sets to none to Alejandro Rollas before winning the third 6-4, the 4th 7-6, and cruising in the 5th 6-0, a lot of drama to start the opening round

[yeszir]

I can buy tickets to the Philadelphia Freedoms pro tennis team for $20....should I do it? Roddick plays for them.

[See Red]

I can buy tickets to the Philadelphia Freedoms pro tennis team for $20....should I do it? Roddick plays for them.

 

I'd never even heard of that team tennis until I just now looked it up, but there's a few big names that play... James Blake, Maria Sharapova, the Williams sisters. Interesting.

[redsoxrules]

Wow' date=' Federer was down 2 sets to none to Alejandro Rollas before winning the third 6-4, the 4th 7-6, and cruising in the 5th 6-0, a lot of drama to start the opening round[/quote']

 

Rollas was actually serving for the match in that 4th set at 5-4 but the nerves and fatigue got to him and Federer rolled over him after that

 

He's very lucky to advance and said so himself

[redsoxrules]

HOLY insane ... J Isner and N Mahut are at 23 all in the 5th set . match is now at 5 and a half hours long

[See Red]

HOLY insane ... J Isner and N Mahut are at 23 all in the 5th set . match is now at 5 and a half hours long

 

Up to 6 hours and 43 minutes.

 

33 all.

[Palodios]

Yeah, this one has gotten way out of hand. Its really a matter of who gets injured first now.

[redsoxrules]

John Isner is also supposed to play doubles later on LOL

[Palodios]

I get a funny feeling he might withdraw from that one.

[redsoxrules]

this is just retarted

[italstallianion]

I don't think that there's any consolation for whoever loses this one.

[italstallianion]

It's now the longest match in terms of number of games as well as duration.

[redsoxrules]

they've combined for 150 aces , 513 winners and played a total of 668 points so far

[redsoxrules]

45-45 LOL

 

duration now up to 8 hours and 15 minute

 

whoever wins this match wont have any legs for the next match

[yeszir]

no way

[redsoxrules]

49-49

[italstallianion]

Good thing the entire game hasn't been played in one day. If they played the first 4 sets today, they'd be dead by now.

[redsoxrules]

LOL , they broke the scoreboard

 

when it rolled at 50 it went back to 0

 

Isner leads 3-2 in 5th set when it should say 53-52

[yeszir]

Did it end?

[msubulldogs21]

Did it end?

 

Yes. They decided to settle it with a best of five rock, paper, scissors duel.

[redsoxrules]

Did it end?

 

No, 59-59 and play is suspended due to darkness

will resume tomorrow

[Palodios]

70-68, John Isner. That's like a woman's basketball score. Ridiculous. What a guy.

[CoachC.]

70-68' date=' John Isner. That's like a woman's basketball score. Ridiculous. What a guy.[/quote']

 

Or a high scoring Big 10 game

[italstallianion]

I couldn't imagine being the loser of a match like that. I'd probably retire.

[Palodios]

I couldn't imagine being the loser of a match like that. I'd probably retire.

 

Its not like he was a great player-- he was just a qualifier. He gets a ton of publicity, he'll probably get a big endorsement deal from Nike, and it will likely revitalize his mediocre career. Plus, he has a place in history. I really don't see it as a loss.