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The 2015 In Between Grand Slam Thread

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  • #452
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Lisicki managed to lose to 44 year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm at Stanford :pac:


  • #453
    ConM96
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭ConM96


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Lisicki managed to lose to 44 year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm at Stanford :pac:

    She was 6-1 4-1 up aswell. She was in tears in the third set.


  • #454
    RosyLily
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭RosyLily


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Lisicki managed to lose to 44 year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm at Stanford :pac:

    And she could beat Serena at the US Open! Imagine!!!:pac::pac:


  • #455
    yerwanthere123
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    Andy and Kim expecting their first child!


  • #456
    RosyLily
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    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Andy and Kim expecting their first child!

    ....Should we send something?

    :P


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  • #457
    whiterebel
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    RosyLily wrote: »
    ....Should we send something?

    :P

    Ankle supports? They can't both use his.......


  • #458
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Bouchard has split with her coach after about 6 months
    Not sure he was the problem but he wasn't the solution either.


  • #459
    yerwanthere123
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    RosyLily wrote: »
    ....Should we send something?

    :P

    Haha can you imagine. "From the good folk of Boards.ie" :pac:


  • #460
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Sharapova out of Toronto with a leg strain. Not really a surprise given she was posting pics of her self in LA earlier today.....


  • #461
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Wozniacki lost to Lepchenko in Stanford, that's a bad loss. Wonder if it's a sign of things to come.
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Sharapova out of Toronto with a leg strain. Not really a surprise given she was posting pics of her self in LA earlier today.....

    Hope she's not injured again.


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  • #462
    RosyLily
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    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Haha can you imagine. "From the good folk of Boards.ie" :pac:

    I hear he's an avid reader of this forum.:pac:

    Not surprised by Eugenie's split from Sam. She mentioned a coach change after her Wimbledon loss. Will be interesting to see who takes on that job.


  • #463
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Wow, Sloane Stephens finally wins a title! It's come about two years too late, but better late than never. Hopefully this might light a fire in her, and teach her that this whole winning tennis matches thing is kinda fun.


  • #464
    RosyLily
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    Petra was diagnosed with mono. Slump during Jankovic match at Wimbledon makes a bit more sense now. She's cleared to play Rogers Cup though.

    http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4924244/title/kvitova-diagnosed-with-mononucleosis


  • #465
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Everyone's got Mono. What do these tennis players get up to?


  • #466
    Rjd2
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    Imagine losing a set 6-0 to Lisicki and it wasn't grass?

    Venus hang your head in shame. :p


  • #467
    Rjd2
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    Everyone staying up for Karlovic v Raonic tonight?

    What type of match should we expect?:p


  • #468
    RosyLily
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    Rjd2 wrote: »
    Everyone staying up for Karlovic v Raonic tonight?

    What type of match should we expect?:p

    Lots of play around the net....very few aces.:D

    Did I read it right on Twitter? Pennetta got her first win of 2015 in Toronto??:eek


  • #469
    smurfs5
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    Very good win for Gilles Muller against Monfils, Ok, Gael's results can be erratic but a good win regardless.

    Murray up against Robredo now. Just seeing the highlights from their match in Valencia and Robredo was like a brick wall- Murray having to find his best tennis to win points. Robredo still has that fighting spirit and is a dynamic player but he's definitely less of a threat than he was a few years ago. Murray should have this.


  • #470
    Gunslinger92
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    Nick at it again

    http://m.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka-by-claiming-thanasi-kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-20150813-giya2y.html

    He really is a nasty little prick


  • #471
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Gunslinger92 wrote: »
    Nick at it again

    http://m.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka-by-claiming-thanasi-kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-20150813-giya2y.html

    He really is a nasty little prick

    Disgusting.

    His mum and his brother straight on twitter to defend him too. Wawrinka is quite a powerful guy behind the scenes so I don't think Nick is going to find life too easy for a while.


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  • #472
    Floppybits
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    Gunslinger92 wrote: »
    Nick at it again

    http://m.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka-by-claiming-thanasi-kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-20150813-giya2y.html

    He really is a nasty little prick

    For someone who has done nothing so far in the sport he has a lot to say. So much for his friendship as well, dragging Kokkinakis into it as well. Im sure he is impressed with that. Hopefully the rest of the players on the tour will shun Kyrgios after this latest stunt.

    This may have over shadowed Tomic's fantastic win over Cilic earlier in the day.


  • #473
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Apparently there's some rule that could be applied that could see Kyrgios banned for months. It's doubtful they'll do it but it's there if they wanted to.


  • #474
    Rjd2
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    Gunslinger92 wrote: »
    Nick at it again

    http://m.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka-by-claiming-thanasi-kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-20150813-giya2y.html

    He really is a nasty little prick

    But he's a "character":(


  • #475
    Floppybits
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    Rjd2 wrote: »
    But he's a "character":(

    Just what the game needs. :(


  • #476
    RosyLily
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    Too far! There's being a character and being a dick. He's crossing into the latter a lot these days. I can imagine that the older players will be giving him a wide berth now. And they say the women's tour is full of drama!!

    Got a good laugh out of this:D

    https://twitter.com/andreapetkovic/status/631683012862808064
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Apparently there's some rule that could be applied that could see Kyrgios banned for months. It's doubtful they'll do it but it's there if they wanted to.

    What rule's that? So far no ban though, just a $10,000 fine with other punishments possible.

    I've got my new catchphrase though! Thanks Kyrgios!!:p


  • #477
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    ^ I saw something earlier along the lines of "bringing the game into disrepute"
    It mentioned bans and bigger fines but it seems to be completely up to the ATP to interpret what does or doesn't fall into that category.

    Personally I think NK is a vile pig for this one. A quick look at twitter and there's a tonne of abuse and disgusting comments already being sent to Vekic. Stan might feel put out by the comments and NK will get a bit of a telling off, Kokanakis will probably be getting high fives off all his mates and Vekic will be the one that has to endure the disgusting abuse.


  • #478
    RosyLily
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    Some really nasty tweets about Donna, particularly about her sex/love life. Not appropriate to repeat imo. People are hideous! Poor girl must be mortified. I don't think this will blow over soon. It'll definitely be brought up at the US Open when everyone's around. I wonder if Tennis Australia punish Nick themselves.


  • #479
    whiterebel
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    Rjd2 wrote: »
    But he's a "character":(

    There's a line between character and pr*ck, and he jumped over it big style.


  • #480
    Halloween Jack
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    While I don't condone, for a second what happened, I do get the feeling that this kind of thing goes on all the time and that in a sense he's unfortunate that it's been caught on camera. I know for a fact that it certainly goes on in a host of other sports and don't see why tennis would be any different. The important thing I suppose is that wawrinka didn't react (unlike say zidane in the WC) and that there is a meaningful punishment meted out.


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  • #481
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Regarding Nick's outburst last night, I'm not sure whether he meant to simply wind Wawrinka up about Vekic's past sexual exploits, or whether he meant that she's cheated on him with Kokkinakis. If it's the former then it's immature in the extreme. If it's the latter, well, that's obviously a lot more serious. It's a real shame he's become such a d*ckhead, I really liked him and rooted for him... but he's making it extremely hard. Reminds me a little of Bouchard actually.

    Great interview with Jamie Hampton here on the WTA website. The prognosis isn't great I'm afraid, she's had six surgeries since she last played.
    http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4929303/title/jamie-hampton-its-definitely-not-over


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