Tennis
Grass court tennis: the andrew castle appreciation thread
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the girl with the long name against Allertova seems free
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The highest ever score in an all-english penalty shootout is 2-1 iirc
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penalty shootout version of Vicki Nelson vs Jean Hepner.
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I'm a bit of an allertova fan mike.
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Nelson-Dunbar turned 22 minutes after the match ended, but she went to bed without celebrating because she had to play again that afternoon.
poor girl, another match after a 6+ hours marathon |
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To show how long that is, I will say start now and then write point finish in 29 minutes. Start.
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Allertova broken. Euro grass plays dodgy.
Well done mike. |
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the true story is that they played a 5 minute point during which umpire and everyone else fell asleep, they chilled for about 20 minutes, played another point for 4 minutes that ended with a loud roar that woke everyone else.
That, my dear children, is the true story about the legendary 29 minute point. |
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that rotten euro grass
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Among the astonishing elements to the match was this: If Hepner had won the epic rally, she would have forced a third set, and who knows how long the match might have lasted.
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Is this the best post of all time. Posted during clay season.
Bouchard will win a Slam before Mug. Bookmark it. |
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the best worst post of all time?
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From Wertheim.
The other conspicuous absence was, of course, Maria Sharapova. As I write this, we await a decision from WADA, but a ban in the 1–2 year range looks increasingly likely. |
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wasn't the masha verdict meant to come out like 2 weeks ago now
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Two consecutive DFs cost Mugda a game.
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yes Siggy, but her lawyers kept bargaining
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wonder if masha will still be selling her sugarpova in wimbledon this year
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US justice model. No one goes to court anymore, just out of court plea bargains.
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A doping case should be pretty black or white. None of this grey area, negotiating over ban length etc.
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A seriously hideous system.
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Safin
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if anyone would've done that, it would've been Safin
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Didn't see it. But it wouldn't surprise me if top players especially are massively paranoid.
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especially after Dieter Baumann's toothpaste was spiked with doping stuff
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was part of the argument as to whether failing a drug test should = automatic life ban
because some people do make a legitimate mistake |
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by someone unknown to this day
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Automatic life ban would be too harsh, but it shouldn't be as long a process as this Sharapova case, it's way too long.
There should be some process whereby you failed x, what is your defence/reasoning, this is then considered, and then you either get the default ban (which I think is 2 years for 1st time offenders, 4 years for repeat) or reduced on your reasoning. Though honestly I'm not sure didn't check my e-mails should classify as good enough reasoning for any reduction. |
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Konjuh withdrew from Nottingham as the defending champion.
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couldn't let laura have an easy win
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I think there should be two Events in sport generally. One for Drug-takers and one for the rest. If you are caught taking drugs, you are fined lifetime earnings and striped of your honours and play for the rest of your life in the Druggy events.
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The whole affair does nothing to a) give people faith in the anti-doping system and b) convince people against silent bans and the like.
It's just been handled very poorly, and is far too slow a process. It's nearly 6 months since she failed a test, and if it wasn't for Sharapova holding a press conference, the information wouldn't even be public yet. |
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ITF is changing its guidelines now to disclose test results before the verdict, i.e no more silent provisional suspensions
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