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HoF is muggery anyway. There are some proper mugs in it.
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They should have 2 hall of fames these days, one for singles and doubles. I just feel they are so far removed from each other now.
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Like can you really measure the doubles players of today against the same criteria as singles players.
A lot of top singles players would dominate doubles if they wanted to. |
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(5)Radwanska v BYE
Q v Q.Wang Bondarenko v (wc)Badosa Gibert (26)Lucic-Baroni v BYE Which of these is Radwanska losing to? |
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Qualifier
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I just noticed also lol. There was someone disagreeing with the tour needing Azarenka/Sharapova in their thread.
On page 1 of IW final thread they said this: "Vesnina IW-Champ... Ridiculous Nothing against her, but this is just a new low for WTA, especially the top players." |
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classic
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Some people are just blinded by their hate to agree with certain things.
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I actually made a point in that thread that it actually hurts everybody them not playing.
Eg. Someone like Pliskova desperately needs to make a name for herself, but it's hard to when she's mostly playing mugs. |
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if Pliskova won USO beating 1-2 Serena-Angie BTB, would she have made a name for herself even then?
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Having said that Pliskova seems a bit overrated this year really. People are talking like she's a world beater. At like all the big stages she's disappointed. She won Brisbane beating nobody, beat some ok names to win Doha, but was nothing that great. When it really mattered she's disappointed. Was terrible vs Lucic-Baroni at AO, and this was a big chance in IW too and she didn't really take it (though she was poor through early matches so not that surprising).
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Er no, Aaron, but you need more than 1 tournament. Someone like Pliskova will have to keep winning to make a name for herself, as she doesn't have the star power to just instantly become a star.
It helps having sparring partners to duke out with though, and there's a real lack of that right now. |
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I mean I also mentioned how because people keep talking how Azarenka/Sharapova were inconsistent anyway, but apart from when Vika has been injured she's generally always involved in the best matches, ie. the ones that get people talking and drawing interest.
Vika had a disappointing 2015 yet was involved in tons of great matches that year. In tennis.com's top 10 matches of the year (that includes men's matches), Vika is in 3 of them, and that's basically 3/5 because of the split. |
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Someone like Pliskova will struggle to make her name in general I imagine. As she has no real on court persona/energy to draw you to her, no real charisma, you don't really get that energy from her game style. And no free rides for her off being exceptionally attractive or whatever.
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NaomiOsaka大坂なおみVerified account @Naomi_Osaka_ 2m2 minutes ago
More It's like muscle twitch lol. #athleteproblems pic.twitter.com/j6L6NjpHkE |
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It's all part of why there are no stories. Journalists not interested in the WTA players in IW because really if you were a neutral journalist what are you going to write. I love WTA, and I couldn't spin this into a positive for WTA really.
There's nothing to write because nothing that interesting is happening. Something like Muguruza vs Svitolina I thought was good tennis for example, but early rounds lost in the shuffle. |
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Serena not playing WTA events while winning grand slams with ease does nothing to help the image either.
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José Morgado ✔ @josemorgado
Vesnina's run is no joke/fluke. She beat Angelique Kerber, Venus Williams & Svetlana Kuznetsova on her way. Three multiple GS champs. On the face of it is true if you're just name reading, but Kerber is playing terribly. Venus was going to run out of steam sooner or later with her injury problems, and should never have got that far anyway, and Kuznetsova choked the match massively. I did think she played very well when beating Kerber (much better than today for example, as I though today's match was pretty crappy), but Kerber is struggling to beat any decent players right now. |
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Didn't think of that Caramba, that's a good point. That will actually call for some interesting stories I imagine.
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Btw there's still no talk of this streaming platform being imminent. WTA really are killing themselves if they don't have this sorted out within a month (for Sharapova's return).
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And if it's not being advertised by end of Miami, it's pretty clear it won't be ready by then. As you would advertise it as coming you would think.
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They really did just cut ties with tennis tv without having a real clue didn't they
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I highly suspect it wasn't their decision. If it was it's incompetence of the highest order, but even I don't think they can be this incompetent.
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aaron have you heard the news about Paige? it could spell the end of her WWE career.
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Would be muggy if Brad Maddox getting hacked led to that though.
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is that how it was all leaked? I thought it was Paige's own phone.
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Why would she have videos that old still on her phone
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why did Brad Maddox have videos of Xavier having sex with Paige ffs
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Running wwe porn operation imo
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you seen his twitter account now?
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Cavs has
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Cavs have lost 5 out of their last 7 away, and look like losing to the Lakers away also
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Cavs schedule almost as nasty as the bullets one recently
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All the papers are going with the same thing tomorrow that Wenger is going to stay like they've been briefed as such.
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Isner liking mug Tweets again.
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Bouchard isn't favourite vs Barty.
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preposterous
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