Tennis Talk 2020: Vol 16 (French Open)

Rafa continuing to give Novak NOTHING, wouldn't even give him the steam off his sh1te today

Oct 11, 2020 -- 3:17PM, Angoose wrote:

Weren't masks around before nose jobs

they were invented first time a caveman took a club to another caveman's face

Of course they were

How do the set betters on here tend to play those markets ?
Do you play them with a view to a trade, or a vehicle to better value than the match odds?

For example, Nadal was 1.71 pre-match, but you could have got 2.27 if you coupled a 3 and 4 set win.

on this display Nole would've struggled to win yesterday
Rafa's obviously had the 'miraculous' vaccince cure
only possible explanation for this lights out display
boy can play a bit on this clay stuff

Amazing how they make a miraculous fooking recovery isn't it

Nadal is the biggest bull s****er on tour for that as well

Back on the fancy sauce is Nadal

SS, have you taken your meds today

guy's 34 years old..playing like a 33 y.o. ffs!

blood doping

You might even say that he is playing a like a 39 year old, at least Roger might

Its hilarious that they had to pull Djock, Fed and Nadal out of the US just to give the others a chance

Its becoming a bit of a joke how these 3 are still dominating the tennis world, I bet the US Open from Quarters onwards was watched by a record low in my opinion

it's not as if Djoko hasn't played some good stuff himself,been well enough in in plenty of rallys
i'll have half of what Raf's had for breakfast,innit
is this the same dude that dropped serve twice trying to close out his semi?

"Nadal is a phenomenon"

Nah, he's just skilled and as some "help" in other areas that's all

Oct 11, 2020 -- 3:30PM, Angoose wrote:

How do the set betters on here tend to play those markets ?Do you play them with a view to a trade, or a vehicle to better value than the match odds?For example, Nadal was 1.71 pre-match, but you could have got 2.27 if you coupled a 3 and 4 set win.

there's a popular saying on this forum. it goes: set betting is for mugs

whatever,really can't recall him playing better,he is on it bigtime today..pretty damn awesome as they say across the pond

Oct 11, 2020 -- 3:44PM, nofx wrote:

Oct 11, 2020 --  3:30PM, Angoose wrote:How do the set betters on here tend to play those markets ?Do you play them with a view to a trade, or a vehicle to better value than the match odds?For example, Nadal was 1.71 pre-match, but you could have got 2.27 if you coupled a 3 and 4 set win.there's a popular saying on this forum. it goes: set betting is for mugs

So how does a non-mug take money from the mugs

I dunno run a sportsbook?

Should he go on to lose, Djokovic will join Federer as a four time runner up in the final here.
Roger lost four times to Rafa, Djokovic will have lost thrice to Rafa, and once to Stan.

oh the comeback is on

Surely every gambler fantasies about gambling against mugs, taking candy from a baby and all that.
Thus, if the set betting market is full of mugs, surely you, as a non-mug, will clean up, or am I missing something

no Im terrified of retirements

use to be there was a little bit more money in the set betting and you could use it for Ret insurance

Mugs don't take retirements in to consideration, hence the built in advantage for non-mugs, surely.

Oct 11, 2020 -- 3:57PM, nofx wrote:

use to be there was a little bit more money in the set betting and you could use it for Ret insurance

Now that's a helpful answer.
Similar to betting on the coin toss in cricket.

sadly the vast majority of matches aren't slam finals when there's really very little going on there

everyone knows there are NO losers on here

yes everyone always greens here

no they never get red in the first place

Exactly, they place their initial bet and have an entirely green screen

It's like magic

The best way to not green or red is to not bet .

I dunno I do hate not winning hypothetical bets

once I not-betted and seethed hard because of it

Nick Kyrgios admits sleeping with fans is a ‘weekly thing’ after he broke up with fellow tennis player Anna Kalinskaya.

The 25-year-old from Australia was dating the 21-year-old, but the pair broke up in March.

The Australian bad boy admitted he once struggled to finish a match with tennis icon Roger Federer after he was so distracted by an ‘attractive’ woman in the crowd.

While playing Fortnite, Kyrgios explained to fans: “Yes. In all seriousness, if I’m not seeing someone, it’s a weekly thing.

“I was slicing up ‘Fedz’ and was like, ‘Damn.’ I wanted to take her out for a drink.

“Eastern Europeans just have my heart on the get-go. Tall Eastern European’s I’m just like, ‘Take half my earnings.'”

So Nick gives half his earnings to tall Eastern European prostitutes

Here comes the break .......

gotta say if had I noticed that blonde girl the camera guy pointed out I'd probably be losing to Nadal this final

Surely it is now or never for calling the trainer

Fair play to Kyrgios can't fault him there

More to life than sport

this is revenge for that other final. we may have forgotten but Nadal certainly hasn't

Oct 11, 2020 -- 4:14PM, SontaranStratagem wrote:

Fair play to Kyrgios can't fault him there More to life than sport

like catching several strains of chlamydia

15-30

That was sloppy, 30-40

Not everyone has the same morbid mentality as the top guys though

Some guys just can't be bothered, nofx, they'd rather enjoy themselves whilst they can

Krygios should be winning a slam though

What a get

I must admit I'm surprised that so many seasoned tennis fans seemed to think that this would be close.

I know right if I had tennis talent and thuggish good looks I'd probably just be chasing girls too

Djoko fights back.

the Djokovic roar

Rafa choking like a baitch!

it's all over now

no chance of a choke, imo

Djoko getting Mo on his side just now.

Ide Mo?

rafa is reading him too well  ...taxi still on it's way

first 2 sets score would indicate that he hadn't turned up which wasn't really the case
big tide to turn tho'

3-1 would be nice though

Mo Mentum

rafa is just a monster on brick   ... does he have  a clay court in his garden  ?

You know2 what's coming now, don't you.
HOLD - BREAK - HOLD   GSM

Oct 11, 2020 -- 4:27PM, Coachbuster wrote:

rafa is just a monster on brick

Evert hing Rafa owns id made of clay, his house, his yacht, his car, his private jet, the lot of it

The dropshot being like an abusive boyfriend for Gaston and Djoko. They know it's not working, but stays with them because they're clinging on to hope that it will work again like it was in the past.

Nice analogy

There is also the old Einstein definition of insanity that would work.

Nadal is in a bit of hurry, he's booked the entire Le Jules Verne for his celebration meal, aperitifs commence at 8

Novak smiling like that not a good sign.

Here it is

three mug errors after that.

GETS IT

the Joker's been trumped

Taxi for the judge

finals are so dull

MP Nadal. can't believe edy's missing his favourite

All hail the GOAT.

Nadal : 20 Grand Slams, 71% winning record in finals
Federer : 20 Grand Slams, 65% winning record in finals.

have to admit didn't see this coming after watching his semi..as comprehensive as comprehensive gets..13 mgood number for Rafa..pretty incredible

How many French titles will it take to put nadal in front of the other two and keep him there? One more enough or will he need another two?

really too bad this final wasn't with Tsitsipas. Djokovic is such a pushover

yep, hail the new GOAT

Must say didn't think it would be like that today.

I didn't expect a 3-0, but I expect Rafa to win, and said so on this thread

I always knew this would be Rafa minus 11,5 games

Nadal had an easy QF and SF. Djokovic acted finished against PCB then went life and death 5 sets with Tsitsipas

We were all on that bet with you

Oct 11, 2020 -- 5:05PM, wisewords wrote:

Nadal had an easy QF and SF. Djokovic acted finished against PCB then went life and death 5 sets with Tsitsipas

That is all true, but I feel that we often look for reasons why but just end up with rationalizations to eliminate our unwanted cognitive dissonance.

couldn't agree more.

Well he hasn't that injured, was he? He made it through the final. There was no need for those antics against PCB

And that's the big issue with Djokovic, the taint on his character.

There isn't a single tennis player walking around who IS 100% injury free, they are all carrying some form of wee niggle here and there. It's just a very big continuum.

Just look at it from my angle, Nadal had better fancy sause

I'd rather not

The hotel where Iga stayed won't be happy about Iga stealing their curtains.

I was thinking something similar

She'll have no lack of high fashion deals now though, her commercial worth just shot through the roof.

Different year, different conditions, different balls.

Same result.

same cojones.