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Anyone watching the BNP Paribas Open?

Fed v Baghdatis

7-5, 5-7, 5-5 in the third.

EDIT: Baghdatis wins in the 3rd set tiebreaker. Good shit.

yo i was just about to post this. baghdatis gave it his all and overcame the fed. great match.

i think isner is supposed to play nadal next, that should be a good one.

did anyone see the hit for Hattie thing with nadal/agassi vs fed/sampras, man agassi totally dissed sampras hard and sampras looked the worst out of everyone. agassi looked the best and was doing some beastly shit like 104mph forehand return of serves, and calling out his serve speed within 1 digit, shit was rediculous.

im outi

Roberth

lol…so i see agassi went from crack to speed uh?

sampras was that bad on the court. agassi got butthurt from a simple impersonation and got a little personal. thats probably the only thing i didnt like from the match. i did like sampras serving right at agassi after that though. agassi was definitely the sharper of the two though. like you said the calling of the serve within the digit and that killer return of feds serve. fed copying nadal grunting after every hit was funny. other than agassi getting butt hurt it was a pretty fun match.

jankovic over wozniacki n the womans finals.

i wanna see old man ljubicic to upset another player. but i think stiffler has it fairly easily.

its been too long, french open is coming up

the fed vs nadal in the madrid masters finals, preview of the french open final?

Cilic looking good

nadal vs fed looks like its gonna happen.

I don’t think anyone has a chance to beat Nadal this year. He’s healthy and his knees seem ok. He’s also hungry after not defending it last year.

Who knows about the other men though? Djokovic is up an down. Murray sucks on clay. Roddick sucks more on clay. Davydenko isn’t playing.

I’ve missed you guys…^^

a possible sharapova v henin matcup in the third round if they can both get there. you can never tell with the womens side though. :confused:

both fed and nadal looking great.

Henin on her comeback makes for some real interesting early matchups.
I hope Henin wins though, she has some real clay court game.

I can’t stand Venus with her outfits.

Anybody catch that Gasquet/Murray match?

Epic match between Fognini and Monfils tied 5/5 in the fifth.

The tournament director, Monfils, and Fognini are all arguing whether the match should be postponed due to darkness for like 15 mintues at 3/3. They start playing again in what looked like pitch black conditions with just the scoreboard lighting up the court. Both guys look like they are physically done but Monfils survives 3 match points all cramped up and barely moving. The tournament director guy finally shut down the match at 10pm Paris time.

Can’t wait to see the end of this thing tomorrow.

Epic match between Fognini and Monfils tied 5/5 in the fifth.

The tournament director, Monfils, and Fognini are all arguing whether the match should be postponed due to darkness for like 15 mintues at 3/3. They start playing again in what looked like pitch black conditions with just the scoreboard lighting up the court. Both guys look like they are physically done but Monfils survives 3 match points all cramped up and barely moving. The tournament director guy finally shut down the match at 10pm Paris time.

Can’t wait to see the end of this thing tomorrow.

^

that match should not have gone so long, that shit was dark as hell

Seriously. Look at this shit.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_ten_experts__2/ept_sports_ten_experts-224692668-1274906631.jpg?ymIwxMDD.udOsfbP

that whole thing was a disgrace to tennis, you cant let players decide if they want to keep playing, and you cant let the crowds influence anything either, that was a bunch of BS, I usually root for Monfils but that was some dirty shit

Yeah, it’s a lot harder to see on tv since the cameras kind of brighten things, but that is ridiculous. That picture shows how dark it is and if anyone’s every played in the dark, it’s near impossible. It’s kind of like the 2008 Wimbledon Final between Federer and Nadal. It was really dark near the end of it but they kept playing.

man i wanted gulbis to do good at the french, but he went out in the first. wack. oh well, he has time to grow.

im outi

Roberth