Official 2008 Australian Open TW Meetup thread. - Page 3

equinox · 01-06-2008, 09:48 PM

Duzza,

You drew a tough match (5th seed,430AR) in frankston classic maindraw.

Won the 1st and then was steamrolled in last two sets, what happened! Did you get injured?

Ah well you can do well in consol / dlbs and get some pts.

equinox · 01-06-2008, 10:41 PM

Got 575AR in consolation draw. Good luck duzza.

Duzza · 01-07-2008, 01:26 AM

Yeah, won the first quite easily, breaking in the first and last game of the set. Started to get some elbow twitches and the 2nd set kind of drifted away after I lost focus up till 4-0. Then I started to focus on the upcoming set, knowing I wasn't coming back.....but really played a poor 3rd set with a really weak serve that got broken too many times....

Consol was an interesting one....definitely a decent player but my serve was back on (had a 5 hour break) and I ran to 4-1. He fought back a little bit more and I became a lot more conservative which didn't help me. Then my elbow hit again, and a semi-sore thigh muscle didn't help pushing off for groundstrokes either. I started having to serve about 60% potential which lost me a lot of games. Got to 6-5 finally and had 3 (yes 3!) set points on the Deuce-Ad part of his service game. Finally let go and he won the TB really easily....then 2nd set was on serve till 4-5 where I basically broke myself!

Flaming Flamingo · 01-07-2008, 02:06 AM

[quote=OrangeOne;1977266]You are only pain free because you've never had to try and return my kicker to the backhand

Having recieved that serve i can truely say that .... it's not that good! Especially if i time my backhand you are gone down the line, cross court and even straight back at you

Duzza · 01-07-2008, 02:16 AM

Hey flaming flamingo, will you be coming down for the hit as well?

OrangeOne · 01-07-2008, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Duzza

Hey flaming flamingo, will you be coming down for the hit as well?

Nah, FF isn't coming down to Melbourne.... although if he was, he'd be bringing his mid-court forehand with him, which would be...interesting, for anyone sitting outside the fence anyways

Duzza · 01-07-2008, 05:08 PM

So OO how many do you think there will be of you at this hit?

Just it would be nice if we had an even amount. I'm still not sure on Chia though.

Flaming Flamingo · 01-07-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeOne

Nah, FF isn't coming down to Melbourne.... although if he was, he'd be bringing his mid-court forehand with him, which would be...interesting, for anyone sitting outside the fence anyways

1. How do you know i'm not going to melbourne i'm in the main draw (i wish)
2. That mid court forehand has never gone over a fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. It may be unreliable but i seem to remember hitting a shot past you in dubs up the middle off it
4. How can you hit you broke your racquet when you were versing me!

OrangeOne · 01-07-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Duzza

So OO how many do you think there will be of you at this hit?

Just it would be nice if we had an even amount. I'm still not sure on Chia though.

There'll be three of us (me plus two mates), though I don't know how keen one mate will be (it'll depend on injury and time of play, but I reckon he'll be keen still). We're used to rotating on & off anyways, so if there's an odd number it won't worry any of us....

chiapants226 · 01-07-2008, 09:51 PM

yehh im still unsure. depends what time and where? guess i might be able to make your club durham if i REALLY have to

Duzza · 01-08-2008, 12:05 AM

Yeah Dendy Park's the lock in. How does 5:30/6:00 sound on the Friday 18th?

equinox · 01-08-2008, 01:05 AM

A 3+ hour bash at dendy sounds fine. 18th ok with me atm. Cost?

Duzza · 01-08-2008, 01:35 AM

I have no idea of the hourly hire there, but I'm sure could get 2 courts from Barry for 20 bucks or even free. He is extremely easy going.

OrangeOne · 01-08-2008, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Duzza

I have no idea of the hourly hire there, but I'm sure could get 2 courts from Barry for 20 bucks or even free. He is extremely easy going.

Court hire is fine - whatever is required we'll pay, and since we're the guests we'll bring the balls.

Cans of what? Slaz HCourt? Wilson AO? Something else preferred for en-tout-cas?

Duzza · 01-08-2008, 02:01 AM

I buy Slaz H/C's but Wilson AO are also good. They are the ones I use mostly.

chiapants226 · 01-08-2008, 02:10 AM

asif pay for the courts

come to templeton, mod grass, but even though its mod grass we can get up to 8 courts for free!!!

OrangeOne · 01-08-2008, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by chiapants226

asif pay for the courts

come to templeton, mod grass, but even though its mod grass we can get up to 8 courts for free!!!

Do you guys call what we call 'synthetic grass'...'mod grass'? If so, there's no way we're going there

, if I'm playing 900ks from home I want to play on a good surface for a change

As for balls - we'll get slaz or wilson then.

Ahhh, looking forward to it. Played 4.5 hours today by accident

chiapants226 · 01-08-2008, 02:18 AM

well if you wanna play on en tout cas, i can get courts at wantirna!!! for free as well! its also a lot easier for me

Duzza · 01-08-2008, 02:19 AM

Don't worry about Chia, he's just selfish. He wants all this tennis for himself

OrangeOne · 01-08-2008, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by chiapants226

well if you wanna play on en tout cas, i can get courts at wantirna!!! for free as well! its also a lot easier for me

Duzza is the organiser, we're following his lead whether it's easy or not

01-06-2008, 09:48 PM	#41
equinox Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cocos Islands, WA Posts: 3,211	Duzza, You drew a tough match (5th seed,430AR) in frankston classic maindraw. Won the 1st and then was steamrolled in last two sets, what happened! Did you get injured? Ah well you can do well in consol / dlbs and get some pts. __________________ Raonic: "The walls are a bit low, so you sort of think you don't want to hit anyone in the face."

01-06-2008, 10:41 PM	#42
equinox Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cocos Islands, WA Posts: 3,211	Got 575AR in consolation draw. Good luck duzza. __________________ Raonic: "The walls are a bit low, so you sort of think you don't want to hit anyone in the face."

01-07-2008, 01:26 AM	#43
Duzza Legend Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Posts: 6,316	Yeah, won the first quite easily, breaking in the first and last game of the set. Started to get some elbow twitches and the 2nd set kind of drifted away after I lost focus up till 4-0. Then I started to focus on the upcoming set, knowing I wasn't coming back.....but really played a poor 3rd set with a really weak serve that got broken too many times.... Consol was an interesting one....definitely a decent player but my serve was back on (had a 5 hour break) and I ran to 4-1. He fought back a little bit more and I became a lot more conservative which didn't help me. Then my elbow hit again, and a semi-sore thigh muscle didn't help pushing off for groundstrokes either. I started having to serve about 60% potential which lost me a lot of games. Got to 6-5 finally and had 3 (yes 3!) set points on the Deuce-Ad part of his service game. Finally let go and he won the TB really easily....then 2nd set was on serve till 4-5 where I basically broke myself! __________________ 2 x POG OS 4 x Wilson n6.1 95

01-07-2008, 02:16 AM	#45
Duzza Legend Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Posts: 6,316	Hey flaming flamingo, will you be coming down for the hit as well? __________________ 2 x POG OS 4 x Wilson n6.1 95

01-07-2008, 05:08 PM	#47
Duzza Legend Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Posts: 6,316	So OO how many do you think there will be of you at this hit? Just it would be nice if we had an even amount. I'm still not sure on Chia though. __________________ 2 x POG OS 4 x Wilson n6.1 95