Favorite things about 2012 - Page 3

boredone3456 · 11-14-2012, 02:28 PM

A lot of my favs have been said but

In no real order
1. Murrays US Open win and London Olympic Gold
2. Ferrer winning a masters shield
3. Delpos strong indoor season, Olympic Bronze and WTF Semi
4. Nadals 7th French Open
5. Haas's resurgence back to the top 20 after a slow start
6. Fed winning Wimby (altho I was really pulling for Murray it being wimby), and reaching #1
7. Isners Davis cup victories over Switzerland (epic Fed match) and France
8.Berdych making US Open semis (not that he beat Fed really, but after his Wimbledon loss itwas a nice bounce back for him)
9. Nishi winning his home event
10. Fishs recovery from heart surgery and 4th round run at Wimby after the layoff
11. Venus Williams road back and winning Olympic gold in dubs after her diagnosis and getting to #25
12. Bryan Brothers Olympic Gold
13. Bakers minor breakout on clay

Least Fav
1. All the players who retired: Kim, A-Rod, Gonzo, Ljubicic
2. Blue clay (just weird and random in my opinion)
3. Murrays clay season slumping
4. Nadals injury (him being out makes draws a lil less dramatic to follow)
5. Donald Youngs horrible play (I am not a fan but a lot of hype and time went into him)
6. Bhupathi and Bopanna being told they cannot play DC for India
7. Berdy being his usual Yoyo self
8. Weird/Stupid scheduling decisions (you know what I mean)
9. Nalby being over emotional and costing himself a match
10. Bryans bombing at the WTF

SQA333 · 11-15-2012, 02:01 PM

Federer winning Wimbledon, Murray winning his first slam and Nadal missing half the year.

norbac · 11-15-2012, 03:22 PM

Favorite

-All of Berdych's victories.

Least Favorite

-All of Berdych's defeats.

Murrayfan31 · 11-15-2012, 08:21 PM

Hard to say which is better. Murray winning the Olympics and US Open or Nadal missing half the year. I also liked Djokovic owning Fed in his favorite tournament.

NDFM · 11-20-2012, 07:20 AM

Favourite: (not in order but so many):
Nadal's 7th FO and great clay season (excluding Madrid

)
Murray's Olympic Gold and USO win
Djokovic winning AO, Shanghai (great match) and WTF as well as ending the year no.1
AO Final (Djokovic is a beast)
Any Djokovic match where he saves match points
Nishikori winning the Japan Open
Serena dominating the WTA tour
Vika winning the AO
Federer winning Wimbledon (I could have just said 4 different slam winners lol)
Jerzy Janowicz
M&M winning the WTF doubles

Least Favourite:
The players who retired this year, I'll miss you A-rod
Nadal missing half of the year :\
Murray and this trend of losing matches whilst holding match points
Flukas Rosol, he deserved the win but has shown us nothing since then
Tsonga, he has disappointed me this year

And Wawrinka's epic tank in the 3rd set of that Shanghai match with Roger, as a fan I had to stop watching at 4-0

joeri888 · 11-20-2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Murrayfan31

Hard to say which is better. Murray winning the Olympics and US Open or Nadal missing half the year. I also liked Djokovic owning Fed in his favorite tournament.

You mean Federer 'owning' Djokovic in his favourite tournament right?

3fees · 11-22-2012, 07:37 AM

All slams having a different winner,,Federer regaining # 1, Djokovic reclaiming #1,,Murray finally getting a major,Ferrer getting a M1K,Delpo playing better..

Ripster · 11-22-2012, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by kaku

Well, 2012 was pretty damn good, so I thought I might make a thread to discuss everybody's favorite (and least favorite) things about 2012

Also, link to a 2012 prediction thread made at the beginning of the year. Always fun to look back (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=407701)

Favorites: Every GS Final, Murray winning a GS and OG, Fed defying age to win a GS, Nadal getting some revenge against Novak

Least Favorite: Murray losing the Wimbledon Final, Nadal missing half the year (hard to believe we haven't seen him play since June)

My favourite part about the old prediction thread - Breakout player: Bernard Tomic.

merwy · 11-22-2012, 02:08 PM

Federer getting to #1, breaking Sampras' record and winning another Grand Slam, which happens to be Wimbledon! Also Federer winning an Olympic singles medal is nice, although gold would've been better... Nishikori played a good tournament in Japan. Too bad he keeps getting injured. Loved how Janowicz surprised everyone at the Paris masters. I guess it's a good thing that top 4 each won 1 GS this year, you don't see that happen often. Ferrer winning a ms1000 is nice too. Czech winning the davis cup, beating Spain, which is the most dominant tennis nation at the moment.

Also, it was nice to see Nadal out for half a year because you could see how the field looks without Nadal there.

jaggy · 11-22-2012, 02:29 PM

Murrays slam win by far

Hawkeye7 · 11-22-2012, 03:22 PM

Favourite

- Nadal capturing his 7th French Open Title.

- Murray winning the Olympics and the USO and ending the year inside the top 3 for the first time ever.

Least Favourite

- Djokovic beating Murray and then Nadal narrowly at the AO (robbed me of another dream final and crushed my hopes twice).

- Nadal missing half the season.

- Murray losing the Wimbledon final and generally losing matches from winning positions by squandering MPs in 3 consecutive tournaments.

- Top players complaining about Blue Clay.

norbac · 11-22-2012, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkeye7

Favourite

- Nadal capturing his 7th French Open Title.

- Murray winning the Olympics and the USO and ending the year inside the top 3 for the first time ever.

Least Favourite

- Djokovic beating Murray and then Nadal narrowly at the AO (robbed me of another dream final and crushed my hopes twice).

- Nadal missing half the season.

- Murray losing the Wimbledon final and generally losing matches from winning positions by squandering MPs in 3 consecutive tournaments.

- Top players complaining about Blue Clay.

Were you able to witness any of Tomas Berdych's victories this past season?

MonkeyBoy · 11-22-2012, 11:32 PM

1. 5 hour slugfest to end Britain's slam drought / Andy winning olympic gold. When is the next time we'll see a home do that?
2. Rosol downing Nadal at wimby 2nd round. Last game of the match was truly cinematic.
3. Andy making wimbledon final

worst:
1. andy losing wimbledon final

Kirijax · 11-23-2012, 10:21 AM

Great to see all of the top four getting a GS win.
Murray's Gold Medal was nice to see.
Blue clay and everyone humming the Smurf's tune.
Australian Open was the best major again.

Towser83 · 11-23-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Clarky21

The only thing I liked about 2012 was seeing Andy finally win a slam. He deserved it,and finally got it.

Not Nadal winning MC, Barca, Rome, RG with the loss of one set, beating Cvacula 3 times?

Good Nadal fan, no?

Towser83 · 11-23-2012, 11:42 AM

In order

1. Federer winning Wimbledon
2. Federer getting back to number one
3. Djokovic's semi and final wins at the AO
4. Janowic's amazing run at the Paris masters
5. Djokovic's WTF win
6. Funnily enough, the bagel set Fed took off Djokovic in Cinci - like both players, but was imressive to see old Fed duffing Djokovic up like that

Clarky21 · 11-23-2012, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Towser83

Not Nadal winning MC, Barca, Rome, RG with the loss of one set, beating Cvacula 3 times?

Good Nadal fan, no?

Nope. Cvac played like crap. Would have been different if he had played well when Nadal beat him those 3 times. I doubt Nadal would have beaten him if he had actually showed up.

What do you mean by this?

smoledman · 11-23-2012, 02:10 PM

Highlights of 2012:

* Nadal losing to Djoko in that epic AO final
* Roger winning 3 events in a row(Rotterdam, Dubai, IW)
* Roger winning the only blue clay event ever
* Rosol going god-mode on Nadal
* Roger beating Nole/Murray to win Wimbledon and getting back #1
* Roger beating DelPo in that epic Olympic semi
* Roger clinching the #1 record
* Murray winning US Open
* Roger winning Cincy in truly dominant fashion giving Nole a bagel
* Kei winning Tokyo Open
* David Ferrer winning Paris Masters
* Roger beating Murray in the YEC semis

wintintu · 11-23-2012, 02:31 PM

2012 highlights:

Murray winning US Open
Nishikori winning Tokyo
Llodra performing so well in Bercy
Ferrer having a break-through year of sorts (on all surfaces)
Murray winning Olympics
Rafa-Nole Aussie Open final
Blue clay - i liked it!
Roddick retiring!
Del Potro returning to close to his best (still not 2009 just yet)

definitely some i am forgetting but I hope 2013 will be jut as good!

Murrayfan31 · 11-23-2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeri888

You mean Federer 'owning' Djokovic in his favourite tournament right?

Federer beat Djokovic at the Australian Open?

11-14-2012, 02:28 PM	#41
boredone3456 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,363	A lot of my favs have been said but In no real order 1. Murrays US Open win and London Olympic Gold 2. Ferrer winning a masters shield 3. Delpos strong indoor season, Olympic Bronze and WTF Semi 4. Nadals 7th French Open 5. Haas's resurgence back to the top 20 after a slow start 6. Fed winning Wimby (altho I was really pulling for Murray it being wimby), and reaching #1 7. Isners Davis cup victories over Switzerland (epic Fed match) and France 8.Berdych making US Open semis (not that he beat Fed really, but after his Wimbledon loss itwas a nice bounce back for him) 9. Nishi winning his home event 10. Fishs recovery from heart surgery and 4th round run at Wimby after the layoff 11. Venus Williams road back and winning Olympic gold in dubs after her diagnosis and getting to #25 12. Bryan Brothers Olympic Gold 13. Bakers minor breakout on clay Least Fav 1. All the players who retired: Kim, A-Rod, Gonzo, Ljubicic 2. Blue clay (just weird and random in my opinion) 3. Murrays clay season slumping 4. Nadals injury (him being out makes draws a lil less dramatic to follow) 5. Donald Youngs horrible play (I am not a fan but a lot of hype and time went into him) 6. Bhupathi and Bopanna being told they cannot play DC for India 7. Berdy being his usual Yoyo self 8. Weird/Stupid scheduling decisions (you know what I mean) 9. Nalby being over emotional and costing himself a match 10. Bryans bombing at the WTF Last edited by boredone3456 : 11-14-2012 at 02:40 PM.

11-15-2012, 03:22 PM	#43
norbac Legend Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7,979	Favorite -All of Berdych's victories. Least Favorite -All of Berdych's defeats. __________________ "It was like watching Dolgopolov, except that it all made sense"- Mikhail Youzhny on Evgeny Donskoy

11-20-2012, 07:20 AM	#45
NDFM Rookie Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 255	Favourite: (not in order but so many): Nadal's 7th FO and great clay season (excluding Madrid ) Murray's Olympic Gold and USO win Djokovic winning AO, Shanghai (great match) and WTF as well as ending the year no.1 AO Final (Djokovic is a beast) Any Djokovic match where he saves match points Nishikori winning the Japan Open Serena dominating the WTA tour Vika winning the AO Federer winning Wimbledon (I could have just said 4 different slam winners lol) Jerzy Janowicz M&M winning the WTF doubles Least Favourite: The players who retired this year, I'll miss you A-rod Nadal missing half of the year :\ Murray and this trend of losing matches whilst holding match points Flukas Rosol, he deserved the win but has shown us nothing since then Tsonga, he has disappointed me this year And Wawrinka's epic tank in the 3rd set of that Shanghai match with Roger, as a fan I had to stop watching at 4-0 __________________ Fan of: Nadal, Wawrinka, Tsonga, S.Williams, Azarenka, N.Li

11-22-2012, 02:08 PM	#49
merwy Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,678	Federer getting to #1, breaking Sampras' record and winning another Grand Slam, which happens to be Wimbledon! Also Federer winning an Olympic singles medal is nice, although gold would've been better... Nishikori played a good tournament in Japan. Too bad he keeps getting injured. Loved how Janowicz surprised everyone at the Paris masters. I guess it's a good thing that top 4 each won 1 GS this year, you don't see that happen often. Ferrer winning a ms1000 is nice too. Czech winning the davis cup, beating Spain, which is the most dominant tennis nation at the moment. Also, it was nice to see Nadal out for half a year because you could see how the field looks without Nadal there. Last edited by merwy : 11-22-2012 at 02:11 PM.

11-23-2012, 11:42 AM	#56
Towser83 Legend Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7,807	In order 1. Federer winning Wimbledon 2. Federer getting back to number one 3. Djokovic's semi and final wins at the AO 4. Janowic's amazing run at the Paris masters 5. Djokovic's WTF win 6. Funnily enough, the bagel set Fed took off Djokovic in Cinci - like both players, but was imressive to see old Fed duffing Djokovic up like that __________________ Federer, Djokovic, Delpo fan (also like Nalbandian, Dimitrov, Tsonga)