2018 Halle (Gerry Weber Open); ATP 500 - General discussion & handwringering

[VaporDude95]

There’s always this, all tennis fans should have one:

Maybe just avid Nadal fanboys, seeing as they’re usually bitter

 

[Meles]

Fed losing to this?

LOL blocked

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Maybe just avid Nadal fanboys, seeing as they’re usually bitter

Sex brings people together.

 

[tenisdecente]

That was a bad match, but some credit should go to Paire right? That BH is a thing of beauty, and he also served pretty well today. Of course, by Fed standards, this match was meh, still he took it in the end

 

[VaporDude95]

Sex brings people together.

Unless of course it’s cheating/an affair, then it rips people apart lol

Or sex with good friends often makes you become strangers later on

Or sex with underage humans makes you become isolated in a prison cell

Or too much sex with too many people leads to disease which isolates the person again

Sex is complicated and overrated lol

 

[Deleted member 742196]

That was a bad match, but some credit should go to Paire right? That BH is a thing of beauty, and he also served pretty well today. Of course, by Fed standards, this match was meh, still he took it in the end

Was a great match, it’s awful being across someone giving you no rhythm. I was irritated watching it but watch it like a horror show I did.

Good on Paire though. Minus a forehand in the third he still eked match point. Amazing to see a pro run around forehands to hit BH’s.

Good drama that one.

 

[EloQuent]

LOL blocked

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Hitachi

@TheGhostOfAgassi @Hydrocella

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Unless of course it’s cheating/an affair, then it rips people apart lol

Or sex with good friends often makes you become strangers later on

Or sex with underage humans makes you become isolated in a prison cell

Or too much sex with too many people leads to disease which isolates the person again

Sex is complicated and overrated lol

Affairs bring lawyers together, strangers meet new people, the imprisoned will know carnal pleasure and disease is one way the gene pool evolves, which brings this back to sex.

Sex is simple. It has the universal appeal of a road accident.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Hitachi

@TheGhostOfAgassi @Hydrocella

Didn’t want to specifically say it but it’s her damn fault I’ve found myself thinking about sex toys on a tennis forum.

 

[EloQuent]

wat is going on here

 

[Deleted member 742196]

wat is going on here

This:

This:

And this:

Now you’re all caught up.

 

[existential dread]

This:

This:

And this:

Now you’re all caught up.

This should be a thing - Summarize a thread in three pictures.

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

Affairs bring lawyers together, strangers meet new people, the imprisoned will know carnal pleasure and disease is one way the gene pool evolves, which brings this back to sex.

Sex is simple. It has the universal appeal of a road accident.

I just thought you meant that sex, quite literally, involves people coming (if you're lucky, wahey!) together.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

I just thought you meant that sex, quite literally, involves people coming (if you're lucky, wahey!) together.

These just aren’t very literate times I’m afraid.

Here’s a question.

If everyone was terrifically cool with it; all the wives and kids and opposition and media and congress and voters and foreign despots and you and me were all cool with it - wouldn’t the world be a better place if politicians just had sex with each other at those peace conferences?

Sex brings people together.

 

[existential dread]

These just aren’t very literate times I’m afraid.

Here’s a question.

If everyone was terrifically cool with it; all the wives and kids and opposition and media and congress and voters and foreign despots and you and me were all cool with it - wouldn’t the world be a better place if politicians just had sex with each other at those peace conferences?

Sex brings people together.

I just assumed they already did. Who doesn't get into politics for the sex?

 

[Deleted member 742196]

I just assumed they already did. Who doesn't get into politics for the sex?

You’re right. There’s a genre.

This is a thing.

 

[SeeingDusk]

That's the slickest roof I've ever seen.

why cant every tournament use the same roof? the one at uso, is slow. the one at wimbledon is also slow. all slow in comparison. the roof today looked very light and efficient, yet strong.

 

[existential dread]

You’re right. There’s a genre.

This is a thing.

There's a demand for everything I guess.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Fed fans if he wins: What a player, he wins even when he has bad days!
if he loses: He is tanking to be ready for Wimbledon! yeah sure...

Where's the lie tho

 

[existential dread]

why cant every tournament use the same roof? the one at uso, is slow. the one at wimbledon is also slow. all slow in comparison. the roof today looked very light and efficient, yet strong.

Are you sure you're not talking about something else?

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Nice troll win for Fed, but please tell me he's not injured

 

[Deleted member 742196]

why cant every tournament use the same roof? the one at uso, is slow. the one at wimbledon is also slow. all slow in comparison. the roof today looked very light and efficient, yet strong.

I don’t know but I suspect @TearTheRoofOff might be the right person to forward all your roof related troubles to.

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

I don’t know but I suspect @TearTheRoofOff might be the right person to forward all your roof related troubles to.

I play indoors for no man.

 

[Rago]

I play indoors for no man.

I will not have it. You hear me boy?

 

[Deleted member 742196]

I play indoors for no man.

Along with your avatar this pairs quite nicely as a mission statement. People that prefer tennis indoors should be shot.

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

Along with your avatar this pairs quite nicely as a mission statement. People that prefer tennis indoors should be shot.

Absolutely. Roger is the ultimate troll for not only aiming everywhere except the tennis court on MPs, but also by being an indoor GOAT. Film re-imagining: Troll and Trollerer: When Roger met brain-fart.

 

[Fedforever]

Nice troll win for Fed, but please tell me he's not injured

He said after the match he was physically fine.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Absolutely. Roger is the ultimate troll for not only aiming everywhere except the tennis court on MPs, but also by being an indoor GOAT. Film re-imagining: Troll and Trollerer: When Roger met brain-fart.

If Roger were a real God like Rafa is he’d make it rain. Harrumph!

 

[SeeingDusk]

Are you sure you're not talking about something else?

Nope. The one today closed in like 10 seconds. How long does USO take?

 

[existential dread]

Nope. The one today closed in like 10 seconds. How long does USO take?

I was referring to surface speeds, the only speeds that matter.

 

[stringertom]

Nope. The one today closed in like 10 seconds. How long does USO take?

USO/Ashe Stadium is very fasterer than Wimby or AO. RG, when it's completed will take 12 minutes, which will put it between USO (7 minutes) and Wimby/AO (15 to 20 minutes).

 

[SeeingDusk]

I was referring to surface speeds, the only speeds that matter.

Oh. The homogeneous of courts nowadays makes the speeds almost negligent.

 

[edberg volleys]

I'm expecting very sharp dfre tmr. Kinda liked that he had to work that hard.

 

[Yoneyama]

At 36, playing 4 days in a row, one week out from Wimbledon, is not going to have any positive effect. I think he’ll be near the limits of his fitness if he makes Wimbledon final. You only have to read how many times he’s said in interviews that recovery time is longer at his age. He’s playing 4 days straight...

I don’t think he’ll make the Halle final.

Last year he won Halle and then absolutely obliterated all competition at Wimbledon. People literally said the same stuff last year.

 

[The Green Mile]

The end of that 1st set was absolutely glorious lmao...

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Last year he won Halle and then absolutely obliterated all competition at Wimbledon. People literally said the same stuff last year.

Well, he did lose his first match in Stuttgart last year, so he has already played one more match than last year. He also did not drop a set in Halle 2017.

However, Roger knows his body best, so if he believes that one week will be enough to recover and be ready for Wimbledon, I am sure he will be. But he may not win Halle despite the easy path if all the matches he has played catch up with him. From the bits I watched against Paire, he did seem a little bit slower than last week.

(Of course, maybe it may also be that he doesn't win Halle _because_ of the easy path? He has seemed to really get up for the tough draws these last two years.)

 

[icedevil0289]

did not see the fed-paire match, how did he play? also what is this thing about his wrist?

 

[mightyjeditribble]

did not see the fed-paire match, how did he play? also what is this thing about his wrist?

Haven't seen anything about his wrist, what did you read?

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[PeteD]

Having seen Ebden take apart Kohlie, maybe Fed's draw wasn't so easy after all.

 

[icedevil0289]

Haven't seen anything about his wrist, what did you read?

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I actually haven't heard anything beyond one or two comments about him grabbing his wrist or something while I was scrolling through the match thread but at this point I guess it is all hearsay

 

[mightyjeditribble]

I actually haven't heard anything beyond one or two comments about him grabbing his wrist or something while I was scrolling through the match thread but at this point I guess it is all hearsay

Well let's hope it's just worried people reading something into things then!

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[BeatlesFan]

Having seen Ebden take apart Kohlie, maybe Fed's draw wasn't so easy after all.

If Roger Federer, the grass GOAT, can't beat a mug ranked 60th in the world and with a record of 7-10 this year, then he might as well pack it in and start tending to the twins 24/7. He is not losing this match unless he has a temperature of 104 degrees or has a broken limb.

 

[EloQuent]

If Roger Federer, the grass GOAT, can't beat a mug ranked 60th in the world and with a record of 7-10 this year, then he might as well pack it in and start tending to the twins 24/7. He is not losing this match unless he has a temperature of 104 degrees or has a broken limb.

He lost to 90 year old Tommy Haaaaas last year in Shtutgart and went on to win Wimbledon.

 

[BeatlesFan]

He lost to 90 year old Tommy Haaaaas last year in Shtutgart and went on to win Wimbledon.

This isn't Stuttgart, a venue he hates and he's not playing his good friend who was retiring shortly thereafter. Not the same scenario. Nor is the #1 ranking on the line, which he covets even though he pretends he doesn't much care.

 

[Sentinel]

Fed played poorly but still won.

That’s what champions do.

I think Fed was pondering the meaning of life in set 2. (I can't find that thread, so having to spam here).

Or else he was wondering what sport to take up two years from now when he is 43. @dgold44

 

[Sentinel]

He lost to 90 year old Tommy Haaaaas last year in Shtutgart and went on to win Wimbledon.

Don't forget Halle 2012.

Both times, Haaasssss was retiring.

 

[dgold44]

I think Fed was pondering the meaning of life in set 2. (I can't find that thread, so having to spam here).

Or else he was wondering what sport to take up two years from now when he is 43. @dgold44

Just talked to my mom and she thinks I am totally nuts !!
She said I am wierd lol

Not very Jewish to jump into submission wrestling at 43 lol

 

[dgold44]

I had to roll for 45 min tonight against 20 year olds

 

[Sentinel]

Hope Federer's luck runs out at Wimbledon.

What luck ?

He has hardly won anything this year.