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

Who will win Halle 2018?


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VaporDude95

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

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

tenisdecente

Hall of Fame
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
 
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Deleted member 742196

Guest
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.
 
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Deleted member 742196

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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.
 
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Deleted member 742196

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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

Professional
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?
 
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Deleted member 742196

Guest
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!
 

Yoneyama

Hall of Fame
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.
 

mightyjeditribble

Hall of Fame
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.)
 

mightyjeditribble

Hall of Fame
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

Bionic Poster
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

Legend
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

Bionic Poster
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.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
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
 
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