French Open Tennis

The jock looks like he is going out in the first round, funny stuff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8699667.stm

I hope Federer can pull off a win, would be ace to see him in contention with getting an annual grand slam coming into Wimbledon.

Nadal will win it back though this year I fear.

FFS woofed him, from a break down he goes a brea up...

F*cker. Oh well, as long as he doesn't win the thing.

Nadal is unbeatable this year.

JGK wrote:Nadal is unbeatable this year.

Agreed, though there's always a chance he'll fark his knee.

In which case he probably just goes back to evens.

Devvarman out in the first round. Crap.

Apparently some bloke who may or may not answer to JGK plonked $1M on Federer to win $10k last night.

Seems mental to me.
Either he has a shed load of cash - in which case what's 10k?
Or he had just enought to cover the bet in which case it was a bloody big risk.
Or it was Gabby Dan/??? in which case it all makes sense

Yeah, heard that this morning.

All I could think of was the guys who put 1000s on Aust after 50 overs of the 434 game.

There was also a guy who had $100k on one of the Russian wenches when she got beat early in the Aus open at $1.02.

Money-laundering?

Bump. I reckon Warinka could beat Fed tonight.

Nobody will beat Rafa. He is unstoppable on the frog clay.

so don't care about the Frog Open. Bring on Wimbledon so we have a slightly better chance. (ha!)

I don't care about tennis, but I am in awe of Rafa's speed and remarkable accuracy.

I can't recall a decent Aussie claycourt player in my lifetime

Hewitt made the QFs in 2001 and 2004.

Pat Rafter made the semis in 97.

shows how much I care... not like we won, though. I guess Scud winning Davis Cup on clay too?

Scud. Softus Cockington.

skully wrote:Scud. Softus Cockington.

heck yes!

Hewitt is actually a good clay courter. There's not much you can do when you keep running into Nadal though.

Hewitt's French Open losses over the past 10 years:

2010: Nadal
2009: Nadal
2008: Ferrer
2007: Nadal
2006: Nadal
2005: DNP (injured)
2004: Gaudio (eventual winner)
2003: Robredo
2002: Canas
2001: Ferrero

The ironic thing is that I think his game on clay has improved since the time when he was world number one. The only problem is his game overall is worse meaning he never gets a high seeding anymore.

Obviously he's not good enough to win it but he certainly could have made a final or two with a bit of luck.

Nath wrote:

skully wrote:Scud. Softus Cockington.

heck yes!

Rubbish. He pretty much single handedly won a Davis Cup final away on clay.

Musta had a shot of EPO to the heart that day.

Yeah maybe. Still, I was at that final in Nice - it was one of the best sporting events I have ever been to so I will defend the Scuds softness when needed.

Meanwhile, the tall Williams lost today. Sucked in.