herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Aye, he will be knackered and No Vax is part cyborg (aswell as a bellend of course).
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[Other Sport] Tennis [emoji462] The French open
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Aye, he will be knackered and No Vax is part cyborg (aswell as a bellend of course).
patchamalbion
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Here we go then, who knows how many of these matches we’ll have left so worth watching this if you appreciate sport at the very highest level.
Rafa 2/1 on clay….incredible.
Rafa 2/1 on clay….incredible.
Gazwag
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Going to be a late one, 2 hours in and only half way through 2nd set. Come on Rafa beat the 
Lots of privileged tennis players bleating about Wimbledon's unfairness in banning Russian competitors, forcing the ATP to remove their ranking points, the poor lambs, just because of some silly disturbances in Ukraine. As far as I'm concerned, they can all disappear up their own .....................
If (and it's a big if) I was ever going to watch any of Wimbledon anyway, I won't be now!
If (and it's a big if) I was ever going to watch any of Wimbledon anyway, I won't be now!
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
But wouldn't your logic dictate that you're more likely to watch Wimbledon now that the British LTA have made a stand?
patchamalbion
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Exactly what I was just about to type..
Wimbledon and have made a decision to stand and stick with that decision which should be applauded imo.
No. Not only am I appalled at the attitude of some of the players, but I am absolutely totally and utterly uninterested in watching tennis. In fact there are many things (some of them quite unpleasant or even painful) I would rather do than watch tennis!
patchamalbion
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Then why are you on a tennis thread you oddball?
Yes indeed - I applaud Wimbledon's stance on this - but makes me want to watch? I should cocoa!
Well, unlike some, I don't think tennis (or other sports) should exist in a cosy little vacuum where nothing else is important, even if people are dying in their hundreds. The oddballs are the ones who think it should remain detached from the real world, just as long as everything bobs along nicely without anything nasty getting in the way.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Well no one on this thread has implied that at all, yet you keep jumping in.
Anyway, back to a great game of tennis between two giants (one who has shown himself to be a complete bellend but a brilliant player still). I still wonder whether the winner of this tournament will come from the other side of the draw, perhaps the young Norwegian...
No? But even so, one of them is a bellend. Politics (or just common decency) not entirely ruled out then.
ShandyH
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On the Russia/Belarus players, they should be banned because to see a winner from either country would be used in Russia as propaganda and this simply can't be allowed to happen. "Russia wins in Britain" etc. However, I massively sympathise with athletes from these countries, many of whom are welll travelled and atuned to what is going on and many of whom will be anti-war but too scared to say anything. I know the irony of Medvedev getting number 1 ranking if Djokovic doesn't win Wimbledon. But Putin will play dirty with any Russian success and present it as a victory for his country in an enemy state and I fail to understand why the ATP can't recognise this. To strip Wimbledon of the ranking points is a spineless move.
This match is at least two of the best three tennis players of all time but probably the best two ever on clay playing some of the most brilliant tennis I have seen. Marathon match for the times. Nadal was unbelievable in the first set. Neither will give up. It's an epic.
This match is at least two of the best three tennis players of all time but probably the best two ever on clay playing some of the most brilliant tennis I have seen. Marathon match for the times. Nadal was unbelievable in the first set. Neither will give up. It's an epic.
ShandyH
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The French crowd, to their credit recognising this is an incredible match, almost all staying at nearly 1am their time.
ShandyH
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Tie-break if anyone is interested!
patchamalbion
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Very much interested and very much watching, also put a decent sum on Rafa at 2/1!
Yet again spectacular viewing. Not the highest quality they’ve ever displayed but the intensity and mental strength and fitness. Incredible.
ShandyH
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What a match! They were getting tired but neither would back down.
hart's shirt
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BBC Sport sums it up perfectly...
Game, set and match Nadal.
The King of Clay. Long live the King.
Game, set and match Nadal.
The King of Clay. Long live the King.
Ooh it’s a corner
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What a great watch that was - I wanted Rafa - was glad it finished by 12.15 though!
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Absolutely brilliant. It is incredible that these too STILL dominate the game, and it's always nice to see Rafa come out on top.
Glad I'm not at work today.
Glad I'm not at work today.