2013 Aussie Open Thread

Post #1 » by **UGA Hayes** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:48 am

Go Soda!

GQStylin · Post #2 » by **GQStylin** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:17 am

You know people ain't kidding when they say women's tennis is a joke.

I mean I've watched alot of grandslam tennis over the years and its an absolute RARITY to have a good women's match where both players are playing at or near their best and making it a great match for fans to watch.

Just a short while ago I turned off the Stouser/Zheng match because it looked like Stouser was going to win easy after the 2nd set and just now I turned it on again to find that she completely choked at the end of the 3rd and LOST?!?!!? :roll:

I still watch the women's matches because its part of the grandslam, but you'd be lucky to get even one or two really good matches from the women the ENTIRE tournament while the men even in the early rounds can give you dramatic, riveting matches to watch let alone really great quarters, semis and finals matches alot of the time. Women's matches on the other hand ard just plain brutal to watch most of the time.

Jugs · Post #3 » by **Jugs** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:37 am

only reason to watch women's tennis is for the hot chicks. that is IT.

Nole absolutely dominating right now

Turk Nowitzki · Post #4 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:34 pm

The men's side is going to be a lot of fun pretty soon, some good potential matchups. Venus vs. Sharapova could be a good one tonight.

SharoneWright · Post #5 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:55 pm

Lots of YELLOW out there...

MikeIsGood · Post #6 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:37 am

Can't have a tennis topic on the Bucks board. Must talk about tennis here in a thread that has 5 posts in it after 5 days of AO tennis.

Sorry, I'll never stop being bitter.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #7 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:02 am

MikeIsGood wrote:Can't have a tennis topic on the Bucks board. Must talk about tennis here in a thread that has 5 posts in it after 5 days of AO tennis.

Sorry, I'll never stop being bitter.

This.

I'm sorry but if any mods are around this thread can we revisit this issue? We used to have at least 10-15 pages of good tennis discussion on the Bucks board during each of the Grand Slam tourneys. A 10 second visit to the Knicks board shows that they can have threads about the Assault Rifle Ban and Anime but we can't discuss tennis?

MikeIsGood · Post #8 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:51 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:Can't have a tennis topic on the Bucks board. Must talk about tennis here in a thread that has 5 posts in it after 5 days of AO tennis.

Sorry, I'll never stop being bitter.

This.

I'm sorry but if any mods are around this thread can we revisit this issue? We used to have at least 10-15 pages of good tennis discussion on the Bucks board during each of the Grand Slam tourneys. A 10 second visit to the Knicks board shows that they can have threads about the Assault Rifle Ban and Anime but we can't discuss tennis?

I encourage you to PM MD and PP about it, because I'm probably the only one that's ever bitched to them directly. They're hypocritical - we can talk about TV, movies, music, video games even though there are boards for all of those things. I proposed a general OT sports thread - ONE thread - and got shot down. Maybe if there are more voices they'll listen.

So if you're bitter enough, I encourage you to do that.

MikeIsGood · Post #9 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:52 pm

P.S. Go Sloane.

Post #10 » by **UGA Hayes** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:00 pm

Why don't you guys just start a thread and then link to this one?

GQStylin · Post #11 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:50 pm

Ok. Joker and Wawrika match is simply ONE OF THE BEST MATCHES I HAVE EVER WITNESSED ALL TIME!!

Just incredible tennis and I can't believe even after 5+ hours the amount of INSANE SHOTS both of them were making!! Seriously the quality of tennis was just OFF THE CHARTS from both of them.

Both of them seriously deserved to win it and congrats to Joker for winning but Stan looked pretty sad walking off the court afterwards.

Post #12 » by **UGA Hayes** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:58 pm

Only caught the last half of 5th set but looked like a good one.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #13 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:33 pm

Stan played the match of this life, but he will be thinking about that 2nd set for awhile. Served for it at 5-3 and had 30-love. Hell of a match though, anybody else and I would say it might ruin their shot at winning the title but Djokovic is a freak.

blazza18 · Post #14 » by **blazza18** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:28 pm

I turned my tv off just after the 2nd set. I thought for sure Stan had cost himself any chance of winning this one. Heh how wrong was I. Pity I had to get some sleep.

MikeIsGood · Post #15 » by **MikeIsGood** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:51 am

Love Sloane. Congrats to her.

Post #16 » by **rrravenred** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:44 am

The Fed still plays the most beautiful tennis in the history of the world.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #17 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:00 pm

rrravenred wrote:The Fed still plays the most beautiful tennis in the history of the world.

He's got a better shot to win this now than he did when the tournament started imo.

EH15 · Post #18 » by **EH15** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:47 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXpuYqc-ktY[/youtube]

ashleywilliam · Post #19 » by **ashleywilliam** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:21 pm

i also saw this match both players were played really well i really enjoyed watching that match.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #20 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:32 am

I usually loathe women's tennis but I am very interested in this Sloane Stephens/Serena Williams clash.