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Asha
United Kingdom38255 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/q0N7h.jpg) Olympic Tennis thread! Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics Participants: http://www.london2012.com/tennis/athletes/ Schedule: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 5 August Day by Day scheduling (n.b. may contain results as the day progresses?) Draws and Results: Men's draw Women's draw Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38255 Posts
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
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Ryusei-R1
United States2106 Posts
Third place? Now that's gonna be hard. Wimbledon was nothing but upsets every round, so the draws will be hectic. Murray could be a contender for it though considering how well he did during Wimbledon. Also, Federer and Wawrinka are going to take the doubles championship, easy. | ||
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Acidosis
United States172 Posts
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Edahspmal
United States156 Posts
On July 20 2012 07:42 Ryusei-R1 wrote: Definitely gonna be between Djokovic and Federer to take the title. If Djokovic doesn't choke like he has in the semifinals in Wimbledon or the finals of Roland Garros, he'll take it. Otherwise Federer's definitely gonna ride his grass court prowess to the gold medal. Third place? Now that's gonna be hard. Wimbledon was nothing but upsets every round, so the draws will be hectic. Murray could be a contender for it though considering how well he did during Wimbledon. Also, Federer and Wawrinka are going to take the doubles championship, easy. Are the bryan brothers not playing? | ||
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AirbladeOrange
United States2573 Posts
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Fischbacher
Canada666 Posts
On July 20 2012 11:43 AirbladeOrange wrote: Besides Nadal, is there anyone notable who isn't playing? Mardy Fish, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Marcel Granollers, Julien Benneteau, Florian Mayer and Kevin Anderson are the only other top-30-ish players that won't be there, either due to their country being over quota (max 4 players per country per draw), the player being ineligible (you need to make yourself available for Davis Cup to compete at the Olympics), injury or, in Fish's case, focussing on the US Open. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38255 Posts
On July 20 2012 16:44 Pandemona wrote: I bet Murray and Federrer go out early xD It could happen. No one knows what mental state Murray will be in after the crushing disappointment of the Wimbledon final, he's certainly been prone to serious slumps after the previous times he got crushed in a slam final. Fed I think cares quite a bit about adding the Olympic singles gold to his resumé so will probably be focused on it, but I'd not be surprised if there's a bit of a hangover after the highs of winning Wimbledon and finally taking away Sampras record of weeks at number one (he was stuck 2 weeks short of passing him since he lost the #1 ranking in the first half of 2010) | ||
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Ryusei-R1
United States2106 Posts
Switzerland would beat USA in doubles hands down. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 20 2012 17:02 Ryusei-R1 wrote: Switzerland would beat USA in doubles hands down. Really? I'd still give the Bryan brothers the edge. Federer+Wawrinka isn't exactly a regular doubles team. Last time they met the Bryans they lost in four sets..... and before that they lost to a team of Guccione and Hewitt against Australia -_- But wow, Nadal withdrew?! O_O Definitely opens it up a bit. Really rooting for Roger~!! Hope he can get that golden slam. Also, Djokovic did not choke until the final set a bit, but there was also signature overwhelming Federer pressure at that point. I'm the first to admit I'm a huge Federer fan, but if you watched match, they both played incredibly. Djokovic himself gave Fed the credit for beating him. Obviously when you lose you rarely feel that you played 100%, especially if you're world no. 1, but even with that kind of mentality, he said that Roger was just better than him that day. Did you see the stats? Federer was godmode. 8 UEs and over triple that in winners. | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38255 Posts
Give pretty much any combination of top 30 players a bit of practice for an event rather than hopping off the bus for a DC tie and deciding who's going to play with no warm up together and they'll go toe to toe with most dedicated doubles pairings. The last 2 olympics were won by singles pairings, Fed and Wawrinka beat both the Bryan brothers and Paes/Bhupati when they did it in 08 and those are some of the most decorated players of the last decade in doubles. Meanwhile Massu and Gonzalez won in 04 and neither even play a type of tennis that's particularly good for doubles (again there were some good doubles specialists in the draw). I'd be pretty surprised if the doubles doesn't get won by a traditional singles pairing again this year. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
It would definitely be so, so sweet if Federer could get the gold. Also it would secure his No. 1 ranking for the time being. If Djokovic gets farther and they both go deep, he could quite easily pass Roger for now because he's only behind 75 points anyway lol. Roger should probably(?) have a pretty easy semi opponent unless they decide to pair it 1-4 2-5 or something along those lines. I know that they have done both 1-3/2-4 and 1-4/2-3. Well I mean 5 would essentially be seeded fourth; I was using the rankings whoops. So pairing 1-3/2-4 could be significantly worse for Federer because he matches up against Ferrer a ton better than he does Murray (and Murray is generally more dangerous), 3 being Murray and 4 being Ferrer. And there's always the chance that a player will go berserk and get in the zone of course. >< I agree with your comments regarding Murray and Federer. We'll see what happens :o | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
Either way, go Andy! | ||
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Linwelin
Ireland7554 Posts
On July 21 2012 02:29 FiWiFaKi wrote: Sorry why isn't Nadal playing? I haven't been following tennis for half a year though. Either way, go Andy! He forfeited due to an injury | ||
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
and with the ol' knee again no less, at least he could try being original i think federer is the clear favorite, but murray looked pretty great during the finals. djokovic also seems to get very inspired when playing for his country, leading serbia to davis cup couple of years ago (then subsequently dominating the next tennis year | ||
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
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Kznn
Brazil9072 Posts
On July 20 2012 07:27 Masamune wrote: With Nadal out, I really hope if Federer can win one more title in his career that it will be the Olympic gold medal for the men`s singles. that would be just great  | ||
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