Rafa has won last 7 games in a row

[Whisper]

He's playing a bit better than even I expected.


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[Yama]

11.6.2017, 17:16, Whisper kirjoitti:
> He's playing a bit better than even I expected.

Rafa has been scary good, but Wawrinka has no penetration on his shot
and is making things too easy for Rafa.

[StephenJ]

I expected a straight-sets rout, so not surprised so far.

[Whisper]

I expected straight sets too, but 6-2 3-0 is better start than I thought.

[Federer Fanatic]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:24:09 +1000, Whisper <beav...@ozemail.com> wrote:
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|> I expected a straight-sets rout, so not surprised so far.
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Always try to paint yourself as an elite prognosticator ;-) Not fooling anyone.

FF

[bob]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:16:20 +1000, Whisper <beav...@ozemail.com>
wrote:

>He's playing a bit better than even I expected.

i expected rafa to play well. but stan looks feeble. no pace, no
corners, no painting lines.

perhaps you can only play as well as your opponent allows, but i'd
think stan would at least attempt it.

glad to see #s 10 and 15.

bob

[bob]

whisp did win HOPS again, no? tied with court1, congrats to them both!

bob

[Whisper]

Imo that's the key - you can only play as well as your opponent allows.
Rafa is making Stan look worse than he really is. He can make him look
like Jesus Christ by feeding him balls in his wheelhouse.

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> glad to see #s 10 and 15.
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Monumental numbers - 10 FO is mind blowing.

[Whisper]

Think 1 game short thanks to Halep wetting the bed?

[Guypers]

LOL, sukkykokky?????

[Patrick Kehoe]

Rafa has brought out the kitten in Stan.

P

[Carey]

"you're the best, Boss!"

"I know, kid... now grab your ankles."

"sure boss... all the way?'

"Yeah, kid. I might give you a reach around."

"Super, Boss!"

[bob]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 07:42:20 -0700 (PDT), Guypers <gap...@gmail.com>
wrote:

i congratulated even you for your huge HOPS successes of late. why be
mean for no reason? aha...rafa's 10 FO, i get it!

bob

[StephenJ]

Yeah, i did expect more like 6-4 sets not 6-2 6-3

[StephenJ]

Yes, three more slams than anyone else's best at any other slam.

[Whisper]

I thought Rafa would win something like 64 75 63.

I guess if Stan can make this 7-5 or 7-6 I'll be close, but he's already
broken him 1st game of 3rd & cruising along.

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"A GOAT who isn't BOAT can never become GOAT if he plays alongside BOAT"

[Whisper]

The only clear cut surface goat/boat in history - automatic tier 1
goat/boat category.

[StephenJ]

Among men, yes, with women, MN on grass and Serena on HC seem clear-cut
to me.

Though I would love to see Rafa play 1978 Borg on clay with wood rackets.

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Whisper <beav...@ozemail.com> Wrote in message:

> On 12/06/2017 12:37 AM, bob wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:16:20 +1000, Whisper <beav...@ozemail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> He's playing a bit better than even I expected.
>>
>> i expected rafa to play well. but stan looks feeble. no pace, no
>> corners, no painting lines.
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>> perhaps you can only play as well as your opponent allows, but i'd
>> think stan would at least attempt it.
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> Imo that's the key - you can only play as well as your opponent allows.
> Rafa is making Stan look worse than he really is. He can make him look
> like Jesus Christ by feeding him balls in his wheelhouse.

Like Djokovic did. No shame in losing that AO 5 setter, but those
two finals were pathetic effort and he made Wawrinka look that
great, just like Murray the other day here.

Expecting to win against such a hitter by defending is dumb.

In Djokovic's defense FO was a lot of pressure, beating Nadal and
Murray before the final, and he was not perfectly match fit at
USO, but it was still a matter of a wrong approach vs Wawrinka.



Nadal does it right. I'm glad to see no more "Stan doesn't lose
finals" nonsense.

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>> glad to see #s 10 and 15.
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> Monumental numbers - 10 FO is mind blowing.
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[StephenJ]

OK, i see you said 'boat' as well. MN to me is womens goat on grass, but
not sure about boat.

[bob]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 10:54:22 -0400, StephenJ <step...@flex.com>
wrote:

MN won 9 wimbledons. so any male. sort of.

bob

[Whisper]

That's what I mean about Rafa being the only 'clear cut' surface king -
he's not only completely dominated FO, but just about every clay tournament.

With every player we aren't quite sure as the numbers aren't in this
kind of category.

[bob]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:00:20 -0400, StephenJ <step...@flex.com>
wrote:

yeah, i never thought i'd see a better clay player than borg. rafa's
#s have far surpassed borg's, but i'd love to see them both of the
same era.

bob

[Patrick Kehoe]

Same here. Rafa absolutely amazing on clay (a beast on a court of any kind really). Borg was so good/great on clay; then comes Nadal. Sports has internal laws of progressive governance along lines of cultural manifestation. For the balance of the 21st Century his will be a standard, a kind of hyper metric like Joe Louis' 25 heavyweight title defences or Babe Ruth's 714, which will more than likely last most of the balance of this century. At least one would think so. Even sports records have 'singularities' though true metric singularities (records) are - as one might expect - even more rare.

P

[bob]

there's the old patrick we know and love.

> For the balance of the 21st Century his will be a standard, a kind of hyper metric like Joe Louis' 25 heavyweight title defences or Babe Ruth's 714, which will more than likely last most of the balance of this century. At least one would think so. Even sports records have 'singularities' though true metric singularities (records) are - as one might expect - even more rare.

bob

[Guypers]

Can Rafa beat Borg playing with wood rackets??