Bouchards career is over, she's a basketcase, there is no reason to think she will ever recover.
The road to the US Open
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You obviously know nothing about the game and just embarrassed yourself publicly.
So the quality of Canada's development system and coaching is something irrelevant to the quality of our up and coming players and I made it up? Sorry that is too much for your little brain to comprehend. Where else are our players going to come from and how do you think they become world class. It is a similar concept to how our junior hockey players and figure skaters and skiers etc. are also developed. There are national programs in place. Maybe you never heard of Hockey Canada or Skate Canada and I am making that up as well.
You are a joke in this debate. Unless you have something intelligent to say other than it is your gut feeling I am done with you. You just got bagelled.
I grudgingly agreed, Petra Kvitova tore her heart out at Wimbledon.
I have a mild form of Asperger's so you'll have to humour me....why can't Nick Kyrgios be Canadian?
Oh I'm so embarrassed. Those are circumstances, not facts lol. You're trying to state as fact that Canadian tennis players will compete at the highest level because of these circumstances when it's never proven to be one before on a sustained level. Raonic makes it to the quarters once a year and loses and looks thrilled and happy to be there and lose to the great roger Federer. Fool
None of these so called new generation will compete till the old guys wear out and who knows when that will happen, the three of them look as good as ever. I hardly follow the women's game as it is just a flavour of the week game.
William's greatness was due to a soft era imo.
Fact: There is a Tennis Canada
Fact: They have a role in developing Canadian talent.
Do you believe there is a Hockey Canada? Do you believe they have input?
I used to think that you had some credibility.
I am saying that they are factors and how they operate will have more bearing on whether we have successful Canadian tennis players than your gut feeling.
Interesting development at the Western and Southern Open, if Milos wins his round of 32 match he'll face Shapo in the third round. The winner of which faces the winner of the Djokovic vs Zverev match.
Milos looks sharper in Cincinnati, he had court rust in Toronto which Tiafoe took advantage of. Should be a great match. Apart from the Canadians I'm also supporting Nick Kyrgios, he's so charming!
I have to ask, what happened to Martin Laurendeau? Shapo's mother coached him in Toronto and now in Cincinnati.
Milos looks sharper in Cincinnati, he had court rust in Toronto which Tiafoe took advantage of. Should be a great match. Apart from the Canadians I'm also supporting Nick Kyrgios, he's so charming!
I have to ask, what happened to Martin Laurendeau? Shapo's mother coached him in Toronto and now in Cincinnati.
I never thought of Sampras, now hat you mentioned it, I don't even recall his arch rivals, Becker, Agassi, chang, not hugo names. Were there others? Seems like Federer and Nadal have been around forever.
I saw Nadal and Federer in Montreal about 10 or 12 years ago, Nadal was mobbed. Not a good place to take a wife or gf, bunch of young guys practicing with their shirts off, all the players I mean.
Third round in Cincinnati:
Milos vs Shapo
Haase vs Djokovic
Haase beat Shapo in Toronto by goading him into unforced errors. The mystery of Martin Laurendeau's absence has been cleared, he's had back surgery. Tessia Shapovalov has done well in his absence. After winning in Toronto Rafael Nadaaaaaaal passed on this event.
Milos vs Shapo
Haase vs Djokovic
Haase beat Shapo in Toronto by goading him into unforced errors. The mystery of Martin Laurendeau's absence has been cleared, he's had back surgery. Tessia Shapovalov has done well in his absence. After winning in Toronto Rafael Nadaaaaaaal passed on this event.
Yesterday's match between Milos and Shapo proves that wazup is clueless, it was sensational.
Neither man gave an inch in the first set, Milos with his booming serve and Shapo with his developing top spin ground strokes. Shapo got him moving side to side but Milos's game was sharp. In the end Milos was able to go to the net for brakes, holding the slight advantage 2-1. Canadian tennis is not only healthy, it's muscular.
I'll never eat vegetable tempura at night again. I may never forget the dream based on an obscure 80's song. In the cartoon landscape I was Kid Creole and Nick Kyrgios was Endicott, happily dancing and skipping toward his adoring wife.
And The Coconuts sang: Why can't Nick Kyrgios be Canadian? Honestly I can't make this shit up!
Neither man gave an inch in the first set, Milos with his booming serve and Shapo with his developing top spin ground strokes. Shapo got him moving side to side but Milos's game was sharp. In the end Milos was able to go to the net for brakes, holding the slight advantage 2-1. Canadian tennis is not only healthy, it's muscular.
I'll never eat vegetable tempura at night again. I may never forget the dream based on an obscure 80's song. In the cartoon landscape I was Kid Creole and Nick Kyrgios was Endicott, happily dancing and skipping toward his adoring wife.
And The Coconuts sang: Why can't Nick Kyrgios be Canadian? Honestly I can't make this shit up!
Shapo and Felix Auger Aliassime will go against each other in the opening round today of The US Open. FAA won 3 qualifying matches to get into the main draw.
I didn't like what I saw, FAA started to get irregular heartbeats. That could end his career before it even begins. You don't mess around with matters of the hearts, I hope it ends soon. What good would blind hope do. Shapo was very concerned, he was not about to be ruthless. FAA retired in the 4th game of the third set.
"It was not immediately clear what had caused Auger-Aliassime’s condition but there were reports that he has had problems with his heart before and was diagnosed with tachycardia,"
https://www.thestar.com/sports/tenn...elix-auger-aliassime-is-forced-to-retire.html
Condition is identical to a panic attack. Very rapid heart rate.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/tenn...elix-auger-aliassime-is-forced-to-retire.html
Condition is identical to a panic attack. Very rapid heart rate.
Genie wins with relative ease.
Her fitness and her serve have improved and she's added the Ledl shot to her game. She's done a great deal of work with not much to show for it. Opponents would win easy points against her by going to the net and waiting for the passing shot. This time Genie went to the body before going for the passing shot.
Ivan Lendl was one of the hardest working and most ruthless player to ever play the game. Opponents went to the net at their own risk, Lendl went for body parts. Jimmy Connors hated him for it, Lendl would always aim for his head or nuts.
Eventually Lendl will become Shapo's coach.
Her fitness and her serve have improved and she's added the Ledl shot to her game. She's done a great deal of work with not much to show for it. Opponents would win easy points against her by going to the net and waiting for the passing shot. This time Genie went to the body before going for the passing shot.
Ivan Lendl was one of the hardest working and most ruthless player to ever play the game. Opponents went to the net at their own risk, Lendl went for body parts. Jimmy Connors hated him for it, Lendl would always aim for his head or nuts.
Eventually Lendl will become Shapo's coach.
Shapo is frustrating to watch.
His return of serve is weak, he can improve it with the right instruction. Time to reach out to someone who excelled at it: Jimmy Connors. So far, not opponent has beaten him, he beats himself. He has and identity crisis. He should remember his name is Denis Shapovalov, not J-Roc.
Anyway, he won in 5 sets against Mr. Squid.
His return of serve is weak, he can improve it with the right instruction. Time to reach out to someone who excelled at it: Jimmy Connors. So far, not opponent has beaten him, he beats himself. He has and identity crisis. He should remember his name is Denis Shapovalov, not J-Roc.
Anyway, he won in 5 sets against Mr. Squid.
Shapo and Kevin Anderson just put on a five set match for the ages. Anderson's big serve and experience finally prevailed but Shapo took him to the limit.
I wasn't expecting this match to go to five sets, the hard court favoured Anderson. Then the blown call by the line judge gained him a valuable point. Anderson played it smartly by continuing to play, Shapo returned. Hawkeye could not be used. Still this is a giant step in Shapo's development. If he works on his return of serve, Jimmy Connors if you're listening, his first Slam amy come sooner than we think.
Lesson learned for Shapo, 2019 could be BIG. Forza Shapo! Flight of Icarus.
I wasn't expecting this match to go to five sets, the hard court favoured Anderson. Then the blown call by the line judge gained him a valuable point. Anderson played it smartly by continuing to play, Shapo returned. Hawkeye could not be used. Still this is a giant step in Shapo's development. If he works on his return of serve, Jimmy Connors if you're listening, his first Slam amy come sooner than we think.
Lesson learned for Shapo, 2019 could be BIG. Forza Shapo! Flight of Icarus.
What rubbish. Williams' greatness is due to her beating all the top players who challenged her. Many multi slam winners in her era. Venus, Maria, Justine and Kim. And a few others with 2s and 3s. She was the main architect behind putting the 'cerebral' Hingis, who is basically the same age, out to pasture.
From what I recall, there were only 3 real big guns (multi-slam) on the men side. Federer, Nadal and Novak.
Except one and this is where Serena got lucky. Garbine Muguruza has beaten her the last three occasions they met including a decisive win at Wimbledon in 2017. The problem with Mugu is she doesn't always have her head on straight, she has a losing record against Simona Halep and players who play that same game. She lost to an unknown in the second round against a Halep type player.
Mugu is four months older than Genie. While Genie was racking in the accolades for 2014, Mugu was toiling in the lower seeds. Now Mugu has two Slams to her name and where is Genie now? After her first round win in Flushing Meadows, Genie didn't follow the normal routine. Too busy being a social maven, she attended a Drake concert instead. Sid Seixeiro brought this up as to why he will no longer talk about Genie.
