/tennis/ - Rome Finals

Good thread.

autism

This has a better OP.

So is the match delayed or what?
t. clueless

>>76007445
Tomorrow after Halep.

>>76007445
Rain and lack of roofs. The kind of shit you would expect here in Ecuador.

>>76007445
>We officially announce that due to the heavy rain, the match between #Djokovic and #DelPotro will resume tomorrow. Time TBD. #ibi17
t. rome twitter

>zverev and isner have made it to a clay semifinal

Thank d-g I can't bet here

>>76007639
Zverev isn't bad on clay.

>260 tabs
>on firefox
JUST

>>76007495
So, that means the final will be played on Monday? Because I doubt they will make Nole play twice on the same day.

>>76007707
proofs

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>>76007725

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>>76007721
Nope seems like they'll play right after Halep

>>76007800
That's so fucking unfair for Djokovic or Delpo if he manages to react. Not only are they hurting their chances against Thiem, but also for the final on Sunday if Thiem chokes as it is usual to happen to Nadal's upsetters.

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>tfw thiem has a brother

Will we have two GOATS in our lifetime?

>>76007800
Never understood why they don't have the dudes to resume play at the very beginning of the day

tennis

>>76009377
I like it

>>76009858
why?

>Sharapova fan boy is also an utter pleb that wants best of three in Grand Slams

What a surprise.

>>76010300
whom?

>>76009377
high quality post

>>76009377
Consider suicide

Hi I'd like to have one argument, please.

>>76010540
Jimmy48

>tune in to memechuck
>leltics btfo beyond belief

why did I even bother?

>>76012490
3-1 is not bad. T-there's still hope for the sens tonite

>>76012490
All sports are rigged, at least tennis is rigged beautifully.

>>76012490
>it's another memechuckers vs dah lund final
I hate both LeBron and the memeiors, can't they just all die?

>>76012490
Shieeeeet I thought yous was talking about hockey. Why even bother watching stephandlebronwinlol

Mexicans next door are having a party and I'm gonna join them.

>>76013641
how did it go
ny qties?
>tfw nothing to do on a friday night
:(

tennis, also great OP

>>76008083
If Novak wins this site it would be just like playing a warm-up. It's much tougher on del.

>>76018538
set

Kiki has nice legs

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What are Thiem's chances of winning the French Open?
Surely at this point he's the second choice after Nadal

>>76018795
he's definitely in the top 3. would only put Rafa and Djokovic above him

>>76018795
He can't handle five setters.

Why do WTA matches only last ages when there's a ATP match I actually want to watch after it.

>>76018795
not much. because rafa doesn't get tired in 5 setters. only reason why novak was able to ruin his chances

> Federer not playing French

Ridiculous. This is his best chance to win.

>>76018795
1. Nadal 2. Djokovic 3. Wawrinka. 4 Thiem

>You realise Fed would easily win the French

Damn you exploding knees

chipmonks can talk!

>Halep remembered to git gud

When does it start lads?

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>>76018945
Too busy attending Pippa Middleton's wedding.

>>76019295
~15 minutes

Thank you based Halep.

>>76019309
Top kek
I know Nadal is 6ft or whatever but I always picture him as a manlet. Like he has Napoleon complex despite being a normal height

anyone have a stream for delpo djoko

You have 10 seconds to name a tennis player who isn't a meme

>>76019528
Marat Safin

>>76019528

FedeGOAT

>>76019495
acestream

*slices backhand*

>>76019447
He has a hair complex, not height.

>le Cross Court Backhand Slice Man

Djokovic is so fucking good, he will win this tournament.

>>76019571
Why does he keep doing this?

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>>76019577

t. hairlet

>>76019495
http://goatd.net/202859/watch-atp-wta-rome

Nole turns 30 in 2 days

He's finished isn't he

http://www.sportingvideo.org/20170514/vv5918044e187e14.83248891-1690931.html

>Juan Martin lel Wristro in charge of learning from the mistakes he made yesterday

>>76019641
He doesn't even have enough weapons to change for.

le no backhand man, look how contrived - sad!

>this pathetic slob won a slam

"QUE REVES DE MIERDA" = "WHAT A SHITTY BACKHAND"

>>76019667

To be fair before his masturbating injury that ruined his wrists he was good

>>76019667
Choko won more than one.

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>>76019683
Delete this

>>76019713
>tfw head makes the shittest stock racquets now

> Juan Martin del POOtro

When is the first semi

>>76019641
Trees have limited options v.a.v. movement.

>jelena will never scream insults at you in bed

>>76019736
Next

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Djokovic resoldered his circuits. Back 2k17

>>76019746
>abbreviating vis-a-vis

why?

>>76019761

>Beating Del poo means he's good

No

>>76019774
Knowing djokovic his confidence will grow loads from beating potro

>>76019788
He already beat him in Indian Wells

>>76019774
del potro defeated all top 20 players since the last injury, he's still (only based on quality and only playing with 1 shot) a top 10 player

>>76019788
On clay? I doubt.

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>>76019796
*blocks path*

>>76019796
yea but now he dont have all those ppl holding him from his true love, pepe imax theatres

>>76019810
meant for >>76019788

>>76019805
dat delusion

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>>76019763
>be shitposting yank

why papa?

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DWL

>>76019796
Not in straight sets.

And Choko beat him in Acapulco too.

>>76019826
Don't be dim

>>76019736
I've just woken up with a semi

>>76019805
This
I don't watch tennis much anymore but Del Potro is world class.

>>76019862
still can't figure out what happened to him, why did he turn to shit, how does that happen?

>>76019907
Once he won that elusive FO GS and held all 4 slams he had nothing to fight for.

>>76019907
He achieved his primary objective and went into cold storage

>>76019907
HE STARTED FUCKING MODELS AND GOT BLEACH ON HIS RACQUET

>>76019907
Slacked, Boris said.

>>76019926
>>76019929
All good answers along with diet, coach, personal life. Still baffles me though.

BIG SERVIN JOHN GOING 4 THE MASTERS

>>76014588
>>76014588
was ok

>>76019907
He's still in his prime but the field caught up with him.

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>>76020087

>>76020087
Top kek, the atp field wouldn't get to Djokovic's level even if doping was legal.

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RG adidas ropa

Me gusta, y tu?

Zverev is a Professional Choker so don't expect him to win this

COME ON BIG JOHN

>>76020187
*fingers air*

>>76020147
Better than the zebra crap.

Please tell me Choko will lose in the next round.

>Thiem will win RG

Who'd of thought

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hahahahaha they are so ugly

Zverev looks a lot like Safin.

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>>76020314
>who'd of

>>76020354

Too complex for American education?

>>76020343
hes russian

>>76020343
Safin was not this lanky though. He had way more muscle

>>76020314
In your dreams.

>>76020354

What did he mean by this?

>ameribelt

Is Nole good again now or is Del Poo just that bad?

>>76020367
>>76020443
who would have thought ----> who'd of thought

brits cant even into their own language

>>76020443
he was trying to call a contraction a mistake

>>76020475
He's playing better, but nowhere near his peak yet.

>>76020487

Are you having so kind of an episode? What i said is grammatically correct

sick of this zverev ass kissing

>>76020515
*fingers the air*

Who is the Sebastian Vettel of Tennis?

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>>76020475
the eternal question

Zverev will go straight into the WTF instead of the next gen bullshit.

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>>76020530
pic related

>>76020511
>>76020491
Tbf to our American friend he's right
'Would of' is a capital offence

>2nd serve points won: 0%

My sides.

>>76020591

>be on 4chins
>Autism spikes over Would of instead of Would have

jeebus

>old man molly

Jizznoids on suicide watch

>>76020616
It's hardly autism. You were wrong, just chill

redpill me on twitchs 53% winrate and no nerfs going his way

>>76020591
>Would of
this is extremely annoying.

>>76020591
i didn't say it was good form, i said it was a contraction and not really worth commenting on (kek)

>>76020648

This isnt /vg/ lad

Reckon Fed plays lol?

>>76020658
are you asking if federer play lol?

>Be American
>Cant even spell Colour with a u

>>76020655
>https://twitter.com/TennisWinter/status/865310935048736768
What did she mean by this?

>>76020655
It's a contraction of a grammatical mistake REEEEEEE-

>>76020687

Yes

I think EBAM does as well, while getting jerked off by Kims milf mum

>>76020699

Its not a grammatical mistake though, its just bad grammar. But it isnt incorrect

>>76020699
go back to bed

>>76020705
they are too cool and smart to play garbage like LoL

>>76020705
She was just testing for shingles m8.. But Federer definitely plays

>>76020717
>grammatical mistake
>bad grammar
Isn't that the same thing?

>bass pro shop
far and away the best sponsor

>>76020740

But you just asked a question about lol friendo

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>>76020751
hick

>>76020705
hot

BIG JOHN is so handsome

>>76020747

>Isn't that the same thing?

No because something that is grammatically incorrect is just plain wrong. While bad grammar is just talking like a chav or something, WE WUZ KANGS is bad grammar but not wrong.

>>76020774
he's just trolling now, watch the match

>Alexander "Lanklet" Zverev is about to meme his way to a masters final
The absolute fucking state of this sport

BIG UP ROD

Zerev is officially better than Memeios now

>>76020774
I'd say that's a matter of perspective

>FlashScore literally faster than live tv

>>76020815
>wah wah someone out of the big four is having a good result
>I only want to watch famous players because I care more about stars than about the sport itself

>>76020861

Everyone outside the big four is fucking terrible though

>>76020815
why so biased? he's pretty skill, you dislike kraut?

>>76020861
Gabe stop

>>76020874
Because they don't get the confidence of winning major tournaments, plus they don't have the money to hire a 20 man team.

>>76020894

>plus they don't have the money to hire a 20 man team.

neither did any of the big four when they first started out

They just wern't dog shit

Who would you rather root for, Zverev or Thiem?

>>76020914
Thiem

>>76020914
Thiem

Zverev is a meme

>>76020846
t. michel foucault

>>76020914
Thiem. No one unironically likes Zverev

>>76020909
When Nadal and Fed appeared the sport wasn't as demanding. Also, the teams are there to maintain consistency. You are just a fanboy that can't see anything but your idols side.

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the saviour of tennis

>>76020989

>When Nadal and Fed appeared the sport wasn't as demanding

This guy

quite like the fila tshirt design, similar to the old nike tshirt

>>76021019
It got much more in the early 10s when Djokovic and Nadal turned into baseline monsters.

>>76020956
I do, your theory: smashed.

>You are only allowed to post in /tennis/ if your country has won at least one GS

I actually liked this concept.

>>76021038
Just surface homogenization.

I fucking hate this Zverev servemonkey

>>76021062
There's wasn't any change at that specific time, courts slowed down in the 2000s.

BIG SERVIN TIEBREAKER

B I G J O H N
I
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>tfw you will never be 7 feet tall
Being a manlet is suffering

Isner is one of the few pros to use Prince. Why isn't Prince more popular?

>>76021376
ferrer used it also.

idk i tried one. didn't like it tbqh.

>>76021376
oh yeah that french kid also

>>76021376
sharapova did

>>76021376
Money, but it's more complicated than that. I'll see if I can get you a link.

>this lanklet

BIG

>>76021476
Post it.

>>76021491
SERVIN

>>76021510
JOHN

BENCH PRESS 'N' SERVE

ZVEREV IS FINISHED

Tiebreakers were a mistake.

>>76021476
Is it because Prince got bought out?
t. not knower

SQUATS N' VOLLEY

>>76021573
lunge my man

If I took away your serve would you die?

>Zerev
>Good

Pick uno

#IMWITHJIS

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RUSSIAN LANKLET BTFO

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RIP zverev

>>76020187
I warned you cunts

>>76021476
>>76021376
>>76021497
>>76021570
Here you go. Fuck'ss sake, let me type for a second.
>https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/prince-has-issues.574627/page-3#post-11060491

Basically, unlike other brands and to the polar opposite of Babolat (which, 100 years later, is still family owned), Prince went bankrupt and was bought by an investment fund (ABG, Authentic Brands Group) that licences the rights to exploit the brand to other companies. When the contract expires, ABG just licences it to someone else. Which is why there's no continuity in product lines or even product names and why Prince makes little sense even if they still make good frames. Also, the O3/EXO3 racquets have a very particular feel to them, which is why players who are used to them don't usually switch and vice-versa. And guess what? Due to the lack of continuity, they shafted all the O3/EXO3 frames. Which is why Ferrer switched. Isner accepted to play the new Warrior, since he wasn't really using the O3 system: he has the grommets locked by Priority One (racquet customization team, notably in charge of Federer's sticks among others) because of excessive string breakage.

>>76021445
Her case was money. Prince couldn't afford to pay her. Much like Sergio Tacchini couldn't pay Djokovic.

>>76021653
whats a good prince racquet to buy?
something like nadals

Zverev making it to the final is the end of our sport. He's so shit and is somehow going to make it. I'm shaking.

>>76021680
He uses Babolat

>>76021712
Isner would be better? lol

>>76021712
(You) on suicide watch.

>>76021747
Isner has made it to 2 other masters finals. He can have lights out weeks. Stupid twinks with no talent making it is truly the end.

le this is my court man

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>>76021719
>He uses Babolat
holy shit these prices

>>76021767
you can hate Memerev legitimately, but saying he has no talent is just untrue

>pissner

it grinds my gears that fucking Zverev is wearing a richard mille

nadal can wear one, even though i think its distasteful and lame, but at least he's earned it

zverev is a little shit!

Hate Zverev so much.

/tennis/ hating on Zverev only increases my admiration for the little brat.

>>76021767
>2 other masters finals
Actually 3
IW 2012, Cincy 2013 and Paris 2016

C'mon Isner, jizzner all over him

BIG JOHN \o/

BIG SERVING JOHN

JACK SUCC!!!!!!!

>>76021680
All Textremes frames are significantly softer than any APD/Pure Aero ever. And you can't really buy the "Nadal racquet" brand new. You could try the Textreme 100 or the Yonex DR 100. Every company has tried to copy the AeroPro Drive/Pure Aero, none ever managed to get even close to.

>>76021782
Let me introduce you to paintjobs. Let's say you're a good junior player and you love your racquet. But as every other racquet, it's being discontinued after two years. Sucks right? Well now let's say you're getting sponsored by the company that makes that racquet. What do they do? They make you more of the racquet you love but with the cosmetics of the newer version. Then you can always customize it as you want. Hence, paintjob.

Sometimes it's pretty light. For example, most Babolat pros use older versions of the frame they promote. Nadal uses the very first APD from 2004/2005. Roddick never fucking used the Pure Drive Roddick, he was using a Pure Drive Team Plus (extended length) from the early 2000's. Sometimes it gets silly: Djokovic promotes the Speed but uses a Radical; Sharapova and Berdych promote the Instinct but they use a fucking Radical, Murray promotes the Radical... but uses a Pro Tour 630. Like Simon or Haas who promote the Prestige. Rumours has it that he wanted the same paint as his childhood hero Agassi. And Gasquet actually uses a LM Instinct XL and not an Extreme.

Doesn't mean any of these racquets are terrible. They just don't use it because they're used to it. And companies let them get away with it because money.

BIG JOHN

BIG RETURNING JOHN ISNER

Zverev strikes me as the type of person who thinks he's a lot better than he actually is

>>76021912
Also, changing your racquet can fuck up with your game in mean time that you get used to it, which can be a whole season.

BIG MAN BIG OCCASION BIG SERVE

>>76021997
That's confidence, every athlete thinks like that they just don't say it.

Shit

POTTERY

>>76021912
thx lad
what racquet do you use?

FUCK MEMES AND FUCK MEME PEOPLE

>>76021997
He is and Roidal called him out for it

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you can not escape it

>>76022083
Prince Classic Response 97. Prince reissued that classic racquet, previously """seen""" in the hands of Patrick Rafter. It flopped absurdly hard. The funny bit? Even for his doubles comeback at the Aussie (IIRC with Hewitt), not even Rafter endorsed the damn paintjob. And because of Prince's magnificent management, I can't even stock grommets. Don't buy one, don't get close to one, forget about that racquet.

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It's not fair

everytime i see isners hat, i get very happy :)

>>76021821
>Reddit spacing
>Michael capitalisation
>this conceited opinion
He hasn't earned it? You think he stole it?

At least Thiem will save us r-right?

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NEVER WANTED DJOKOWINSLOL SO BAD

>>76021912
This happens in football too. Neymar used to be the face of Nike's HyperVenom line, but never actually used the boots. Nike gave him a low-cut version of the Mercurials painted like a HyperVenom. Also, pretty much every top-calibre player wears modified boots in someway, whether it is the upper or the soleplate.

>>76020187
>>76020206
>>76020515
btfo

Zverev will win a Slam in our lifetime and there's nothing you can do about it.

>>76022210
such an idiot...must be from pakistan

>>76022309
>avoid points
>move to mudslingin'

>>76022304
He'll get a bunch of injuries like his brother and there's nothing you can do about it.

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Looks like we've found /tennis/'s new trigger. Ever since Djokovic tanked we've needed a player who can illicit bitch tears from casuals

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Dominic Meme will save us.

Thiem, Zverev and Kyrgios, right?

>>76022352
way too tedious youing back & forth with a paki mate
nothing personal

>>76022138
damn
thx tho, going to see if i can buy those racquets you mention under 100.
currently using a wilson steam blx.

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>>76022304
*blocks zverevs path*

lanklet fells tree

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>>76022359

>>76022284
Same with Federer's Vapor 9/9.5. The sole and the plate come from an older model. Nadal's shoes are the most egregious example. They don't even look like the Lunar Ballistec, they're botched up CourtBallistec 4.3s heavily customized to account for his perpetually broken foot.

>>76022399
It's a different person, but yeah

>>76022377
>le i don't want to be a tennis player man
Kyrgios is a meme, don't put him in the same category as Thiem

>>76022399
>dig

>>76022410
It's a fine racquet, no need to change for the sake of changing. Just get new strings on it if you haven't changed them for a year or worse, if you've never changed them.

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who /lifelong/ here?

i started supporting him after he beat haase in 2014, which made me a lot of money.

>>76022450
>>76022087
see
>>76019528

>>76022414
CHUNGredo to save tennis.

>>76022459
yeah its fine but its the oversized one. want something 100 inches or lower.
currently almost 4.0 player

>>76022368
I don't get why those guys dislike a youngster that obviously working his ass off to challenge for major titles, while at the same time complaining of NWL or DWL.

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thoughts on this little chap?

>>76022492
asshole who should have been banned.
>>76022478
i don't dislike him tbqh

>>76022492
Felix > Shapovalov

>>76022474
Actually ranked or self rating?

My best advice, if you haven't tried to change frames in a while, would be to try almost everything under the sun to see what you like. TW has a good demo program if you're in the USA. IMO, ain't nothing wrong with oversized racquets.

>>76022478
Some people just want storylines and memes, rather than seeing someone with the right attitude rising to the top. It's why Kyrgios will always be more popular than Zverev

>>76022478
>raonic tier lanklet without the serve
>can hardly move around the court
What is there to really like? The fact that he behaves like Kyrgios?

>>76022539
ranked currently.
got to the semi's in a mens open event.
but i'll try the demo program

>>76022422
It's funny. In football Nike and adidas are currently competing with eachother with high-cut fit and laceless boots. However, most players do not like either at all, it's all gimmicks. adidas has a signature boot for Messi, and the supposed top-tier model is laceless. Messi however, has never worn them, opting for a heavily modified version of the second-tier boot with laces. Ronaldo does wear the top-end Mercurial with the high sock collar, but he too wears a modified pair where the collar has been lowered considerably.

Toni Kroos still wears boots from 2013, he's the only worldclass player I can think of who straight up still wears old boots.

>>76022478
I don't. To be fair, amongst the young players I only dislike wog, and still I like him more than I like, say, Djokovic.

>>76022572
Every young player behaves a little bratty, Nadal and Djokovic were the same, it's just the age. He has a good serve and very balanced game from both wings, his movement can and will be improved.

>>76022616
can't wait till they let him on the cycle

>>76022616
i.e. he looks 'boring', kinda like Djokovic but without the fast legs.

>>76022590
Those high-cut and laceless boots are fucking awful, at least the one pair I've tried. Seems like an easy way to break your ankle

>>76022614
Is this really the sport for you?

>>76022616
his game isn't cool to watch. like i don't see why he's dominating
besides what you listed

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u will resent me for this lads but I think it is my duty to introduce ballposting to 10is

bc lets face it, tennis has been small, nay NANO, balling for quite some time now

any Big Ballers™ other than Big Ballin' Bernard Tomic on tour?

Zverev is nothing more than another Gasquet

>>76022736
lol

Was the Isner match any good?

watching a rerun right now.

>>76022728
Neither does Djokovic, he's an efficient player that plays the exact way you should to win against almost everyone, which for a casual looks boring. Djokovic is the perfect tennis player technique wise and Zverev is in the same 'school'.

>>76022736
pmsl la

What to do for next couple hours? Trainspotting released.

Big four, age of first Masters final:

Nadal, 18y 9m
Djokovic, 19y 10m
Federer, 20y 7m
Murray, 21y 2m

Zverev, 20y 1m

>>76022815

Djok is just lucky they ruined every surface in the past 10 years

Back when they use to be faster he would have had no chance

>>76022815
i acknowledge that and know it takes lots of hard work and talent to achieve that. but yeah its not pleasant to watch
compared to a fognini or davydenko

>>76022575
It's like shoes honestly: you don't know what you like until you try the whole shop. I would've never used Lotto shoes if it was for the cosmetics (some fugly yellow in between chick and fluo), but they ended up being perfect for my feet.

>>76022616
>his movement
Not for as long as he's a lanket.
>http://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2017/02/16/are-taller-players-the-future-of-tennis/
Opelka mentions that the reason NBA players around his size or taller move way better is also because they're far more muscular. Which is an inconvenient in tennis under extreme conditions like you can have at the USO or at (and especially) the AO.

>>76022590
In an effort to try to copy the Babolat formula, several brands tried to stiffen up frames. The Wilson Burn was an hollow tin can garbage with the exception of the Burn 95, and same goes with all the "original" Graphene and several of the Graphene XT frames from Head with the notable exception of the Extreme line which... doesn't sell. Wilson shafted the 6.1 line in favour of the Pro Staff 97 despite there being countless pros still using the damn thing; although they recently brought it back at half-price. Babolat had shafted the Aero Storm because it wasn't selling, then recently brought it back because of the vocal minority under the Pure Aero VS name (how dare pro players have access to frames we cannot have!), and it flops.

The issue is that the people who like the new racquets are still juniors, so you won't see these guys until 5 or 10 years. By then there will be countless other new racquets and equipment, so it's a never ending issue.

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leggo Garbine

>>76022859
t. la guru

>>76022859
r u tiafoe?

>>76022847

>Zverev, never

FTFY

>>76022859
>Not for as long as he's a lanket.
Yeah, he will have to be much more aggressive than Djokovic to succeed.

>>76022901
It's like when you read a sticky: suddenly you have access to a whole load of knowledge you didn't have before, but in reality it's just the entry level and there's much more.

>>76022906
I'm an arm-chair analyst.

>>76022859
does roger actually use the 97?

Who will save us from the lanklet airfingerer?

[ ] DWL
[ ] Theim the meme

What time does Thiem save us?

>>76022977
that's just DW right now m8

>>76022982
NB 2 bongs and 15 bings

Who would win in a fight

Zverev or Memeios

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thiem fan here, no chance he beats Nole 2day. sorry to tell you that m8s

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I hate that beard Sascha i growing, makes him looks like bum.

>>76023057
They would just passive aggressively exchange threats on Kikebook.

>>76023105
>unironically saying kikebook
sad!

>>76022969
There's no way to know besides stealing one of his racquet and cutting it. At the very least, considering how he had his 90s customized, the RF97 he uses is nothing like the one you can buy, even if it has the same hairpin as the stock racquet you can buy in a shop. It most likely has less weigh in the handle (Roger does use a custom handle) and lead tape under the bumper guard. It would be absurdly hard for an average Joe to do it themselves without fucking themselves (and the racquet) up. Nevermind that two racquets are never the fucking same due to very, very generous tolerances when making a frame.

But that's just a guess, and I don't care much despite having played one of these.

>>76007373
>tfw you miss Agassi
Bold Agassi or big air band Agassi?

>>76023010
>inb4 the wta match takes 4 hours

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>>76022841
real big ballin' hours

>>76023172
It's the only reason im glad women don't play 5 sets at GS.

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>espn is playing e-sports over tennis

>>76022841
fap

>>76023158
saw him play sampras, centre court wimbly

>>76023176
sorry, i'm ignorant of this man/meme

>>76023220
Lucky bastard, those were some great matches, I always looked forward to when they usually met at the semis.

>mugu retires
Press F

>>76023088
>""""beard""""

>Halep vs Svitolina
She's got this.

do i need to own a rolex to /tennis/

>>76024291
I don't even own a watch anymore.

>>76024291
No, you need a Audemars Piguet

>>76024291

Yes. You also need to attend weddings instead of clay tournaments.

>>76023687
>GaBIN
At least the semifinal will surely start in a bong now

>>76024355
Anyone else gets the impression that Fed isn't actually training as hard as he should in this period and he's going to bomb at Wimbledon?

>>76024412
nah
its in the bag

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>>76024412
It's Wimbledon, you can get upset easily in the first rounds. Then it turns into green clay during the second week and you get pic related instead.

>>76018795
I think none. Dont get me wrong, I dont dislike him at all. But the best result he may get this year is finalist depending how lucky he is with his draw. If there is a pattern in this generation is that they all crumble under pressure on finals.

>>76023328
Yeah I was about 9 so the memories are a bit hazy but he definately had long hair. He was horsing around pretending to be a ballboy for a while.