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What a year for Dr. Rafael Nadal!! #tennis
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Date: November 24th, 2019 6:56 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook TWELFTH(!) Roland Garros title
FOURTH US Open title
Three major finals
SF or better at all four majors
FIFTH Year End #1
Oldest Ever Year End #1
Only Man To Hold #1 Ranking In Three Different Decades
FIFTH Davis Cup
Laver Cup
200+ weeks at Number 1
First non-clay title defense
NINTH Italian Open title
Best Winning Percentage Overall
Best Winning Percentage Clay
Best Winning Percentage Hard/Indoor
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
Nadal d. Medvedev at WTF named Best Comeback of 2019
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:12 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film >First non-clay title defense
kinda proves the one spic pony thing |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:14 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167192) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:14 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook not at all
you could win the USO every even year and Wimbledon every odd year and never "defend"
the idea of a defense is silly anyway. if you win 2 US Open titles, for example, who cares whether you win them in years 1 and 3 vs 1-2 or 2-3? |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:24 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film any other players in tennis history who won multiple USO and and W titles who didn't defend a single non-shitmud title until they were 33? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167224) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:26 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national Hard to remember any shitmud queens period, er... kings |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:32 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3600332&mc=16&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167266) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:34 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film cr.
doesnt look like guga ever defended off-shitmud |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:27 PM Author: Walnut indian lodge You seem upset. Why don't you take a break? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167236) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:31 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook again, who cares? this is a meaningless point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167260) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:35 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film it shows that any off-shitmud success he had is attributable to doping, weak draws, random chance, coaching, stalling, etc. rather than dominance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167281) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:44 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook lmao 4 US Open titles isn't random chance. He beat Djokovic twice in USO finals. Beat Federer in W and AO finals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167323) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:49 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national *throws dust in Champion’s face* *[dances incomprehensibly]* |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:50 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook https://youtu.be/ZXIe6pouJTc?t=239 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167343) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:56 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167378) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:50 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film murrayfag also won 2 W/USO beating dopovic in the finals.
and 2008 wimby is the biggest fraud in the history of tennis. ljl at no lights. |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:54 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook Nadal led the entire way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167361) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:54 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film fed spotted the young spic to make him feel good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167367) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:57 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167380) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:47 PM Author: razzmatazz lime national Cr! Hard to get away with doping back to back I imagine |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:51 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film cr. exactly. have to mix it up at different tourneys in different years. they're watching the defending champ. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167349) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:36 PM Author: pink university headpube (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167572) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:55 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook Damn, DBG's wheezing means it was a REALLY great year for Dr. Nadal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167369) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:56 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film <><><><>NOWTF<><><><>
OH WHAT A YEAR! |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 10:57 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook lmao, Stefanos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167382) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:02 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film he's a future multi-slam winner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167411) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:03 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook so are Medvedev and Thiem.
Nadal's wins late in his career will be helpful because they will help him span eras. |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:05 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film ttthiem not necessarily. he's 26. i'd take the under on him being a mutli-slam winner.
btw: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4383510&mc=6&forum_id=2 |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:09 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook edited OP
would you change your mind on Thiem if he won RG next year? |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:12 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film sure but it would be a big surprise if he wins it. keep in mind lance is even money for a 13th coupe, and djoker is still the 2nd fave. ttthiem is at 5/1 now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167470) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:14 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook that's insane. Thiem is a better player on clay at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167478) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:23 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film than djoker? djoker won madrid, lost in the rome finals to lance in 3, and lost 5 in the 5th to ttthiem in a flukey rain-delayed multi-day match. hard to say ttthiem is materially better, plus there's the finals pressure issue if he gets to the RG finals. his WTF final performance was a bit of a mental meltdown, esp in that final set tb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167528) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:26 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook the Rome final between Djoker and Nadal is misleading. it was 6-0, 4-6, 6-1. It was as big a blowout as a 3-set match can be.
Wasn't Thiem up the whole way in that match? Agreed that Thiem needs to up his mental game. |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:32 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film i didnt watch the saturday finish (guess religion!) but they were split and midway thru the 3rd set when the match was called. you'd have to like djoker's chances to win a bo3 the next day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167556) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:01 PM Author: cocky sound barrier I would have thought he would argue Dr Nadal didn’t truly defend his non-clay title since he won it in a different province. Although a certain GOAT candidate has only ever won it in one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167406) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:03 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film least important of the 4 US HC masters, clearly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167417) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:05 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook disagree, Miami is the least important. the summer HC swing leading into the US Open is very prestigious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167429) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:07 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film canada has suffered incredibly in recent years. nobody plays it in olympic years. and with veteran guys being exempt masters requirements, fed/djoker often havent been playing canada in recent years.
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:11 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook that is a very unique set of circumstances though.
and that only really proves that Cinci is viewed as better prep for the USO than Canada is, and I'd agree.
the sunshine double is in a very odd spot on the ATP calendar, and given that IW is so prestigious, Miami suffers. |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:15 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film all these things change over time due to calendar issues, surfaces, $$, etc.
IW is only more prestigious in recent years bc ellison has done a 180 job w IW and miami is a total fucking mismanaged disaster. the lipton used to be definitively more prestigious in the 90s. |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:18 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook ehhhh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167499) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:20 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film just like the AO >>>> USO now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167508) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:21 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook ok now i know you're trolling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167517) |
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Date: November 24th, 2019 11:32 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film u agree that the usTTTa is a ttt in decline. u just disagree on how far it's declined (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39167559) |
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Date: November 25th, 2019 10:01 AM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook i do, but the US Open is still historically MUCH more prestigious (and today it's still more prestigious).
let's compare it to golf. the USO in golf has taken a dive in prestige, for a variety of reasons, which has caused it to get "passed" by the Masters and the British in most circles.
the problem is that the AO is more analogous to the PGA. it lacks the history and the identity of the other 3 majors, and was mostly an afterthought until the 90s. shit, Agassi didn't even play a match there until 1995, and at that point he had won 2 majors and been to 5 major finals and finished in the top 10 SIX times.
there is so much history on the side of the USO, and it being in the US makes it a lot more prestigious too, especially coming off the US hardcourt swing. being last in the season also makes it critically important for players, whereas the AO is kind of at a weird time, and anyone who waits for the end of the ATP season to have surgery is likely going to miss the AO.
i would GUARANTEE that more players want to win the USO over the AO, and by a significant margin. indeed, we saw in our "three Major combinations" thread that the AO was really the least valuable, and i really contend that, in the abstract, the most valuable feature of the AO is that it helps a winner complete the career grand/golden slam. again, in the abstract, most people wouldn't want more AO titles past 1 or 2.
finally, the AO strikes me as the WUSTL of the Majors. it's trying to gain favor and prestige via cash and slick production value, but that's not really what the game is about.
that said, i credit the AO for pulling itself up from irrelevancy to being thought of a solid major, but it would take a very, very long time for it to ever be considered more prestigious than the USO. |
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Date: November 25th, 2019 10:02 AM Author: diverse khaki stag film this would lower their prestige IMO:
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=4378192&mc=1&forum_id=2 |
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Date: November 25th, 2019 10:04 AM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook agreed, but let's not pretend that the USO wouldn't do something similar (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39168750) |
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Date: December 7th, 2019 12:14 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook Nadal d. Medvedev at WTF named Best Comeback of 2019!!
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/best-5-atp-comebacks-2019 |
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Date: December 8th, 2019 2:06 AM Author: diverse khaki stag film rofl a loser's bracket round robin match between the 3rd and 4th in a 4 person group is the best comeback of the year? fraudlies (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39231876) |
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Date: December 8th, 2019 12:57 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook So the “loss” one can take in the WTF makes it fraudlies? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39232991) |
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Date: January 9th, 2020 2:38 PM Author: impertinent fishy box office travel guidebook UPDATED to add Laver COUPE and Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39405440) |
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Date: January 11th, 2020 9:35 PM Author: diverse khaki stag film it's 2020 faggot. move on (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4388176&forum_id=2#39416595) |