Topic: XXX OLYMPIC TENNIS, 2012, July 28-August 5 (Men and Women)

[Dallas]

honest to God, when I saw the draw, I was like wtf ... the least balanced draw in tennis history ... Fed has a cakewalk till semis (I'd even go as far as saying, no way he is not reaching the final), Nole is f.ucked, again and again .... whatever. yeah, right draws are not rigged 

Roger has had problems in the past with a lot of those players on his side of the draw though.  AND, with this being 'best-of-three'...anyone can get 'hot' for 2 sets, so it's not really a cakewalk for anyone.  Falla would have beaten Roger at Wimbledon that time if it was best of 3.   So...everyone has to be 'on top' right from the get go - especially Roger!

[Start da Game]

it looks like alex is still not over his wimbledon disappointment........djokovic is angry, alex........i say watch out for him this time........he is angry for two things........that missed overhead against nadal in olympics 2008 and his recent wimbledon semis loss........

[Start da Game]

I don't think Kohlschreiber will perform well. He is currently playing Kitzbuhl on clay. How Tha Bleepers, can this fella prepare properly for the Wimbledon grass?

maybe he feels he hasn't hit many balls and chose to practice on clay for olympics?

He has been around a while...he may be playing too much though.  He's not a 'young gun' anymore.   We will see.

he is a fading out old gun, that's for sure........

[Alex]

it looks like alex is still not over his wimbledon disappointment........djokovic is angry, alex........i say watch out for him this time........he is angry for two things........that missed overhead against nadal in olympics 2008 and his recent wimbledon semis loss........

Shank, I'm not angry ... maybe cranky is the right word (plus I have some personal crap to deal with, so maybe it's kind of related to my general crankiness these days   ) ... that missed overhead against Rafa is history right now ... but, seriously, look at the draw .... OK, I refuse to whine .... If Novak is good enough, he'll win, if not, well it's too bad.

[oracle86]

i think djokovic is going to thrash whoever is in his path to the finals........he is sort of angry going into this event.........he said he was not 100% for that semis........

I don't remember him saying that.  Maybe Alex can shed some light.  In fact, earlier in the tournament Novak had been wearing a blue tape on his arm.  However, in that SF, he didn't even have that on.

There was some talk of Nole not being fully fit after the match. Some Nole fans said that it looked like he had the flu. Even Nole said something vaguely in his presser.

Q.  You’ve been so consistently strong over the last year and a half.  Was there any particular reason why you didn’t feel as sharp as you were on that second ball?  Did you feel good coming into today?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC:  Not so great really.  I had bad last couple days.  Last five, six days I wasn’t feeling great.  But I don’t want to talk about it now.

[oracle86]

I'm from Dallas, so I know all about Bullet Bob Hayes (#22 for the Cowboys).

NOTE:

To keep this thread relatively "tennis Olympic news"... We will start an "Olympic Thread" for 'other news'.  Do you guys want it to be here or in the 'general discussion thread'?  I know most people look at the threads here.  So...where would you like the "Other Olympic Sports" news thread put?

But this board is for "Tennis Discussion". I think it should be in "Other Sports".

[hcpoirot]

Prediction: (Winner)

MS: Roger in his element. Grass court. he will win the gold to complete all his achievement. (Novak had the best chance beside ROger to win gold here)

WS: Can anyone stop Serena ? Maybe only herself.

MD : Though many of expert predict the Bryan twins win the gold, I do not think so. There are so many top singles players playing doubles and they had as good chance to win the gold as the usual doubles players. Its really depend on who play the best will win the gold here. I will not surprise if Ferrer/Lopez (assuming it Feliciano Lopez) or Isner/Roddick can win gold here.

Fed/ wawrinka did it 4 years ago by beating the best doubles players from QF to final.  So you never know.

WD: 99% Williams sisters will win this.

XD : This is also hard to predict. Need to see the draw first. But so far Bryan/Raymond had the best chance to win the gold. But again any very strong singles players can win this gold.

[conchita]

men's singles draw

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(WC) Adrian Ungur (ROU) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs (14) Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
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(10) John Isner (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs (Alt) Philipp Petzschner (GER)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs (7) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
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(4) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (WC) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (WC) Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs (15) Kei Nishikori (JPN)
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(12) Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Donald Young (USA)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (8)Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
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(6) Tomas Berrdych (CZE) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (11) Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
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(16) Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Robin Haase (NED)
Go Soeda (JPN) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (3) Andy Murray (GBR)
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(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (WC) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Tatsuma Ito (JPN) vs Milos Raonic (CAN)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
David Goffin (BEL) vs (9) Juan Monaco (ARG)
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(13) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
(WC) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs (WC) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs Martin Klizan (SVK)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB)

[conchita]

women's singles draw

(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs Polona Hercog (SLO)
(WC) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) vs (WC) Stephanie Vogt (LIE)
Jie Zheng (CHN) vs (16) Nadia Petrova (RUS)
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(9) Sara Errani (ITA) vs Venus Williams (USA)
Marina Erakovic (NZL) vs Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs Timea Babos (HUN)
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) vs (7) Angelique Kerber (GER)
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(4) Serena Williams (USA) vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Mona Barthel (GER) vs Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) vs (13) Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
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(10) Na Li (CHN) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
(WC) Alize Cornet (FRA) vs Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
(WC) Anne Keothavong (GBR) vs (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
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(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Kim Clijsters (BEL) vs Roberta Vinci (ITA)
(WC) Agnes Szavay (HUN) vs (WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR)
Christina McHale (USA) vs (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
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(15) Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs (WC) Ons Jabeur (TUN)
Simona Halep (ROU) vs  Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
Petra Martic (CRO) vs Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Shahar Peer (ISR) vs (3) Maria Sharapova (RUS)
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(6) Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Shuai Peng (CHN)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) vs (12) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
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(14) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) vs (WC) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL)
Silvia Soler Espinosa (ESP) vs (Alt) Heather Watson (GBR)
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) vs (WC) Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)
Julia Goerges (GER) vs (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
 

[falcon]

tennis definitely takes a complete backseat for me in the olympics...there's tons of other sports that I get to watch only once in a blue moon, I'll be watching them. Tennis is too individualistic for olympics.

[conchita]

men's doubles draw

(1) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA) vs (WC) Thomaz Bellucci / Andre Sa (BRA)
Christopher Kas / Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs (WC) Nikolay Davydenko / Mikail Youzhny (RUS)
Marcel Granollers / Marc Lopez (ESP) vs (WC) Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (ISR)
(WC) Kei Nishikori / Go Soeda  (JPN) vs (6) Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
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(3) Janko Tipsarevic / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs (WC) Martin Klizan / Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs (WC) Horia Tecau / Adrian Ungur (ROU)
Coling Fleming / Ross Huchins (GBR) vs Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Alexander Bury / Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (7) Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (IND)
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(8) Novak Djokovic / Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Johan Brunstrom / Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
Marin Cilic / Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (WC) Juan Sebastian Cabal / Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Jurgen Melzer / Alexander Peya (AUT) vs Andy Murray / Jamie Murray (GBR)
David Ferrer / Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (4) Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (POL)
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(5) Tomas Berdych / Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Daniele Bracciali / Andreas Seppi (ITA)
John Isner / Andy Roddick (USA) vs Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares (BRA)
Robin Hasse / Jean-Julien Roger (NED) vs Leander Paes / Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
(WC) David Nalbandian / Eduardo Shwank (ARG) vs (2) Michael Llodra / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

[conchita]

women's doubles draw

(1) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (USA)  - Bye
Agnieszka Radwanska / Urszula Radwanka (POL) vs Dominika Cibulkova / Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Julia Goerges / Annna Lena Groenefeld (GER)  vs (WC) Elena Baltacha / Anne Keothavong (GBR)
Jarmila Gajdosova / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs (6) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS)
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(4) Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) vs (WC) Timea Babos / Agnes Szavay (HUN)
Na Li / Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs Gisela Dulko / Paola Suarez (ARG)
(WC) Rushmi Chakarvarthi / Sania mirza (IND) vs (WC) Chia-Jung Chuang / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) vs (7) Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
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(8) Nuria Llagostera Vives / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs Casey Dellacqua / Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Shuai Peng / Jie Zheng (CHN) vs (WC) Alize Cornet / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Yaroslava Shvedova / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs (WC) Stephanie Dubois / Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Alicja Rosolska (POL) vs (3) Nadia Petrova / Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
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(5) Angelique Kerber / Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs (WC) Laura Robson / Heather Watson (GBR)
Sorana Cirstea / Simona Halep (ROU) vs Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA)
(WC) Margalita Chaknashvili / Anna Tatishvili (GEO) vs Andreja Klepac / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
Petra Cetkovska / Lucie Safarova (CZE) vs (2) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinici (ITA)

[Bazcovic]

Karlovic out, Petschner in!

[Gawdblessya]

Karlovic out, Petschner in!

Just as well, as Petshner actually plays something that resembles tennis.

As for the Olympic Games - over-hyped waste of resources at a time when Britain has a child poverty level of almost 50%.  The patronising gits who govern us have allowed the event to go overbudget by some obscene amount, whilst ordinary people are lectured to about "tightening their belts" & suffer cutbacks "for the good of the country." 

That said, I shall enjoy going to Wimbledon next week to get a further fix of the Beautiful Game.
Hypocrisy is after all, synonymous with our democracy.  Hip! Hip! Hurrah!   

 

[Dallas]

Karlovic out, Petschner in!

Just as well, as Petshner actually plays something that resembles tennis.

As for the Olympic Games - over-hyped waste of resources at a time when Britain has a child poverty level of almost 50%.  The patronising gits who govern us have allowed the event to go overbudget by some obscene amount, whilst ordinary people are lectured to about "tightening their belts" & suffer cutbacks "for the good of the country." 

That said, I shall enjoy going to Wimbledon next week to get a further fix of the Beautiful Game.
Hypocrisy is after all, synonymous with our democracy.  Hip! Hip! Hurrah!

   have fun then!  And...spend money (that'll help proverty-Britain!)

[Gawdblessya]

.......
   have fun then!  And...spend money (that'll help proverty-Britain!)

I can't. I'll be tightening my belt!   

As for the tennis here, there seems to be a relaxed atmosphere, with many players also playing doubles.  Given that the event will be completed in just over a week, that's a lot of tennis for some to play.  Should be good fun for us spectators though.

[monstertruck]

it looks like alex is still not over his wimbledon disappointment........djokovic is angry, alex........i say watch out for him this time........he is angry for two things........that missed overhead against nadal in olympics 2008 and his recent wimbledon semis loss........

Shank, I'm not angry ... maybe cranky is the right word (plus I have some personal crap to deal with, so maybe it's kind of related to my general crankiness these days   ) ... that missed overhead against Rafa is history right now ... but, seriously, look at the draw .... OK, I refuse to whine .... If Novak is good enough, he'll win, if not, well it's too bad.

Affirmative General Crankiness.

[monstertruck]

I'm from Dallas, so I know all about Bullet Bob Hayes (#22 for the Cowboys).

NOTE:

To keep this thread relatively "tennis Olympic news"... We will start an "Olympic Thread" for 'other news'.  Do you guys want it to be here or in the 'general discussion thread'?  I know most people look at the threads here.  So...where would you like the "Other Olympic Sports" news thread put?

But this board is for "Tennis Discussion". I think it should be in "Other Sports".

But that's soooo far away and sooo hard to get to.....

Yup, it belongs in other sports.

[hercules]

Go with your intuition Mr. Dallas.. here would be good, I think. I know my post was not entirely tennis Olympics in response to general shanks

But for "some reason"  Dallas' Bullet Bob sprung to mind

Respectfully,
masterclass

dallas is a lady general MC.

and one of the finest ladies as well.

i dont know if i have ever met a more loyal Fed fan than dallas. classy and loyal. that is dallas.

i may have to invent a nickname for her.


i am thinking  "the dallas dynamo" might work.

[tennisfan78]

wow, that is pretty good analysis of the draw by MC!!