Tennis

[blackcat]

i wonder what a player like Gasquet could have done with wooden racquets v Bjorg andMcenroe?

who was Agassi's coach trainer powerlifter bodyguard? Gil someone, Gil Reyes? he got Andre benching 330lbs with that "soft" body of a cards champion on the blackjack table.

tennis might get the best groupies, but they also get the best roids cos they can afford them.

 

[IamIronMan]

Novak looks like he'll need to pull an Aru overnight. Started looking pretty worn out toward the end there...no doubt he'll be pumped and primed tomorrow.

 

[the sceptic]

the god of tennis seems to be struggling at the moment

 

[SeriousSam]

Murray wins the 4th. Please please please.

 

[SeriousSam]

Bah gutless scot

 

[fenns]

Djokovic leaves the court at the end of the 4th - comes back a new man.

 

[Quantumsoda]

What, again? The blatant abuse of (medical) timeouts every time he loses a set...

 

[King Boonen]

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What, again? The blatant abuse of (medical) timeouts every time he loses a set...

Can't tell if serious...

 

[Quantumsoda]

Without the overnight interruption he would've lost, from what i saw (just a few games last night, but still).

 

[sniper]

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Djokovic leaves the court at the end of the 4th - comes back a new man.

i don't doubt he properly exploits those toilet visits.
Still, there isn't much we can say about it in terms of 'fair play'.
Try playing three or four sets without having to pee. It might work if you wouldn't drink.

 

[blackcat]

amphetamine suppositories? or pills? pot belge? for these bathroom breaks, there are supervisors to watch them...

 

[sniper]

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for these bathroom breaks, there are supervisors to watch them...

more like to get a signed tennis ball from their hero.

 

[blackcat]

Re: Re:

for these bathroom breaks, there are supervisors to watch them...

more like to get a signed tennis ball from their hero.

no doubt

 

[frenchfry]

Williams using those steroid pumped arms to fire missiles at poor little Safarova. If she wasn't sick this would have been over in about 40 minutes.

 

[frenchfry]

Every time Williams is in difficulty, she shakes herself out of a drug-induced stupor and pulverises Safarova. At one point in the match they showed a statistic that William's shots are on average about 20kph faster than Safarova's. Impossible to succeed against that kind of advantage.

 

[sniper]

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Every time Williams is in difficulty, she shakes herself out of a drug-induced stupor and pulverises Safarova. At one point in the match they showed a statistic that William's shots are on average about 20kph faster than Safarova's. Impossible to succeed against that kind of advantage.

yeah, his arms are incredible. Compare that to Djokovic for instance.
Very different cocktail.
It seems the more natural players (djoker, federer) do less with the roids and focus more on stamina.
less talented players (Nadal, Serena) compensate with strength.

 

[frenchfry]

Re: Re:

Every time Williams is in difficulty, she shakes herself out of a drug-induced stupor and pulverises Safarova. At one point in the match they showed a statistic that William's shots are on average about 20kph faster than Safarova's. Impossible to succeed against that kind of advantage.

yeah, his arms are incredible. Compare that to Djokovic for instance.
Very different cocktail.
It seems the more natural players (djoker, federer) do less with the roids and focus more on stamina.
less talented players (Nadal, Serena) compensate with strength.

Pretty much says it all!

 

[fenns]

What are we to make of Serena's "flu"? She also had a "cold" at the Australian Open final. Is this just an excuse to use PEDs under a therapeutic exemption?

 

[blackcat]

Re: Re:

yeah, his arms are incredible. Compare that to Djokovic for instance.
Very different cocktail.
It seems the more natural players (djoker, federer) do less with the roids and focus more on stamina.
less talented players (Nadal, Serena) compensate with strength.

the post coitus benchpress her partner arms in between a pack of gauloises and bernays hints at bathes semiotics of those freedom torches fellatio that the american enterprise rehashed for the iraq war and anti-french sentiment mirrored by armstrong and freedom fries

20 reps
2 sets
pack of gauloises post coitus. it opens the lungs

 

[blackcat]

sniper, you need to triangulate your physical abilities (talents and strengths) versus your competitors. its a principle from economic Game Theory.

for Fed and Nole, to add a few kmph on their serve, it might even be a negative economy, because they have their power on their serve, their placement, plus they have adequate power on their groundstrokes.

however, what they seek, is that 210kmph ace down the T, in the 5th set, after 4 hours. They dont need to be the Canuck Serb Milos Raonic and hit 230 thunderbolts out wide, and 235 down the T, in the first set. or match del Potros groundies. They can do the the rope a dope, and look to get the big guys over the long run in a 5 set match.

It is best them to get their defense to the best on Tour, and especially, peaking for the Slams like Nadal. The Slams are won by defense.

It is no surprise, that the best 4, are the best defenders on the Tour. And they can switch from defense to attack in one stroke, and not a hail mary, it is a proper stroke, and not a get-out stroke to kill the rally which is probably a lottery chance. The best defend, and never give up, but can find openings even from the defense.

Now this is where the guys like Fed and Nole have used their drug regimens to focus on, for the, cough cough, marginal gains. Their gains by puting on 18inch biceps would be negative economy.

Now Serena figures, the 18 biceps, she can just destroy her opponents and out hit them, and their defense and speed, and their opposition arsenal of power, wont be sufficient. If Serena lost 10kg and became a speed demon, she would be less the player. If Nole or Fed put on those 10kg, then Nole and Fed would be less the player, because their strengths and weaknesses only become manifest when they play their competition. Anna Ivanovic lost about ~10lbs about 5 years ago. "lbs, not kgs, I have switched from imperial to metric back to imperial".

 

[blackcat]

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Williams using those steroid pumped arms to fire missiles at poor little Safarova. If she wasn't sick this would have been over in about 40 minutes.

LRP reference, i like it. LRP insinuates himself into tennis.

 

[SeriousSam]

When Stan is hitting it big, he is hitting it huge. Un-outhittable. Question is whether he can sustain it for many sets as Djokovic continues to get his racket on anything but a 210 kph serve on the T.

 

[Netserk]

Lol Wawrinka

 

[mrhender]

Anyone with a stream?

 

[SeriousSam]

Stan just needs to turn his brain off now and keep playing with ferocious power and unwavering confidence. Watching him pummel Djokovic into submission is poetry in motion