Official French Open 2012 Thread

[100%duncan]

Just 4 days away from now so I thought we needed a thread about it.

It's quite obvious who I'd want to win.

Allez Roger!!!!!!

[lefty]

Yawn

[DAF86]

I want Federer to win too but it's obvious Rafa will win. I wouldn't mind Nole taking it either.

[DAF86]

Yawn

:lol Hockey.

[NASpurs]

I want Djoker to win :tu

[lefty]

:lol Hockey.
It'S a MEN's sport :king

[TDMVPDPOY]

i be watchin monaco f1, fck tennis

[lefty]

i be watchin monaco f1, fck tennis
Yeah that's MUCH better

[Venti Quattro]

Nadal is healthy right? He'll probably win the Roland Garros, and then Djokovic will routinely own him at Wimbledon. :lol

[IronMaxipad]

What the hell is this doing in the football forum?? :huh


http://i.imgur.com/SwAG1.gif

[Venti Quattro]

I agree. Let's move this to The Club.

[urunobili]

Nadal...

[lefty]

What the hell is this doing in the football forum?? :huh


http://i.imgur.com/SwAG1.gif


I agree. Let's move this to The Club.
:lol

[Spurologist]

Roger ain't winning shit as long as Djoko and Nadal are 100%.

My pick is Djokovich

[100%duncan]

:lol Hockey
:lol Football forum
Hey Barca fanboys, my team o'ready beat yo choking ones, it's Tennis season motherfuckers.

[100%duncan]

Aight. 30 minutes left. Let's get this ish started.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao :lolz:lolrenk:lol
:lmao meltdown
:lmao upset
:lmao Masha is going to be #1

[Jodelo]

Seppi had Djokovic... But he made it, great comeback!

[ace3g]

Djoker and Federer will face each other in the Semis (French Open went by quick)

http://espn.go.com/tennis/bracket?tournamentId=172&type=1

[dbreiden83080]

This event just annoys me.. Nadal wins every year... An upset would be nice..

[lefty]

Lol Tsonga

[Venti Quattro]

Rafa has a bye to the semis. :lol :lol :lol

let's go Rafa. Catch Roger! :ihit :ihit

[Slomo]

Djokovic and Federer both want it pretty bad, but the way Nadal is playing, smart money is on him.

Oh, and Maria Sharapova looks damn nice in black :D

[Venti Quattro]

I love watching Masha play. It's like you're watching tennis and porn rolled into one.

[Venti Quattro]

Masha wins over Kvitova, claims #1 in the WTA rankings.

[Slomo]

Watching Rafa in the semis. If Federer and Djokovic are watching they must be worried. I don't know if I ever saw him play better.

[Slomo]

6-2, 6-2, 6-1 Rafa wins over Ferrer!

[100%duncan]

Det was a cakewalk.

Fed vs Novak now

[100%duncan]

Fed lost. Oh well, this week has been sucking donkey balls.


Good luck to Rafa in the Finals, beat the fucker up.

[lefty]

Djokovic is gonna c-stomp Nadal

[100%duncan]

Rafa's sharpest as I've seen him tbh. That 7th is locked.

[Venti Quattro]

Djokovic is gonna c-stomp Nadal
Roland Garros is Rafa's jungle.

[100%duncan]

I have a bad feeling about the Women's finals today. I hope MaSha wins but I won't be surprised if she shits the bed..... AGAIN.

[lefty]

Roland Garros is Rafa's jungle.
Yeah Spaniards have always been kings on clay courts

[Slomo]

Djokovic is gonna c-stomp Nadal

If it was anybody else I would say Nadal wins, no question. Djokovic is just stubborn enough to force a fifth set and then all bets are off.

Before the match I give Nadal a 70/30 edge.

Rooting for Maria today. Errani won the doubles final yesterday so she's riding an all time high right now. Sharapova needs to crush her ambition from the get go - otherwise the Italian could pull off an upset.

[Venti Quattro]

Errani/Sharapova's game screams are worth at least one porn movie. I swear if you didn't have video on, you'd mistake it for porn.

[100%duncan]

Fuck MaSha's ballin, I hope she doesn't choke. Complete your career grandslam girl!

[100%duncan]

If it was anybody else I would say Nadal wins, no question. Djokovic is just stubborn enough to force a fifth set and then all bets are off.

Before the match I give Nadal a 70/30 edge.

Rooting for Maria today. Errani won the doubles final yesterday so she's riding an all time high right now. Sharapova needs to crush her ambition from the get go - otherwise the Italian could pull off an upset.

I agree. Rafa is sharp as hell right now and even though Djoko raped Fed, I won't be surprised if Rafa wins in 4.

[100%duncan]

Sharapova wins!

[Slomo]

Yep. Was a good match. Errani really tempted faith with her drop shots in the last game.

[NASpurs]

Errani/Sharapova's game screams are worth at least one porn movie. I swear if you didn't have video on, you'd mistake it for porn.

:lmao :lmao :lmao I was thinking that exact same thing while watching the match.

And how the hell did Sasha Vujacic land Sharapova anyway as well as Marko Jaric end up with Adriana Lima. These guys are trolls on the totem pole compared to these two women.

[100%duncan]

Yep. Was a good match. Errani really tempted faith with her drop shots in the last game.

Dude you seem to be fuckin rich watchin all these games. Dayuum. Would you watch tom's finals?

[Slomo]

Dude you seem to be fuckin rich watchin all these games. Dayuum. Would you watch tom's finals?


It's even worse, I have an all access media and technical pass for the french open and I'm actually being paid to watch the matches :lol

I've designed the new giant screens for Roland Garros and they have been a client of mine since 2009. We have a really good relationship and they invite me every year to be there (last year I couldn't go) and my employer pays me to be there since this is such a big reference for us.

With my pass I have literally access everywhere, with the exception of the players lounge and locker rooms. I stood behind the cameras during several players interviews for FR2, Masha's being one of them (She looks just as good in person :D ).

[100%duncan]

Fuck man. You are the fucking boss. BOW.

[Venti Quattro]

Just noticed that Nole has a new shirt sponsor. Well I googled a bit and found out that it's Japanese brand Uniqlo.

He signed for 10 years with Sergio Tacchini but the company couldn't pay for him already. LOL Italy :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Venti Quattro]

lol they suspended play due to rain

:lol Roland Garros centre court
:lol Arthur Ashe stadium
:lol no retractable roof

[dbreiden83080]

Nadal about to win the French again..


Boringggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[Venti Quattro]

Fuck, what the fuck just happened with Rafa???

[dbreiden83080]

Fuck, what the fuck just happened with Rafa???

Hopefully he is choking.. Sick of this clown practically standing in the crowd on his return of serve...

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Nadal
:lmao service broken three times

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao backdoor swept
:lmao king of clay

[Venti Quattro]

Play is fucking suspended again. :lol

[resistanze]

Rafa mad.

[100%duncan]

Fuckin nadal is shitting the bed again.

[Venti Quattro]

So it's postponed for 1300 CET. crofl 4 AM resumption.

[Slomo]

lol they suspended play due to rain

:lol Roland Garros centre court
:lol Arthur Ashe stadium
:lol no retractable roof


I know you're trolling but I thought this was interesting so just FYI:

The Roland Garros stadium will be completely rebuilt in 2015.
The city of Paris owns the stadium and the French Tennis Federation has been lobbying hard for years for a better venue for the French Open (even threatened to go away from Paris).

The problem is that Roland Garros is by far the smallest venue of any of the Grand Slam tournaments. They simply do not have the room to improve gradually (ie build a new center court and then demolish the existing one and build something else in its place and so on). A partial modernization of the existing central court would be throwing money away since it needs a complete rebuilt and not just refurbishing because it is simply too outdated.

Even the new courts in 2015 may not have roofs (or may not be used during the grand slam) because the changing conditions of the play due to the humidity of the clay are part of the characteristics of the game. Players have to change and adapt to the surface constantly over a 4 hours match even if weather conditions are stable. This is what completely messed up Nadal's game today (although the changing conditions today were exceptionally strong - I was surprised they didn't call it a day earlier).

[ploto]

And how the hell did Sasha Vujacic land Sharapova anyway ...

When Sasha was mentioned during the match, I knew that someone on ST would ask this question. :lol

[100%duncan]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/564382_10150914575106026_1648049840_n.jpg

[dbreiden83080]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/564382_10150914575106026_1648049840_n.jpg

Don't let the pic fool you.. Put those 2 in a cage and Rafa murders Gasol.. Rafa is a lion and Pau is well..

SOFT!!!

[100%duncan]

:lol

[100%duncan]

C'mon Rafa.

[100%duncan]

:lmao Rain Fucking Delay Again :lmao

[100%duncan]

:lol Finally that fuck Nole faces a fucking defeat. Fuck that faggot

[Slomo]

I have no problem with Nadal's win, but I was rooting for a fifth set.

[100%duncan]

Nah. Nadal would've been fucked in the 5th set.

[urunobili]

the delay crashed Nole's momentum...

[Spurologist]

the delay crashed Nole's momentum...

:tu