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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by The Ides of March, Oct 24, 2016.

  1. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    But no one under 3.40 is not!! We all know many of these runners can run close to 3.32, maybe in Jish Kerr's case around 3.30 so they have sold the paying public short iwth a sub-standard performances. OK, perhaps they were saving themselves for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games but the first of these is still three weeks away. and they could have put down a marker to make other contenders like the Kenyans and Oliver from Australia worry about the British threat. (ps nobody is going to beat Ingebrigtsen over 1500m)
     
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    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    Why do I waste time with lots of words while you put in so succinctly in six?
     
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  5. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Serena Williams knocked out in the first round by Harmony Tan.
     
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    Blimey !
     
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    It's not really surprising - Williams is 40 and has hardly played in a year.
     
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    Yes I know , and tbh I wasn’t aware of how little she had played , still surprised me ( at the time )
     
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    Young Emma knocked out in round 2.
    Interesting to hear Tim Henman say that she needs to work on some technical issues.
    One thing that puzzles me with her, is how many shots she seems to play from being on her haunches.
    I’m no expert in tennis, but I was taught how to hit a squash ball and it was emphasised that for maximum power and control you should be looking to hit the ball when it is at waist height.
    Her hitting the ball when it is so low must make it more difficult to hit it over the net, with power, without it going too long.
    Anyway, what do I know.
     
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    Emma who? Katie Boulter has knocked out 6th seed Karolina Pliskova! Pliskova reached last year's final as well. What a win that is.
     
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    Does anyone know why this kind of thing seems to happen semi-regularly in the women’s game but prettt much never in the men’s?

    Regularly changing finalists and unseeded players / rookies beating prior finalists. When you simply never get that happening to Djokovic, Federer, Nadal (i don’t follow closely enough to know if “never” is true here)
     
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    One of the simpler answers could be less sets. I'm sure if you look back there would be plenty of times those players you mentioned would be 2-1 down.
     
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    Good point actually. I definitely recall some Murray fight backs that just couldn’t happen the women’s game
     
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    Aaaaannd right on cue Liam Broady knocks out 12th seed Diego Schwartzman in 5 sets. :)
     
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    Fair play to Max.

     
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    Hamilton P2 in FP2. Encouraging. Sunday could be fun if he's in the mix with Max and Charles.
     
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    Looking at the weather forecasts, I think it's going to be quite fun, regardless!
     
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    Aus v Eng in the rugby has just got spicy. Yellow for Hill for hair pulling, red for Aussie Swain for a headbutt.
     
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