Tennis thread

Okay, I'm three weeks late, but congrats to Andy Murray for being the first Brit to win Wimbledon since 1936. :applaud:

I read somewhere that this year was the worst showing at Wimbledon by American men since 1912. Personally, I thought the worst showing by American men was anytime John McEnroe showed up. :P

(And no, I didn't know we had a tennis thread, either. I just stumbled across it while looking for something else.)

Kei Nishikori becomes first Japanese to get into Men's Top 10: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/kei-nishikori-becomes-1st-japanese-man-to-break-into-top-10-of-world-rankings-1.1057233

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gaijinmark wrote:Kei Nishikori becomes first Japanese to get into Men's Top 10: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/kei-nishikori-becomes-1st-japanese-man-to-break-into-top-10-of-world-rankings-1.1057233

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How thrilling for his home country! :victory:

Nishikori does it again!! Becomes the first Japanese player to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals since the Taisho era: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-02/japan-s-nishikori-makes-u-dot-s-dot-open-history-with-win-late-finish

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gaijinmark wrote:Nishikori does it again!! Becomes the first Japanese player to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals since the Taisho era: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-02/japan-s-nishikori-makes-u-dot-s-dot-open-history-with-win-late-finish

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Japan da! :victory:

Haha, sorry, couldn't resist since his name is also Kei (albeit with a different kanji).

Omg! Nishikori into his first US Open semi! :woot: He beat Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. So happy for him! :dancing: Japan da! :victory:

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/makarova-beats-azarenka-reach-us-open-semis-25235717

He'll play Djokovic or Murray next.

junny wrote:Omg! Nishikori into his first US Open semi! :woot: He beat Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. So happy for him! :dancing: Japan da! :victory:

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/makarova-beats-azarenka-reach-us-open-semis-25235717

He'll play Djokovic or Murray next.

But could he beat Ryoma Echizen? :hehe: :hehe:

Eve wrote:
But could he beat Ryoma Echizen? :hehe: :hehe:

Doesn't have to worry about him, but he did beat Djokovic to get to the finals: http://www.nbcsports.com/tennis/nishikori-upsets-djokovic-reach-us-open-final


UNBELIEVABLE!!!

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Shinjirarenai!! :dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

Japan da! :woot: :victory: :dancing: So happy for Nishikori, to beat Djokovic is a big scalp. Now he'll play Cilic. That should hopefully be a good final. I have to say I'm glad not to see Federer anywhere near a final these days.

junny wrote:Japan da! :woot: :victory: :dancing: So happy for Nishikori, to beat Djokovic is a big scalp. Now he'll play Cilic.

Cilic is a bear: 6'-6''. :sweat:

I have to say I'm glad not to see Federer anywhere near a final these days.

Awww. :(

No miracle for Kei :( :( He lost in straight sets.

bmwracer wrote:
Awww. :(

Yup. The way he was booming those serves I said to myself, "Kei-kun, you better figure something out." He never did.

gaijinmark wrote:Yup. The way he was booming those serves I said to myself, "Kei-kun, you better figure something out." He never did.

Yup, with Cilic being 6-6, those serves probably are as intimidating as fastballs from Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson. :sweat:

She'll be the underdog, but Naomi Osaka (who is from Osaka) will play Serena Williams in the U.S. Open Women's Final: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-naomi-osaka-usopen-20180906-story.html

Now little girls, and maybe even some little boys, will be hitting up their parents for a new tennis racket: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-us-open-serena-williams-20180908-story.html#

gaijinmark wrote:Now little girls, and maybe even some little boys, will be hitting up their parents for a new tennis racket: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-us-open-serena-williams-20180908-story.html#

Congrats to Naomi, well-deserved win! Pity about Serena's outburst.

junny wrote:Pity about Serena's outburst.

Yup.

I watched the entire fiasco... Sadly, it pretty much overshadowed Osaka's historic win. :(

Serena let her emotions get to her (again) and it made her look bad. In the back of mind, I thought it was a calculated tactic by Serena to try to upset Osaka's momentum, since Osaka was mostly in control of the match.

Osaka not a one hit wonder: http://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/australian-open-2019-womens-final-naomi-osaka-defeats-petra-kvitova-grand-slam/1nukx5zprrv0r13s5dq2bp9ms4

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gaijinmark wrote:Osaka not a one hit wonder: http://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/australian-open-2019-womens-final-naomi-osaka-defeats-petra-kvitova-grand-slam/1nukx5zprrv0r13s5dq2bp9ms4

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