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Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby Matteo » Jan 31, '14, 10:31 pm

He's in my avatar, baby.

If anyone here follows tennis, Stan Wawrinka won the Australian Open last week. He is only the second men other than the Big 4 that has won a major since 2005 (the other being Del Potro). I went fucking crazy. Granted, Kneedal was injured, but still...
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Re: Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby Kyle » Feb 01, '14, 9:38 am

Well, he's the third player other than the big four to win a Slam since 2005 (Safin). Quite an amazing achievement, he fully deserves it.
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Re: Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby AkydefGoldberg » Feb 01, '14, 11:15 am

Kudos to him. Nadal showed immense strength and courage to carry on playing and making a game of it when it would have been so easy to be half-assed and lose badly.
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Re: Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby Matteo » Feb 03, '14, 9:19 pm

Kyle wrote:Well, he's the third player other than the big four to win a Slam since 2005 (Safin). Quite an amazing achievement, he fully deserves it.


What'd you make of Fed? I thought he played remarkably well against Tsonga and Murray but completely lapsed against Nadal.
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Re: Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby Kyle » Feb 04, '14, 3:32 pm

Fed will be in the top 5 by Wimbledon.
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Re: Hey Kyle, we've got a new Swiss number one!

Postby Matteo » Feb 05, '14, 6:26 pm

Kyle wrote:Fed will be in the top 5 by Wimbledon.


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