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I have watched all nine episodes of Visions and thoroughly enjoyed the series. Obviously a couple of the cartoons were utter guff, but the differing styles of animation and stories were extremely different. Episodes 1, 7 and 9 were my favourites but there was something for everyone in them.
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After another match of not taking his chances, he moves to San Diego where he will face Kei Nishikori in the first round with a second round tie against Casper Ruud if he advances.
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4 minutes ago, Aim Here said:
Division A, Round 9
King safety went out the window as both sides left their royal personages exposed to the elements, but GCarlos9 didn't make mistakes when it mattered and I did.
GCarlos9 beats AimHere by resignation
You should have played me last week, mistakes all over the shop. It says you had a missed win. I can’t work it out.
Extremely good game, Kevin Keegan would be proud of us.
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A days rest before the QF. He will face the winner of Pouille Hurkacz. Hurkacz is the number one seed. When his first serve goes in, it’s almost unplayable.
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The tweaks he has made to his serve have really helped him. He will hit the serve before and after the ball has reached its peak in the toss. The toss isn't as far forward either. This dropped off at the tail end of the third set when he tired, but with more matches that will improve.
San Diego next, then Indian Wells and then back to the scene of his last singles win.
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1 hour ago, TheScarf said:
A big anti-The Caley agenda forming on this thread and I, for one, think it's disgusting.
I for one think it’s great.
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1 hour ago, Curmudgeon said:
Gcarlos9 and Board_stupid, game drawn by agreement.
I was soooooo far behind in this game and the only way I got back in to it was due to uncharacteristic errors by my opponent. I could almost hear @Lokiturn the air blue from miles away.
In the end I had queen, rook and a pawn, versus queen and 5 pawns threatening promotion. A draw seemed fair enough and was more than I could've hoped for earlier in the game.
The word moron springs to mind. Our game would have had another 20-30 moves each most likely and I couldn’t be bothered doing all that for a draw anyway.
As always good game and it was quite the tactical battle as always.
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I am absolutely seething with rage as I made a colossal error to go from a position of strength until needing to play superbly well to get a result.
To play as well as I can I need to play with the board for at least an hour a day going through moves (probably more against the more experienced players). I think I’m at the stage where I’m chessed out. And then I can f**k it all by not paying attention
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On 11/09/2021 at 18:02, BFTD said:
Presumably they aren't showing much, but the trailer makes it look like a reboot with (mostly) the same actors.
Got a horrible feeling this could be a Godfather 3 situation, with Lana Wachowski making another Matrix film to fund stuff she actually wants to do. And we've already had two Matrix sequels made for cash.
The story is already there to have a total reboot. The original Matrix film, the matrix in that was the sixth or seventh generation. So a total reboot wouldn’t be out of sync with the originals.
Certainly looks good from the trailer. Neo munching all the blue pills intrigued me the most. Sick and fed up of the real world, so gorges on the blue pills?
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Murray got drop shorted to death in the first set 6-2 and has pulled it back 6-4. Safiullin has now left court for a toilet break
I have never seen this Russian play before I don’t think, but his drop shots are absolutely immense. Not the spectacular Paire reverse bouncing ones, but well executed. Good high quality match.
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That’s now confirmed that Murray will play the Metz Open next week. I suspect he will then travel to America and play a 250 event before Indian Wells. Will need a wild card for Indian Wells.
Emma Radacanu wasn’t in the top 108 when the cut off for entry was needed. If they give her a wild card she will be seeded
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Murray wins 6-3 6-1. Will play next round on Wednesday.
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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:
Yet to face a top 10 player yet though, I think.
The rankings mean nothing currently due to the rules protecting players during COVID. Bencic and Sakarri would be top 10 without.
As sad as Andrescu’s career has been since beating Serena two years ago, she only dropped those points on Monday. She’s been top ten throughout COVID despite rarely playing due to injury. She was where Emma is now, so hopefully nothing like that happens to her.
She will be offered lots of money to play all the Chinese tournaments next year, plus she’ll be able to do post match interviews etc in mandarin.
Anyway back to the grind of challenger circuit for the second most popular British player. Currently a set and a break up against Yannik Maden. Possible QF against Gasquet and SF against Gilles Simon if he makes it that far.
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News filters through to the Rafa and Roger camps:
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Novak Djokovic makes history, he beats Andy Murray to a sixth loss in a final of the same Slam. Was previously tied, now has this unique history all to himself. Legend.
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Novak 2-0 down after 90 minutes. In the Murray Djokovic final the first set was just about done by this time.
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Division A
Ziggy defeats GCarlos9 by resignation.
Made a colossal blunder by castling that cost me a bishop and ultimately a horsey.
So far this season I’ve lost all my games on black, and I’m undefeated on white. I wonder what will give first?
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7 hours ago, alang1993 said:
Will listen out for it in the men's final. Felt like I was hearing it on both player's serves, and Fernandez didn't have long hair(well she usually does, but it looked short during the game)
Edit - seen a few people saying it's because of the position of the microphones, and it's actually just the noise of the players landing when serving. If it happens during the men's final, then I'll go with that answer
I rewatched some of it there, it is definitely the planting of the forward foot after serving. Fernandez lands heavier on it, so you were hearing the sound more often with her, and the mic at the top of the court must have been placed closer as it was certainly more prominent when serving from the top of the court (as you'd see it on TV).
You won't hear it tonight as all you'll hear is squeaking.
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2 minutes ago, alang1993 said:
Thank f**k it wasn't just me hearing that
. I've no idea either, as you were
It is the whip of their pony tails hitting the back and shoulder area after their serving motion. I bet you don't hear it in tomorrow's final.
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2 minutes ago, Left Back said:
When Andy won it was a great day for British tennis for all the English people I know.
I know you’re not confrontational or argumentative on this thread. I also don’t wish to even try to provoke you into it but I do think you’re incredibly naive.
I don’t want to sidetrack this into a Scotland/England thing.
It's nothing about naivety. You can not control how someone else describes a "nationality". So why even bother being enraged by it? Yes they may be doing it to deliberately incite or provoke a reaction, but it doesn't matter. She's British, she's English and I dare say that she will feel Canadian, Chinese or Romanian at times. To you and I she's a marvellous credit to British tennis. To someone living in England she will be English.
However the most beautiful; thing is it may get people in England to think more openly about what it takes to be English.
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Just now, Left Back said:
Facebook feed already covered in “great day for English tennis”
It was a good day for English tennis. She’s English after all. When Andy Murray won it was great for Scottish Tennis. I don’t really see the issue.
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1 minute ago, Left Back said:
Something that was annoying me throughout the game. Seemed like after every service when the ball passed the net you could hear a noise and I was expecting a let call that never came. Anyone know what the noises were all about?
Think it was the whip of their pony tails getting picked up by the mics at the back of the court.
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5 minutes ago, GordonS said:
Another ridiculous thing - Raducanu didn't play a match between February 2020 and June this year because of Covid. Obviously most players were in the same boat, but that's a huge part of the time she ought to have been developing. She's 18, but with the level of experience you'd normally see in a 16 year old player.
She didn’t play a ranked tennis match but she played in all the Battle of the Britain matches, the British pro league etc which is shown on the Tennis Channel.
How often do we see players missing break points only to lose serve in the next match? Must be in the coaching manual first page. Really push harder in the next game. Fascinating tennis match and the quality has been almost as good as last years final.
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3 hours ago, TheScarf said:
The women's final is live on channel 4 tonight.
I was wondering what rag tag bunch of nobodies channel 4 could scrape up in time for tonight. But it’s just a simulcast of the Amazon Prime coverage. Amazon are donating the fee back into grass roots tennis.
I think it was Andy Roddick that said during the week that Novak first takes your legs and then takes your tennis soul. Zverev was pretty damn good last night, but there is no one better than accelerating through levels three hours into a match.
Looking forward to tonight’s match more than the men’s. A lot more variety and shots will be seen. Hopefully Raducanu can do it.
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