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by **bayman** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:10 pm

with the soccer on you wouldn't know its starting tonight, i was looking at the match ups & one player is benjamin becker does anyone know if he's related to boris ?

by **heater31** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:15 pm

bayman wrote:with the soccer on you wouldn't know its starting tonight, i was looking at the match ups & one player is benjamin becker does anyone know if he's related to boris ?

he is german, so it could be possible but he attended Baylor University in Waco Texas and his profile says that his parents are Joerg and Ulrike Becker from Orscholz in Germany

by **MightyEagles** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:49 am

COME ON!

by **Blue Boy** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:55 am

Watched Sharapova last night - nice young lady me thinks !!! :wink:

by **Booney** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:00 pm

Tennis isnt a sport.Full stop.

by **RustyCage** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:40 pm

Typical bloody pommy weather.

by **MightyEagles** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:03 pm

The Poo won, needs to win more games to get me back on board. A. Molik won her 1st round match.

by **Maddogmike** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:52 am

Scud knocked out in 2nd round. Raphael Nadal taken to within 2 points of losing his 2nd round match, before going through in 5 sets.
Just watching Hewitt. He lost the 1st set and then won the 2nd, before being down 3 set points in the 3rd set tie break. He then won 5 points in a row to take 2-1 lead Vs Chink Lee. :shock:

by **MightyEagles** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:36 am

2 sets all before bad light stopped play.

by **ORDoubleBlues** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:51 pm

Noticed that Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka is considered a real long shot to beat Mario Ancic at Wimbledon and I'm not sure why as Wawrinka is a real hot prospect and I'm sure Ancic won't be taking this one lightly. Would be one of the best $6 bets in a two horse race that you would see.

by **MightyEagles** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:47 pm

I hear that there's going to be a new Russian tennis beauty going on the circuit soon. Her name is Maria Bendova. She goes commando every day, even when she plays tennis and has a short dress. :lol:

by **Magpiespower** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:26 pm

Little Lleyton toughed out the win against Lee.

Federer looking ominous already...

by **MightyEagles** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:38 am

Hewitt through to QF.

by **ORDoubleBlues** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:58 am

At the risk of being jumped all over (I can only hope :lol:

) by the female posters on this forum, the pay difference issue between the men and the women, which is less than 5 percent, is starting to wear a little thin. Per minute spent on court they already earn far more than the men and this would still be the case even if women's matches were made best of 5 sets due to the lack of depth on the women's tour.
Another way to prove that they are not getting a raw deal would be to play the men's and women's wimbledons as stand alone tournaments. Within a few years there wouldn't even be enough sponsorship and television money to pay the women what they are getting now.

by **Wedgie** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:03 am

ORDoubleBlues wrote:At the risk of being jumped all over (I can only hope ) by the female posters on this forum, the pay difference issue between the men and the women, which is less than 5 percent, is starting to wear a little thin. Per minute spent on court they already earn far more than the men and this would still be the case even if women's matches were made best of 5 sets due to the lack of depth on the women's tour.
Another way to prove that they are not getting a raw deal would be to play the men's and women's wimbledons as stand alone tournaments. Within a few years there wouldn't even be enough sponsorship and television money to pay the women what they are getting now.

Dunno, I'd rather watch Maria Sharapova for 5 minutes than Hewitt for 5 hours! :lol:

by **ORDoubleBlues** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:05 am

Wedgie wrote:Dunno, I'd rather watch Maria Sharapova for 5 minutes than Hewitt for 5 hours!

by **Squawk** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:03 am

Justine Henin-Hardenne

Lovely lady, genuine player, but..........

WTOT - worst tits on tour.

Sorry folks.

by **Magpiespower** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:17 am

Justine, Justine, Justine...

Just when I thought Mauresmo was going to buckle, Henin-Hardenne blows a golden opportunity to break back.

Instead Mauresmo serves out the set and goes on to take the match.

Looking forward to the Men's final: Federer v Nadal.

Federer looking to re-assert his authority after his French Open loss to Nadal.

Gut feeling tells me that Federer will blow the young Spaniard out of the water.

Shades of McEnroe v Connors, 1984, perhaps, when Johhny Mac was hell-bent on atoning for his upset loss to Jimbo in the 1982 Wimbledon final.

McEnroe murdered Connors in '84 in one of the most lop-sided contests in a grand slam final.

by **mighty_tiger_79** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:59 pm

well grass is where Federrer has dominated and clay is Nadal's fortress so this is Federrers chance to atone the french open. I dont think it will be that one sided and i think nadal can take a set or 2 off federrer.

have to remember that Nadal isnt scared of Federrer as other opponents may be.

by **MightyEagles** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:01 pm

If Nadal wins, I think that he'll be close to being No.1 in the world.

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