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Mon, 17 January 2005 12:48
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Federer to win
$500
he is a weapon ...
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Mon, 17 January 2005 13:52
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| Les wrote on Mon, 17 January 2005 23:48 |
Federer to win
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True that, no one can compare!  
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Mon, 17 January 2005 14:50
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we can only hope he trips and fall and cant play or something like that to stop him 
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Mon, 17 January 2005 16:13
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I will take Leyton to win, he wants to impress Bec Cartwright lol.
Wonder if she will dump him for federer
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Mon, 17 January 2005 19:25
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all i watched was sharapova and that other russian chick
gotta love it when they moan while hitting the ball
sharapova wooped ass
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Tue, 18 January 2005 04:15
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hhmmmmm sharapova...nippiles hhmmmmm
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Tue, 18 January 2005 04:25
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| Les wrote on Mon, 17 January 2005 23:48 |
Federer to win
$500
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You seriously want to put $500 on that?
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Tue, 18 January 2005 04:34
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| crazedrt104 wrote on Tue, 18 January 2005 15:15 |
hhmmmmm sharapova...nippiles hhmmmmm
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she's not 18 yet so take back ur words unless u wanna get in trouble. resist the temptation of talking about it for few more months until she's 18
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Tue, 18 January 2005 06:20
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Tennis bites the ball bag something savage..
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Tue, 18 January 2005 11:44
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| Squid wrote on Tue, 18 January 2005 15:25 |
| Les wrote on Mon, 17 January 2005 23:48 |
Federer to win
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You seriously want to put $500 on that?
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is that a challenge ??? 
(i will put $100 on it max)
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Tue, 18 January 2005 12:10
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I'll give federer a 60% chance of winning, hewitt 13%, agassi 9%, safin 9%, roddick 9%
and if it's a federer/hewitt final, I'll give federer 70$ chance of winning... he's worked out lleyton's game pretty well, and knows how to pressure his awesome returns.
Main difference this time is that lleyton has a real serve, which will help him.
Still, federer is the dude with the whole court game, and is close to unbeatable.
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Tue, 18 January 2005 12:37
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as a long shot ill take the spanish dude who beat moya. damn!! good strokes, tall, moves well, awesome serve!!
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Wed, 19 January 2005 12:29
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lil jap fella aint too bad tonight !
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Wed, 19 January 2005 18:43
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| Les wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 23:29 |
lil jap fella aint too bad tonight !
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he was bloody fast!! 
reminds me of leander paes just faster!!
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Thu, 20 January 2005 12:08
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alicia molik is gonna kick ass in the womens.
does anyone play tennis here
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Thu, 20 January 2005 12:21
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Only one thing worse than tennnis on tv and thats tennis on radio.
And I used to play.
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Thu, 20 January 2005 12:22
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so where are the pics?
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Thu, 20 January 2005 12:49
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haha pics - go find them and post them witzl ... no blokes please ..
i used to play .. junior boys division 1 parramatta division
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Thu, 20 January 2005 15:47
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| draven wrote on Thu, 20 January 2005 23:16 |
I'm a tennis coach
edit: well, was. budding psychologist now
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i was coach too
back then in malaysia, i started coaching coz i realised i wasnt good enough to go into satelite tournaments when i turned 18. so started coaching, get paid, less straining physically, basically easy job and good pay. just have a hard time with over protective mothers sometimes 
any idea how i can start coaching here? i dont have any formal qualification and donnt know anybody in tennis scene here 
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Thu, 20 January 2005 22:44
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not in melb I dont - my contacts are in sydney
best bet is to approach a few coaching clinics, explain you've had experience overseas and that you'd like to start again here.
Then you start off working for them as a "level 0" or trainee coach, until you think you can do the entrance exam to be a level 1 (beginner coach). that exam is a piece of piss and there are no real qualifications... can't even remember if there is still an exam actually. anhoo, then repeat if you wanna make it to level 2 (that one's harder). Level 3... well, you have to have been nationally ranked in the top 500 to even attempt that
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Fri, 21 January 2005 03:53
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do i need recomendations for these exams or can i just walk up to the tennis asccociation and say i wanna do the exam? also is it written or practical or both??
i was going to get a USPTR back then but all my friends advised against it. coz students and organisations who employ tennis coaches doesnt even know what USPTR is. and besides, its just an exam asking u the dimensions of the court etc in the written exam and basic ball feeding skills if i remember correctly. that is for the lowest level cert that is.
ya ill go around melbourne park after the oz open is over and try my luck. thanks
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Fri, 21 January 2005 04:24
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the coaches at the courts will be better able to let you know about examination centres, semester periods (you gotta enrol, sorta like uni), when the lectures are run, etc etc
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Fri, 21 January 2005 04:52
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its amazing how big players have good court coverage nowadays. safin, ancic, dude who beat moya....
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Fri, 21 January 2005 12:12
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does anyone else think sharapova sounds like a BOV when she hits the ball??
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Sat, 22 January 2005 07:02
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 That or a donkey being molested.
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Sat, 22 January 2005 07:56
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kimber banned again??
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Sat, 22 January 2005 11:00
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yeah i think they figured out his tru identity
ahahaha
i wish they would lift this probation thingy...every1 talks crap and i get put on probation for it
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Sun, 23 January 2005 17:12
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anybody watched joachim johanssen vs agassi??
that swedish dude can serve!!
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Sun, 23 January 2005 19:04
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yeah, but agassi won (personal hope to win the tournament - so much more personality)
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Mon, 24 January 2005 00:11
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| b1gb3n wrote on Thu, 20 January 2005 05:43 |
| Les wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 23:29 |
lil jap fella aint too bad tonight !
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he was bloody fast!!
reminds me of leander paes just faster!!
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Did anyone tape this game or know of where i can view it? Dad claims this game was sensational in terms of strategy and a challenging underdog.
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Mon, 24 January 2005 15:44
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hook me up with a match against federer. ill redo what the jap guy did.....only in slow motion
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Tue, 25 January 2005 10:50
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| Les wrote on Mon, 17 January 2005 23:48 |
Federer to win
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flawless exhibition tonight ...
$1,000 now
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Tue, 25 January 2005 12:52
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yep
cool, clean, and his serving was amazing - got him out of trouble every time agassi looked like getting a break.
Agassi was one of the few players who had the game that, if he was playing his best, could take it to Federer - but Federer was unstoppable tonight.
People will say Hewitt and Roddick still have a chance to beat him, but imho that chance is very small.
I'll give Federer 85% chance of winning now, with Hewitt, Roddick and Safin 5% each. If he plays as well as he did tonight, noone will have a chance.
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Tue, 25 January 2005 16:03
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among the rest i'll go for safin
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Thu, 27 January 2005 14:23
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who would've thought ... safin beats federer in 5 ... i want to see the replay ..
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Thu, 27 January 2005 15:11
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if anybody were to beat federer i would have picked safin. right now hes my favorite to win open
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Thu, 27 January 2005 22:01
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| Les wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 01:23 |
who would've thought ... safin beats federer in 5 ... i want to see the replay ..
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I believe I thought it - and even wrote it!
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Fri, 28 January 2005 08:04
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heheheh but did u put any MONEY on it !!!!!
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Fri, 28 January 2005 08:22
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eat ur words les! bahahhahahah!
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Fri, 28 January 2005 08:26
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I wanna bone safin now... would have been boring if feredererer won... now it';; probably end up being a 4 or 5 set grand final, and be uber-cool to watch.
And the federersafin match was a stack better than either of the hewitt 5 setters (apart from the fact that during the last hewitt 5 setter I had a bunch of drunk fanatical hot dyke/bisexual fans yelling obscenities at the tv, and a couple of cases to keep me company)
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Fri, 28 January 2005 08:45
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| LEVIN GTV wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 19:22 |
eat ur words les! bahahhahahah!
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hahah !!
i didnt either .. was only a figure of speech !
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Re: Aust Open ...
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Fri, 28 January 2005 12:28
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i dont like hewitt. go the vodka!!!
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Sat, 29 January 2005 07:14
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| 20valve69corona wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 23:24 |
Hewitt will win the final now for sure.
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uh huh :\
anyone who can beat federer has a pretty damn good shot at beating hewitt
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Sat, 29 January 2005 19:23
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^^^^i didnt think australians would dare say that as well
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Sun, 30 January 2005 11:44
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F**ing useless aussie tennis players....
*shrug* what can ya do....Safin was the better player by a long shot tonight..
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Sun, 30 January 2005 11:51
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yeh at the end of 1st set i thought it'd be esy...talk about a huge turn-around 
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Sun, 30 January 2005 12:07
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Congrat's to safin, his a true champion.
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Sun, 30 January 2005 14:21
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heres the trivia question for tonight. why is tennis points counted as 15, 30, 40, and game instead of say 1,2,3 or A,B,c??
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Sun, 30 January 2005 14:52
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^I asked Mum that question tonight... she didn't know. Fucking useless parents, make me have to find stuff out myself. Well fuck that... Someone tell me.
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Sun, 30 January 2005 15:29
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good question and i'd love to know.......
i heard golf stands for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.
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Sun, 30 January 2005 15:54
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draven is a qualified tennis coach
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Mon, 31 January 2005 06:07
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ok somebody told me the history of the scoring system. here is what my friend told me
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Why is the scoring of a tennis game (15-30-40) so unusual?
When we haven't been working on the magazine, we at mental_floss have had a few moments to watch the action at Wimbledon. A reader named Maria recently wrote in asking about the unusual scoring system, so we did a bit of research. It turns out that the history is a bit fuzzy, and here's why.
Two of the more popular theories claim that the numbers were based on a 15-30-45-60 sequence. One theory based the scoring on clock movements, the other on the French numbering system (which runs to 60 before repeating). While either of these concepts could be true, what confuses us is the claim that the number 45 was later "shortened" to 40. It just didn't make sense to us that one would "shorten" a number for no apparent reason.
The explanation that makes the most sense to us, and the one that we'll present here, is as follows. In medieval France, a single game of tennis was won by winning four rallies. The 15-30-45-60 scoring system would have been used except for the fact that each game had to be won by two scores. If the game were tied at 45-45, a score by one player had to be indicated somehow, so they changed the third score to 40. This way, what's now known in the game as an "advantage" could be scored as 50 points. Here's how it worked:
Suppose a game were tied 40-40, known commonly as a "deuce" (since two consecutive scores are then required to win the game). Player A scores, making it 50-40. If player A scores again, the game is won (by the score of 60-40). If Player B evens the game up, however, the score of 50-50 can be brought back down to 40-40 and the "deuce" starts over again. This continues until the game is won.
Somewhere along the line of tennis history, the use of the number "50" as a score lost popularity. The term "advantage" came into vogue, indicating which player was a score up in the game. But apparently the "40" score stayed on as a by-product of the former scoring system.
So why don't they just score tennis 1-2-3-4 like most other games? Probably because those numbers are used to score sets and matches, and if the same digits were used in regular games, it would be terribly easy to get confused.
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