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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject: Best Grand Slam of 2006
So, which was the best GS of 06 in your opinion? _________________ www.freewebs.com/tenniswallpapers by myself and x.doublea
GS winners of 06! Mauresmo(AO, Wimbledon), Henin-Hardenne(FO), Sharapova(USO), Federer(AO, Wimbledon, USO), and Nadal(FO)
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leftys, you forgot the US Open.... _________________ "Satan is behind Illegal Immigration."- Don Larson, Utah County Republican Tennis Wallpapers, presented by leftys_rock and myself
Thought I put it there. Hmph. Put it on now. _________________ www.freewebs.com/tenniswallpapers by myself and x.doublea
GS winners of 06! Mauresmo(AO, Wimbledon), Henin-Hardenne(FO), Sharapova(USO), Federer(AO, Wimbledon, USO), and Nadal(FO)
The AO was the tournament which was actually not Nadal vs. Federer in the final (altough Nadal didn't play....). _________________ "Satan is behind Illegal Immigration."- Don Larson, Utah County Republican Tennis Wallpapers, presented by leftys_rock and myself
I picked the AO becuase oif Baghdatis. He came out of nowhere! The question follwoing the AO was whether he was a fluke or not; but he proved that he is no fluke, with his SF at Wimbledon and the fact that he easily got into the top-10
But the thing was he had an easy draw. Other than Aggasi (but Aggasi was in his old man stages and Baghdatis). Baghdatis was the real only test. Now with the New and imporved Roddick and alot of things changing in tennis it will be intresting to see if Nadal can repeat _________________
But the thing was he had an easy draw. Other than Aggasi (but Aggasi was in his old man stages and Baghdatis). Baghdatis was the real only test. Now with the New and imporved Roddick and alot of things changing in tennis it will be intresting to see if Nadal can repeat
You forgot about Kendrick who played the match of his life. Nadal had those three difficult matches. He has the harder draw than Federer. Federer's opponents either never showed up (Gasquet and Henman), were injured (Berdych, Federer himself said he could tell Berdych's shoulder was in bad shape), or were just jokes (Mahut and Bjorkman). Federer had such a tough draw on paper, but when it came down to it he was greatly helped by luck, opponents who are having bad days, and upsets. _________________
None of the slams really caught my attention alot especially compared to last year's slams.
The A.Open was alright in the men's. Baghdatis was a real suprise coming through, but I would rather have seen Ljubicic v Nalbandian in the SF with Nalbandian playing Federer in the final. Baghdatis really had Federer scared in the final, so his run wasen't too bad. The women's event was just horrible. 3 players were injured on Mauresmo's way to the title, it was a bad way for her to win it especially because of all the question marks she still had over her head. Lindsay was playing so well but hurt her ankle and lost to JHH in a match she really should have won.
The French Open wasen't the best. The mens was terrible in the later stages. The semis had the top 4 in the world, but the tennis was shameful. Nalbandian v Federer had some good parts but he retired anyway. Ljubicic didn't even look bothered. The final had some good parts but wasen't the classic everyone was hoping for. The women's event was just as bad. The only exciting thing was Vaidisova's run, and her match against Kuznetsova was great. Kuznetsova didn't play well in the final though and JHH pretty much eased to the title.
Wimbledon was alright. Murray was excellent against Murray but fell apart against Baghdatis. I didn't like Federer winning the title with hardly any challenge. Bjorkman v Stepanek was fantastic, and I was happy Bjorkman got through. Baghdatis really lit up Wimbledon aswell. His matches against Hewitt and Nadal were great quality. Nadal did alright in the final but was never going to win it. The women's event was good. I was so glad when Mauresmo won the title, nobody expected her to. The final was great, as was her SF against Sharapova.
The US Open had Youzhny and Davydenko making suprise runs. I like Davydenko more now so I was glad to see him get through. Roddick also had a great run to the final but the final wasen't too good. Although I would have liked to see Mauresmo v JHH again in the final, Sharapova did really well to get through and win it. I wasen't really happy with the final, but Sharapova was better than JHH. I just hope the hype doesn't get too much (which it will). Lindsay saving MP's was really good to see, but she didn't have a clue on how to play JHH. She needs to get some more matches and get fitter for 07 if she is to beat JHH again, which she can.
Overall, I have to say Wimbledon was the best one but none of them compared to the slams of 05.
None of the slams really caught my attention alot especially compared to last year's slams.
The A.Open was alright in the men's. Baghdatis was a real suprise coming through, but I would rather have seen Ljubicic v Nalbandian in the SF with Nalbandian playing Federer in the final. Baghdatis really had Federer scared in the final, so his run wasen't too bad. The women's event was just horrible. 3 players were injured on Mauresmo's way to the title, it was a bad way for her to win it especially because of all the question marks she still had over her head. Lindsay was playing so well but hurt her ankle and lost to JHH in a match she really should have won.
The French Open wasen't the best. The mens was terrible in the later stages. The semis had the top 4 in the world, but the tennis was shameful. Nalbandian v Federer had some good parts but he retired anyway. Ljubicic didn't even look bothered. The final had some good parts but wasen't the classic everyone was hoping for. The women's event was just as bad. The only exciting thing was Vaidisova's run, and her match against Kuznetsova was great. Kuznetsova didn't play well in the final though and JHH pretty much eased to the title.
Wimbledon was alright. Murray was excellent against Murray but fell apart against Baghdatis. I didn't like Federer winning the title with hardly any challenge. Bjorkman v Stepanek was fantastic, and I was happy Bjorkman got through. Baghdatis really lit up Wimbledon aswell. His matches against Hewitt and Nadal were great quality. Nadal did alright in the final but was never going to win it. The women's event was good. I was so glad when Mauresmo won the title, nobody expected her to. The final was great, as was her SF against Sharapova.
The US Open had Youzhny and Davydenko making suprise runs. I like Davydenko more now so I was glad to see him get through. Roddick also had a great run to the final but the final wasen't too good. Although I would have liked to see Mauresmo v JHH again in the final, Sharapova did really well to get through and win it. I wasen't really happy with the final, but Sharapova was better than JHH. I just hope the hype doesn't get too much (which it will). Lindsay saving MP's was really good to see, but she didn't have a clue on how to play JHH. She needs to get some more matches and get fitter for 07 if she is to beat JHH again, which she can.
Overall, I have to say Wimbledon was the best one but none of them compared to the slams of 05.
I do agree, the only interesting things at the AO was Baghdatis and Mauresmo, and Mauresmo was cheated out of winning the final match so no great matches for her. The French was too predictable. Wimbledon was boring barring Nadal-Kendrick, Mauresmo-Henin, and a couple other matches. Then so matter how upset Stevos gets when I say it, Sharapova took a title in NY because the rest of the top players weren't playing their best. Henin was conservative in the final, Mauresmo was horrible in the semi's, Clijsters wasn't there, and Davenport was still rusty. For the men Roddick's run was great (even with Beachjm being an idiot and trying to call anybody that said anything good about him as bandwagoners), Youzhny's run was nice even though I don't like his watered down all-court game, besides those two runs nothing good there either. _________________
Im sick of all these accusations that players only win because other players "didn't show up" or played horribly. Maybe the other player did something to them to make them not play their best, like taking advantage of their disadvantages. And Im not just talking about the USO comment, but Federer winning Wimbledon, JHH winning the FO. I mean, they had to get through the draw, if a player was playing better that tournament then shouldnt they have gotten to the final to beat them? Congratulations to all the players who 'just showed up', because they will be the ones that go down in history as 2006 ___ champ.
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