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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:21 am Post subject:

Okay, I'm three weeks late, but congrats to Andy Murray for being the first Brit to win Wimbledon since 1936. I read somewhere that this year was the worst showing at Wimbledon by American men since 1912. Personally, I thought the worst showing by American men was anytime John McEnroe showed up. (And no, I didn't know we had a tennis thread, either. I just stumbled across it while looking for something else.)

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Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:28 pm Post subject:

Kei Nishikori becomes first Japanese to get into Men's Top 10: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/kei-nishikori-becomes-1st-japanese-man-to-break-into-top-10-of-world-rankings-1.1057233

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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:29 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Kei Nishikori becomes first Japanese to get into Men's Top 10: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/kei-nishikori-becomes-1st-japanese-man-to-break-into-top-10-of-world-rankings-1.1057233

Applaud

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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:17 pm Post subject:

Nishikori does it again!! Becomes the first Japanese player to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals since the Taisho era: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-02/japan-s-nishikori-makes-u-dot-s-dot-open-history-with-win-late-finish

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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:37 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Nishikori does it again!! Becomes the first Japanese player to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals since the Taisho era: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-02/japan-s-nishikori-makes-u-dot-s-dot-open-history-with-win-late-finish

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Japan da!

Haha, sorry, couldn't resist since his name is also Kei (albeit with a different kanji).
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:41 am Post subject:

Omg! Nishikori into his first US Open semi! He beat Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. So happy for him! Japan da! http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/makarova-beats-azarenka-reach-us-open-semis-25235717 He'll play Djokovic or Murray next. _________________ 玉木宏、藤木直人、佐藤健 blog

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:23 am Post subject:

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Omg! Nishikori into his first US Open semi! w00t!

He beat Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. So happy for him! Dancing

Japan da!

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/makarova-beats-azarenka-reach-us-open-semis-25235717

He'll play Djokovic or Murray next.

But could he beat Ryoma Echizen? hehe

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:34 am Post subject:

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But could he beat Ryoma Echizen? hehe

Doesn't have to worry about him, but he did beat Djokovic to get to the finals: http://www.nbcsports.com/tennis/nishikori-upsets-djokovic-reach-us-open-final

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:59 am Post subject:

Shinjirarenai!!

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:46 am Post subject:

Japan da! So happy for Nishikori, to beat Djokovic is a big scalp. Now he'll play Cilic. That should hopefully be a good final. I have to say I'm glad not to see Federer anywhere near a final these days. _________________ 玉木宏、藤木直人、佐藤健 blog

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:55 am Post subject:

junny wrote:

Japan da!

So happy for Nishikori, to beat Djokovic is a big scalp. Now he'll play Cilic.

Cilic is a bear: 6'-6''. Sweat

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I have to say I'm glad not to see Federer anywhere near a final these days.

Awww.

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:14 am Post subject:

No miracle for Kei He lost in straight sets. _________________ 玉木宏、藤木直人、佐藤健 blog

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:23 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Awww.

Yup. The way he was booming those serves I said to myself, "Kei-kun, you better figure something out." He never did.

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:41 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Yup. The way he was booming those serves I said to myself, "Kei-kun, you better figure something out." He never did.

Yup, with Cilic being 6-6, those serves probably are as intimidating as fastballs from Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson. Sweat

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:28 pm Post subject:

She'll be the underdog, but Naomi Osaka (who is from Osaka) will play Serena Williams in the U.S. Open Women's Final: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-naomi-osaka-usopen-20180906-story.html

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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:17 am Post subject:

Now little girls, and maybe even some little boys, will be hitting up their parents for a new tennis racket: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-us-open-serena-williams-20180908-story.html#

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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:03 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Now little girls, and maybe even some little boys, will be hitting up their parents for a new tennis racket: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-sn-us-open-serena-williams-20180908-story.html#

Congrats to Naomi, well-deserved win! Pity about Serena's outburst.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:27 pm Post subject:

junny wrote:

Pity about Serena's outburst.

Yup.

I watched the entire fiasco... Sadly, it pretty much overshadowed Osaka's historic win. Sad

Serena let her emotions get to her (again) and it made her look bad. In the back of mind, I thought it was a calculated tactic by Serena to try to upset Osaka's momentum, since Osaka was mostly in control of the match.

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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:12 am Post subject:

Osaka not a one hit wonder: http://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/australian-open-2019-womens-final-naomi-osaka-defeats-petra-kvitova-grand-slam/1nukx5zprrv0r13s5dq2bp9ms4

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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:18 pm Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Osaka not a one hit wonder: http://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/australian-open-2019-womens-final-naomi-osaka-defeats-petra-kvitova-grand-slam/1nukx5zprrv0r13s5dq2bp9ms4

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