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It was the Russian prison system under Stalin.

I like the sounds of your work. They let you browse Tennis Frontier but not Google. Very sensible company.
 

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Emma said:
Baron Britbox, Lady Emma has a couple of Enhancements request. Should she open a ticket for those?

Lady Emma - there is a wishlist thread in "Message Board Announcements" (top forum). Add your wishes and Baron Britbox will see if the genie can make them happen.
 

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Clay Death said:
johnny mac says that andy murray is now the hunted one.

nobody knows where the bullshit starts and where it ends with johnny mac.


I think its nole who is the hunted one. not one but 2 players are hunting him down.


johnny mac better start reading the castle here:




http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23761928





US Open: Andy Murray a 'hunted' player, says John McEnroe



Wimbledon champion Andy Murray must get used to being "the hunted" as he prepares to defend his US Open title, says John McEnroe.

The American, a four-time winner at Flushing Meadows, believes Murray faces a different pressure as reigning champion when the tournament begins on Monday.

"On the one hand he's done it, so that's amazing," said McEnroe.


“People are going to be gunning for him even more. I think he's found that a little bit since playing Wimbledon.”


"On the other hand, you're the hunted more than you were in the past."

Murray, 26, has reached the final of the last four major tournaments in which he has competed, but has not made it past the quarter-finals in his two events since his victory at Wimbledon.

He remains in with a chance of ending the year as the world number one but slipped behind the in-form Rafael Nadal to third in the rankings on Monday.

McEnroe, 54, managed to follow Wimbledon victories with success at the US Open twice during his career, in 1981 and 1984, and both times ended the year as the world number one.

"This is the first shot where Murray's got a legitimate chance to finish number one and be number one for the year if he can get two majors," added McEnroe, now a regular on the ATP Champions Tour that culminates at the Royal Albert Hall in December.

"So that's a different type of approach and people are going to be gunning for him even more. I think he's found that a little bit since playing Wimbledon."

McEnroe also believes the fact that Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open, Nadal won the French Open and Murray won Wimbledon, means the US Open could effectively decide who has been the best player of 2013.

"There's three different guys, obviously Rafa, Novak and Andy, that have won the three majors," said McEnroe.

"All three of them feel that if they win the US Open - I think - that they're going to deserve to be called number one for the year."


The US Open has been disrupted by bad weather for the last five years, with the men's final being postponed to a third Monday on each occasion, and McEnroe has welcomed the news of plans for a roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"I don't want to say too little too late because I don't think it ever is," said McEnroe.

"I would fall under the category of better late than never. It's been five years in a row, which has hurt the ratings and hurt, I think, our sport a little bit, that our final was not played on the Sunday.

"Clearly that's bad luck, but at the same time the USTA [United States Tennis Association] makes a lot of money at this event, it's a huge event, and they have the resources, so I'm glad they seem to have finally figured out a way to put a roof over a huge stadium."

But why should Nole be hunted anymore though? As I see it both Nole and Murray have split Majors this year (1:1) and that's their overall H2H as well for this year. Same goes for Nadal.

As to No. 1 ranking, this is only being chased (hunted) by Nadal now but if we are talking strictly USO which is JMac is referring to, it should be Andy because the last Major (Wimbledon) was won by him. Not only that, he's also the USO defending Champion. So he comes on top on both accounts minus the top ranking but USO is not about that. It's about winning this Major. Two very different things and JMac is right in his assessment.
 

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britbox said:
Emma said:
Baron Britbox, Lady Emma has a couple of Enhancements requests. Should she open a ticket for those?

Lady Emma - there is a wishlist thread in "Message Board Announcements" (top forum). Add your wishes and Baron Britbox will see if the genie can make them happen.

Lady Emma prefers a personal approach though.

:p

Okay, okay, I will post my requests as my Christmas wishlist on that thread.
 

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guys tennis frontier is fixing to take off once the u.s. open starts.


time to get fired up.


make sure you mention your tennis site (tennis frontier) on your facebook page and also on twitter.

get the name out there and invite everyone.


lets take the next step and increase our family size.




general Javier, if you are around, I did take a lightening quick look at the castle at mtf yesterday. I just saw one page.


looks like there are lots of new faces there.



and that rising frisco place looks to be gone.

we may have to ask Duncan to check us out here so we can stay in touch at least.
 

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Clay Death said:
que pasa princess emma. where are you hiding general huntingyou?




Most probably from his wife and I kid you not. lolol

He'll now kill me. Oh well. Life is short anyway.
 

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Anyone ever look at this site:

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Today's pic is "Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun":

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EnriqueIG8 said:

Hola.

The only guy I have in common with you is Hewitt. Roddick was a hard worker like Ferrer but I was always very indifferent to him. His game is though a thousand times better than Ferrer. Ferrer is one of the players I don't like at all.
 

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Nekro said:
All right but if you change your mind:cool:, I won't start it 'til late october either

Sounds like fun....... I can't drink atm and now my winter plans changed too so no booze for me looks like forever?:exclamation: Well I don't miss it tbh.......

Is it because you are 13 going on 14? :p
 

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Clay Death said:
I don't understand this picture at all:


How can you not understand this picture?

Let me explain, these are the Tennis Goats. The top three are clearly Nole, Nadal and Federer. The fourth one is obviously Murray who doesn't want to be No. 1, so he's facing at his country's direction trying to find out what's their next expectation of him.

The two goats at the lower level are Ferrer (white) and Del Potro (the giant one). Contrary to popular believe, white goat is clearly the black sheep of the family and doesn't belong in the Goat tree.
 

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Emma said:
britbox said:
Emma said:
Baron Britbox, Lady Emma has a couple of Enhancements requests. Should she open a ticket for those?

Lady Emma - there is a wishlist thread in "Message Board Announcements" (top forum). Add your wishes and Baron Britbox will see if the genie can make them happen.

Lady Emma prefers a personal approach though.

:p

Okay, okay, I will post my requests as my Christmas wishlist on that thread.

I have a direct line to Santa. We'll do our best to meet your requirements.
 

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Emma said:
Clay Death said:
I don't understand this picture at all:


How can you not understand this picture?

Let me explain, these are the Tennis Goats. The top three are clearly Nole, Nadal and Federer. The fourth one is obviously Murray who doesn't want to be No. 1, so he's facing at this country's direction trying to find out what's their next expectation of him.

The two goats at the lower level are Ferrer (white) and Del Potro (the giant one). Contrary to popular believe, white goat is clearly the black sheep of the family and doesn't belong in the Goat tree.



ha ha. too good and too funny.:D
 

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djmm said:
Hi Emma,

I never miss tennis matches .. NEVER. I'll hunt them down from TC to ESPN to CBS :D

On the other hand, I am more than happy to miss the ENTIRE WTA and half of ATP matches. I've spent countless nights and hours in the past just watching tennis so it doesn't appeal to me that much anymore. At the end of the day, it's pure entertainment though I take Andy very seriously and that's the only part where I very rarely compromise.

I have other heavy interests and I like to learn a lot and I don't learn much from tennis since it's designed to entertain only. I spent my afternoon reading about a couple of amazing articles and some experiences so it was very well spent. I did not even paid much attention to the Men's final to be honest. It's the Isner factor that kept me interested because I was interested to see how he's going to handle Nadal and his forehand. In the end, I did not care who won. Would have definitely preferred Isner but that too didn't matter as much.

It's just that people are different and so their needs are different too.
 
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