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4-4! Unforced errors are hurting Djokovic badly

Epic battle in the 3rd! Nole went 3-1 up Nadal has broken and tied it at 3-3

Thunder fire those feminists and gender equality proponents! A 50+ shot rally!

Novak just might take this 2nd set

ToyinDipo: What of 2008, when he was destroying RF at RG

He could destroy RF on one leg at RG but this is the hardcourt which is supposed to be his weakest surface and the only surface Novak has any clear advantage

Djoker needs to break Nadal at some point or this game wouldn't last too long

I don't recall ever seeing Nadal looking this good even on clay

dayokanu: Pierre Hojbjerg signs his Professional contract with Bayern

With all these injuries the youngin might get to play at some point

Obi1kenobi: And so it begins! C'mon Rafa!!!

He's got to serve well today cos Djokovic is the best returner on tour and will certainly test Nadal's les poweful serve to the limit. Rafa also has to stay aggressive and stand closer to the baseline. If he concedes ground and retreats too far behind the baseline as his natural instinct dictates, the metronomic, aggressive game of the Djoker will take him apart. Nadal also has to be willing to go down the line on his forehand and backhand and avoid the comfort zone of his usual cross-court exchanges. Djokovic is favourite for this one in my opinion but I sure hope the Spanish matador proves me wrong. C'mon Rafa!!!

He has been doing that!

Lol if they had won it would have been inspite of the red card! They lost now so its because of the red card! Walahi Jimi Solanke dey learn work were una dey. Play by the rules! Its football/soccer not gridiron

*make I go watch Nadal vs Djokovic*

nateevs: Those who struggle to beat us fair and square at our weakest should be scared of the future rather than making mouth like they handed us a beating.

Fair and square?? At your weakest?? Hahahahaha! this is laughable so you feel Bayern was at their strongest? Who is at their strongest in Europe at this point? Certainly not Bayern that has been ravaged by injuries or still coming to grips with a new coach and system of play

biolabee: ^^^ Excellent points Sir,,,,
I really appreciate the points of Obi1kenobi who laid it on the poor lad or lass about the inherent racism in supporting an athlet plainly based on skin colour

The truth is that a lot of male athletes on the tennis circuit are complaining about this but dont want to be seen as rocking the establishment

Nadal has spent almost 13 hours on the court in the US open alone! Who knows how long tonight's game would go for? I doubt the women's draw spend 13 hours for all 4 grand slams combined

If you even want to play the marketability card Serena and Sharapova are the only bankable players out there

sholay2011: But you didn't point that out in your previous post and now you're all over the place with stories of double and singles. Abeg, spare me that.

And I still believe your thinking is sexist. And if the prize money is equal. ..so what?

Because Usain Bolt can run faster than Shelly Fraser-Pryce, so his medal shud be more of real gold compared to her? (Just like you said that 'Nadal or Nole are better than Serena' as a point that justifies your argument).

Mr Biolabee...e lo sun.

So are you saying Marta and Birgit Prinz should earn the same amount as say a Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo because they both play 90 mins? This is really laughable

It is actually sexist to suggest that a woman doing less than a man should get equal pay just because she's a woman

biolabee: The race question over supporting serena.. Interesting debate

She is a herald in a white dominated sport hence it is easy for blacks to Support her whole heartedly

For me more important than race is the equality of prize money which is illogical

Nadal nole no be mate with serena and sugarpova

I don't know how anyone in their right minds would watch gladiators like Nadal,Djokovic and Federer do battle and still argue that men and women deserve equal pay! Honestly it borders on insanity

Gender equality proponents and feminists ought to know where to draw the line!

Congrats to Serena! Well deserved champ! A very good and hard fought final from the ladies which is all a ninja can ask for. Looking forward to the Men's Draw it should be epic

My boy Nadal would give Djoker the business

Obi1kenobi: I'm a graduate of Electrical Engineering from one of the Federal institutions and I just completed my service in June but I've been unemployed since and I'm not getting any good breaks in the labour market with my 2:2 degree. Pretty much all the multinationals and other top employers won't even shortlist me to have a chance of proving myself sadly.

How much would a Masters Degree abroad improve my prospects in the labour market? I ask this because I wouldn't want my retired sponsors wasting millions of naira on a venture that may not prove advantageous. If I applied to the likes of KPMG or Nestle or Mobil who ALWAYS demand a 2:1, would they even consider the Masters degree at all? Please, give it to me straight. I can handle the truth and move on.

Not by a lot! A Masters degree would certainly help but would not magically open doors for you by any means. Not with the proliferation of Msc holders in the unemployment market anyway.

Think of a Masters degree as a long-term investment in yourself and not something that might instantly bring in benefits and perhaps you might need to shy away from the multinationals for now and just focus on getting a decent place where you could get some work experience,handle some projects and improve your resume a few professional qualifications here and there wouldn't hurt either

Ehen! This is exactly what Dr A-40 ordered lol quality female tennis! There is work later but who the hell cares?

[quote author=dtw_sola]obi1kenobi, I wish you'd just shut your sellout-ar.se up. See how shameless you are - salivating over a white woman while badmouthing a beauitful, inspirational black woman who has broke ground for black women in her sport. smh @ your minstrel-like worship of a white woman while many of the same white people view your race as subhuman. Nonsense.

Anyway, Serena's got this one in the bag. Black Power![/quote]Stop bringing race into this matter please! Its disgustingly ignorant. Perhaps Ob1kenobi was a little OTT with his comments but still this race argument is not necessary

Vettel,Alonso,Webber,Massa,Hulkenberg in the top 5

Where is MrBrownjay and his phantom baba ijebu I know say stroke go don catch the man at some point you guys are going to have to admit that kid is good and that Alonso car is not that awful! I make bold to say that even as good as the Red Bull is there is no driver on the grid that would churn out that same amount of consistency from that car race after race!

Alonso is running out of time now, we can officially strike out Hamilton and Kimi from the list those ones have zero hope of catching Seb

[size=14pt]Vettel wins at MONZA!!![/size]

It seems the Ferrari gamble has backfired! Alonso is at least 11 seconds behind Vettel now and not far ahead of Webber as well

Lewis has been flying

You kinda knew Hulkenberg,Massa and Alonso's paddy Webber would be sitting ducks for Fernando

Super pass by Alonso but Webber had the chance to shut the door!

Vettel pulling away but doing some car management! I suspect there is something wrong with that Red Bull

Djokovic wins but only just

Obi1kenobi: Madam, what kind of crude mentality is that? So you support people based on the colour of their skin? If all white people thought that way, who in the crowd would support Serena?

I support players whose style of play and whose personality appeals to me. Serena bulldozes her way through games with brutal tennis that lacks the guile and elegance of players like Justin Henin or Radwanska or Hingis in her prime or Steffi Graf. Her personality is quite ugly as well. Brash, abrasive,arrogant diva personality. She needs to learn to carry herself with the dignity of players like Federer, Nadal, Clijsters, and even her sister Venus.

Omode lo n se no mind am! I don't know why person go dey bring race enter this matter? I'm actually a fan of Serena which is the ironic thing

dayokanu: Especially as the Bundesliga team wins treble and his own useless bottom feeder team cant win anything since Pope John Paul died

No mind the douchegoblin! Awon trophy haram

5-2 Djokovic! Stanislas is 2-1 up

Nadal must be grinning from ear to ear

Wawrinka is fighting Djoker to a standstill here

Now if Wawrinka can just nick this 2nd set! 5-4 down anyway

sholay2011: Bro...I'm so pro-Serena that I don't mind seeing a one-sided final so far it favours her. I want her to beat some records bfor she drops her racket.

I can watch a competitive final if Djokovic and Nadal eventually meet.

I don't think there's any full blooded black man that's not a fan of Serena too but I don't remember seeing a decent female's final for quite sometime! All I want to see is someone that would give Serena a run for her money I'm pro-Serena as well but I'm not obnoxious about it

Vettel on pole at Monza! He's owned this weekend really, Webber 2nd Hulkenberg 3rd (suprise suprise) Massa 4th and Alonso 5th

Hamilton 12th and Kimi 11th

Santino1: [/b]

Very wrong, if there is anyone on tour that can beat Serena efficiently, it is Vika.

What's their H2H record again? Serena owns Azarenka

Hehehehehe ThiefOfHearts thinks I'm anti-Serena when all I simply want to see is a competitive final! I dunno when race became a prerequisite to supporting anyone smh

Pataki: You have the IQ of a typical oshodi goat. Bleating like a typical eran ileya.

Maybe in your useless burnthisleaguedown, your players are treated with kid gloves, and allowed never to be kicked or tackled. Little wonder why this thread stinks of shyte literally.

Why don't you get your head out of Mourinho's a$$ for a second? I'm sure when Branislav Ivanovic breaks Ozil's metatarsals we would see what your ret@rded comments would be. Epic phoool!

Maricon you can talk shyte about the Bundesliga all you want but you die, cry and lust after their products! Your dementia is laughable

Muller and Kroos on target for Die Mannschaft and Bayern old boy Miroslav Klose ties Gerd Muller's record

Pataki: You have a penchant for isokuso sha! What do you want him to say? ''Yeah, Ramires deserved to be sent off.'' Oshi o da!

Classless being pointing finger.

Anyways, just felt like putting my shotput here like Arsenal did last season on your useless arena with your useless burnthisleaguedown.

You must be deranged and ret@rded!! What is this cabron on about? Why not just not say shyte when its clear to even the blind that it was a bookable offense

If only your diarrhoea was solely physical some of that fecal matter has seeped into your brains apparently

Wey ya trophy? Show me ya trophy? Bilewu!

folahann: Looking around...ha i think I've go the perfect place to shytte.

I no knw wetin I chop wey dey worry my stomach.
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Pushing...farts...pushi...
Wow my belle don free now.
Menn, this is a nice place to shiitte

Loool after being sodomized its no wonder you cannot control your bowel movement. Homo

Obi1kenobi: Women's tennis should have a boxing-style weight class. Serena is just too powerful for many of the poor, little girls. Brutal power.

Now unto the more interesting semis tomorrow. Djokovic-Stan is first off before Nadal takes on Gasquet. Two baseline grinders with double-handed backhands in Nadal and Djokovic taking on the fluid, elegant single-handed backhands of Richard and Stan respectively. You would of course fancy Nadal and Novak to come through those tests but if Stan can re-enact his form against Murray, he'll give Djokovic plenty to think about.

Djokovic had a lot of unforced errors against Youzhny if he tries that with Wawrinka there might be an upset

For the women's draw too bad the people that consistently gave Serena fits (Clijsters,Henin) are no longer on the tour! My new iyawo Vika is sitting duck as far as I'm concerned

You can never satisfy human beings! I think Barca did what they could for Abidal based on the circumstances but at some point there has to be a reality check, Barca is a business not a charity organization! So retaining Abidal at 34 and a perpetual sicknote at that just didn't make any sense! He spent 6 years there and there's no crime in him not being offered an extension

This Peyton Manning sef! I don't know why he won't reserve some of these touchdowns for the playoffs he threw 7 last night and you wonder if only he could throw one more in January he woulda beaten this same Ravens team he torched in that regular season as well

Anyways beating the Ratbirds is always music to my ears especially as we Steelers try to recover from the disaster that was last season and pre-season too! The NFL is back