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6503. vonKreedon - 6/23/2010 4:55:53 PM Whoo-Hoo!!!!
That was about as perfect nail biting match imaginable, right to Donovan being the one that scored the goal in stoppage time. Oh man, my nerves.
USA defeats Algeria 1-0, wins group! 6504. alistairConnor - 6/23/2010 5:10:36 PM yes, this gives them the privilege of meeting the second-place team from Group D, which will probably be Serbia. Tough, but not impossible!
Meanwhile, England beat Slovenia, ensuring second place, and therefore probably Germany in the first knockout round. That could be the most interesting match-up. 6505. vonKreedon - 6/23/2010 6:03:50 PM Meanwhile at Wimbledon, the 6506. vonKreedon - 6/23/2010 6:08:43 PM Ok, that was weird, let's try again:
Meanwhile at Wimbledon, the Isner/Mahut match is setting all sorts of records.
6507. vonKreedon - 6/23/2010 7:58:13 PM So I finally drove in to work and after my 25 minute commute check on the Isner/Mahut match and find it still going at 49-49 in the fifth set. Holy Crap, the only blessing for these two, other than that neither has been defeated yet, is that this match started yesterday and they have had a night's sleep. OTOH, since they started at least three other matches have started AND finished. 6508. vonKreedon - 6/23/2010 10:24:59 PM And the match is suspended for darkness for the second time!!! The fifth set is 59-59 and by itself is the longest Grand Slam match of all time. The match has so far gone for 10 hours exactly, with 7 hours 6 minutes of that in today's ongoing fifth set. Both Isner and Mahut have eclipsed the record for aces with 98 and 95 respectively.
And while losing in straight sets to Djokovic, Taylor Dent set a new serve speed record of 148mph! 6509. alistairConnor - 6/24/2010 3:37:24 PM New Zealand playing Paraguay for an improbable qualification.
At the same time, Italy/Slovakia, and the Italians are one down! 6510. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 4:49:41 PM OMG, this is quite the World Cup for melt downs - the Italians are down 3-1 to the Slovaks! What's next? Will the Spaniards lose 3-0 to Chile?
Meanwhile the Kiwis remain tied 0-0 with Paraguay. 6511. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 4:55:59 PM The Italians make it look not so bad, scoring a goal in injury time, but it's not enough. Paraguay and Slovakia advance. 6512. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 5:09:14 PM At Wimbledon, the Isner-Mahut match finally finishes with Isner winning 6-4; 3-6; 6-7; 7-6; 70-68. 6513. resonance - 6/24/2010 9:06:14 PM That match was insane. Talk about a will to win. I think I would have snapped. 6514. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 9:55:18 PM Seriously. The guy he's going to play tomorrow had a good long match himself, 6-7; 6-4; 6-3; 5-7; 16-14, but that was I believe all over two days ago. 6515. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 10:01:32 PM No, the Thiemo De Bakker - Santiago Giraldo match was yesterday.
Here's an hilarious live blog from the Guardian covering yesterday's Wimbledon. It starts out covering all the Wimbledon action, but quickly devolves into a zombie movie on court 18. 6516. bhelpuri - 6/25/2010 7:07:40 AM The story of the cup so far: surprising parity. On the day, alleged minnows are hanging tough with the most storied teams.
Thus, delicious uncertainty as we head into the Round of 16.
Momentum counts, which is why I'm keeping my eye on the USA. They're finally playing like Americans, gung-ho and tireless, swarming up and down-field like basketball players. If the finishing improves a tad, this team makes the semis. 6517. alistairConnor - 6/25/2010 7:24:18 AM Ha! No, I think Ghana gets the royal road to the semis. We shall see.
For the Antipodean Cup within the Cup : NZ vs Australia : results are mixed.
Australia : one win, one loss, one draw; four points, third place. Three goals scored, six taken.
New Zealand : three draws; three points; third place. Two goals scored, two taken.
I declare New Zealand the winner, on goal difference. 6518. vonKreedon - 6/25/2010 4:16:38 PM I agree with Bhel, the US side is playing a dangerous, to the opponent, pressing game that only lacks finishes and refereeing to overwhelm the opponent. Not good enough to win the Cup, but good enough I think to get to the quarters at least. 6519. vonKreedon - 6/28/2010 3:47:38 PM Well, that was a disappointing end to the US run in the cup. We continued the trend of producing many excellent scoring opportunities without putting the ball in the net. At least this match didn't have any mistakenly disallowed goals. 6520. wabbit - 6/29/2010 3:26:46 PM Wow, Roddick is out, Venus is out, Clijsters is out.
Andy Roddick lost to Yen-Hsun Lu yesterday in what was expected to be an easy match for him. Roddick gave credit to his opponent, saying Lu definitely deserved to win, and that while his own serve was good, his return game was crap.
There will be no Williams sisters match-up in the finals this year, and Clijsters as the "fly-in-the-ointment" has been swatted aside. Belgium's Kim Clijsters lost to Russian Vera Zvonareva in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6. And Venus Williams lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 2-6, 3-6.
Wimbledon 6521. robertjayb - 6/30/2010 5:26:18 PM Hurrah for Houston's soccer bosses.
The Dynamo have banned those infernal vuvuzelas at Robertson Stadium and at Reliant Stadium for the MLS all-star game against Manchester United July 28.
"They negatively impact the fan experience", a Dynamo VP said.
Yes, there is that. And further they just flat piss off most sane folks. 6522. vonKreedon - 7/12/2010 5:41:36 PM So Spain won their first World Cup in their first appearance in the final, while the Dutch still haven't won despite this being their third appearance int he final. All in all a classic game; good combination of contact and grace, 0-0 through the first overtime period, a classically perfect goal near the end of overtime for a 1-0 win. Nice World Cup by SA, except of course for the fracking vuvuzelas.
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