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  10. Froome hangs on…………wins TdeF with a comfortable margin.

    Well done Froome, too good! But what heart from the little Colombian!

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  12. hawkeye, why are our reasonable comments being removed while the initial garbage is left standing??
    even sean randall would remove it….

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  15. no….but maybe we should persuade vamosrafa and go over there…..
    wish chloro was around as i am sure he would have something to say about all this…he hasn’t been here for ages….

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    • thanx hawekye!! i am taking a lot of antibiotics which should kill the infection in the end…but the antibiotics themselves are very strong and make one feel awful..

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      • amy,

        I am sorry to hear that you are ill. I hope you take your medicine and rest up so that you can enjoy seeing Rafa play in Hamburg this coming week.

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        • nny, thanks so much!! i am faithfully taking the pills and rattle like a pill box!!
          i have a big problem which has just started up with my broadband and so have to go onto the openzone to get internet access….i’m not going to be able to watch rafa playing in hamburg as a result (am just too sick to go on the phone and wait hours to try and sort it out) so i really hope that you and vamosrafa can blog the matches. you can be my eye and ears!! take care…..
          ps am really not expecting much from rafa to be honest…better not to raise one’s hopes until there is some clear reason to do so…..

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          • amy,

            I have to find a way to watch it! I need to check out the guide on the tennis channel to see if they are televising it. With the smaller tournaments, sometimes they don’t carry the early rounds. If not, then I may have to go for tennistv and maybe pay the $9.99 for 24 hours. I don’t like to do that, though.

            I am sure that vamosrafa will be here live blogging. Reading his thoughts is almost as good as watching. Notice that I said almost! 🙂

            Did you see the draw yet? His first opponent is going to be Verdasco, who’s no slouch on clay. He’s got Jerzy in his part of the draw, Cuevas I think, too. I don’t remember.

            The most important thing for you is to take the antibiotics and finish them! You need to take care of your health first and foremost.

            I am sending good wishes to try and cheer you up 🙂

          • nny, thanks so much again…let’s hope that tennis channel covers it….but they don’t seem wildly reliable!
            at least we can rely on vamosrafa! as you say, his live-blogging is brilliant….. we will have to make sure he keeps his nose to the grindstone on our behalf…..!
            don’t worry i will finish the course of antibiotics and get more if i need them…
            thanks so much for your good wishes!
            ps i haven’t really taken in the draw yet….nando is tricky first round given his confidence issues…let’s hope that he (nando) overindulged at feli’s wedding and huffs and puffs round the court….!

          • amy,

            Good news! I checked the tennis channel program listings for tomorrow and they will be broadcasting Hamburg starting with the early rounds!

            I will try to do some live blogging and hopefully vamosrafa will also be here tomorrow.

          • nny, thanks very much for that. good news indeed! i expect vamosrafa will be here soon as you say…let’s hope so…
            i wish i didn’t feel quite so gloomy about his prospects. i just read the comments on the other thread…if people are right and he looks lacking in confidence and not able to really compete then i don’t see why he’s playing….there’s no point just going out to be beaten.

          • amy,

            He just doesn’t look happy right now. Despite his problems, Rafa did say that he wants to qualify for the WTF at year end. He lost points when he got knocked out in Wimbledon so early. I guess he feels the need to try and get some extra points in this tournament with lesser competition. But it’s not going to help him for the North American hardcourt season.

            It’s just strange that he has not said anything about the upcoming hardcourt season. Nothing about the USO.

            I wish that I didn’t feel so gloomy either, but we’ve had precious little to be happy about. The look on Rafa’s face is just different these days. This has all taken quite a toll on him.

            I hope that you are feeling better. 🙂

          • nny, no have been worse i’m afraid and had to call doctors again!! have to take things very very easy now.
            whatever is going on with rafa it doesn’t look like it is suddenly going to fix itself. personally i couldn’t care less about the wtf and given that post uso is always rafa’s worst time of year even when he is playing really well as far as i am concerned he might just as well take time out and try and fix things rather than go out during the autumn and just get beaten. (that is assuming things stay the same). as you say, there is no mention of the hard court season and i feel very glum about it given that rafa has been to the final of the uso all of the last 3 times he has played and won twice!
            i just wish they would make changes…..because if rafa is looking as tense and unhappy as almost everyone is saying then they have to act. i have been feeling for a while now that rafa just isn’t prepared any longer to make the decisions that an elite sportsman has to take and that he’s actually prepared to sacrifice his own career (for the moment at least) rather than rock the boat.
            sorry, this is glum thinking which is influenced in part by being ill and running a fever but that’s what it feels like and has done for a while…..
            ps i hope j-mac gives toni the benefit of his straight-talking at the event in august…..may not get through to him now but could later on….

          • ps think he has every chance of losing to nando tomorrow….(that is going by the reports of many here on the rafa thread that he looks tense and worn-down…..) ed said he looked resigned…well if so then i can’t see much changing….might get worse if anything….

          • amy,

            I am sorry to hear that you aren’t feeling better. I hope that the doctor was able to help you. I think rest is very important.

            I have to say that I feel much the same as you. It’s as though you are reading my mind with your thoughts. I really don’t care about WTF at all. But that is the only goal that Rafa has mentioned, being in the top 8 and qualifying to play in the year end tournament. Nothing about the USO at all.

            I also agree that post USO has not been Rafa’s strong suit. The fall hard court season has never been kind to Rafa. So you may have a point about Rafa just taking the rest of the year off after the USO to try and work things out.

            I think Rafa can lose to just about anyone these days. I have said that Verdasco is not an ideal first match opponent. He’s a former top ten player who is good on clay. Normally I would feel that Rafa’s draw is doable. Ferrer and Simon have dropped out, so that makes things easier. But I simply do not know what to expect.

            He’s playing tomorrow and I will be watching, but I just can’t get too excited. Over on Vamosbrigade, they had an interesting discussion about Rafa choosing to play in Hamburg. I didn’t even realize that if you are out of the top eight, then you have to play the first match at tournaments. You no longer get a bye to the second round. So they were discussing the various scenarios in which Rafa could manage to be in the top eight for the Roger’s Cup in Montreal.

            They said that if Rafa wins Hamburg and then one of the players ahead of him drops out of Montreal, he would be in the top eight there. But that’s a big “if”.

            I feel bad about what’s going on with Rafa and I am not sick the way you are. Don’t worry too much about him. Just get yourself well! 🙂

          • nny, sorry didn’t see this earlier. am a bit too shattered to reply now….not sure that being around for rafa’s match was the greatest idea as it knocked me out…i think you are right that one should prioritise health for now….
            thanx for all the great feed-back!!!

          • amy,

            Rafa won’t be playing until Thursday, so you have an extra day to get some more rest. It sounds like you have been really, really sick. It’s true that watching Rafa can drain the emotions. But he got the win and that’s a good thing!

            Just try to take care of yourself and get well. Hopefully you will be feeling better on Thursday!

            Take care! 🙂

          • nny, thanx so much for all your support and kindness.
            i am hoping to be around for rafa’s match tomorrow but am not sure i am going to be able to manage it as i felt a LOT worse after yesterday! so if i am not around you’ll know why…vesely should be ok..but this is rafa still not being rafa so who knows?!
            hope to see you tomorrow…….!

          • amy,

            I wlll be here live blogging for sure! You need to do what’s best for your health. You can always check in later to see the result without the stress of watching.

            Vesely should not be a problem for Rafa. But I can’t take anything for granted these days. His draw is quite doable. If Rafa can just keep the nerves under control, then he has a good shot to win this title.

            Take care of yourself! 🙂

    • What a witch-hunt 🙁
      Simply sour grapes.

      Just finished watching. Warmed my heart and I loved the way the team crossed the finish line.

      Reckon it’s Quintana’s turn next year.

      Back to tennis now…………………..

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  18. Can you guys give your predictions on the 1st round matches in hamburg? Some of you guys do seem to know a reasonable amount. Thanks anyways.

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  20. Amy: Several days since I’ve seen you posting. Do hope it’s because you haven’t got the energy right now and not because you have taken a turn for the worse.

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