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Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Wooohooooooo!! 
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04-28-2012, 08:41 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
 good luck in the final.
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04-28-2012, 08:45 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Amazing comeback. He had 0 atp points at this time last year 
Congrats Baker  Go take the title!!!!!!!!
More on his career derailed by injuries http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.co...d-by-injuries/ and
his comeback http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/6636
Never saw him play, any youtube videos on him playing? What's his game style?
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04-28-2012, 08:50 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
So happy for Brian, good luck in the final!
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04-28-2012, 08:57 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Apparently Brian Baker was denied a WC for a futures tourney last summer.
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Brian Baker... Same guy that USTA refused to give a WC for qualies of the clay court future last summer...
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Maybe a possibility for him to skyrocket to the top 100 in the future
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Davydenko: "I don't drink so much because I'm skinny. I only mix. Sometimes with Red Bull to get power in nightclub or disco. But if I drink only (straight) vodka I go sleep straight away."
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04-28-2012, 09:06 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Thanks for the link LastRocket. I hope he can play Wimbledon this year.
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I asked Brian how he felt watching Wimbledon. “I couldn’t for the first couple of years; it was hard to see people I’d beaten just a couple of years ago doing so well, players like Murray and Djokovic and Monfils,” he said, referring to Andy Murray and Gael Monfils. “I’m happy for them, but I know that, healthy, I could make it.”
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04-28-2012, 09:08 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Congrats Brian  Well deserved |
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04-28-2012, 09:09 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
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Thanks for the link LastRocket. I hope he can play Wimbledon this year.
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Added another link (recent from April 16, 2012) to my post about his comeback
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04-28-2012, 09:10 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Glad he got it, considering his story (which I never knew until yesterday  )
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Great article, thanks for sharing
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04-28-2012, 09:14 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Not necessarily a Baker fan, but it's great.
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04-28-2012, 09:33 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
If the USTA is smart they will start supporting Brian financially. He doesn't even have a coach right now.
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04-28-2012, 09:35 PM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
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If the USTA is smart they will start supporting Brian financially. He doesn't even have a coach right now.
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Actually I think he does, Ricardo Acuna.
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
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Actually I think he does, Ricardo Acuna.
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Nah, that was just in the past. |
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04-29-2012, 12:24 AM
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
Great stuff!  Good luck in RG Brian, and in the final tomorrow.
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Re: Savannah SF: Baker def. Strode 6-1 6-1, gets RG WC
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“I’m excited,” Baker said. “This is my first grand slam (event) since the U.S. Open in 2005. It’s not like I’m going to grand slams every year.”
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A nice article http://savannahnow.com/sports/2012-0...nah-challenger
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