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11-02-2012, 03:41 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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11-02-2012, 04:09 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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Didn't look like a tank to me...
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Well Federer's the GOAT tanker, I wouldn't be surprised if he fooled us all with that act.
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11-02-2012, 04:13 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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Well Federer's the GOAT tanker, I wouldn't be surprised if he fooled us all with that act.
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Indeed. It was all an elaborate tank, the tears were a blatant cover-up.
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11-02-2012, 04:36 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
As Tipsy is qualified to WTF, also he started to tank after a good 1st set.
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11-02-2012, 04:37 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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As Tipsy is qualified to WTF, also he started to tank after a good 1st set.
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Yup, NID. Will Tsonga tank? 
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11-02-2012, 04:38 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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No 'coz this is his home event.
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11-02-2012, 04:41 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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No 'coz this is his home event.
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So then Ferrer will tank?
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11-02-2012, 04:42 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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So then Ferrer will tank?
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Ask Lenders about that!
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11-02-2012, 04:43 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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Ask Lenders about that!
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Lenders isn't here atm. Do you think Ferrer will try, or just tank?
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11-02-2012, 04:45 PM
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Ferrer doesn't tank, he vultures. No I think Ferrer is going to take this on honestly. Guy never tanks
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11-02-2012, 04:46 PM
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Ferrer doesn't tank, he vultures. No I think Ferrer is going to take this on honestly. Guy never tanks
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Maybe he doesn't know how to tank? He just can't give up 
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11-02-2012, 04:48 PM
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Lenders isn't here atm. Do you think Ferrer will try, or just tank?
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Ferrer has a high moral, he doesn't tank, he gives his all whenever he's on court, be it a slam SF, R1 of a Mickey Mouse tournament, or QF of a TMS in the week before WTF. So we'll see two great evening matches where tanking doesn't happen.
Even if I don't particularly like grinding (I prefer ballbashing and S&V), Ferru is one of the top players I appreciate most. That's because of his high moral.
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11-02-2012, 04:49 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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Ferrer has a high moral, he doesn't tank, he gives his all whenever he's on court, be it a slam SF, R1 of a Mickey Mouse tournament, or QF of a TMS in the week before WTF. So we'll see two great evening matches where tanking doesn't happen.
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Maybe Llodra will tank for next year's Bercy
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11-02-2012, 04:50 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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As Tipsy is qualified to WTF, also he started to tank after a good 1st set.
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Looks like Tipsarevic is doing the "Deciding set tank", same as Djokovic and Murray, give the audience a good 1st set first. Berdych more traditional, allowing himself to be straight-setted like Del Potro. |
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11-02-2012, 05:02 PM
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Re: The Tanking Thread
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Looks like Tipsarevic is doing the "Deciding set tank", same as Djokovic and Murray, give the audience a good 1st set first. Berdych more traditional, allowing himself to be straight-setted like Del Potro.
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True. I'm extra impressed by Murray. He's had MPs in his 3 last tanks. This MP-tanking is taking it to a new level.
Compare to those tanking badminton players in the olympics who barely tried to win a point. The Scotsman laugh at that pathetic display. Tanking is not about saving energy. It's a lifestyle choice |
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