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Has to go back to having a tie-breaker. Imagine a World Cup semi-final NOT going to Penalty Kicks, and each team being so tired all they can do is the odd ball attack, and you have to watch it for an additional 4 hours over the already 2 that normally would...No one wants to watch a 6 hour soccer match, nor do they in tennis. It's not just boring, it's idiotic and such a disadvantage to both the winner of the match, and the next match on. Silly rule, there is a strong reason for PK's whether you like it or not, and there needs to be a tie-breaker for 5th set tie breakers.

Never have been a fan of Novak's, and I absolutely love watching Nadal play, however I have a feeling that Novak is going to take this match and go on to play Anderson.

Tennis is a joke with having these matches go this long. This issue has to be addressed, especially at Wimbledon where their is an ordinance that means these players must end at 11pm, meaning this match will head into tomorrow (most likely). So dumb.

Also, I'm not sure I can explain any of my fascinations except for Iceland (Bobby Fischer)...

Denmark, Romania, Hungary and Iceland.

Yeah - I am fascinated by about 4 countries in the world, and Denmark is one. I actually visited Copenhagen maybe 10-15 years ago and absolutely loved it. I remember enjoy Tivoli park and having some of the best ice cream I've ever had.

How's that going? I have looked into Danish, however it's somewhat pointless unless you have so tie into Denmark.

Let me know how that goes. Also, are you seriously Danish?

Interesting little tid bit. They are now tracking how many ft the players ran during the match. Well Anderson ran more, and did so by running 11,384.3, which is just above 2 miles, or just a shade under 3.5km. As a runner and a tennis player, I would have thought there was more running.

And Anderson completes the upset. Federer is out in the Quarter Finals.

And Anderson breaks Fed... Oh my...

@nudge - If you haven't yet, you should check out Yellow Bridge's website. Great for learning how to say and write characters in Mandarin.

You can. So I learned a bit of Romanian, and partly how I did it was by reaching out to the regional Romanian representative, and asking him how to immerse with local Romanians, to which he gave me a few options. I promise you can do the same in San Diego

Chinese is a funny language, I lived there myself and studied it for years using kids books and just speaking with the locals. Personally, while Chinese was my...5th or so language that I studied, it was somewhat easier because I was living in a small city in China where no one spoke English except for my students and few engineers that lived in the city. Also, my friend learned it through Duolingo (or learned as much as you can with Duolingo), and is in Shanghai now, saying that it absolutely helped him. With almost all languages, including Arabic, Hindi, and Chinese (some of the hardest languages to learn for native English speakers), the key is to find a community that speaks that language and immerse yourself with them. Right now I'm studying Spanish and I am only drinking Mexican beer, listing to the Spanish radio station to and from work, and eating at a Mexican restaurant while ordering for me and my family all in Spanish.

I can't even find any mention of it on Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/

Yes - Would be incredible if she were to win it after having a baby just a year ago. On the Men's side, this has to be Federer's...Tennis is severely lacking new blood. Just when you think baby Zverev is coming along, he vanishes alongside Tsonga, Raonic, and the rest of the failed, 'next generation'. It's the Nadal and Federer show until they are too old to play.

Serena

Just started Narcos, and absolutely love it.

First off, Wimbledon isn't tennis. Tennis is one of the best sports to play. You can play until you're ancient (although typically you move to doubles which requires a tad less running), but it's 1 on 1, macho y macho, eat or be eaten sport. Little things have given me such satisfaction as when I know I have my opponent on his heels and totally out of sync. Top 3 best sports to play of all time. Watching it 'can' be a bit tough though.

What part of Spain are they located in though?

I want a club that doesn't speak Catalan

Cheers @SirBalon, list has been updated.

I might show my ass here, but here is my list of contenders in no particular order Villareal Celta Vigo Griona Zaragoza Osasuna Deportivo La Coruña Cadiz

So, similar to what I'm doing in Ligue 1, I'm picking a Spanish side to follow and could use some help. First off, it can't be one of the following teams: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, or Barcelona Secondly, I would much prefer them to speak Spanish, not Catalan. Part of my reasoning for this is that I'm learning Spanish and this might be able to help even if just a little. I'm not sure which clubs do, and don't speak Spanish other than Barcelona and Valencia. Any help would be great appreciated.