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Tennis World Radio has finally moved to its own website. You can now find us at www.tennisworldradio.com. When you put that in you’re adress bar it will link you to www.projectspurs.net/tennisworldradio which is where our new website is hosted. We are still working on finishing some of it up but most of it is already there. We know that there are some items in the sidebar that have to be removed and that will be done shortly. We also apologize about our banner which was done with great skill by one of our fans, Jacob Kramer, the banner has Tennis World Radio written on it in white, which is not supposed to be there. We are working on it and it is taking a while because it is hard to edit out in the html feed. We apologize to everyone and especially to Jacob. With the new website almost everything will stay the same but we should never have any more problems with Feed Burner not picking up the audio for our podcasts and we are now able to customize our website much more, which we will gradually do. I hope all of you are happy with the change and that it is better. If anyone has any problems with the website or any feedback e-mail us at tennisworldradio@yahoo.com. From now on everything will be posted on the other website.

Christopher (On behalf of the whole Tennis World Radio crew)

P.S. Now that feed burner picked everything up episode 7 should appear on iTunes along with all the other episodes appearing again. Just delete those and we are sorry if that causes any inconveniences. Some of you might have received the latest episode (Episode 12 in game) called episode 10, it is supposed to be 12 and I have already fixed that but for the people who already downloaded it it will not change.

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We are aware that we haven't posted anything lately and that episode 11 is not on iTunes. All of this will be hopefully solved by the end of the week. Because of our problems with feedburner not picking up the audio we have decided to finally go on our own server and have our own domain which will be tennisworldradio.com. There everything will be exactly the same since it will still be powered by wordpress but it would eliminate our feedburner problems and we can do many more things. We have a third Federer vs. Nadal article written by Marcus which is ready to be posted but will have to wait until we are done preparing the website. The problem with episode 11 is that it got caught between both servers and this will be solved once we move. Episode #12 (Which was solo podcasted by Chris, and we know that you all think Marcus is the funny guy, but it should be a decent episode) is ready to be uploaded once we make our final transfer to the new domain. Once this happens we will make a new post letting you know but this was just to explain why we have not done anything lately. Once we buy the domain and finish getting the website ready we will put it up and let you all know. Thanks for being patient, and we are sorry for any inconveniences,

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Tennis World Radio Episode #11

On this weekend's first Tennis World Radio episode the hosts give a huge insight on Roland Garros. They recap the semi finals, they preview the upcoming finals, they discuss the complaints that there were on the tournament's surface and how Nadal choked on a banana. Chris also gives his weekly award and, together with his brother they preview the upcoming tournaments. The Stromeyer brothers then talk about how Roddick is integrating Jimmy Connors into his team. They cap another episode of talking about how lucky draws affect players's runs in tournaments, which was asked for by one of TWR's biggest fans, Jacob Kramer. All of this and more in another thrilling and hilarious episode of Tennis World Radio.  

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• Current Tournaments
• WTA

Kuznetsova-Vaidisova

Henin Hardenne-Clijsters

• ATP

Nalbandian-Federer

Federer Audio

Nadal-Ljubicic

Nadal Audio

• Roland Garros finals previews
• SpursCast Promo
• Next Tournaments
• ATP

Halle

Queen's

• WTA

DFS Classic

• Awards

Golden

Flop

P.L.O.F.

• Cooler Talk With Jeff Promo
• Articles/News

Nadal gets banana caught in his throat during match

Nalbandian complains about Roland Garros clay

Connors becomes part of Roddick's team

• Special Discussion

Lucky Draws (Ljubicic) 

• Closing Comments

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Tennis World Radio Episode #10 (In Game Podcast)

On the first In Game Podcast, Chris and Marcus discuss the Roland Garros match between Clijsters and Hantuchova. They give you the latest news of the French Open before the match. Then they do a comparison and predict who will win the match betweent the two ladies. At the end of every set they recap what happened. Chris then tries to comentate the match point. After the game the Stromeyer extensively recap the match and talk about the rest of the French Open.

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Game by Game of Nadal vs. Hewitt

Here I am in front of my TV like I have been this whole long weekend. I’m waiting for the match between Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt to start. Yesterday we recorded an in game podcast for the match between Clijsters and Hantuchova which is being edited by my brother as I write. Today instead of doing a recording on a match, I will give you a game by game recap of the match between the 2^nd and 14^th in the world. At the end of each game I will give a short recap of a couple of sentences. I hope to give all the readers and especially the ones that are going to miss this match a good recap of it.

Pre Game 

This will probably be one of the most important and best matches so far in this year’s French Open. It will be filled with emotions and arguments (probably caused by Hewitt). I expect it to be a match played from the baseline with the Australian trying some serve and volley. He will definitely try to approach the net as much as he can and force Nadal to make hard shots. Nadal will go for passing shots which he can do with expertise. Even though the Spaniard had some problems with Mathieu in the previous round this will be his first real challenge. What Nadal will try to do is hit his huge top spin shots to try to keep Hewitt in the baseline and then either hitting one of his classic winners or hitting a drop shot. The match will probably go to at least 4 sets but Nadal is the clear favorite to come out victorious. If Nadal gets into his rhythm and shows the rhythm he had last year he will crush Hewitt but he has not been at the top of his game so far this tournament. Well that is it for the pre game and I will give a short recap at the end of each game, and a longer one at the end of each set.

 To see a head to head between these two players click here

The Match Set 1 

Game 1 (1-0 Nadal) A very easy game and a very early brake for Nadal limiting Hewitt to only 1 point on the Australian’s serve. The Spaniard gave him no time to perform or to try anything.

Game 2 (1-1) Hewitt breaks right back, a very close game with the score on deuce on a couple of occasions. Nadal tried to attack the Australian by hitting his backhand but Hewitt turned the defense into attack and with the help of a double fault and unforced errors by the Spaniard takes the game.

Game 3 (2-1 Nadal) Nadal breaks Hewitt’s serve for the third break in three games. Hewitt tried to approach the net and be offensive with flat balls but Nadal hit beautiful passing shots and won all 4 points this game.  

Game 4 (3-1 Nadal) A game dominated by Nadal`s offensive play and Hewitt’s frequent unforced errors. Nadal takes it easy winning all points.

Game 5 (3-2 Nadal) Hewitt won his service game by playing the serve and volley and hitting drop shots. He was helped by Nadal’s frequent strokes that went into the doubles alley.

Game 6 (4-2 Nadal) Nadal hit the ball to Hewitt’s back hand and then hit his trademark winners, winning all four points that way.

Game 7 (5-2 Nadal) Nadal goes another break ahead winning one of the most interesting games so far. Hewitt changed his tactics and tried top spin approaches which were counter attacked by Nadal’s excellent passing shots.

Game 8 (Set Nadal) Nadal takes the set in an epic game which he controlled early but was about to loose. There was a little bit of everything this game, and Nadal was lucky at times when Hewitt hit terrible shots.

Set 1 Recap  Nadal takes the set fairly easily even though he struggled at times. Nadal hit 15 winners compared to the Australian’s mere 4. Hewitt tried numerous times to approach the net and then either hit drop shots or volleys. He was successful when he hit the drops but every time he volleyed Nadal hit a passing shot. Nadal tried to hit the Australian’s back hand and then hit a winner. This worked well for him and it gave Hewitt no chances to turn the defense into attack.   Set 2 

Game 1 (1-0 Hewitt) The Australian kept his serve by hitting very powerful serves and forcing Nadal to make unforced errors. Hewitt also hit flat balls that frequently hit the upper part of the net but went in. The Australian is trying to be aggressive.

Game 2 (1-1) Nadal was strong on his serve without giving the Australian a chance to attack. Hit his classic winners and hasn’t changed his baseline tactic.

Game 3 (2-1 Hewitt) Hewitt wins his service game even though it got complicated when Nadal had a break point. Nadal is still trying to hit his back hand but Hewitt is counter attacking that by hitting offensive cross court back hands.

Game 4 (2-2) Nadal takes the game easily by pressuring Hewitt with deep top spin shots followed by short top spin winners.

Game 5 (3-2 Hewitt) Hewitt serves strongly and accurately which gives Nadal no chance to attack.

Game 6 (3-3) Now it is Nadal that approaches the net to volley. He this top spin shots to keep Hewitt on the baseline and then approaches the net were he hits nice volleys.

Game 7 (4-3 Nadal) The Spaniard breaks Hewitt. The Australian tries approaching the net more and more but the 20 year old hits beautiful passing shots that he is able to do because of the Australian’s lack of preciseness on the volleys.

Game 8 (4-4) Hewitt breaks right back. Nadal is very inaccurate with his first serve giving Hewitt some good opportunities to attack. He also commits his second double fault.

Game 9 (5-4 Hewitt)  Hewitt plays more serve and volley and gives Nadal no opportunities to perform. The Australian is more and more successful when he volleys.

Game 10 (5-5) Nadal was under huge pressure from the Australian but without risking himself he hit top spin shots that Hewitt could not control.

Game 11 (6-5 Hewitt) The Spaniard had 2 break points but the Australian won 4 points in a row to win the game. Hewitt won those points by varying his play to confuse his opponent.

Game 12 (Set Hewitt) The Australian takes a set that took more than an hour by forcing Nadal to make unforced errors and by smartly approaching the net.

Set 2 Recap 

Hewitt wins a set that was crucial for him to win if he wanted to stay in the match. He played a smarter game, choosing to approach the net on smarter occasions. He also made it much harder for Nadal to make winners and made more winners himself. Nadal was not as successful with his passing shots and made more unforced errors.

Set 3 

Game 1 (1-0 Hewitt) Hewitt hits 3 beautiful first serves which Nadal can’t return. He then wins the last point by pressuring the Spaniard who hits a terrible shot into the doubles alley.

Game 2 (1-1) Hewitt is forced to make errors by Nadal and tries hitting drop shots that come short.

Game 3 (2-1 Hewitt) Hewitt is again strong on his serve and does not let the Spaniard perform. Nadal is not as aggressive as he used to be and is slowing down.

Game 4 (2-2) The Spaniard pressures the Australian with deep top spin shots. It looks like every player is strong on their serve.

Game 5 (3-2 Hewitt) Nadal had three break points in this game but with some bad luck and some great play by the Australian fails to convert all of them. Hewitt continues to play strong in crucial moments.

Game 6 (3-3) This time it was Hewitt who had 2 break points but Nadal saves them both with risky but very good drop shots. Nadal is trying to make Hewitt run more and more, to make him tired for the next set.

Game 7 (4-3 Hewitt) Hewitt wins another service game with great serves and extraordinary parallel forehands. He did not give Nadal a chance to even compete for a point.

Game 9 (4-4) Nadal easily wins his service games and hits nice passing shots when Hewitt approaches the net which he does more and more frequently.

Game 10 (5-4 Nadal) Nadal finally breaks Hewitt after so many opportunities. He breaks the Australian with a drop shot that bounces sideways. It was a game with many long rallies that Nadal controlled.

Game 11 (Set Nadal) Nadal takes the last game of the set by slowly approaching the net while keeping Hewitt on the baseline and making him run. He won all 4 points.

Set 4 Recap 

It was a set that looked like it would go to Hewitt early one but Nadal stepped up his game and took it. Nadal continues to make Hewitt run with deep top spin shots and continues to make his passing shots. What he did differently in that set was that he approached the net much more. Hewitt tried approaching more and was successful with it some of the time. At the end he just could not keep up with the intensity of the Spanaird’s game.

Set 4    

Game 1 (1-0 Hewitt) Hewitt wins his service game by forcing Nadal to make errors on the return. The chair umpire had to get down from his chair twice when Nadal disputed calls. Nadal lost both disputes.

Game 2 (1-1) Nadal looks more and more solid when he serves and makes the Australian run from side to side before hitting a winner.

Game 3 (2-1 Nadal) Nadal has an early break and it is obvious that Hewitt is getting tired. Nadal continues to be aggressive and continues to tire Hewitt who commits many unforced errors.

Game 4 (2-2) The nerves get to the Spaniard and he double faults to loose the game. Hewitt puts pressure on and Nadal just couldn’t perform as he would like to.

Game 5 (3-2 Nadal) Hewitt went into the game with an aggressive mind, trying to ace Nadal on the first point. He continued to serve fast and to take powerful shots during the entire game. He made too many errors which gave the Spaniard the game.

Game 6 (4-2 Nadal) The style of play changed and it became a backhand game. Nadal challenged Hewitt on his backhand and Hewitt gave the return with less power.

Game 7 (5-2 Nadal) On his 6^th break point Nadal finally breaks Hewitt. The Australian fought back and hit amazing shots every time the Spaniard had a break point. Every time that he had just saved a break point, Nadal would counter attack and he would make mistakes to go to another break point for the Spaniard.

Game 8 (Match Nadal) Nadal wins the match with authority. It was obvious that Hewitt was very tired and he just couldn’t keep up with the intensity of the Spaniard.

Match Recap 

Nadal won a match which brings up his consecutive clay court wins to 57. Nadal was in control except for the second set where he was in some trouble. Hewitt played great tennis throughout but just couldn’t keep up with the intensity of Nadal’s game. Nadal is now in the quarter finals and is still there to defend the title. I hope you enjoyed this game by game recap and that it gives you an idea of how the match went.

By Christopher Stromeyer

Tennis World Radio Episode #9

With Roland Garros rolling at full strength, Tennis World Radio, brings you complete coverage of teh 2nd Grand Slam of the year. The hosts also discuss the past tournaments, including the World Team Championships. They then talk extensively about Roland Garros, and have some funny audio to go along with it. Chris gives out his weekly awards and the brothers review the rankings. The Tennis World Radio crew also has some great articles and news to discuss. They discuss; coaching in tennis, Safin missing a press conference, the Laureus Sports Awards, Canas's doping ban which was reduced and Coria missing the two European Grand Slam. With the French Open giving fans great tennis, Tennis World Radio is there to give the complete coverage.   

Shownotes

• Intro

Topics for the day

• Past Tournaments
• WTA

Istanbul Cup

Internationaux de Strasbourg

• ATP

Portschac

ARAG ATP World Team Cup

Kiefer Audio

• Current Tournaments

Roland Garros

ATP

Nadal Audio

WTA

Clijsters Audio

• Spurscast Promo
• Rankings Update

ATP Champions Race

ATP Entry Ranking

WTA Ranking

• Awards

Golden

Flop

P.L.O.F.

• Cooler Talk With Jeff Promo
• Articles/News

Coaches in Tennis

Safin fined for missing press conference

Laureus Sports Awards

Canas Doping Ban Reduced

Coria Misses Roland Garros and Wimbledon

• Closing Comments

Articles

In Game Podcast

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The Player Who Almost Beat Federer

        For the first time in the history of the tournament, Roland Garros was started on a Sunday. This change gives the TV and the fans more time to watch tennis and increases the exposure of the tournament. Many players immediately started complaining because they would have to wait up to 3 days between matches. Top players, including Roger Federer, complained that it takes the rhythm out of their game and that it is like starting a new tournament. Federer was supposed to play local Arnaud Clement but he withdrew out of the tournament at last minute. To cover the spot was the unheard of argentine player, Diego Hartfield. Diego is ranked 156^th in the world and was supposed to be much easier for Roger than Clement with the fans on his side, would have been. Even though he beat the argentine in three sets he had to work hard in every single one of them, he finally overcame his opponent 7-5, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Hartfield might not have won this match but he gave Fed-Ex a huge scare.            

          From the minute the Swiss stepped on court, everything started going badly for him. Playing with heavy wind and a sky that threatened rain every second Federer was quickly down 3-0 in the opening set. In the first 6 games, Federer had already committed 13 unforced errors. He then gained back some terrain but remained down 5-3 with Hartfield serving for the set. That is when Hartfield showed that he is not as strong mentally as his opponent. He lost his serve and then quickly lost the set 7-5. Roger then had 3 set points in the second set which he failed to convert but he showed that he is world number one in the second set tiebreaker were he just blew past Hartfield with strong aggressive play and limited the argentine to only 2 points. The third set proved to be much easier for Federer because he stepped up his game and the argentine just could not keep up. Event though the 24 year old Swiss came out victorious he committed 49 unforced errors and only converted 6 out of 21 break point opportunities. It was very obvious throughout the match that Hartfield was there to have fun. During a third set point he ran back to get a Federer lob, missed it, then quickly recovered to do the “Gran Vilas” or the Great Vilas in English (the Great Vilas is when you hit the ball through your legs). He just started laughing when he saw that Federer easily won that point by volleying his return to a side. Hartfield could not stop grinning every time there was a good play or a funny moment. The argentine who had never played an ATP tour tournament before gave Federer a huge scare while he was enjoying the match of his life.                  

         Diego Hartfield was born in Argentina the 31/1/1981, the same year as Federer, and is currently 25 years old. Until Roland Garros 2006 he had never played an ATP tournament and had only played futures and some challengers, he had never played anyone ranked higher than 95^th and he had never been ranked higher than 156^th in the world. Heidfeld’s coach admitted after the match that a couple of months ago Diego was on the verge of stopping his tennis career because he was out of money and the results were not arriving. Recently he has been doing quite well and playing some good Challenger tournaments until he arrived at Roland Garros which saved his career. It is not surprising that he was near bankruptcy since he has only won $110,335 in his entire career. This is just enough to fly in the cheapest airline or travel by train if it is close by, travel by bus in the cities and to sleep in an inexpensive 2 star hotel. That money is nothing compared to Federer’s $22,829,383. The argentine is so unknown that atptennis.com does not even have information on his town of birth, residence, when he turned professional, his height and his weight. Right now compared to Federer this player is nothing, but that might change in the future.                   

This incredible match against the world #1 probably gave Hartfield a huge amount of confidence. This will probably help him to quickly get into the top 100 and to be able to play more ATP tournaments. Since he is now known to fans all over the world he might also get some wild cards which would definitely help him improve his ranking. One match has put him into the minds of millions of tennis players around the world, if he keeps it up people will continue remembering him. On the other hand it was not the greatest start to the tournament which Federer set as his objective for the year. He had to, against his will, play on Sunday in very difficult conditions and he almost got humiliated by a player that he did not even know about. It was a hard start of the second Grand Slam of the year for Federer but he knows he has to pick up his game to be successful at this year’s French Open. The way Federer is, he will probably start focusing and forget about the match and go straight on to be the Roger Federer we are used to seeing. Diego Hartfield will stay at Roland Garros to watch some tennis and savor his moment of glory. It was the wrong first step for the Swiss but a huge leap for Hartfield’s future.  

Nadal vs. Federer Part 2

       There have been many great names in tennis like Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Since Roger Federer defeated Pete Sampras in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2001, he started becoming a dominant power in tennis. His golden name might just be rusting away.

     The road to glory seemed perfect for Federer; he was at the same point as Pete Sampras was at the age of 24. There was a little piece of Spanish skill on the road that might have discovered a way to beat the player that was until then named unbeatable. Rafael Nadal is one of the seven modern wonders of tennis and is getting closer every day to be named a tennis legend, something Federer has practically already accomplished. The 19 year old Spaniard has shown that he is capable to achieve many impossible tasks. Nadal has beaten FedEx 4 out of the 5 times they played against each other and three consecutive times this year. Even more impressive is that Nadal beat Federer in their first math against each other (2004 in the Miami Masters Series) 6-3 6-3. Since Nadal beat Federer in round 32 of that tournament, during that match fans started gathering hope that Federer would finally get some competition. Slowly Nadal started showing the fans that he was the man that had and has a chance dethrone Roger.

         Is Nadal enough to stop FedEx? Well…one thing is true; he is capable of beating Federer. Beating Federer says a lot, but it may not seem like it. Nadal still has many areas he has to improve. His game is too centered on Mt. Everest on his shoulders. Nadal has a fairly good backhand but he could greatly improve his serve and volley. Also what about slice? If you want to be an all surface player you need that hit but somehow his slice is still not good enough to be used on fast courts. One thing that is forgotten frequently is that Nadal has won only one grand slam (Rolland Garros). That is amazing at his age (19) but it is nothing compared to what Federer has won in his career. So is he hope? It could be debated for years, but time will tell; Nadal will reveal himself when Wimbledon starts. We will see if he has the skill to play every surface and be number one because if he wants to be world number one he has to be able to play in all surfaces which Federer does with great skill. Time will tell, time will tell.            

        Federer is one of the most famous players when it comes to mental strength and he knows how to reach his goals. If you have seen all the five matches they have played against each other you will notice that Federer is always one step closer to victory. He is learning to beat the opponent, he is getting used to the hard hits. Federer knows that he is close to victory, but he also knows that he will have to work hard for it.

            So Nadal is beating Federer but Federer is getting closer to defeating Rafael. It all comes out to one game, catch me if you can. If Nadal wants to keep this record of beating FedererExpress on all surfaces every time they play he will need to make his game more complete and get better every day so FedEx can’t catch up with him and start beating him. There is a lot of pressure on both players but one thing is sure, there can only be one winner; time will tell, time will tell.

By: Marcus Stromeyer and Christopher Stromeyer

Tennis World Radio Episode #8

With all the players getting ready for the second grand slam of the year -Roland Garros- there is a lot to disscuss. Chris and Marcus start of with a recap of the thrilling five set final in the Rome Master Series. After that they continue with great coverage of the Hamburg Master Series. Then like always the brothers will analyze the current tournament-including the Humburg Masters Series and the Rome Tournament- and make their predictions of the finals. They also disscus the ARAG ATP World Team Championship that are coming up. They give out the famous awards. They also briefly discuss the rankings and cap it of by reading some interesting and funny articles. All of that and more on Tennis World Radio Episode #8

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• Intro

Feed Burner Problems

Topics for the day

• Past Tournaments
• ATP

Rome Masters Series

Nadal Audio (#2)

Nadal Audio (#3)

Federer Audio (#2)

• WTA

German Open

Prague Open

• Current Tournaments
• ATP

Hamburg Masters Series

• WTA

Rome

Rabat

• Spurs Cast Promo
• Next Tournaments

Portschach

ARAG ATP World Team Championships

• WTA

Internationaux de Strasbourg

Istanbul Cup

• Rankings Update

ATP Entry Ranking

ATP Champions Race

WTA Ranking

• Awards

Golden

Flop

P.L.O.F.

• Cooler Talk With Jeff Promo
• Articles

Hingis Complainst About Media Pressures

Davenport Will Miss French Open

Gaudio Embarassed in Hamburg

Escude Retired

Clay Schedule Reform is Being Planned

• Closing Comments

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Tennis World Radio Episode #7

On a new episode of Tennis World Radio Chris and Marcus have a lot of exciting things to talk about. They start of by recaping the past tournament's finals were there were some great matches. They also have audio on what some of the players say after the match. They give an extensive preview of what the finals of the current tournaments might be. Some of these tournaments have some tremendous draws. Like always the Stromeyer brothers preview the next tournaments, give a rankings update and give out their weekly awards. They also discuss how 3 more players will miss Roland Garros and that the tv wants to make Hawk Eye slower. They also have a good laugh talking about how Maria Sharapova picked the Madrid ball boys. Enjoy the 7th episode of Tennis World Radio.

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• Intro

Topics for the Day

• Past Tournaments Recap
• ATP

Estoril

Nalbandian Audio

Munich

Rochus Audio (#2)

Vliegen Audio

• WTA

Warsaw

Estoril

• Current Tournaments
• ATP

Rome

German Open

Prague

• Spurs Cast Promo
• Next Tournaments
• ATP

Hamburg Masters Series

• WTA

Internatzionali D'Italia

Morocco

• Rankings Update

ATP Entry Ranking

ATP Champions Race

WTA Ranking

• Awards

Golden

Flop

P.L.O.F.

• Cooler Talk With Jeff Promo
• Articles

Kuerten to Miss Roland Garros

Andreev to Miss Roland Garros

Dent Will be Back For Wimbledon

Sharapova Picks Madrid Ball Boys

TV Wants Hawk Eye to be Slower

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