He can lose anytime now, though if I wanted him to win one more slam it would be this one.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 22 May 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
cmon I get that fed's at a win or nothing standard, but he had a very good us open, bad loss in the semis but it was to the eventual champ
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 May 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
i'm still going with nadal lol
― uberweiss, Friday, 22 May 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
Qualifiers done! Aside from Gasparyan they include
- Veronica Cepede Royg making her Slam debut, the first Paraguayan since Rossana de los Rios- 2012 RG boys' champion Kimmer Coppejans making his Slam debut- Elias Ymer and Christian Lindell - the first Swedish men in a Slam MD since Soderling, astonishingly- Olivia Rogowska makes her 12th Slam MD - but the first time she's made it through qualifying (she's had 11 WCs and was a LL once)- Andrea Arnaboldi, fresh off his 27-25 third set win yesterday, played another three-setter to qualify - impressive
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Predix
(1) Serena Williams d. (27) Victoria AzarenkaDenisa Allertova d. (15) Venus Williams(17) Sara Errani d. (Q) Lourdes Dominguez Lino(5) Caroline Wozniacki d. (25) Jelena Jankovic(Q) Margarita Gasparyan d. Pauline ParmentierBelinda Bencic d. Lara Arruabarrena(18) Svetlana Kuznetsova d. Andreea MituAnna Karolina Schmiedlova d. Kristina Mladenovic(31) Caroline Garcia d. Yaroslava ShvedovaPolona Hercog d. (Q) Teliana Pereira(19) Elina Svitolina d. (14) Agnieszka Radwanska(3) Simona Halep d. Roberta Vinci(28) Flavia Pennetta d. (8) Carla Suarez Navarro(21) Garbine Muguruza d. Ajla TomljanovicDaria Gavrilova d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(2) Maria Sharapova d. (26) Samantha Stosur
S.Williams d. AllertovaWozniacki d. ErraniGasparyan d. BencicKuznetsova d. SchmiedlovaGarcia d. HercogHalep d. SvitolinaMuguruza d. PennettaSharapova d. Gavrilova
S.Williams d. WozniackiKuznetsova d. GasparyanHalep d. GarciaMuguruza d. Sharapova
S.Williams d. KuznetsovaHalep d. Muguruza
S.Williams d. Halep
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(1) Novak Djokovic d. (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis(20) Richard Gasquet d. (15) Kevin Anderson(18) Tommy Robredo d. (10) Grigor Dimitrov(6) Rafael Nadal d. Andrey Kuznetsov(3) Andy Murray d. (29) Nick Kyrgios(17) David Goffin d. (16) John IsnerJiri Vesely d. Robin Haase(7) David Ferrer d. Simone Bolelli(5) Kei Nishikori d. (32) Fernando Verdasco(Q) Elias Ymer d. Juan Monaco(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. (22) Philipp Kohlschreiber(4) Tomas Berdych d. (28) Fabio Fognini(26) Guillermo Garcia Lopez d. (8) Stan Wawrinka(Q) Kimmer Coppejans d. Lucas Pouille(13) Gael Monfils d. Dominic Thiem(2) Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis
Djokovic d. GasquetNadal d. RobredoMurray d. GoffinFerrer d. VeselyNishikori d. YmerBerdych d. TsongaGarcia Lopez d. CoppejansMonfils d. Federer
Djokovic d. NadalMurray d. FerrerBerdych d. NishikoriMonfils d. Garcia Lopez
Djokovic d. MurrayMonfils d. Berdych
Djokovic d. Monfils
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
Lex, are you playing that racketrally game?
(1) Novak Djokovic d. (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis(20) Richard Gasquet d. (15) Kevin AndersonDimitrov d. Robredo(6) Rafael Nadal d. Andrey Kuznetsov(3) Andy Murray d. (29) Nick Kyrgios(17) David Goffin d. (16) John IsnerJiri Vesely d. Robin Haase(7) David Ferrer d. Simone Bolelli(5) Kei Nishikori d. (32) Fernando VerdascoMonaco d. Ymer(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. (22) Philipp Kohlschreiber(4) Tomas Berdych d. (28) Fabio FogniniWawrinka d. (8) GGL(Q) Kimmer Coppejans d. Lucas Pouille(13) Gael Monfils d. Dominic Thiem(2) Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis
Djokovic d. GasquetNadal d. DimitrovMurray d. GoffinFerrer d. VeselyKei d. MonacoBerdych d. TsongaWawrinka d. CoppFederer d. Monfils
Djokovic d. NadalFerrer d. MurrayKei d. BerdychFederer d. Wawrinka
Djokovic d. FerrerKei d. Federer
Djokovic d. Kei
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 22 May 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
yea 2 of the predicts u each split - kei v berdych / murray v ferrer -- would both be great qtr final matches (id say kei/murray
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 May 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
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I played racketrally in the AO but never even checked back...the whole buying shares thing was too complicated for me.
Says a lot that I have more misgivings about Garcia taking the most perfect quarter she could have got (lmao that she's magnetised to Ivanovic) than about that improbable Monfils run to the final
Still cackling that Bouchard drew the worst possible floater
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
Lucic-Baroni put last weeks horrendous 6-4 5-0 choke vs Keys behind her! Good win over Davis, she needed that. Halep rematch next.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 11:52 (nine years ago) link
The White Mug closed out Martic with a service winner, two aces and a FH winner. R2 vs Giorgi, who dealt with Tatjana Maria's junk surprisingly efficiently, should be good.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 12:25 (nine years ago) link
WTF are Wawrinka's shorts.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
hasnt he worn those a while now? def did at rome
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 May 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
This is why one should always have grave misgivings concerning Garcia fulfilling her potential
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
Garcia gifted the third set break to Vekic with a horrendous DF, somehow got it back courtesy of two consecutive dead net cords that went her way, then played an even worse service game just to refute that luck. Truly the New Mauresmo
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
Ivanovic breathes a sigh of relief
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 24 May 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
Total meltdown by the end. Every time Garcia approached the net with a FH putaway beckoning you knew she'd balloon it long.
Maybe it'll resurrect Vekic's career! God knows she needed that win.
Ivanovic probably even more likely to lose to Shvedova now.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Carole Bouchard @carole_bouchard 44s44 seconds ago"I can't play tennis on this court",says Garcia in tears.Doesn't hide how pressure blocked her. Had asked to play on an other court but nope
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
tune in to see ivanovic down a set and ajdeing shvedova DFs <3
― uberweiss, Sunday, 24 May 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Dodin/Nara is a really great stylistic contrast. Dodin totally overpowered Nara early on and Nara's thought her way back into the match
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
Mandatory Mathilde Johansson 1st round RG viewing coming up soon.
― abcfsk, Monday, 25 May 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
wth razzano underhand serve on match pt
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
Aga :-(
― groovemaaan, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
lmao beck was on a six match losing streak before that win
― groovemaaan, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:28 (nine years ago) link
was wondering why Sharapova's shriek sounded different, apparently she's sick
― cerealbar, Monday, 25 May 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
lol
― surm, Monday, 25 May 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
HI EVERYONE
I had to leave just now due to a social engagement but I HAD A LOT FUN TODAY. The Kyrgios/Istomin match reached heights of hilarity that rival the biggest WTA mess, and you wouldn't have guessed it from the routine scoreline. Kyrgios still hasn't learned the meaning of "internal monologue" which makes him incredibly entertaining to watch in person. He's like Hewitt with occasional sportsmanship and constant showmanship, with the temper of Fognini.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 25 May 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
AND TOMORROW I AM ON CHARTIER SO I GET TO SEE PETRA OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
haven't been watching venus/stephens bc i was too invested in that allertova/konta set. konta had soooooooooooooooo many set points in that TB, allertova takes it on like her 2nd or 3rd. 7-6 (19-17)
― uberweiss, Monday, 25 May 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
I think Kyle Edmund's shirt is outside the colour gamut of my TV.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 25 May 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Not really liking Robert's shorts either. This is quite the sartorial disaster. Entertaining match though.
― ailsa, Monday, 25 May 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
i wonder if i can find a online stream
― surm, Monday, 25 May 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Really love Edmund's game, his FH is exactly the right balance between reliability and power.
Razzano is such a weirdo to be underhand serving (and DFing lmao) when leading. You were that nervous closing it out huh?
Konta/Allertova were both so undemonstrative that they even made a 19-17 TB a zen experience. Barely a fistpump or c'mon, watch and learn everyone else.
Didn't think Sloane/Venus was a great match even in the first set, Venus was embarrassing in the second set.
RIP Aga's career
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 07:35 (nine years ago) link
Best shade I've seen re: Aga recently is that she's still the magician of the WTA - she made her own career disappear.
Navratilova is a red herring though. She's been declining ever since that AO SF vs Cibulkova.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 07:36 (nine years ago) link
Everything about Townsend's game is bad now, not just her fitness/movement.
Hope Ed is enjoying Petra hit errors!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 09:45 (nine years ago) link
Hamou's grunt is something else
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 09:56 (nine years ago) link
lol @ Janowicz losing that set with a DF
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:10 (nine years ago) link
What makes this even more worrying for Townsend is that Smitkova - who is very talented - is playing at about 20% herself. Very error-strewn and nervous. And still cruising.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:13 (nine years ago) link
what's on now that's decent? this Petra match is boring and terrible.
― Roz, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:32 (nine years ago) link
Hamou/Janowicz, maybe?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:45 (nine years ago) link
Oh Petra. That volley. That BH into the ground in front of her.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:54 (nine years ago) link
Diyas's ball toss technique doesn't seem logical
― cerealbar, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 11:55 (nine years ago) link
;_; @ Schmiedlova blowing 11 SPs in the second set to lose to an opponent she'd beaten three times this year ;_; though I like Van Uytvanck too, I guess.
Wussquet, like Garcia, apparently begged the organisers not to put him on Chatrier...though he got his way and won on Lenglen. It's a weird conflict about being a sports fan, their chokey mentality and dislike of the big stage is frustrating as a fan but I'd guess they're a lot more pleasant irl than the type A, uber-competitive players.
On the 10-year anniversary of her first THUNDEROUS run here, Sesil Karatantcheva is rumbling again, 6-3 4-0 up over a one-legged JaJa.
I will never understand why, with one match to choose from at any given time, both ITV and Eurosport have opted for the Djokovic R1 snooze.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
Got a eurosport player 1 month subscription, definitely better than last time I used this thing. All filmed courts available in good quality.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
how $$$?
― surm, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I have the Eurosport thing for the first time, it's pretty good though is making my laptop a lot hotter than the illegal streams did
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
It's £5.99 per month in the UK, dunno about the US surm!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
not bad
― surm, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
This Sesil choke...these serves suddenly going in at 20mph
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
lmao JJ finally ends it with a terrible overhead into the net
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
this is just...no words for this.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm in knots watching this. So good.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
ah long at 15-30 man
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
another bh: bp
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
one serve and volley, then another, that was panic
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
but can stan get it
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
?
*stops screaming*
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
THESE BACKHANDSSSSS
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
15-30, ue
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
30-30, bh
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
CP
jesus deuce
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:22 (eight years ago) link
so nearly an ace
Gutsy play by Djokovic to save championship point...
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:22 (eight years ago) link
OMG
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
bastard fkn net cord
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
cp no.2
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
fkn BH
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
bloody hell
― cerealbar, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
The aptest shot to end it on!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Joy.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Not the slightest trace of an asterisk with this one
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
of COURSE my stream froze on championship point. I was rooting for Nole but well done Stan. Great match.
― Roz, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
Something Mauresmo-esque about this win. First Slam unexpected and comes, for many, with an asterisk re: an injured, more-accomplished player. Second Slam erases all doubts with a brilliant display in the final - and denies a dominant player the one Slam they're missing...
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
One daughter hacked off, one daughter delighted at victory of "Wear-pinka". Both want to go to the park with rackets. Let dad's heart rate come down a bit more, yeah?
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
Can't believe he won a Slam wearing those shorts
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
Nole tears ;_;
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Ironic if this moment makes crowds finally love him, maybe the thing he's craved even more than Slam titles
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Some heavy emotion here.
All this and Guga too (think his final vs Norman might be the most nerve-shredding RG men's title match I can recall before today... Gaudio-Coria perhaps, for different reasons).
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Quick, we need Courier-translate.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
Ah, we have a native speaker. Go Marion.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
Aaah I'd forgotten Guga beat Norman in one of his finals
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
Never has a more terribly dressed player won.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Djokovic has lost 6 of his past 9 Slam finals :o
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
my kids also demanded to go to the park with rackets immediately
that was awesome
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 June 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
LOL @ ES commentators attempting to argue that someone else being able to hit through Djokovic will make Murray more confident about doing so
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Roll of honour:
Men's singles: Stan WawrinkaWomen's singles: Serena WilliamsMen's doubles: Ivan Dodig & Marcelo MeloWomen's doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie SafarovaMixed doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mike BryanBoys' singles: Tommy PaulGirls' singles: Paula Badosa GibertBoys' doubles: Alvaro Lopez San Martin & Jaume MunarGirls' doubles: Miriam Kolodziejova & Marketa Vondrousova
I saw a bit of the juniors while I was out there: Vondrousova was top girls' seed and was a very fitting warm-up for Safarova - tall, big-hitting lefty. Boys' finalist Taylor Harry Fritz managed to turn the crowd against him in his QF against a Chilean player - he was dominating, but after a couple of good winners he had this habit of turning to his opponent with this smarmy shit-eating grin on his face. Not edifying.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 7 June 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
― lex pretend, Sunday, June 7, 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not having a French Open will hurt far more. Bet Becker isn't as criticised as Mauresmo would've been had Murray lost today. Their partnership is in question as I think its reasonable to think Djoko would've won Wimbledon against Fed (D's final set rec is terrific as you pointed out from the stats) and Murray lost it by himself in the Aussie open.
This wasn't the fail as it was against Kei, but still...should be a fascinating Wimbledon.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link
Sorry I mean he would've won anyway - Becker or not.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 June 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
New rankings:
1. Serena Williams (1)2. Petra Kvitova (4)3. Simona Halep (3)4. Maria Sharapova (2)5. Caroline Wozniacki (5)6. Ana Ivanovic (7)7. Lucie Safarova (13)8. Ekaterina Makarova (9)9. Carla Suarez Navarro (8)10. Angelique Kerber (11)11. Eugenie Bouchard (6)12. Karolina Pliskova (12)13. Agnieszka Radwanska (14)14. Andrea Petkovic (10)15. Timea Bacsinszky (24)16. Venus Williams (15)17. Elina Svitolina (21)18. Madison Keys (16)19. Sabine Lisicki (19)20. Sara Errani (17)21. Garbine Muguruza (20)22. Barbora Strycova (23)23. Flavia Pennetta (28)24. Samantha Stosur (22)25. Alize Cornet (29)26. Victoria Azarenka (27)27. Shuai Peng (26)28. Svetlana Kuznetsova (18)29. Irina-Camelia Begu (30)30. Jelena Jankovic (25)...46. Alison Van Uytvanck (93)56. Julia Goerges (72)58. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (70)68. Andreea Mitu (100)75. Francesca Schiavone (92)
1. Novak Djokovic (1)2. Roger Federer (2)3. Andy Murray (3)4. Stan Wawrinka (9)5. Kei Nishikori (5)6. Tomas Berdych (4)7. David Ferrer (8)8. Milos Raonic (6)9. Marin Cilic (10)10. Rafael Nadal (7)11. Grigor Dimitrov (11)12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15)13. Gilles Simon (13)14. Feliciano Lopez (12)15. David Goffin (18)16. Gael Monfils (14)17. Kevin Anderson (17)18. John Isner (16)19. Richard Gasquet (21)20. Tommy Robredo (19)21. Roberto Bautista Agut (20)22. Leonardo Mayer (22)23. Pablo Cuevas (23)24. Bernard Tomic (26)25. Nick Kyrgios (30)26. Fabio Fognini (27)27. Ivo Karlovic (25)28. Viktor Troicki (33)29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (28)30. Dominic Thiem (31)...31. Jack Sock (37)41. Borna Coric (46)58. Teymuraz Gabashvili (72)69. Thanasi Kokkinakis (84)87. Ernests Gulbis (29)
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 June 2015 08:44 (eight years ago) link
I'm still surprised Kevin Anderson is a top 20 player. He was 24 before he won a round in a Slam.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 8 June 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link