ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

Oh look this section opening up for Ivanovic or Hantuchova. THANKS VENUS PLEASE RETIRE

chris bradnam's commentary skills <3

"single ladies had a great video to go along with a wonderful song"

bless him

Most wonderful choke I've ever seen <3

The sad thing is with Venus you know Wozniak still has a chance, even after that absolutely disastrous attempt at serving it out.

This match is horrendous.

I missed the epic choke ;_;

Venus had better not fucking lose to Ivanovic now I AM REALLY SERIOUS HERE.

It's sad that Venus physically can't be intense throughout a whole match. One awesome point and then the wind's knocked out of her for the next 3. :( Love her so much. KEEP FIGHTING :D

poor heather, improved on her 6-1, 6-0 loss to Vika at the AO by just one game.

I really need Li to make the final from the bottom half. Avenge Wimbledon vs. Lisicki first, then beat Ma$habot and Silliams like I know she can.

This plan is going to go badly wrong at some point :/

Dimitrov breakthrough at long last? First ever top 10 win over Berdprych, and as 4R opponents go you could do worse than Tipsy.

I didn't realise the Murray/Raonic match was happening until it, er, didn't. It would've been interesting. Raonic seems very injury-prone, doesn't he? I really hope he maxes out at the Isner/Karlovic level and never becomes a Slam threat, cannot deal with those freakish big servers in the top 10.

Nice to see Nishikori still around. Less nice to see Kirilenko still around. Cake needs to kill her next.

I'm kind of hoping Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco makes it to the semis

CAKE beat Kirilenko 1 and 2. Every Kirilenko match should go like that. I like to think Marion was as offended by Kirilenko's recent success as me.

Serving at *4-3 up over Serena, Stosur committed three DFs looooool

HAPPY DAYS

Thought we were in for a choke. 5-2 had 2 match points, then down 0-40 on her own serve but comes up with 2 aces and an amazing 2nd serve and more aces to save further break points. LIFE.

why is it that Stosur suddenly matches up so well against Serena

20 aces in a 7-5 6-3 win loooooooooool

Serena played really well in every department towards the end of the first set, I didn't watch after that.

Stosur's kick serve and huge topspin are most effective against shorter players - look at how she owns Bepa and Li - and Serena is short enough that if she's not on point, she can really struggle against Stosur. But ultimately, she has enough strength and willingness to take the ball early to deal with the topspin, and enough weapons of her own (like the serve) that even playing at an average level she should be able to smother Sam first (whereas Li, despite the power, only has an adequate serve).

ummmm cibulkova is beating azarenka 4-0? wtf? how?

I WANTED SERENA TO BE THE ONE TO END THE STREAK

obvs not over yet etc etc blah blah tho

I totally want Cibulkova to do it!

Dominika!!!!!

Dominika breaks to open the second set with two HUGE return winners!

Judging from the crowd reactions, you'd think this match was being played in Bratislava.

Dominika is ON FIYAH. Those FHs! In the zone

That was such a fucking GOAT return game.

Massive crosscourt FH winner, 0-15.
Running FH DTL winner off an Azza drive volley, 0-30.
Clean BH DTL slice winner! 0-40.
Huge FH return winner, game.

Another huge FH winner, 6-1 4-0.

Don't do a Stephens/McHale/Cirstea, Domi!

I DIDN'T REALISE THIS WAS STREAMED FUCK MY LIFE

haven't watched azarenka since she fluked past clijsters in AO. still shit serve and completely weaponless against any aggressive opponent who's playing well i see.

Serving for the match...opens with two DFs. Well done Domi.

serving for it, starts with 2 DFs LOLLLLLLLLLLL

xp lol

similar to wozniak's collapse yesterday :D i love collapses so much

Oh LOL at that game.

Oh my god that drop shot on BP that was nowhere close to landing in. 5-5. Obviously.

facepalm

omg loll at serena's comments before the stosur match

"she obviously wants to prove it wasn't luck" <3

I cannot remember arriving home and checking the Internet and seeing worse results. Cibulkova choking? Federer losing to Roddick? Enough, tennis.

Like that other time Federer lost to Roddick, my reaction is: do you have no pride? No shame? Why are you sinking to such depths and humiliating yourself in public like this?

omg how embarrassing

"I don’t get enough credit for being, you know, a super nice person"

Yes, Serena <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

i can't imagine why

WTF WAS THAT SHOT FROM NISHIKORI

smh

easy putaway on set point down... ugh

yawn @ sharapova/li

both out of form. both brainless. add wind to that and you have yourself a shitfest.

i was almost disappointed when someone finally held

off.

idk why people say Li is one-dimensional, she can hit such an incredible variety of errors

Li:

4 winners.
41 unforced errors.

41 UEs in 15 games is quite some ratio.

did anyone see the Roddick/Monaco match? was it as hilarious as the scoreline indicates?

i don't watch matches involving roddick on principle

but that bagel <3

asderaki the umpire for serena/woz

WHAT IS LIFE

THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING.

wait Venus beat Ivanovic??????? lol

ummmmm wut? have I woken in an alternate universe? how embarrassing for Serena, almost as embarrassing as Fed's loss. How did this even happen? And after serving so well vs. Stosur!

5 and 0 over Roddick for The Principality is more than I could have dreamed of though. Thanks Juan! Ending the revival before it began.

When was the last time Serena had three consecutive losses in major events to opponents who should not have been threats to her? Wimbledon doesn't count because her comeback had just started, but then she played GOAT tennis throughout the USO series. Losing to Stosur, Makarova and Wozniacki in Slams/Miami is just bizarre.