Thought Muguruza would take that SF but I was wrong - yes her movement's superior to Pliskova's but Pliskova was too solid to just give away a game to love like Garbiñe did at 5-5
I can see BHM upsetting Errani tbh in the QF if she carries on serving like that tbh.
― lex pretend, Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is happening!
― lex pretend, Friday, 20 February 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
halep looking erratic so far, although she strung a few good shots together for that last hold at 1-4
― pandemic, Friday, 20 February 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
Three MPs came and went for Haddad Maia, total choke and meltdown in the TB :(
― lex pretend, Friday, 20 February 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Cramping and crying now :(((
― lex pretend, Friday, 20 February 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
delbonis/fognini is p entertaining
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
2d set tiebreak @ 9-9!
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
omg sick pass
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
12-10 delb, wow
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:34 (nine years ago) link
ppl waiting for rafa were def bummed delbo pulled that out lol
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
lol 3rd set tiebreak
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:37 (nine years ago) link
this fucking match
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
the momentum swings are so odd & its been so unpredictable
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
delbo has like several scorching match saves
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
this shit is unbelievable
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
idk if that was out ?
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
reeaally close
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
wow nowis rafa gonna lose
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 February 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
holy shit insane get by fabio, beats rafa
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 22 February 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
really hesitate to write off Rafa bc we've been through a number of "is Rafa done?!!!" cycles now but...there are more warning signs this time
was excellent to see Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, who I first saw in Wim qualies in 2013, play her first final vs Errani in Rio, she put up a good fight and really should've taken the first set but just couldn't put it away, and fell away in the second. She's beefed up her game though, which is positive, and her cross-court angled BHs are still gorgeous, and she's officially out of the slump she went into after beating Venus at RG last year :)
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 February 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/12365437/ivo-karlovic-wins-delray-beach-open
Young did his best to force Karlovic into baseline rallies so that he could maneuver his way to the net, a tactic that had been effective in his previous matches. But the Croat, who lives in nearby Plantation, forced the issue by lunging at every opportunity.Serving at 3-3 in the first set, Young elected to let a Karlovic backhand passing shot go long. Instead, the ball landed inside the baseline. Young, clearly unnerved, double-faulted on the next point and was broken when Ivanisevic approached and knocked off a forehand volley winner.
Serving at 3-3 in the first set, Young elected to let a Karlovic backhand passing shot go long. Instead, the ball landed inside the baseline. Young, clearly unnerved, double-faulted on the next point and was broken when Ivanisevic approached and knocked off a forehand volley winner.
No wonder Donald Young couldn't win, what with Goran lunging out of the stands and hitting random balls at him
― DJP, Monday, 23 February 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
xp def are some warning signs but I did think he looked better vs fognini than I've seen him play in a while; wasn't exactly a flukey loss but its not like losing to berrer
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 February 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
krajicek has a good forehand
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
like six months ago I got an email asking me to do a survey for the WTA as I had attended the Sydney tournament. Literally, for the last question whichs was how they could improve the tournament experience, I put, "For me to not have to watch my favourites lose to scrubs, or Roberta Vinci". Now I have apparently won a signed item by a WTA star, what's the bet when it arrives in the post in a few weeks that it is signed by Roberta Vinci?
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
loool
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
dimitrov just dropped the first set to ryan harrison and destroyed his racquet
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
just tuned in for a bit before bed, Grigor seems to have regained control
Baghdatis retired at 4-4 in the final set TB earlier vs Coric...
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
This third set has been appalling from Dimitrov
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
First serve points won in third set after five games
Harrison 89%Dimitrov 0%
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
It actually got worse and worse. Utterly shameful performance
Harrison sat 30 metres behind the baseline and pretty much spectated his way to a bagel set
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
he was super frustrated & just did not battle at all after that v first break 3rd set, def shameful
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
Coric just breadsticked Murray :o
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
lol @ an 18-yr-old out-thinking Murray, really, some superb changes of pace and improvisation from Coric here, to which Murray reacts with errors
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:22 (nine years ago) link
Coric serving for match, Murray with 0-30...netted smash, FH five miles wide.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link
So at 18, Coric has wins over Nadal and Murray...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
Just turned over about ten minutes ago to see how Murray was getting on. Was he really terrible or was Coric really good, or both?
― ailsa, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
I only saw the second set, Murray was making a fuckton of errors but a lot of them seemed to be about Coric out-thinking him - all the changes of pace, dinky short shots and crazy defence that Murray usually does. Only winning five points on return - and it's not as if Coric is a servebot at all - was bizarre though.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
Also funny to think that Coric is a LL - lost in qualies to #350 Fabrice Martin, struggled past WC Jaziri in R1 in three sets, got to the QF with that Baghdatis retirement...and then thrashes Murray 1 and 3.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
wow @ lucky loser. yea I saw some of 2nd set, otm abt out-thinking
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
SESIL!
Karatantcheva outgrinding Puig to make a rare SF and the prospect starts to brew of a Karatantcheva/Sharapova rematch, 11 years after "I'll kick her ass off"...
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 February 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
great play by fed
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
wow @ scoreline last night of ferrer/harrison 46 60 60
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
berlocq is dictating v nadal in this tiebreak
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
& he has the home ct advantage here, will be a good test for rafa to have to comeback if he drops this
omg berlocq chokq
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
really amazing dfense by nadal props
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link
nishikori being outgritted by ferrer
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 March 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
kei losing so many bhand to bhand rallies is prob a deathknell
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 March 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
Nicole Vaidisova, now ranked #370, got a WC into Monterrey qualies and got bagelled in the first set of her opener by #531 Makoto Ninomiya...but she came back, won another two matches to qualify and is in her first WTA main draw since Feb 2010. Where she will play...Ivanovic in R1!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I am pretty sure Vaidisova is a selectable player in one of my old tennis games
― DJP, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
isner and these interminable matches is the worst
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 March 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link