Murray knocks out Federer in the first round of the Dubai tournament.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7274636.stm
nice one you unpatriotic little shit.
― Upt0eleven, Monday, 3 March 2008 17:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
he was wearing a saltire cap when he was playing, which doesn't seem desperately unpatriotic to me.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Federer was too busy not thinking about yesterday
― Matt, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
i was only referring to his disinclination to play davis cup. and i was kidding about that anyway - i care no more about it than he does.
still, 'unpatriotic' was probably a poor choice of word. well done young man!
― Upt0eleven, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
It was more the "little shit" that you coupled it with, to be fair.
Anyway, yes, two out of three won against Federer now.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
God knows why he'd want to play the Davis Cup. Who else is going to be on the team? I wouldn't want to be winning matches and carrying a team full of useless people in a tournament that has long since lost its cachet and relevance except in the eyes of really, really old tennis commentators.
― edwardo, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
x-post take umbrage wherever you like it was all meant in jest, apart from the congratulatory bit. internet does not do deadpan.
But I genuinely like Murray. I also agree with the above post. I can't be arsed to even watch Davis Cup so I can't blame him if he's rather not play in it.
― Upt0eleven, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:45 (5 years ago) Permalink
Andy Murray wins something
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 3 August 2008 21:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
He has won about 4-5 career titles before...but yes, its his biggest win
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 August 2008 21:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
this is his third title of 2008 alone. by far the biggest though! wish i could've seen it, sounds like a fantastic match, and it's good to see him encroaching on THE TRIVALRY even if i do like nole more (lol the way fed's playing, nadal/djokovic/murray is the real trivalry).
on the WTA, dinara safina has won two big titles in a row! she is the only woman out there who is stepping up to fill the void at the top. jankovic is going to be world no 1 next week, that is embarrassing. the WTA is probably in the worst shape i've ever witnessed.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 22:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
also i didn't know this thread existed!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 22:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
Oh I know he's won stuff before but not a big tourney. It was a good match. He looks so much fitter and stronger than he was a year or 2 ago.
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 3 August 2008 23:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
Nadal will be #1 on 18/8. Can't quite believe Fed's slump post-SW19; loss to Simon, near-loss to Ginepri, loss to Karlovic. Thought he might have at least made a fight of the #1 ranking (his form was fine for 18 of 19 matches in Paris, Halle and London); I had this romantic notion of the baton being passed as Fed beat Nadal at Flushing Meadow (Nadal's points surge taking him past the repeating champ despite the loss). Fed will be lucky to get out of the sixteens in NYC. Does Beijing have any ranking points?
― Michael Jones, Monday, 4 August 2008 00:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah, it does. i think a few less than a masters event for the dudes, a few more than a tier ii for the chicas.
GOD that feels ridiculous looking at it! thinking about how much the olympics mean to, like, track&fielders and rowers and the like, and in tennis it's like...a TIER II.
anyway in other news, THIS is the 15-year-old saviour of the WTA who in the past month has taken sets from both serena and sweta, michelle larcher de brito: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxaLo1riGo&feature=related
she makes sharapova sound like a trappist. seriously i can't believe she hasn't been asked to stop that bullshit yet, or like MURDERED ON COURT by a deafened opponent. that's not a grunt, that's a scream with a sustain pedal on. i'm not sure i'm going to be able to actually watch any of her matches.
oh and in other news silliams has pissed on her phone at the beach: http://serenawilliams.com/home/ sometimes you just long for the days before celebrities discovered how to work the internet themselves :(
(also note "enuf boring stuff" LIKE TENNIS)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 20:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
you know, i used to watch all the nonslams cuz my stepdad taped them. then i didn't speak to him anymore. i wish i knew when they were on -- i think i'm gonna have to get on top of that!
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 20:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
they're on every week! televised or not is another qn
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 20:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
exactly, that's the thing.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 20:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
Blake was asked about the partisan crowd before today's final and reminded everyone he's half English :)
BBC giving it "Blake is just happy to be here" bollocks - dude isn't here to make the numbers up. I think I'll be pro-Blake today, as he does things like this
― SB "A Good Story" (onimo), Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
Well done Andy!
― ailsa, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
Bit of a dull game lit up by a few stunning forehands. Shoddy line calls all day, none of which helped Blake. Well done to Murray on being the first Brit in yonks to win Queen's, which I'm sure won't lead to even more Wimbledon hype.
― SB "A Good Story" (onimo), Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
I predict Murray will cave under the pressure and be out by round 3.
― ailsa, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
he doesn't seem to be the sort to cave under pressure. but a friendly first-week draw would certainly be nice...
didn't watch the Queen's, but watched the Edgbaston SFs (Li d. Sharapova and Rybarikova d. Mirza) and a bit of the final today - Magdalena Rybarikova is a real discovery, such a classic grass-court game! Slices and volleys and good serving! she looks weirdly like Samantha Morton, too. i remember seeing a photo of her from her junior days when she lost some random final - she was posing w/the trophy and seriously looked like she was about to go bowling for columbine. so it was lucky for Edgbaston that she won today!
Haas beat Djokovic in the Halle final this week too.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
in other news, larcher de screamo gets a wildcard to wimbledon. FUN.
― Roz, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
The weird transatlantification of Murray's pan loaf accent has meant I can't actually hear what he's saying - it's just a series of droning noises that makes my ears stop working.
― SB "A Good Story" (onimo), Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
pan loaf accent
is that how you talk with your mouth full of bread?
― Beth Parker, Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_loaf
It was once more expensive and regarded as more fashionable than the then more common plain loaf. Hence, to speak with a pan loafy voice is to speak in a posh or affected manner.
― SB "A Good Story" (onimo), Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
How on earth does Murray speak with an affected accent?! He just mumbles.
I found that picture of Rybarikova looking like she's ready to go bowling for Columbine after losing the Wimbledon juniors final!
Fortunately today was more to her liking.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
!!! interesting result for sure. fed dropped out?
― Lamp, Sunday, 14 June 2009 17:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah...Djokovic was lucky to be in the final at all, he had to come back from 5-7, 2-5 down and save 5 match points against Florent Serra (!) in the 2nd round.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 14 June 2009 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
waht
French tennis player banned for betting found dead
Natural causes apparently.
RIP Mathieu
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 15:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fuckin' hell. (Though my initial shock was because I thought you meant Paul-Henri Mathieu...)
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 16:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh right, sorry! To avoid confusion to others: it's Mathieu Montcourt.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 16:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
The Lex's favourite choker, Richard Gasquet avoids getting suspended after testing positive for coke.
The full findings are here (pdf): pretty lol-worthy just for the kissing descriptions and finding out that he was allegedly "contaminated" at a Bob Sinclar event.
― Roz, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 20:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
hingis should've found a french waiter of her own to blame. or maybe just one of the 9494439 atp players she'd slept with.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
her ban ends in january right? think she'll come back?
― Roz, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
wtf federer?! 5-2 up in the final set, somehow fails to serve it out twice and then DFs on match point in the tie-break to give Tsonga the win.
all credit to Jo-W for stepping it up right at the end, but still... that was some breakdown.
― Roz, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
5-1 up in the third! :o
at the same time I was watching Flavia Pennetta try to choke away her match - she beat Venus in the last round, and winning this would mean a top 10 debut. 6 match points came and went, double faults on at least two of them, but her opponent was Hantuchova so it was OK in the end.
btw, Serena's post-Wimbledon record = QF loss in Stanford to Stosur and 3R loss in Cincinnati to Bammer, who now owns a 2-0 record over her. The Real Number 1!
am endeavouring to pretend the horrific Clijsters comeback isn't happening. never liked her.
best recent press conference = Marat defending baby sis by telling the press to "go fuck themselves" <3
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
obv didn't see the Fed match but am guessing that J-W just started going even more for broke than usual when down 1-5, and everything began going in.
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
yep and suddenly firing aces as well when he hadn't been able to get a good first serve in since like the end of the first set. meanwhile fed's serve just went to pieces after that.
also yay dinara fighting back a break in both sets to beat kimmy. would've hated it if she lost this one.
― Roz, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
this whole presser was fucking classic.
Q. Now that you stopped, what about coaching her?
MARAT SAFIN: Oh, you want me to hang myself? (laughter.)
― Roz, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=58340
<3 <3 <3
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wow, Pennetta will be Italy's FIRST EVER top 10 woman! Both Schiavone and, before her, Farina Elia peaked at 11.
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 August 2009 21:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
Meanwhile, Andy Murray becomes the first man not named Roger or Rafa to hold a spot in the top two since forever. More importantly, Del Potro beat Roddick.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 16 August 2009 09:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
i am enjoying Del Pony's hardcourt domination of Roddick v much.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 16 August 2009 09:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
Does it mean Del P gets his #5 ranking back? I know he lost a bunch of points in the second half of July. In fact, I'm happy to support Juan Martin today if it makes the difference... ;)
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 16 August 2009 09:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, if he wins today he'll be back at no 5.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 16 August 2009 10:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
How is Nadal doing post-injury? Lost an edge, or is it too early to tell?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 16 August 2009 10:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's only played two or three proper matches so yeah still rusty/cautious but he seems to be getting better everyday.
gonna be a great USO - with Murray at number 2, it's likely that Nadal will end up on the same half of the draw as Fed which is just weird to think abt. they've both been at the top for *ages*.
― Roz, Sunday, 16 August 2009 11:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
henin to unretire
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 18:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
can only be a good thing
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 19:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh a complete rout after losing the first set, that's even better. God, I love Serena so much now.
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Monday, 8 April 2013 12:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
10 games in a row to win miami <3her fight with jankovic during her final win in charleston <3
red clay time :'(
― buenos noches, do not approach us (uberweiss), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 15:55 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh man if you can get to any source showing Youzhny/Djokovic, do so immediately
this third set is fucking incredible
yay working from home
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
lol, no surprise that Djokovic won (I was out) (though I saw the score and just assumed his ankle's still giving him issues)
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
If Youzhny wasn't a headcase he could have won; he had Djokovic legit on the ropes several times.
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 16:54 (1 month ago) Permalink
Anyone hear watch Dimitrov/Nadal? Grigor definitely had chances, and even kicked up the fight in the final game despite cramping. I only saw the final set, mind.
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Friday, 19 April 2013 23:54 (1 month ago) Permalink
i wonder what sloane stephens thinks she's doing with this. the definition of coming at the queen and missing by a mile. i pity her if she's drawn to face serena any time soon, though given their rankings and the fact that stephens can't even beat hantuchova 2013, she'll prob be saved that fate.
http://tennis.si.com/2013/05/04/sloane-stephens-serena-williams-2/
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 6 May 2013 20:30 (1 week ago) Permalink
This interview would be interesting and maybe even make sense if Sloane wasn't playing like wet garbage at the moment.
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 16:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
wow this djokovic/grisha tiebreak was insane
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 20:40 (1 week ago) Permalink
please win grisha
― cerealbar, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:04 (1 week ago) Permalink
he did it!
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:16 (1 week ago) Permalink
that was so great
― cerealbar, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
WTA Year-End to Singapore.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:43 (1 week ago) Permalink
oh YESSS... just a few hours' drive away for me! :D
― Roz, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 07:18 (1 week ago) Permalink
unnnghhh I can't believe I missed yesterday's match, nothing about it made sense at all. Grisha choked for the set AGAIN but still won the TB after saving SPs? I went out at that point but all I saw on Twitter was Nole winning the second amidst DRAMA and Grisha cramping, and everyone saying the third set would be a formality, which it...wasn't?!
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 08:37 (1 week ago) Permalink
Anabel Medina Garrigues becomes just the seventh player ever to bagel Serena.
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 10 May 2013 10:09 (1 week ago) Permalink
(AMG's career record against top 10 players is 5-41. Of those five, three were retirements)
You know it's going to be 5-42 soon enough. She can't close it.
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Friday, 10 May 2013 10:54 (1 week ago) Permalink
That pass that would have given AMG two MPs...
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 10 May 2013 11:03 (1 week ago) Permalink
The inevitable.
For posterity, all of Serena's bagels in her career:
Q1 Indian Wells 1997, l. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 46 063R Roland Garros 1999, l. Mary Joe Fernandez 36 61 06SF Dubai 2005, l. Jelena Jankovic 06 34 ret.F Miami 2007, d. Justine Henin 06 75 631R Zurich 2007, l. Patty Schnyder 06 03 ret.RR Doha YEC 2008, l. Venus Williams 75 16 06QF Madrid 2013, d. Anabel Medina Garrigues 63 06 75
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 10 May 2013 11:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
great trolling by andujar this week
― groovemaaan, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:32 (1 week ago) Permalink
Excuse me, I have to go onto Tennisforum for some quality schadenfreude. Five games. Best clay-courter going. Pah!
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:41 (1 week ago) Permalink
never gets old
― buenos noches, do not approach us (uberweiss), Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:46 (1 week ago) Permalink
Sure, but let there be no doubt that she plays a lot lot worse against Serena than other players the rest of the week / season. There's no excuse for that kind of hyper impatient game and it's all mental. She may lose anyway but not in such a pathetic fasion.
Oh well, so far the results are mirroring last clay season quite nicely.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
Serena is also a lot, lot better than all the other players Maria beats. Why couldn't I have had this violently pro-Serena revelation 10 years ago?
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:32 (1 week ago) Permalink
In general yeah, but did she play a lot better than the others this tournament? Nope. Someone else will probably beat her at Roland Garros.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:42 (1 week ago) Permalink
Does that matter even remotely? She won all the matches in front of her.
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:43 (1 week ago) Permalink
My original point here is what's important to me: Maria didn't put up a decent fight and I'm pissed off.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:45 (1 week ago) Permalink
Look at it this way - you can let go of expectations that clay significantly increases Maria's chances of beating Serena and then be pleasantly surprised if she backs up last year's RG.
― you made me the queef of your fart (edwardo), Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:47 (1 week ago) Permalink
All I have to say is LOL
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Sunday, 12 May 2013 14:43 (1 week ago) Permalink
(@ Maria, not this convo)
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Sunday, 12 May 2013 14:44 (1 week ago) Permalink
@BenRothenberg:"Thanks Maria! Thank you! Good try! Thank you!" -Serena to Maria at the net.
amazing
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 12 May 2013 14:57 (1 week ago) Permalink
I'm just gonna start calling Serena "Shade"
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Sunday, 12 May 2013 15:24 (1 week ago) Permalink
:-D
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:13 (4 days ago) Permalink
kinda strange Gulbis doesn't join the conversation with an eloquent and well-mannered opinion of his own
― Ludo, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:38 (4 days ago) Permalink
that was amazing
quite an achievement to be the craziest person on court with Gulbis right there
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:07 (4 days ago) Permalink