ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

how embarrassing for 32 people smh

But not for Petra Cetkovska! Who beat her... at some other tournament, probably a Slam once, or something, and just beat her again. (Radwanska is rubbish on clay, anyway).

haha. I watched part of the second set, then had to turn it off, it was so bad. Aga didn't look like she wanted to be there at all.

Anyway, Woz already down a set and a break to AMG lol

Maybe Woz is hoping that by falling to #8, she will then rise back to #1 to show people it was no fluke?

PLAN GOING EXCELLENTLY, CAROLINE.

NID that Petrova would play her peak tennis against Serena

Cetkovska owns Aga. 3-0 against her and all in the past year.

Wozniacki might even fall to No 9 this week if Li Na does well :D

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :D

SUCH an important win for Serena. Toughing out a 3 setter on red clay against a tricky opponent will do wonders for her confidence going into the French. This is what she couldn't do in Rome and Madrid 2010. So happy!

Women's tennis in general is so bad at clay right now. All of the top players suck on clay.

Rome and Madrid for Serena!

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/JamieOwen3/serena-gif.gif

Women's tennis in general is so bad at clay right now. All of the top players suck on clay.

Welcome to 2008 - specifically the day after Justine's retirement

+ 13 singles slams

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/JamieOwen3/serena-gif.gif

I'm pretty sure Justine could still win Roland Garros now, even without warmup.

She didn't in 2010

Well, if fully motivated.

she wasn't motivated in 2010? after the AO final and winning stuttgart?

Justine's comeback was such a disgusting flop :( She basically never got her serve under control during it.

I really want Venus to come through the bottom quarter in Rome. And then lose to Kvitova obv.

LOL, Azarenka routines Peer and then 20 minutes later is suddenly carrying an injury so bad she has to w/d.

yes justine's comeback was amazing :D

thanks for giving serena that one last slam win over you, girl! :D :D :D

becoming clijsters' bitch was hilarious too

nothing more beautiful than seeing ivanovic choke away 6 set points. and it was so NEVER IN DOUBT <3

hope some of you saw that fed-ferrero point just now

THESE GODAWFUL STREAMS PISSING ME OFF SO SO MUCH AAARGH I WANT TO KILL

What a dull presence this Kerber is.

no rome and madrid for you, serena

yeesh yet another gallant but losing effort against Nadal from David Ferrer, poor guy.

Up to 6-6 in the TB, they were both tied at 48 points a piece, then Rafa chases down an impossible dropshot, somehow pops it back over the net where it landed right on the line for the mini-break, ten seconds later, it's first set Nadal.

and it ends with a bagel. Appropriate.

Fed/Nole was a bit anticlimactic yesterday, for all that Rafa and Nole seem to have slipped a little this year thus opening the door for a Fed mini-revival (and shot at No 1), Nole's been peaking when it counts this year and he reasserted the hierarchy pretty convincingly yesterday. So we're back to Nole vs Rafa being the story that counts.

I miss the days when Li would reliably own Azarenka and Sharapova :( I fear they are over :(

Oh yeah, Yulia Putintseva won a big 100K challenger last week and is up to 122 in the rankings. The Devil Child is coming, you guys.

I think this photo might trump even the infamous Rybarikova one for sulkiness!

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Yulia+Putintseva+Open+Day+14+I0clVWeY11pl.jpg

Li putting the smackdown on Sharapova :D :D

Maria will probably fight back to 4-4 or 5-5 and then lose in a torrent of DFs in her last service game

yawn

Words cannot describe Li's stupidity. What was that. SHE WAS PLAYING SO WELL

BAH

hehe

how come they're both so unintelligent

A little dribble of hope that Sharapova might choke herself.

'MON!

how come they're both so unintelligent

speaking of which, Li's speciality every time she's dragged wide of instinctively going for the stupid low-percentage DTL winner which she NEVER MAKES EVER NOT EVEN ONCE has been causing me so much grief

i knew it would be too good to be true

maria u suck soooooo much

They both suck tbh

it's not even very dramatic

one plays well and other is terrible then they switch over

99 combined UEs. Come one girls, triple figures. We can do this.

Hahaha rain delay at 5-5 30-30. Of course.

omg that point!!! :D i literally yelled out COME ON <3

omg

ok that time i yelled out something else

literally what even

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

maria is so hot when she fights <3

i've been watching a feed w/no commentary, does anyone know how long this rain is forecast to last? i need to have a shower but also not miss the TB

Eurosport twitter suggests we'll have to wait a while before this hot mess returns.

hah.. returned to play in worse conditions than before, could only laugh as they shook hands after match

Hate this sport

Can we go back to the days when women's tennis was a total mess but players I like actually won stuff? Rather than my three least favourite players owning everything?