Halep 6-0 5-1. Lots of tight games in this set but Halep's upped her level in all of them.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:10 (nine years ago) link
simona should really win a slam next year
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:10 (nine years ago) link
Glad Halep could close that out. If that had been 10 years ago and it had been, I don't know, say, someone like Hantuchova...
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:20 (nine years ago) link
60 62. One of the most one-sided defeats of Serena's career, if not THE most.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:21 (nine years ago) link
An entire career history of Serena receiving bagels:
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 75RR Singapore YEC 2014, l. Simona Halep 06 26
So, in two of those she retired, two of those she won anyway, one was when she was a foetus and the other two full losses went to three. This is the first time Serena has been bagelled and lost in straight sets since the second match of her career.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:24 (nine years ago) link
cool
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:25 (nine years ago) link
per Twitter, the last time she won this few games in a completed match was in the Oklahoma City 1998 QFs, when she lost 16 16 to Joannette Kruger
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:27 (nine years ago) link
I hope Joanette Kruger has had a long and successful coaching career off the back of that.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm going to be so pressed if Serena loses like that to Bouchard.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:46 (nine years ago) link
Dechaume-Balleret parlayed it into a Fed Cup captaincy!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 09:46 (nine years ago) link
xp won't it be hilarious if Serena turns round and beats Bouchard 3 and 2 anyway
Nice of Novak to name his baby after his rival's coach, what. (In all seriousness, it is a reasonable and tasteful name, so well done Novak and Jelena.)
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:18 (nine years ago) link
Got to improve your volleying if you're naming your kid Stefan, come on.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:21 (nine years ago) link
Let's hope the kid has a better overhead, anyway.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:40 (nine years ago) link
Ivanovic mauling Bouchard, but can't get the bagel. Oh well.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 12:12 (nine years ago) link
lmao @ Bouchard dragging Ivanovic into a grinding BH-to-BH rally and still flopping first
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard's lack of touch is just...that "volley", jeez
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link
Radwanska looked pretty bad at the close of that match. Lost the last four games with about as many UEs as she'd normally hit in an entire match.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 07:31 (nine years ago) link
My useless fucking favorites
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 07:53 (nine years ago) link
Come on Petra, finish this set off quickly before Sharapova wakes up
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
:D :D :D Hilarious lob winner from Kvitova to break in the first game of the second.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:31 (nine years ago) link
Still not ready to believe in Petra yet
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:32 (nine years ago) link
Well, I hadn't tuned in for the first set but I'm all for more Sharapova service games like that :D
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link
Kvitova is hitting some nice winners but Sharapova is just terrible... probably tired. I WILL TAKE IT IF IT HAPPENS.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link
lawl, Shitra shows up but Sharapova can't make her pay. 4-0! So huge for Petra if she closes this.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:43 (nine years ago) link
BAGEL HA!!!!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:46 (nine years ago) link
Volleying straight back to Petra hahahahahaha, Sharapova's so bad at the net, people act as if she's good because she comes in on easy shots she can swing volley.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:46 (nine years ago) link
UGH no bagel :(
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:51 (nine years ago) link
Now would be a fun time for some double faults.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:51 (nine years ago) link
What a week this is!
(Though the comeback starts here.)
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Stop it Shitra.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:54 (nine years ago) link
Irritated at them both for needlessly prolonging this game
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 09:02 (nine years ago) link
Amazing winner on MP at last
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 09:07 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard getting completely exposed for the third time this week
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link
ooh, nice to see some proper shock-and-awe tennis from Serena on that point
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
Serena taking tips from her BFF! Wozniackian FH moonball to reset the point and then BLAM massive angled FH to end it. OK, the second bit had nothing to do with Karolina.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
A wrong call and a net cord enable Bouchard to avoid the bagel, sigh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:39 (nine years ago) link
Congrats to Bouchard on 11 games over 3 complete rubbers. Just like wildcarding in a junior slam champ or something.
Even worse than Dementieva's 0-3 in 2005!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
I was just about to say! Dementieva 2005 had been the only YEC competitor (post-RR) to play all three RR matches and fail to win 4 games in any set. Until now! And Bouchard's 11 games are even worse than Dementieva's 15.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:45 (nine years ago) link
I look forward to Bouchard playing the Dementieva/Kuznetsova role of being pasted in the YEC for years to come.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
YECs always come down to bloody maths in the end.
Ivanovic needs a straight-set win over Halep to qualify. If Halep wins a set, Serena qualifies. That's a tricky one, because Halep has zero incentive to play hard or dig deep - I doubt she'd be motivated by kicking out Serena, but she will certainly want to conserve her energy for a likely SF vs Wozniacki the next day. I suspect Halep will come out and try to play aggressively for a straight-sets win but if it just leads to errors, or if Ivanovic gets off to a strong start, Halep won't bother fighting back.
The other group is so convoluted that even now Wozniacki (2-0) could fail to qualify and Sharapova (0-2) could be in the SF.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:48 (nine years ago) link
xp I wouldn't look forward to it too much when she ends the next five seasons ranked 18.
Oh, and I have a feeling a lot more players will be working Bouchard out next year. She really reworked her game and approach in last year's off season to be so ultra-aggressive, but between her wonky technique, a number of players including SHELBY ROGERS showing how best to dismantle her and her own knocked confidence, a fall cometh.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:51 (nine years ago) link
True! But it felt like a lot of players worked Wozniacki out, and look, here she is in 2004 back in the top 10 with a GS final and likely a SF spot in the YEC...
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
If they all finish 2-1 matches/4-2 sets, it's games %age right?
Right now, SW: 26-22, SH: 24-7, AI: 20-17
So, AI 7-6 7-6 SH, means AI: 53.97%, Williams goes through (54.17%)Any other 2-0 result, AI goes throughHalep can't go out even with a double-bagel defeat (worst = 55%+)
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:58 (nine years ago) link
2014, 2014, 2014. Bouchard doesn't have Sharapova-level game, god not even close, but she'll be like a cockroach.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Having nightmares about Halep losing to Ivanovic, eliminating Serena, then Kvitova flopping massively to Woz, and us somehow ending up with a Sharapova/Wozniacki final of even lower quality than that thing from the other day
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 October 2014 13:02 (nine years ago) link
xps I trust others on the maths, Twitter said that as soon as Bouchard won her second game, any two-set win for Ivanovic would do including 76 76. As soon as Bouchard won her first game, Halep officially qualified.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 13:08 (nine years ago) link
(I mean I trust other people than myself not other people than Michael! I have no idea what's right any more)
In applying the tie-breaking procedures, a conduct default or retirement shall count as a straight-set win or loss. However, games won or lost in matches with a defaulting or retiring player shall not be counted in the application of the percentage of games won method.
So if Halep retires...Serena goes through!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2014 13:16 (nine years ago) link