KEI :D :D Shame about that other SF :( I take most of Federer's losses with the knowledge that he's like my age and can't win everything but losing to Raonic is the sort of thing that still hurts.
LOL at Pironkova going 0-3 in her group in Sofia in a year where she actually had a half decent case of being wildcarded beyond nationality in that she at least won a biggish tournament. The semis for it might actually be quite decent - Suarez, Pennetta, Muguruza, Petkovic.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 1 November 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
LOL at yesterday's tennis. 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Two days, five breadsticks. On the ATP, everyone is Bouchard! #goldenage
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
Nishikori just going for slightly too much throughout that set
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
Well, at least the doubles has been competitive.
Though I do fancy Murray-Raonic to go the distance.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
Berdych and Cilic picking up exactly where they left off. First 8 points all UEs
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
11 UEs out of 12 points in that game. Berdych broke, then immediately bounced the ball on his foot, then smacked a drive volley into the stands
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
It didn't get any better. Not even possible to sugarcoat this tournament. Imagine being told during the Murray/Nishikori mess that opened it that, 3.5 days in, no other match would have approached its quality
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Hopefully Stan vs. Nole will be at least somewhat competitive. I didn't know that Stan has only won 36 matches this year which seems insane for a slam champion.
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
Nole's response to going 0-2 down is to win 17 of 18 points. Could be another blow out.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
Yep. This is getting daft now. Can we just have the Fed-Djokovic final extended to best of five to make up for some of this?
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Welp.
From 0-2, Wawrinka won 4 more points in set one, and 7 points in set 2.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
And the Bryans recovered from 0-4 in a champions' t/b to win and stay in the tournament. So, not a great day.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 13 November 2014 10:00 (nine years ago) link
Raonic pulls out, saves the WTF. Nishikori/Ferrer is better quality than anything else so far
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Looking good for Kei. I don't suppose Fed is in the mood to lose in two and hence give up the top spot in the group to Murray.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Kei's dropshots <3
Kei's BH <3
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Decent match, though lol that we finally get a three-setter and a) the third set was a breadstick b) it should really have been straight sets if Kei hadn't inexplicably mini-choked in the first set
I p much assume the organisers encouraged Raonic to gtfo bc they knew Ferrer would provide a better match
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
Impressive stat: Nishikori is 21-2 in deciding sets in 2014.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
fed is teeing the fuck off on murrays 2nd serve
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 November 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
Way to end the year, Andy.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 13 November 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
lol this is amazing
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
^^
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
bloody hell
― cerealbar, Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
i was rooting for the double bagel by the end :(
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
i look forward to waving this tournament in the faces of anyone who starts whinging about equal pay tho
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
this Nole/Kei match is the first one I've bothered to stay up for, it had better be good.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
Haha oh man, if you watch just one point from this, 6-1 3-4, break point to Kei.
(Novak just put on a total clinic in set one, broke to open set 2, then his serve went to shit.)
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
And after failing to convert two break points in the opening game, Kei has just collapsed himself. More ill-advised drop shots, barely any first serves..
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
And of course, ends on a DF.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
this game stan tryna close out rog is crazy
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 November 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Crazy shot selection from STan, in a bad way. Stop S-V-ing!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
yea it was sweet how rog hit a drop return to force stan in also
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 November 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
wtf that was in?
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 15 November 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
That was proper.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 15 November 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
feel badly for stan but that s/v on every match pt was bzarre so
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 November 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
typical that i miss the only classic! tennis twitter was doing its nut, my bf was texting me point by point updates and i was stuck on a train that resembled a circle of hell. selfishly rooted for fed from afar for a better chance of a good final, which i'm looking fwd to a lot. what a choke by stan tho.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 16 November 2014 11:10 (nine years ago) link
really with those serving stats i'll be surprised if this is closer than like 6-4 6-3.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 16 November 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
First walkover in the history of the ATP YEC. Shame for Fed, appropriate end to the tournament.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 16 November 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
damn was looking fwd to this
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 16 November 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
Radwanska's hired Navratilova as her new coach! And this after declaring she'd bulk up in the off-season. Props, she's had a couple of disappointing seasons where she looked like she was just coasting in the top 10 but getting further away from a Slam. Good to see she's serious about changing things up at least.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:58 (nine years ago) link
murray looked gooood in this abu dhabi match vs rafa
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 January 2015 05:07 (nine years ago) link
lol saw a murray trophy presentation vid scrolling twitter and was like o shit he beat djoko? ok obv withdrawal
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 January 2015 02:09 (nine years ago) link
- First tennis watched of the season: Wang Qiang vs Timea Babos. Of course. It was actually a really high quality first set- Second tennis watched: Diyas vs Vekic. Well, Vekic hasn't improved a single thing in the off season, that was absolutely dire, and she completely quit at the end.
LOL @ Bouchard getting bagelled in her first match back, she made such a huge revamp to her game last off-season and this year players will start figuring her out if she hasn't improved it again.
Completely baffled as to why Russian junior Natalia Vikhlyantseva (who beat CiCi Bellis in the USO juniors after Bellis's big senior win) got a WC into Shenzhen but she made the most of it beating Friedsam, and she'll probably play Halep next.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 4 January 2015 09:22 (nine years ago) link
this year's edition of the month-long tragicomedy known as Stosur In Australia kicks off with Sam blowing a 5-1 final set lead and a MP to lose to Lepchenko
― lex pretend, Sunday, 4 January 2015 10:39 (nine years ago) link
Ah, tennis. I didn't have time to miss you.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 4 January 2015 10:40 (nine years ago) link
At the start of this set I was like "man, Taylor Townsend has no discipline to her game at all" but she got better and better - from SP down some of her shotmaking was just breathtaking. Such a natural talent.
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 00:22 (nine years ago) link
she's a genius
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 5 January 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
konjuh's serve is pretty amazing
― groovemaaan, Monday, 5 January 2015 06:19 (nine years ago) link
Bepa still fighting.
― abcfsk, Monday, 5 January 2015 08:25 (nine years ago) link
Amazed that Bepa beat Peng given that she a) entered b) struggled in c) withdrew from a $10K last week.
Garcia/Kerber was really good until Garcia blew 0-40 on Kerber's serve at 3-2 in the second set, then she pretty much melted down. Five or six DFs in her last two service games including on MP. The usual. So talented, so mentally frail.
WTF happened in the Serena/Flavia match? 0-6 6-3 6-0 is a batty scoreline.
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Siniakova reminds me so much of Radwanska in the way she hits the ball and "sees" the court to construct rallies. She has more power, less craftiness and definitely less emotional control though.
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 11:24 (nine years ago) link