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
impressive composure from KlisPlis to serve it out against azarenka. some great passing shots as well
― groovemaaan, Monday, 5 January 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
That was Karolina not Kristyna!
Azarenka is as we last saw her at the USO. Oscillating between solid and hideous seemingly at random. Strange to see Pliskova be the more consistent one. Her defence is a revelation now she actually tries to do it - she can't run but she's so tall that her reach alone allows her to get to tons of shots (not that Azarenka's exactly powering her strokes these days), and she has GREAT hands/timing, so anything Pliskova does get her racquet on she'll get back in court - some terrific passes and lobs. And obviously her serve and FH are as massive as ever.
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 January 2015 12:31 (nine years ago) link
lol I still get them confused despite not having seen krystina play in ages.
i didn't know that muguruza sprained her ankle :(
― groovemaaan, Monday, 5 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
I sure hope Maria's done major things to her HC game off season.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 09:38 (nine years ago) link
lol, Keys d. Cibulkova and everyone raves about her game and how she's gonna step it up this year under Davenport's tutelage. Then she loses to Lepchenko the next day of course.
So many players are defecting to Australia...Gavrilova, like Gajdosova and the Rodionovas before her, has an AUS boyfriend. Is Tennis Australia's policy to produce hot male players in lieu of good female players? Presumably Rogowska dating Rhyne Williams is the result of a reverse policy of trying to offload useless home-grown players on to other countries. I guess Tomljanovic bucks the trend by merely defecting because of her AUS coach. Also, who the fuck will get AO WCs, there are literally no acceptable options.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 09:39 (nine years ago) link
Serena needs a coffee.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:05 (nine years ago) link
I had no idea mid-match espressos were allowed until yesterday and now I wonder why more players don't ask for them.
My Hopman Cup is a choppy mess. Like Serena's game!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:12 (nine years ago) link
Rafa bout to lose to BERRER???
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
Berrer saves 3 BPs, brought on in no small part by his untimely DFs, to serve it out. Quite some result after getting breadsticked in the first set
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
Great interview as well
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
What is this kind of writing http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/01/eugenie-bouchard-knows-exactly-what-shes-doing/53533/#.VKxVdSuG98F
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
idk like celeb gossip writing p much?
hey tennis ilxors, any folks have strong feelings/experiences abt best tour events to attend in person? thinking abt planning a trip & would love it to coincide w/ a tourney. was considering rome clay cts in may. nb i live in east coast usa. thx
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
oof the pointlessness of that Bouchard fluff piece. It's going to be worse than Kournikova.
I've never attended any tournament apart from Wimbledon, the YEC and a couple of challengers, strangely. I'd willingly attend any tbh. Rome would definitely be high on my list (much more so than Madrid, which rarely gets raved about). Closer to home Charleston is meant to have a superb atmosphere etc despite the quality of the entry list not being what it used to be. Monte Carlo always looks special though Monaco generally seems hellish. Eastbourne always looks good, rain aside! And I'd definitely contemplate any Slam qualies, a ton of superb tennis and drama for free.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 00:06 (nine years ago) link
nadal not getting enough depth, been his problem ever since the french
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 00:18 (nine years ago) link
waking up straight into a hilarious Chardy choke. Up *6-5 in the third set TB...back-to-back DFs, of course!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 07:45 (nine years ago) link
I will never go back to Queen's until Hewitt retires - ticket prices are £££ for anything after the 2nd round and avoiding him before then is near-impossible :( Shame as it's a great little venue. Lex I'd be up for Wim qualies this year if I can get time off!
― katstevens, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
yes I'll 100% be going so let me know if you do! It's a great day out.
thanks for this Andy: http://instagram.com/p/xlcLNbohpg/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 09:03 (nine years ago) link