http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/12365437/ivo-karlovic-wins-delray-beach-open
Young did his best to force Karlovic into baseline rallies so that he could maneuver his way to the net, a tactic that had been effective in his previous matches. But the Croat, who lives in nearby Plantation, forced the issue by lunging at every opportunity.Serving at 3-3 in the first set, Young elected to let a Karlovic backhand passing shot go long. Instead, the ball landed inside the baseline. Young, clearly unnerved, double-faulted on the next point and was broken when Ivanisevic approached and knocked off a forehand volley winner.
Serving at 3-3 in the first set, Young elected to let a Karlovic backhand passing shot go long. Instead, the ball landed inside the baseline. Young, clearly unnerved, double-faulted on the next point and was broken when Ivanisevic approached and knocked off a forehand volley winner.
No wonder Donald Young couldn't win, what with Goran lunging out of the stands and hitting random balls at him
― DJP, Monday, 23 February 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
xp def are some warning signs but I did think he looked better vs fognini than I've seen him play in a while; wasn't exactly a flukey loss but its not like losing to berrer
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 February 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
krajicek has a good forehand
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
like six months ago I got an email asking me to do a survey for the WTA as I had attended the Sydney tournament. Literally, for the last question whichs was how they could improve the tournament experience, I put, "For me to not have to watch my favourites lose to scrubs, or Roberta Vinci". Now I have apparently won a signed item by a WTA star, what's the bet when it arrives in the post in a few weeks that it is signed by Roberta Vinci?
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
loool
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
dimitrov just dropped the first set to ryan harrison and destroyed his racquet
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
just tuned in for a bit before bed, Grigor seems to have regained control
Baghdatis retired at 4-4 in the final set TB earlier vs Coric...
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
This third set has been appalling from Dimitrov
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
First serve points won in third set after five games
Harrison 89%Dimitrov 0%
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
It actually got worse and worse. Utterly shameful performance
Harrison sat 30 metres behind the baseline and pretty much spectated his way to a bagel set
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
he was super frustrated & just did not battle at all after that v first break 3rd set, def shameful
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
Coric just breadsticked Murray :o
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
lol @ an 18-yr-old out-thinking Murray, really, some superb changes of pace and improvisation from Coric here, to which Murray reacts with errors
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:22 (nine years ago) link
Coric serving for match, Murray with 0-30...netted smash, FH five miles wide.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link
So at 18, Coric has wins over Nadal and Murray...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
Just turned over about ten minutes ago to see how Murray was getting on. Was he really terrible or was Coric really good, or both?
― ailsa, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
I only saw the second set, Murray was making a fuckton of errors but a lot of them seemed to be about Coric out-thinking him - all the changes of pace, dinky short shots and crazy defence that Murray usually does. Only winning five points on return - and it's not as if Coric is a servebot at all - was bizarre though.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
Also funny to think that Coric is a LL - lost in qualies to #350 Fabrice Martin, struggled past WC Jaziri in R1 in three sets, got to the QF with that Baghdatis retirement...and then thrashes Murray 1 and 3.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
wow @ lucky loser. yea I saw some of 2nd set, otm abt out-thinking
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
SESIL!
Karatantcheva outgrinding Puig to make a rare SF and the prospect starts to brew of a Karatantcheva/Sharapova rematch, 11 years after "I'll kick her ass off"...
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 February 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
great play by fed
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
wow @ scoreline last night of ferrer/harrison 46 60 60
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
berlocq is dictating v nadal in this tiebreak
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
& he has the home ct advantage here, will be a good test for rafa to have to comeback if he drops this
omg berlocq chokq
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
really amazing dfense by nadal props
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link
nishikori being outgritted by ferrer
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 March 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
kei losing so many bhand to bhand rallies is prob a deathknell
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 March 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
Nicole Vaidisova, now ranked #370, got a WC into Monterrey qualies and got bagelled in the first set of her opener by #531 Makoto Ninomiya...but she came back, won another two matches to qualify and is in her first WTA main draw since Feb 2010. Where she will play...Ivanovic in R1!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I am pretty sure Vaidisova is a selectable player in one of my old tennis games
― DJP, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
isner and these interminable matches is the worst
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 March 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
davis cup is kinda cool but id honestly jst like let a bryan bro play singles or w/e over having to watch/root for isner
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 March 2015 01:01 (nine years ago) link
― DJP,
Top Spin 3 is a classic
― abcfsk, Saturday, 7 March 2015 09:06 (nine years ago) link
So excited to see Hsieh in another SF, presumably Peng and Mirza dumping her in doubles within six months of each other motivated her
― lex pretend, Saturday, 7 March 2015 10:09 (nine years ago) link
sam querrey went on bravo's millionaire matchmaker
― johnny crunch, Monday, 9 March 2015 02:42 (nine years ago) link
wow I didn't notice that Mayer and Souza played the longest David Cup match ever yesterday. 15-13 in the third after 6h 43min!
― groovemaaan, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
*in the 5th, rather. Argentine TV is still all over it.
― groovemaaan, Monday, 9 March 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link
First girl born in 2000 has acquired a senior ranking, just in case you're feeling young. Claire Liu (USA) is your new world #1221.
I remember feeling old when the first girl born in 1990 (Cornet!) got a ranking :(
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 March 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
Serena's Indian Wells return happens this week. I love that her opponent in the most anticipated and historically significant beyond the sport match of the year could be...Niculescu
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 March 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
(It'll probably be Krunic though)
so glad that they are finally streaming first round matches
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm woefully way behind on other tennis news, but my 2009 self is extremely happy that Delpo and Cilic are playing doubles together this week. <3
― Roz, Thursday, 12 March 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
what the hell, jack sockhttps://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/576517600009678849/photo/1
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
would cherish forever a nicalescu upset here
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
tennis channel has all but created an animation of serena as jesus rising from the dead 4 this return
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
serena is p shook
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link
Would laugh if she lost this to troll. Should really have gone down a double-break there, like if Niculescu had aimed 1mm higher on that volley..
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
Expect like 6-3 6-0 now she's got out of this,
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
so happy I got home for the second set of this!
I <3 Niculescu 4eva but it would feel odd to root for a Serena upset in this context so I'm happy that a) Serena seems to have got a good crowd reaction b) Serena is doing this return-to-IW on her own terms as a can't-tell-me-nothing bow-down-bitches all-time-great (which seems to me the point of the timing) c) Niculescu is getting well-deserved worldwide attention
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:37 (nine years ago) link
Also, somehow this is the first time Serena's played Niculescu, so regardless of the context it makes sense that she'd find it a challenge (but obv win)
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:39 (nine years ago) link