ROLAND GARROS 2015

OMG here is the awful Amandine Hesse chant and the man responsible for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsnJhcl6_k

I wish someone had YouTubed the hot Gajdosova fan near me.

I wonder if this guy is there watching her likely fail to win a game against Stosur.

ugh, big queues - my flight only lands at 10.15. I have Chatrier tickets so I'll certainly be able to arrive in time for those matches, but doubting how much time I'll have to look at doubles/juniors beforehand. Oh well, will be there for two days anyway. Excited!

Omg is Halep going to lose again to Lucic in a slam? That would be hilarious and amazing and just all around awesome for Miki!

thiem-cuevas is getting epic. thiem just took the third set after almost 3h of play

http://espn.go.com/tennis/french15/story/_/id/12956202/french-open-jack-sock-john-isner-change-fortunes-americans

I am linking this article because of this amazing mangle of a quote, which I sincerely hope isn't a mangle at all but actually what dude said:

"Movement is another big part of my game. I feel like on the clay get to a lot of balls, I can touch a lot of balls in the balls, which sometimes can frustrate guys when you get to one extra. Sometimes that can change a match." - Jack Sock

thiem-cuevas is getting epic. thiem just took the third set after almost 3h of play

his defence at one point in this had me on my feet

It really is USO redux in Mirjana/Simona...

Gotta love the annual "US TENNIS ON THE RISE AGAIN!!!!11111" articles after RG R1

gulbis and mahut just played a 20min game

FISTICUFFS on Court 7! (Neither Fognini nor Paire but the spectators, perhaps surprisingly)

isner is never changing the fortunes of anything ever

I hate so much espns televised coverage of tennis majors

RENNAE

rennae stubbs ‏@rennaestubbs 5m5 minutes ago
It's amazing how much better Cornet "feels" when she wins a point

rennae stubbs ‏@rennaestubbs 3m3 minutes ago
Haleps attitude just kills her in matches like this! @rolandgarros .... Her go to attitude to deal with pressure is just to mentally quit

A Couple of Americans Besides Serena Win Matches On Clay, Show That American Tennis Honestly Isn't A Gigantic Crapsack

that said, I am a fan of both Steve Johnson and Jack Sock and hope they continue to do well

Mirjana did it again. Who would have thought winning four main draw matches in the last 8 months and choking a 64 50 lead last week would be ideal RG prep

lmao @ Vekic - just when her career seemed to be in a hopeless tailspin and she'd fallen to 170 in the world, here she is with her first ever R3, on a surface she'd hitherto been pretty much allergic to, and at a time when her personal life is subject to the most intrusion it's ever been

PUTINTSEVA IS PEAKING

She ALWAYS beat Svitolina in juniors so I'm not surprised she's doing it again now...

fighting third set notwithstanding, Thiem's just made too many errors on big points today, and Cuevas is perennially underrated

(I wasn't wowed by Thiem's form vs Bedene in R1 tbh. Maybe tired from his first title last week)

Putintseva has Svitolina on a string right now. Moonballs that push Svitolina into the back fence followed by slices that make her dig balls out from mid-court followed by sudden injections of pace followed by dropshots that make her cry

Weak sauce ending from Fognini even in the context of a weak sauce performance overall

Putintseva tightened up so much and now this match is full-on psychodrama

I kind of want Fognini to do a reality show

RIP Gulbis's ranking, which will sink to around 90. Mahut played really well in his R1 vs Coppejans so despite his clay-averse rep, that was a NID result to me

- Putintseva wins point of the tournament to save break point at 4-4
- Immediately calls lengthy mid-game MTO despite no visible injury
- On resumption Putintseva hits an error and a DF to get broken in 5 secs
- Svitolina serves for the match, saves BPs, gets to MP, thinks she hits a winner
- Putintseva circles mark and pumps her first, umpire comes down to check, it's indeed out
- Putintseva then bellows C'MOOOOOON twice
- Svitolina DFs
- Putintseva bellows C'MOOOOOOON another three times

And now we're at 5-5

Some of Putintseva's racquet antics have been out of control. When she chopped it into the ground like it was an axe. When she assaulted her own feet with it. This is my favourite match of the year

Putintseva misses a smash, assaults her knee with her racquet, hits a clean dropshot return winner on the next point

Svitolina wins 9-7 in the third. I feel drained after that

Pereira! if she wins this then that quarter has dissolved into nothing

I thought even Ivanovic could roll over Doi like 2 and 1

super aggressive start from Schiavone, this could be a great match

Edmund withdrew? Damn.

C'mon Franny.

Schia Kuzny pretty fun so far, both doing their thing.

Really nothing to separate them, so many long deuce games and now 7-7 in the TB. Fran's saved three SPs in brilliant fashion

*ignores Petra forever*

this is great

Meanwhile, Witthoeft with a banging BH DTL to take her fourth game in a row vs Errani. Looked like she was boiling over with frustration at *1-4 down, now 5-4*...

Sveta takes it 13-11. Bloody good TB. And Witthoeft serves out the second set!

Kuznet wins set on her 7th SP, after surviving nine deuces at 4-4 and another four at 5-5. Amazing.

xp

That might have been it for Schiavo

Obv the first shot I see when I tune into Wozniacki/Goerges is a Wozniacki moonball rally

xp or not

Wozniacki still so helpless even against a nervy Goerges

Quality in Fran/Sveta as good as ever.

4-4 i the third set, BP down, obv Fran hits a perfect dropshot <3

Sveta served for the match twice, broken both times. Fran saved a MP with a ridiculous BH winner, followed it up with a ridiculous touch volley and then Sveta DFed. This match was always going to go into extra time and here we are at 6-6!

went to the hospital at 2-2 3rd set for an appointment, obv this match was still going when i got back :)

pffff Serena

Sveta serves for the match a third time. Is broken a third time.

Serena is playing so so badly

Six consecutive breaks? Good grief.

Possibly some more. Sveta was up a break a few times before we got into serving-for-the-match territory iirc

Bloody hell that point. Bow down. FRANNNNN

THIS FUCKING MATCH

Sveta serves for the match a fourth time. Broken to love