ROLAND GARROS 2015

Nole so good at resetting mentally

I suppose he couldn't keep that up + pressure doing this and that to you = aargh.

fifth set here we come

ay yi yiiiiii that rally

WOW

That Djokovic volley felt important. Stan's pass looked too good until it wasn't

:-(

0-30 now :-(

40-40, 3bps saved.

this is just...no words for this.

I'm in knots watching this. So good.

ah long at 15-30 man

another bh: bp

one serve and volley, then another, that was panic

but can stan get it

?

*stops screaming*

THESE BACKHANDSSSSS

15-30, ue

30-30, bh

CP

jesus deuce

so nearly an ace

Gutsy play by Djokovic to save championship point...

OMG

bastard fkn net cord

cp no.2

fkn BH

bloody hell

The aptest shot to end it on!

Joy.

Not the slightest trace of an asterisk with this one

of COURSE my stream froze on championship point. I was rooting for Nole but well done Stan. Great match.

Something Mauresmo-esque about this win. First Slam unexpected and comes, for many, with an asterisk re: an injured, more-accomplished player. Second Slam erases all doubts with a brilliant display in the final - and denies a dominant player the one Slam they're missing...

One daughter hacked off, one daughter delighted at victory of "Wear-pinka". Both want to go to the park with rackets. Let dad's heart rate come down a bit more, yeah?

Can't believe he won a Slam wearing those shorts

Nole tears ;_;

Ironic if this moment makes crowds finally love him, maybe the thing he's craved even more than Slam titles

Some heavy emotion here.

All this and Guga too (think his final vs Norman might be the most nerve-shredding RG men's title match I can recall before today... Gaudio-Coria perhaps, for different reasons).

Quick, we need Courier-translate.

Ah, we have a native speaker. Go Marion.

Aaah I'd forgotten Guga beat Norman in one of his finals

Never has a more terribly dressed player won.

Djokovic has lost 6 of his past 9 Slam finals :o

my kids also demanded to go to the park with rackets immediately

that was awesome

LOL @ ES commentators attempting to argue that someone else being able to hit through Djokovic will make Murray more confident about doing so

Roll of honour:

Men's singles: Stan Wawrinka
Women's singles: Serena Williams
Men's doubles: Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie Safarova
Mixed doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mike Bryan
Boys' singles: Tommy Paul
Girls' singles: Paula Badosa Gibert
Boys' doubles: Alvaro Lopez San Martin & Jaume Munar
Girls' doubles: Miriam Kolodziejova & Marketa Vondrousova

I saw a bit of the juniors while I was out there: Vondrousova was top girls' seed and was a very fitting warm-up for Safarova - tall, big-hitting lefty. Boys' finalist Taylor Harry Fritz managed to turn the crowd against him in his QF against a Chilean player - he was dominating, but after a couple of good winners he had this habit of turning to his opponent with this smarmy shit-eating grin on his face. Not edifying.

Ironic if this moment makes crowds finally love him, maybe the thing he's craved even more than Slam titles

― lex pretend, Sunday, June 7, 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not having a French Open will hurt far more. Bet Becker isn't as criticised as Mauresmo would've been had Murray lost today. Their partnership is in question as I think its reasonable to think Djoko would've won Wimbledon against Fed (D's final set rec is terrific as you pointed out from the stats) and Murray lost it by himself in the Aussie open.

This wasn't the fail as it was against Kei, but still...should be a fascinating Wimbledon.

Sorry I mean he would've won anyway - Becker or not.

New rankings:

1. Serena Williams (1)
2. Petra Kvitova (4)
3. Simona Halep (3)
4. Maria Sharapova (2)
5. Caroline Wozniacki (5)
6. Ana Ivanovic (7)
7. Lucie Safarova (13)
8. Ekaterina Makarova (9)
9. Carla Suarez Navarro (8)
10. Angelique Kerber (11)
11. Eugenie Bouchard (6)
12. Karolina Pliskova (12)
13. Agnieszka Radwanska (14)
14. Andrea Petkovic (10)
15. Timea Bacsinszky (24)
16. Venus Williams (15)
17. Elina Svitolina (21)
18. Madison Keys (16)
19. Sabine Lisicki (19)
20. Sara Errani (17)
21. Garbine Muguruza (20)
22. Barbora Strycova (23)
23. Flavia Pennetta (28)
24. Samantha Stosur (22)
25. Alize Cornet (29)
26. Victoria Azarenka (27)
27. Shuai Peng (26)
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova (18)
29. Irina-Camelia Begu (30)
30. Jelena Jankovic (25)
...
46. Alison Van Uytvanck (93)
56. Julia Goerges (72)
58. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (70)
68. Andreea Mitu (100)
75. Francesca Schiavone (92)

1. Novak Djokovic (1)
2. Roger Federer (2)
3. Andy Murray (3)
4. Stan Wawrinka (9)
5. Kei Nishikori (5)
6. Tomas Berdych (4)
7. David Ferrer (8)
8. Milos Raonic (6)
9. Marin Cilic (10)
10. Rafael Nadal (7)
11. Grigor Dimitrov (11)
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15)
13. Gilles Simon (13)
14. Feliciano Lopez (12)
15. David Goffin (18)
16. Gael Monfils (14)
17. Kevin Anderson (17)
18. John Isner (16)
19. Richard Gasquet (21)
20. Tommy Robredo (19)
21. Roberto Bautista Agut (20)
22. Leonardo Mayer (22)
23. Pablo Cuevas (23)
24. Bernard Tomic (26)
25. Nick Kyrgios (30)
26. Fabio Fognini (27)
27. Ivo Karlovic (25)
28. Viktor Troicki (33)
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (28)
30. Dominic Thiem (31)
...
31. Jack Sock (37)
41. Borna Coric (46)
58. Teymuraz Gabashvili (72)
69. Thanasi Kokkinakis (84)
87. Ernests Gulbis (29)

I'm still surprised Kevin Anderson is a top 20 player. He was 24 before he won a round in a Slam.