Siegemund is SUCH a fun player to watch. This match vs Keys is v entertaining
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
sock has kind sulked his way into this L
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 April 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
super odd match
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
sock is exhibiting like intermittent chronic fatigue syndrome
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 April 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
Townsend just lost to a 69-year old in a 25k lol
― groovemaaan, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
lol nevermind, they haven't played yet
― groovemaaan, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:57 (eight years ago) link
they just played, Townsend obv won 60 60 but Falkenberg won 12 points (had a game point in the second set!) and lasted 36 minutes (eight more than Tomic did against Nieminen that time in Miami)
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Monday, 11 April 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
there were videos! https://www.facebook.com/rgcoopersmith/posts/10154771146349535?pnref=story
this one from Falkenberg's Q1 win was pretty special https://www.facebook.com/rgcoopersmith/videos/vb.545924534/10154767608159535/?type=2&theater
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Monday, 11 April 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
I went back through Gail F's ITF history and she did actually win a round in the AO qualies - but that was 28 years ago, when she was Kimiko Date vintage rather than Bille Jean King vintage.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:11 (eight years ago) link
serving for the match over Djokovic and at 0-15 after a basic UE, Vesely hit maybe one of the best dropshots I've ever seen for a clean winner. Closed it out from there!
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Vesely beats Novak! Nole started badly but played pretty good in the end. Vesely redlined everything and hit some of the best drop shots I've ever seen
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
lol xp
thought Djokovic was fine off the ground (if a bit passive in the last game) but his return wasn't there - he had a half-chance to break back at 3-4 but missed a couple of key returns
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
wow huh
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
first opening round loss for Djokovic since Madrid 2013 (Dimitrov)first loss to a player out of the top 50 for Djokovic since Queen's 2010 (Malisse)first completed loss to a player out of the top 50 on clay for Djokovic since Umag 2007 (Troicki)first time Djokovic has failed to reach a Masters final since Shanghai 2014
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
damn so rafa looks better than he has in like 2 yrs
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 17 April 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
this match has been phenomenal so far
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 17 April 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
beset by terrible streams all afternoon :(
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Sunday, 17 April 2016 15:06 (eight years ago) link
gross result to go w my gross stream
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Sunday, 17 April 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
halep just got first set breadsticked by someone i have never seen play before
― pandemic, Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:38 (eight years ago) link
I can't watch but Siegemund is super-talented and full of variety. Until a couple of years ago she was a student who only played tennis part-time, but that was enough to get her into Slam qualies, and now here she is...
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link
yah. the first set and a half (which is all i watched) i was amazed at the variety she showed. v attacking, came to the net a ton, hit a bunch of v good drop shots and also often faked the drop shot and instead played beautifully deep sliced forehands nicolescu style.
― pandemic, Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
milestones! in front of her home crowd, Cagla Buyukakcay becomes the first Turkish woman to make a WTA final, and with it the first Turkish woman to make the top 100, and she'll be the first Turkish woman to play a Slam MD this summer - this will get her direct entry to Wimbledon if she doesn't qualify for RG
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 23 April 2016 14:11 (eight years ago) link
Siegemund just out-Aga'd Aga. Never looked in doubt
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 23 April 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
also, the fourth non-top 70 player in a WTA Premier final this year so far
#94 Puig @ Sydney#88 Ostapenko @ Doha#85 Vesnina @ Charleston#71 Siegemund @ Stüttgart
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 23 April 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
and this also makes the first single-nationality final of the year, strangely
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 23 April 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
Cagla Buyukakcay, first Turkish WTA titlist!
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Sunday, 24 April 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
djokvic is really good at the running x-court forehand
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 May 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
obv also really good @ other shots
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 May 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
crazy game, novak serving to end it & murray tryna break
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 8 May 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Bartoli designed a dress for Jankovic and this is what happened
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFrdOWWEAAvB3G.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFrdQ2WEAAbwz-.jpg
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
see that looks better to me than the weird color block things that ivanovic & pavlyuchenkova were both wearing yesterday in their match
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
damn thiem took out rog
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 May 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
err haven't watched any tennis in a while but still checking following scores, Berdych got double bagelled by Goffin?!!
― cerealbar, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
I left the house yesterday evening and every one of the remaining matches wound up with a hilarious bagel scoreline -_-
Thiem played really well to beat Fed, who I didn't think was as off-form as the press or he himself suggested (he was excellent vs Zverev the day before)
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 13 May 2016 07:03 (seven years ago) link
Muguruza/Bacsinszky is super high quality right now
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 13 May 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
that set point for Djokovic over Nadal was incredible
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 13 May 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
just came here to post this^^
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 May 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
novak/nadal was v high level; their match @ the french last yr i wouldve bet my house on novak i rcall...now, djoko has won 7 straight sets of rafa i heard but if they play in paris id say rafa def could win
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 May 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
oh 7 straight match wins not sets wow
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 May 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
& 15 sets
still rafa looked & is looking p good rn
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 May 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
huh tennis channel is marathoning every serena slam win starting tmorrow @ 1 est, they look to be in no discerning order
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
or chronological i guess heh
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
god novak in this 3d set >>>>
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 May 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
novak was cranky and a bit off but andy played really great, holy shit that match pt
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 15 May 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Elise Mertens d. Eugenie Bouchard (7) 6-2 6-0
the "bouchard is back!!!" narrative is getting more credible every week. what has she even done this season apart from reaching the hobart final and getting thrashed by cornet (?) in 30 minutes?
― groovemaaan, Monday, 6 June 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
60uchard will never leave us!
She was never "back", she just played weaker tournaments like Kuala Lumpur. Her losses at the start of the year (Babos, the Cornet thrashing, Zheng, Svitolina) are the losses she was having last year. Her game still looks rudimentary. When she plays top players like Aga or Bacsinszky (or #171-ranked qualifiers like Mertens, lol) it's barely competitive.
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Monday, 6 June 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if Jim Parsons is still returning her calls
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Monday, 6 June 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile Dimitrov loses to permanently-injured Delpo, extends losing streak to 5
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 13:21 (seven years ago) link
Delpo remodeling himself as a fast court player is kind of sad to see
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link