ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

negative.

That's quite a run for someone who went into the Australian ranked #4.

Petko - C Woz is pretty entertaining.

I wish I could watch this

Petkorazzi should be up like 5-0 now...her shots are so unstable though, she's powerful but when her strokes break down you just wince.

Wozniacki is as she always is, except making lots of random errors, ie there's not much left. And yet she'll probably win.

actually I wish I'd seen Woz beat Hantuchova in the last round, apparently Daniela blew a ton of set points then double faulted on MP. Obviously.

haha

PetKo can't throw away this lead surely

I really really hope not

please please please win, for all of us

Petkorazzi :D

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

she is seriously one of my favorites on the tour right now

easily wins the #1 wkiw award in the whole tennis world

Says Pet-V, "Most of the players think they can overpower Caroline, but it's the wrong approach".

She's also trending on twitter.. nice for 'just' a non-slam mid-tournament match.

A-Rad just won the point of the year so far - involved returning multiple Schiavo smashes, the last for a FH pass winner. On fire.

just woke up and saw the results. woo, petko dance!

more of Petko on Wozniacki:

"Most of the players think they can overpower Caroline. I think that's the wrong approach, because that's where she's most comfortable, when she can run and bring the most balls back. Then once you lose your concentration for once on your shot, she goes for it. Some like to say that she's pushing, but it's not like the balls are slow and not short, you know. They are quite deep, so you cannot really attack them.

What I try to do is mix it up and to make her play, and then when I had the short ball to go for it. Because if you try to hit every single shot with full power, full power, she just gets more comfortable, more comfortable, and eventually you're gonna miss. She's not gonna miss the last one.

smart girl.

although I'm, you know, my biggest fan, I'm also my biggest critic, as well

lol Maria, the important part here is not that you're your biggest critic, but your biggest fan!

What is Petkovic doing today? So awkward.. and Jankovic has turned on the error-machine in the 2nd set. Suddenly got a strong urge to see the winner of this match routed in the next round.

holy hell, Fish beat Del Potro????

They moved Ana/Clijsters to court 2, and of course that match turns out to be a cracker while we're left watching a hopelessly drawn-out error-fest on TV.

WTF, Del Potro?

Huge lol: Ivanovic led 5-1, 40-0 in the last set. But guess who won!

zomg Petkovic won

this is turning into my favorite tournament since Goran won Wimbledon

Clijsters goes through all these scrappy wins but will probably win the title anyway = she is the new Serena, probably. LOL Ivanovic. Thank goodness the tournament's website puts up highlight reels so could see a bit of Petko!

Was literally INFURIATED watching live scores last night and seeing Clijsters sneak through. Going by reports Ana didn't choke massively, though, and played fairly well in the tie-break etc.. still you can't do that stuff, Ana Ana Ana Ana Ana. Don't let Clijsters win this.

Aga looked so dangerous against Schiavone... still pulling for Bepa to win.

A-Rad is in some crazy super mode on the defense.

ladies and gentlemen, your new American men's #1:

http://nbcsportsmedia3.msnbc.com/j/ap/key%20biscayne%20tennis-1113430052_v2.standard.jpg

GO MINNESOTA

Surprising.

ugh can people please stop losing to Fish

Just curious - who is your favourite current US male player, Lex?

I dislike Fish less than I dislike Querrey, Isner, Roddick, but I like Blake more. Always good to see Roddick dethroned as top American. There was that good spell 2-3 years ago when Blake was ranked ahead of him. Used to derive similar tiny comfort from Stich > Becker periods.

i'm enjoying sharapova making two consecutive semis. i'll be extraordinarily pissed off if she loses to petkovic again ugh

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6274798

can I just say this is really terrible, and LOL

Damnit I hate windy matches.

watching sharapova in the wind is always fun

and i meant that sarcastically, as in she's awful in the wind

not as in i like it when the wind blows her dress up

but what the hell, that too

We've got a third set... god help us all.

PLEASE KEEP THIS UP FOR FOUR MORE GAMES

"Masha’s fans are always somewhere in between a heart attack and an orgasm." <- signed

3-6 6-0 6-0 would be quite a nice revenge for australian open...

Oh yes yes yes.

okay lol

oooh a miami final is nice. even though maria has had a piss easy draw

Q: She thought you would be tired in the third after the long match you had the previous night. Didn't seem to be that way.

Sharapova: Because I didn't do the dance after. I wasn't tired.

that's cold, maria.

Just curious - who is your favourite current US male player, Lex?

I guess Ginepri? never particularly minded him. I think the two things I react most negatively to in a player are a big serve and media over-hype, and most US male players have one or both of those.

What a horrendous women's final. WTF happened to Bepa?

If Maria lets Vika win >;[

They've played some thrilling matches before, though.

nightmares of shrieking and unforced errors

Complaining about grunting is SO 2001. Unfortunately that's what all the preview articles will be about now.

Complaining about grunting is SO 2001

lol what does this even mean? why 2001? people complained about it - with good reason - in the early 90s with Seles. and then when Sharapova emerged in 2002-03. then again with the Larcher de Brito hideousness. it's got to the stage where I refuse to watch certain players unless the match is likely to be good enough to mitigate the screeching. (Sharapova and Azarenka cancel each other out.)

I don't see why shrieking is even a problem! I like it.