ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

a couple of weeks ago Judy Murray and Petkovic were talking at length about how fit "Deliciano" was, until Andy had to step in with a "GUYS THIS IS MAKING ME FEEL AWKWARD" tweet

Judy Murray would be a bit much to actually follow on Twitter, I feel

Q. Potentially if you and Serena have those seedings, you could play as early as round 3 if you both win early matches.

Journalists really need to learn how tennis draws work.

Eh judy's twitter is far more entertaining than either of her sons'. Wish I had thought of 'Deliciano' tbh.

ewwwwwwwwww Venus. Not having a loss to Hantuchova

Don't tell me Hantuchova's becoming mentally stable. Yuck.

Oh my fuck. Hantuchova's fistpumps and constant looks to her camp are vile. Nothing I like more in a tennis player than being a mixture of Ivanovic and Henin.

Imagine Hantuchova winning Wimbledon.

Yeah not gonna happen thankfully!

Venus' returns lol.

If only more players were like Henin ;_;

Personality-wise not tennis-wise.

I really liked Henin's personality too. Introspective, deep-feeling, intense.

What about her acting?

you mean that TV thing she did in her retirement? yeah...I'm glad I never saw that.

LOL I haven't been watching but I see Hantuchoka has coughed up her set and a break lead!

I preferred her acting during the Aussie Open 2006 final!

In other news, watching Hantuchokeva slowly start to unravel is among my favourite things in tennis. Keep that up please, Dani! This match is very reminiscent of their Miami 2010 match right now... Please get balls in court, Venus.

GORGEOUS DROPSHOT <3

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL @ that dropshot, what a way to lose a set

Seriously, the sight of Daniela Hantuchova trying to close out a big match will never disappoint for sheer entertainment and comedy

Fuck life. Venus get a ball in court for once in your existence :'(

I just don't want to see Daniela's smug smile.

She's prone to doing the Fed Finger Wag, yeah. http://lisaburrows.blog.com/files/2011/06/federer-finger-wag.jpg

Oh look Azarenka retiring. That's new.

http://oi55.tinypic.com/j9qbus.jpg

I'll let somebody else post the Mattek-Sands outfit..

Yeah, so this happened.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/16/article-2004507-0C99DE0A00000578-500_634x880.jpg

Hingis just beat The Great American Hope Coco Vandeweghe 5-2 in WTT. So embarrassing.

Vandeweghe's managed to lose to Alexandra Stevenson TWICE this year, I'd say winning two games off Hingis is a step up tbh

LOL @ Wozniacki pulling a Vika and retiring while leading someone who just happened to be a hometown girl

And then Arvidsson saved 7 match points against Martinez Cheatez! All Swede semifinal with IvanovicSlayer.

Hingis beats Keothavong 5-2 lollll

Keothavong is such a total horrible bitch so her losses always fill me with happiness, especially losses against retired players who haven't played competitively in 4 years :D

Alisa Kleybanova has Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma, which is a form of cancer. Yikes.

oh that's awful

I had a singing acquaintance on the verge of an international singing breakthrough (Japanese mezzo-soprano, had completed the summer program at Tanglewood with the BSO and had been hired by the Symphony to sing with them in Boston) who was diagnosed with Stage 4 HL; she died within 6 weeks of the diagnosis. She was scary talented, too.

Eek. I'd read that there's a 90% survival rate, I guess that's the diff between Stage 2 and Stage 4? I don't really know anything about this.

Alisa just released a statement too (it's her b'day today) - http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20110715/alisas-message_2256076_2393558

Yeah, the stages represent severity; 4 is the worst.

http://video.wtt.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26900

live stream! Serena v Hingis soon-ish I think

And Hingis won. This amazing Federer/Hingis olympic doubles idea is going to happen, isn't it?

haha.

I don't even consider WTT tennis, though. Only the American journalists seem to care about it.

but I do hope Federer/Hingis happens.

Lexington 50K R1: Chanel Simmonds d. Melanie Oudin 7-6 2-6 6-3

she lost in the first round of a 25K earlier this year :D

I'm honestly not sure how she's still top 100 (albeit only just). Hopefully that ceases soon.

aw Demented

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150373249091102&set=a.137404931101.134647.26081741101&type=1&theater

[insert "always the bridesmaid, finally the bride" joke here]

I loved seeing Alla K tweet photos of EVERYTHING on the day

had a good lol at what everyone was wearing.

btw, finally had a look at that Kvitova winners video upthread - I didn't see the Wickmayer match but that section of the vid was BOSS. and did it seem like there were more "BARK!"s in the Vika match? Prob to drown out the screeching coming from the other end.

sorry not upthread, the wimby thread lol. kept thinking it was this one - damn bookmarks.

FIRST MATCH IN USA IN TWO YEARS AND SERENA WINS 6-0 6-0 AGAINST THAT BITCH RODIONOVA.

Sorry but I only just heard and I'm rather excited. Awesome statement.

lol @ this

(Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 46 75 62

Serena vs Maria, hmmmm

Erakovic was good before she got injured, but that's still pretty funny anyway.

Perfect draw for Silliams, nothing but ~pretty girls~ that I'm happy to see her squash in that quarter. What time is she playing Maria tonight? Will watch if I'm around but won't stay up for it if I'm not. I hope she loses to A-Rad in the SF though (well, A-Rad will probably lose to Lisicki first but whatever).

Morita beating Ivanovic in straight sets was pretty special, especially the two consecutive DFs in the last game to give Morita match points :D

How in the world is Ivanovic still ranked 17? It's that stupid Bali championship thing, isn't it?

Struggled to squash Masha K, though. I'm sure the match tonight is too late for us Europeans.

Not that I would've watched it live anyway.