ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

Fuck's sake.

That smash looks like I did it.

As does Woz's backhand slice, no wonder she doesn't use that very often.

Why has my stream that was decent 5 mins ago suddenly gone choppy. Why does this ALWAYS HAPPEN.

Internet having mercy on you rather than inflict this shit fest on you imho

They still haven't got rid of on-court coaching! Is this ever going to happen? God, just go away shouty Piotr Wozniacki.

That really is one of the most pitiful sets I have seen... recently.

i'm more interested in 75K Barnstable

2r Robson vs Watson

Since the last time I watched Wozniacki

xp ikr, finally that match occurs, though considering Robson only progressed because the world #280 retired while leading, I'd say Watson should take it easily

the Barnstaple tournament was where Anne K got racially abused last year, surprised she's bakc. Fucking Somerset dumb hicks

Here's an idea, Agnieszka, try to disguise your drop shots. Woz dead lucky to not have hit that one long but she shouldn't have known it was coming 10 minutes before it was.

Also it's OK to hit winners and shit at times OTHER than when your back is against the wall.

Woz DF to lose the break. Now if only Aga could serve like she did at 4-5 and 6-5 in the first.

Wow, A-Rad looked down and out and collapsed at 2-4 0-40, then suddenly turned it ON again - the deuce point was amazing - and then Woz DFed on BP, lol.

really doesn't sound like i'm missing much

Key hold for A-Rad. Watching a Polish stream. Male commentator incapable of excitement. Female commentator extremely partisan, evidently she doesnt consider Woz really Polish, corrupting Danish influence! Which is odd because the Poles aren't like that, and Wozniacki actually is Polish!

Kvitova is going to mop both of these up so easily huh.

LOLOL WOZ SMASH

Well here's where A-Rad gets broken to lose.

I am hoping for something similar to Wimbledon '10 when it comes to the Kvitova/Wozniacki match

You can bet your bottom dollar CAKE would not have been bossed around by Woz's forehand. That overhead was just not ever going to happen there.

Oh that forehand. That forehand. So so painful.

Woz error only delaying inevitable I fear.

I'm so glad I don't have to watch any more of that

LEARN TO SERVE, WTA. The #1 is just there for the taking if you want it.

Stosur won a game!

Stosur already has as many games as I thought she'd win in a set, with Maria not even on the score board. Errorpova has turned up. Court fairly sympathetic to Stosur's FH I guess? It's no super-fast indoors court.

Stosur 6-1! I am actually all for this as long as it doesn't open the door to an Azarenka berth in the SF.

Still think this match is NID. Sharapova will win 1-6 6-1 6-1 or something.

Or not. Congratulations Woz on year end #1 in the worst era ever! Congratulations Azarenka on probably getting minced by Kvitova in the semis!

Stosur/Azarenka is one of the most horrendous shit-fests you will ever see. Typical point goes like this:

Azarenka easily hits Stosur second serve OR Stosur hits weak return
Azarenka hits aggressively towards Stosur's left
Stosur floats hilariously bad sliced crosscourt BH about halfway up the net

That said, there simply isn't a tennis player in existence I wouldn't support against Azarenka. Even Ivanovic!

so you would root for woz?

I would root for everyone currently playing over Hingis, tbh.

Yes. Woz is an embarrassment as #1 but she shuts up.

x-post good thing Hingis is never coming back to singles again. Even though she is a goddess..

lol Stosur's last two service drops have come off DFs. She really is really bad when she's off, I'd kind of forgotten.

61 36 63! Great win for Robson

lol @ stosur. that's what maria should have done against her.

No, Bepa, you do not want to be double-faulting at deuce, 4-5 in the second.

FUCK

Do have to say that both Bepa and Woz are playing much better than in their first matches. Woz has actually hit some pretty hard forehands. Bepa's cross-courts have been great. Woz has served pretty poorly, so it's a shame Bepa's return game hasn't been as strong as it should.

Break for Bepa to open third! I am totally down with Kvitova and Bepa coming out of this group (though because I'm retarded, would prefer Radwanska).

Of course Shitova will probably come out for the Woz match or something.

Bepa keeps getting lucky with the net and I like it.

Three huge points by Bepa, such amazing BHs, and she has a double-break. If this ends up as Women's Tennis, then it will be neither pretty nor funny. GO BEPA.

6-2 4-6 6-3! Take out that one unfortunate game serving at 4-5 in the second - esp the DF at deuce (too many of those) and this was the routine straight-setting that just about any top player should be laying down.

Sharapova out! And withdrawing! Does that mean? ALLEZ CAKE?

Oh I'm quite sad Ma$ha pulled out. I saw the scores on my phone and got quite excited about the possibility of her playing the traditional Bepa role of going 0-3 here. Good for Li Na, though. In fact all of today's results are positives.

The last time CAKE was an alternate, she got double bagelled by Justine!

For the last 9392932 years the only dead cert about the WTA YEC is that one, usually both of the alternates need to be hauled into action. I don't know why none of these women can stay healthy (or play tennis well for more than a month per year).

If CAKE decides to play her one-good-match-every-few-months against Azarenka, that's all good.

Also, KILL HER NA.

I think I might enjoy Azarenka's game even less than Wozniacki's. Same interminable grinding tedium, none of the occasional comedy provided by the Woz FH. Obviously she's killing Li right now. Such a dull, dislikeable player.

SuperPetra shows up in set two, breaks twice, should have broken three times not once in first set. 6-4 3-0. Bagel, please!

Also Woz hit a first serve that bounced before it made it to the net, and in fact may have just about run off the court without even hitting it. LOLOLOLOL.

6-4 6-2 - SO MUCH LIFE. Those errors on the first two match points were a bit ick, but... no break points during two sets, no chance, Canary.

Winners: 6
UE: 18

Well done Caro!