ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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!

6 games? i'm disappointed, petra

You know how "NID" is way overused? That was NID from the minute Kvitova won the first game. Even though she was super-sloppy! Score could've been even more decisive.

Yeah her return game, except for those three actual breaks, was way down on what you'd expect. Lots of games where she troubled Caro on serve and hit errors. Those two breaks to open the second set were so :D :D :D, best was her hitting a savage cross-court forehand which Caro could only bat back meekly, and then having Petra kill it with a savage cross-court BH in the same spot.

Bepa win knocks out Caro. As does Aga win in 2, or Aga win in 3 plus Aga gets a set or two off Kvitova?

What was great was that even serving at *5-4 in the first set - only one break, and we know how that situation can go in Women's Tennis, especially after missing SO MANY chances to go a double break up - you felt absolutely confident Petra would serve it out. And so did she. And so she did.

Have to go out in a bit so I'll pass on Bepa/A-Rad...

i'm not going out but i'll pass on bepa/a-rad

Which of the two has a better chance of beating Azarenka in a SF? That's who I'm going for but tbh I prob won't watch it either.

A-Rad

(the answer is prob neither but I can envisage A-Rad actually doing it; Bepa, not so much.)

Bepa d Azarenka would be a pretty sweet semi-final.
Er, unless Shitova turns up for her semi with, uh, Stosur?

Bepa 6-1. Finish it off quickly! Poor punch-bag A-Rad. Had your chances v Woz though!

Put a stream on with Bepa serving for it. At 40-15 we got this: 3 Bepa errors to go BP down. Two AMAZING winners, including a low-struck volley that must have fallen right on the baseline for god's sake, then some errors, then, sadly, a fuck-off amazing BH pass from Radwanska.

But Zvonareva can't finish below Woz on games now so WHO CARES.

k i started watching about 15 minutes ago and OMG this is ACTUALLY AMAZING. 3 match points saved by Radwanska, the last of which was ludicrously good defense. Zvonareva on the verge of a meltdown. HOLD PLEASE, AGA.

Oh forgot about that third MP, it was zomg zomg. Even better than the point she retrieved like three smashes against Fran early in the year!

wait

so is this match now meaningless? is radwanska out and zvonareva through? i'm confused

Anotehr amaze-balls set of defensive shots from A-RAD there, culminating in a not-very-good Bepa dropshot.

surely if radwanska wins this and then beats kvitova then she's through

This match is not meaningless per se. Woz is out. Bepa goes through with 2-1 if she wins. A-Rad can go through if she gets a set of Kvitova. If she doesn't, Bepa goes through on game differential.

(that is if ehs wins this and gets a set at least off Kvitova)

Jesus. Next time someone asks me why I'm an A-RAD fan, I'm going to show them those last two games.

LOOOOOLLLLLL @ that netcord winner