ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

xcfgvhbjnkhbgftrfhjgh so vile so vile so vile

Stosur's BH is painfully bad

nadia you fucking weirdo

such a moron

this TB is such a mess

fucking LOL @ that backhand from stosur

HAHAHAHAHAHA YES

fucking finally! Nadezhda that match should have been over at least an hour previously and also several times since

LOL @ Verdasco

Blows six set points, the 6th with a shanked FH, then immediately hands MP to Pony with a DF. All the while self-recriminating in true Women's Tennis style

In between both of them hit some remarkable winners though, that was good tennis

Care Bear ruining young Americans' lives here. Saved two MPs (came from 2-6 1-5 15-40 down) against Stephens, then a walkover from King, now saved three MPs against McHale.

Say hello to your new world number six... Caroline Wozniacki. Lololol, and Stosur is defending nothing at Wimbledon either, so Woz may not even get #5 back there...

Ugh, Ivanovic though

The lower half of Indian Unwells is just horrendous. Please please please let Cake come through. In fact a Li/Bartoli final would be ideal.

ANA IS BAAAACK!

azarenka/radwanska match was such a tease

no double bagel
and no schnyder/martinez-esque handshake
ugh

ugh if what Llodra said on court wasn't racist enough, his attempt at an apology was worse.

Llodra did speak to the Chinese news site SINA.com, in which he attempted to apologize. "My words were not aimed at China," Llodra said. "I love Chinese—I can totally make love with a Chinese girl."

Dead to me.

keep digging that hole Michael! good lord.

it seems he has form here too: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/llodra-denies-making-racist-remark-20110524-1f1il.html

complete with "some of my best friends..." plus "and my NANNY is an immigrant" kicker

I never paid attention to Llodra anyway so ignoring him after this is going to require little to no effort

also I love it when smh.com.au posts stories that make me smh

omg fucking LOL @ kirilenko

she throws up a defensive moonball of some sorts and then tries to distract sharapova by banging her racket on the ground FOUR TIMES lollll

the umpire gave the point to sharapova and kirilenko tried the whole "who? me?" act and the umpire was like "you did that intentionally."

fucking cheateerrrrrrr :)

banging racket on the ground more distracting than shrieking at the top of your lungs?

I really hate this tournament. Terrible terrible results all round. See also Isner beating Simon 7-5 in the third >:(

All results tainted obv. RACIST Indian UNwells

tbh I'm rooting for Isner if only because he's actually playing well, unlike Fish

watching the scorelines come in yesterday, I was all "ooh lex is not going to be happy about this"

I will say, though, that if Ivanovic is no longer useless I will be happy

banging racket on the ground more distracting than shrieking at the top of your lungs?

you realise kirilenko screams just as loudly as sharapova right? and yes obvs it's more distracting when you're about to play your shot than when your opponent is playing theirs.

i disagree

they're both hindrances but Kirilenko's was more egregious because who the fuck even does that mid-point.

Another all-Shriek final, sigh. Let us hope it only lasts 20 minutes like the last one.

Djokovic lost to Isner. Obv his results in earlier rounds weren't fantastic but...

I have decided I am tentatively pro-Isner. Large part of it is the would-smash factor :(

omg that was such a beautiful set of tennis

rain delay on match point! wtf

the dramaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome match

also would pay money to see Anna Wintour put her face in her hands at a runway show the way she did when Fed DF'd in that last game

Why does John Isner exist >:(

Isner is weird to watch. I feel like his forehand is practically nonexistent (though that's obviously not true). I love his serves though

6-2 6-3 scoreline really really flatters Sharapova, that could easily have been like 1 and 0.

It's been ages since I last thought "how the hell is anyone going to beat her?" of a WTA player so kudos to Vika for this streak, no asterisks about it for me.

I am getting to the stage with Azarenka that, short of Conchita Martinez, I cannot think of an elite player I have ever hated more. There is now nobody I would not cheer on against her.

EVEN IVANOVIC.

3rd miami quarter has serena, goerges, wozniacki and stosur

possible venus vs kvitova 2r

St Kim's in that Q3 too

Venus/Mrs. Krumm 1R, winner gets Kvitty :o and none of those matches will be televised

Really really great to see Kleybanova back so soon/at all, pulling heavily for her

Watson just beat Cirstea from 0-5 down in the third set. AMAZING

omg really? lol @ cirstea but heather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kleybanova won! So damn happy for her. Wish we could've seen her reaction.

wonderful news!

VENUS DEF DATE KRUMM 6-0 6-3 :D :D :D :D :D

VENUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good day for folks coming back from illnesses

can't believe we won't be able to see venus/kvitova

this fucking tournament

nnnngghhhh I know right.

Fernando Gonzalez retired then. I don't think I ever had any strong feelings about him but he was spectacular to watch when he was on.

also, is not Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco the most amazing name since the heyday of Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi?

and have we EVER seen a six-foot big-serving big-bashing female player from Spain before? really curious about her. kind of expect her to beat Bepa next.