ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

I'm kind of hoping Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco makes it to the semis

CAKE beat Kirilenko 1 and 2. Every Kirilenko match should go like that. I like to think Marion was as offended by Kirilenko's recent success as me.

Serving at *4-3 up over Serena, Stosur committed three DFs looooool

HAPPY DAYS

Thought we were in for a choke. 5-2 had 2 match points, then down 0-40 on her own serve but comes up with 2 aces and an amazing 2nd serve and more aces to save further break points. LIFE.

why is it that Stosur suddenly matches up so well against Serena

20 aces in a 7-5 6-3 win loooooooooool

Serena played really well in every department towards the end of the first set, I didn't watch after that.

Stosur's kick serve and huge topspin are most effective against shorter players - look at how she owns Bepa and Li - and Serena is short enough that if she's not on point, she can really struggle against Stosur. But ultimately, she has enough strength and willingness to take the ball early to deal with the topspin, and enough weapons of her own (like the serve) that even playing at an average level she should be able to smother Sam first (whereas Li, despite the power, only has an adequate serve).

ummmm cibulkova is beating azarenka 4-0? wtf? how?

I WANTED SERENA TO BE THE ONE TO END THE STREAK

obvs not over yet etc etc blah blah tho

I totally want Cibulkova to do it!

Dominika!!!!!

Dominika breaks to open the second set with two HUGE return winners!

Judging from the crowd reactions, you'd think this match was being played in Bratislava.

Dominika is ON FIYAH. Those FHs! In the zone

That was such a fucking GOAT return game.

Massive crosscourt FH winner, 0-15.
Running FH DTL winner off an Azza drive volley, 0-30.
Clean BH DTL slice winner! 0-40.
Huge FH return winner, game.

Another huge FH winner, 6-1 4-0.

Don't do a Stephens/McHale/Cirstea, Domi!

I DIDN'T REALISE THIS WAS STREAMED FUCK MY LIFE

haven't watched azarenka since she fluked past clijsters in AO. still shit serve and completely weaponless against any aggressive opponent who's playing well i see.

Serving for the match...opens with two DFs. Well done Domi.

serving for it, starts with 2 DFs LOLLLLLLLLLLL

xp lol

similar to wozniak's collapse yesterday :D i love collapses so much

Oh LOL at that game.

Oh my god that drop shot on BP that was nowhere close to landing in. 5-5. Obviously.

facepalm

omg loll at serena's comments before the stosur match

"she obviously wants to prove it wasn't luck" <3

I cannot remember arriving home and checking the Internet and seeing worse results. Cibulkova choking? Federer losing to Roddick? Enough, tennis.

Like that other time Federer lost to Roddick, my reaction is: do you have no pride? No shame? Why are you sinking to such depths and humiliating yourself in public like this?

omg how embarrassing

"I don’t get enough credit for being, you know, a super nice person"

Yes, Serena <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

i can't imagine why

WTF WAS THAT SHOT FROM NISHIKORI

smh

easy putaway on set point down... ugh

yawn @ sharapova/li

both out of form. both brainless. add wind to that and you have yourself a shitfest.

i was almost disappointed when someone finally held

off.

idk why people say Li is one-dimensional, she can hit such an incredible variety of errors

Li:

4 winners.
41 unforced errors.

41 UEs in 15 games is quite some ratio.

did anyone see the Roddick/Monaco match? was it as hilarious as the scoreline indicates?

i don't watch matches involving roddick on principle

but that bagel <3

asderaki the umpire for serena/woz

WHAT IS LIFE

THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING.

wait Venus beat Ivanovic??????? lol

ummmmm wut? have I woken in an alternate universe? how embarrassing for Serena, almost as embarrassing as Fed's loss. How did this even happen? And after serving so well vs. Stosur!

5 and 0 over Roddick for The Principality is more than I could have dreamed of though. Thanks Juan! Ending the revival before it began.

When was the last time Serena had three consecutive losses in major events to opponents who should not have been threats to her? Wimbledon doesn't count because her comeback had just started, but then she played GOAT tennis throughout the USO series. Losing to Stosur, Makarova and Wozniacki in Slams/Miami is just bizarre.

don't lex :(

i'm so depressed :(

BRING ME BACK TO 2009 BECAUSE I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS

didn't realise anyone out there missed Safina's reign at No 1

hahaha

also, Serena's "I was only playing at 20% of my level" comment? I'm sure she's reusing that. Her excuses are only at 20% as well these days ;_;

i miss serena's USO + AO + W reign :( :( :( :(

tennis sucks so much

holy shit I hope you all were watching that, it was fucking gorgeous

:D :D :D

MARION <3

CAKE beat Kirilenko 1 and 2. Every Kirilenko match should go like that. I like to think Marion was as offended by Kirilenko's recent success as me.

Same can be said about the Azarenka streak.

This:

http://static.wix.com/media/f36b007a20a06a847f1ac7856919738e.wix_mp

My heart right now