ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

nothing more beautiful than seeing ivanovic choke away 6 set points. and it was so NEVER IN DOUBT <3

hope some of you saw that fed-ferrero point just now

THESE GODAWFUL STREAMS PISSING ME OFF SO SO MUCH AAARGH I WANT TO KILL

What a dull presence this Kerber is.

no rome and madrid for you, serena

yeesh yet another gallant but losing effort against Nadal from David Ferrer, poor guy.

Up to 6-6 in the TB, they were both tied at 48 points a piece, then Rafa chases down an impossible dropshot, somehow pops it back over the net where it landed right on the line for the mini-break, ten seconds later, it's first set Nadal.

and it ends with a bagel. Appropriate.

Fed/Nole was a bit anticlimactic yesterday, for all that Rafa and Nole seem to have slipped a little this year thus opening the door for a Fed mini-revival (and shot at No 1), Nole's been peaking when it counts this year and he reasserted the hierarchy pretty convincingly yesterday. So we're back to Nole vs Rafa being the story that counts.

I miss the days when Li would reliably own Azarenka and Sharapova :( I fear they are over :(

Oh yeah, Yulia Putintseva won a big 100K challenger last week and is up to 122 in the rankings. The Devil Child is coming, you guys.

I think this photo might trump even the infamous Rybarikova one for sulkiness!

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Yulia+Putintseva+Open+Day+14+I0clVWeY11pl.jpg

Li putting the smackdown on Sharapova :D :D

Maria will probably fight back to 4-4 or 5-5 and then lose in a torrent of DFs in her last service game

yawn

Words cannot describe Li's stupidity. What was that. SHE WAS PLAYING SO WELL

BAH

hehe

how come they're both so unintelligent

A little dribble of hope that Sharapova might choke herself.

'MON!

how come they're both so unintelligent

speaking of which, Li's speciality every time she's dragged wide of instinctively going for the stupid low-percentage DTL winner which she NEVER MAKES EVER NOT EVEN ONCE has been causing me so much grief

i knew it would be too good to be true

maria u suck soooooo much

They both suck tbh

it's not even very dramatic

one plays well and other is terrible then they switch over

99 combined UEs. Come one girls, triple figures. We can do this.

Hahaha rain delay at 5-5 30-30. Of course.

omg that point!!! :D i literally yelled out COME ON <3

omg

ok that time i yelled out something else

literally what even

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

maria is so hot when she fights <3

i've been watching a feed w/no commentary, does anyone know how long this rain is forecast to last? i need to have a shower but also not miss the TB

Eurosport twitter suggests we'll have to wait a while before this hot mess returns.

hah.. returned to play in worse conditions than before, could only laugh as they shook hands after match

Hate this sport

Can we go back to the days when women's tennis was a total mess but players I like actually won stuff? Rather than my three least favourite players owning everything?

Radwanska barely counts

lina and maria bffs

YESSSSSSSS :D !!!!!!!!!!

LOVING Serena and Sharapova absolutely owning the clay season!

This Nadal-Djok match is insane. Ridiculous rally after ridiculous rally.

that 5-5 30-30 point where djokovic hit what was going to be a winning shot but the linesman called it out

fsnjghdffgg HATE

why can't i watch this match :(

That pt ruined the match for Nole, I think - he was totally distracted afterwards. xpost

Nice to see how fluent his Italian is now.

The USO will be St Kim's last tournament. Good riddance! :D

boo

I actually want everyone from Kim's era to come back and play because maybe then I won't feel so fucking old

hope she loses first round to rus or someone :D

paire benoit ‏@benoitpaire

Le rêve de manger une pizza avec une petite bière en écoutant de la musique triste!!!!!

awwww

Wow, I don't think I realised quite the extent of Roddick's slump. After losing to Roger-Vasselin yesterday, he's 7-11 for the year.

Sam Querrey is yr only former champ still in the draw at Queen's.

Haas got a set of Fed, eh. Must find a stream immediately.

Make that two, and the tournament.

Well blow me down. Happened too fast for me to find one. Anyone see it?

I have had no trouble finding a stream for Bad Gastein, but, dear me, Cornet v Wickmayer, I can't think of a final I'd like to watch less than psycho bitch Cornet and Whoopeemayer.

(No, Clijsters/Oprandi, no, no).

Only saw the last game. Fed slipped and fell on the grass, real cartoon-like.

Ditto. Crowd looked really into it!

They've only just finished the Edgbaston QFs, lulz.