ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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.

Why is the Devil Child playing a 25K in France next week instead of Wimbledon qualies? I was anticipating seeing her in person...

oh nalbandian, what an idiot

lol i love him

welp that was inappropriate

That speech might have been the least gracious thing I've ever seen in tennis :o

WHY DO I ALWAYS MISS THINGS

absolute lol @ nalbandian, what the actual fuck?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2ssjDKWvk

aww poor nalbandian, he didn't mean to hit him, i hope there's a clause in the rules about intent so they don't have to disqualify him!!

lol @ andrew fucking castle

there's no clause, it was an automatic default.

He could have rescued his reputation with a decent apology, it was just a moment of idiocy, but instead he managed to look like even more of a cunt with that astonishingly self-serving "apology".

and it's not just a DQ he should worry about but an actual suspension.

i know lex, i'm just paraphrasing what andrew castle said

saw a photo of the linesman's knee. it is pretty gruesome. can't wait for the speeches to be uploaded :D

man why I am always asleep when these things happen? Oh Nalby, you idiot.

In other hilarious news: http://yfrog.com/ntznmejj

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you guys

http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/8066649/melanie-oudin-halts-jelena-jankovic-win-rain-delayed-aegon-classic

lol

I wondered whether Jankovic's new low would occur by losing to a GBR WC in her opening round but making it to the final only to lose to Shoedin AGAIN is definitely a more Jankovician way of hitting a new low.

Ugh, though, Oudin seems to actually be back 4 real.

(Meanwhile, Donald Young actually HAS gone and lost to a GBR WC in Eastbourne today. 10th straight loss I think.)

Donald Young is going to give me neck sprain, I spend so much time shaking my damn head at him

And Samantha Stosur just lost to a 251st-ranked qualifier in 's-Hertoeekjfnknddddddklddlkdkldkldkldkldlk HOWEVER YOU TYPE THAT PLACE NAME

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH

We all know about Kvitty's hit-or-miss style...and yeah, that's her game and always will be. But I have wondered so many times this year WHAT she's actually trying to get her strokes under control, especially on big points. Is she trying anything at all? Or is she just going to swing away idiotically forever in the hope that a Peak Pierce style run magically ensues every few years.

COMMENTATOR (brightly): "A lovely day at Devonshire Park today! It's bright, warm..." (Beat.) "Well. Not warm, exactly." (Beat.) "It's...dry. And not that windy."

Oh, British Isles.