ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

http://www.london2012.com/athlete/roddick-andy-1133570/

Ryan Harrison

http://www.london2012.com/imgml/athletes/xl/1289049.png

hahaha what were they doing the night before these pics were taken

oh my god Bellucci

6-1 up in the TB

5 consecutive errors

then a shanked FH

then a shanked DF on SP that landed in the corner of the WRONG BOX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBscXgS8P8M

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!!! OMG BRB DYING

<3 Bella

It's sad, when I saw that Johansson had bagelled Hercog in 20 minutes I knew beyond all doubt that she would end up losing that final. Which she did. I wonder what would happen if Johansson ended up playing Vesnina in a final. They really are tragic.

oh god

olympic draw being made

serena vs jankovic round 1 ahaha

loool just came in here to post about that.

Venus drawing Errani makes me sad though. Can't Vee catch a break?

clijsters vs vinci

1st round exit for kim??? :D

tomic v nishikori

murray v wawrinka

isner v o. rochus lol

sharapova v peer bitchiness ha

of course baltacha draws szavay 1r *rolls eyes*

possible djokovic v roddick and tsonga v raonic 2r

ugh and Keothavong got Wozniacki :(

Errani is a decent draw for Venus, if she's having a good day it should be easy for her, if she's not having a good day she can lose to like...VESNINA so her draw doesn't matter.

LOLOLOLOL @ Silliams/JaJa

fact: draw gods hate murray. maybe stan's arms will be tired carrying the swiss flag?

stosur/clijsters 2r also possible

my vote for worst match ever

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Roddick gets Nole in the 2nd round

SUCK IT

Falla and Benneteau are interesting 1R/2R match-ups for Fed given that he's had to come from two sets down against both at recent Wimbledons!

The Stosur/Clijsters section also features Ivanovic, total nightmare

Heh, Lisicki/Sharapova 3R, though we knew that was coming

that would require lisicki to get past shvedova in r2 though

lol @ petrova v zheng 1r right underneath tatishvili v vogt

predix

gold: azarenka
silver: kvitova
bronze: s. williams over shvedova

gold: federer
silver: djokovic
bronze: ferrer over wawrinka

lol

3 live streams open

LET'S DO THIS THING

erm is it just me or is the bbc stream...not actually working? it's just a big blur?

mine are working well

erm cornet wins the 1st set vs paszek 7-6

what the hell

Mariya Konovalova ‏@MariyaKTennis
8 breaks in the first set b/w Paszek and Cornet as Cornet takes the tiebreak. She breaks to start the second. Paszek has an injury.

also are we gonna be doing this thing in here or the olympic thread? I've been in there

i'd have said here but i mean if everybody goes over to that thread i'll certainly follow, although i'd probably be wearier of posting every little tennis-related thought that comes to mind

yeah indeed

wow @ how Darcis just screwed up serving for the match, that drop shot!

michelle obama in serena's box chatting away to isha is the best thing i've seen ever

Hsieh lost 1R :( :( :(

Is there a stream for the Cibulkova match?

i don't think so...

li down a set to hantuchova lol
stosur in a 3rd set against suarez navarro lol

ahahaha Stosur/CSN is a rematch of a Wim 1R and Stosur managed to win there

Unsurprised about Li sadly

Kinda surprised useless Bepa beat the sometimes-dangerous Arvidsson

Watching the Li - Hantuchova match right now (in person). It's a bit dull. The other two matches on this court have been quite fun though.

I never realised how tall Isner actually is.

federer yet again loses the break lol wtf

2-2 final set

urgh too many sports, too much work, and goddamn Federer is playing like shit - what do i do!?

dear lord, petra

Falla's returns were amazing

the ghost of pat o'brien is anchoring NBC tennis coverage

this new franken-grass is a joke btw, we'd be better off with the dirt

Aga :/

:D :D :D

if only keothavong had closed the deal yesterday this would be the best event ever

Bodo on Sharapova representing Russia: Her attitude is "ungracious, and mind-numbingly so". Ungrateful for what she owes the USA. Hypothesizes that he'd feel the same the other way around, as if that's some distant possibility - glossing over the many tennis players learning their tricks out of the USA before competing for the country, not to mention the amount of European coaches doing their thing for american national teams in other sports, or football players spending their entire pro career in European leagues.

" I guess the money, creature comforts, and other attractions of the U.S. are more appealing than a life spent drinking in the piney mountain air of the Urals, or bobbing around in a boat in the headwaters of the mighty Don—great as it is to represent Russia in the Olympics!"

Really, dude?

Americans are seriously the most bitter people about nationality

Remember the FUSS they kicked up when Bogomolov switched to Russia

Did Russia even care when Shvedova and Putintseva switched to Kazakhstan?

And you don't see them refusing to claim Navratilova and Seles' accomplishments as ALL-AMERICAN

Exactly. And then adds to that with offensive wisecracks and his theories about how her father feeds her ideas of 'Mother Russia'.

Remember the FUSS they kicked up when Bogomolov switched to Russia

No, actually. I do remember Myskina snarking on Sharapova for not really being Russian, though: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2005-01-15-sharapova_x.htm

Yeah no one gave a shit about Bogomolov because he didn't win anything. Also please don't stereotype all American attitudes based on one writer well-known to be prone to provocation, thanks!