WIMBLEDON 2014

lol serena got one of the breaks back, then gave it away with dumb errors.

that was really bad, Serena

wtf is happening to Serena?

There has probably been enough play not to push anything to Sunday.

Zarina just won.

just looks like she has no confidence.
idk if she has lost a step of pace and that has affected the rest of her game and that has affected her confidence and has sent her into a defeatist spiral like with Federer last year

Manic Monday not so manic - looks like they've pushed all of the bottom half of the men's to Tuesday, seeing as only Nadal-Kyrgios and Federer-Robredo are ready to go in that section. They've rolled Halep-Diyas to Tuesday too, as the rest of that quarter is still stuck in R3.

Ah, Wimbledon, showing the distinction between doing it right and getting it right.

Also I managed to work out that it was possible to make my mostly-broken bedroom TV split-screen Kyrgios/Vesely and Serena/Cornet and more or less for the last set the points and between-point breaks coincided awesomely well! Only I only had the sound of the latter.

PETRA THIS IS YOUR TIME DO NOT FUCK IT UP. (I don't see A-Rad getting through her parade of big lefties, but I guess grass helps her v the first two.)

WELP.

Was at a bbq, SO lucky that a fellow guest - fuelled by shared disgruntlement at the football that was on the TV - checked the scores midway through the third set. Together, we took over the TV :D

Cornet beating Serena on hard courts in Dubai was bizarre enough, but to repeat that on grass at a Slam? I mean, Cornet is a) the kind of retriever who can drive Serena nuts, b) unintimidateable, c) not actually as bad/powerless as she's made out to be, but WTF how did that happen.

Easily Serena's strangest year on tour, she's not generally slumping, no player has won more titles than her, yet she's completely flopping at the Slams. Outfought by Ivanovic and Cornet, trashed by Muguruza. Horrible to think about what this does for the draw for the second Slam in a row.

We kept the tennis on and football off the TV for Diyas :D I love Bepa but I also love Zarina and am so thrilled she's made a Slam second week.

Wimbledon organisers once again displaying maximum stupidity scheduling-wise. It's a glorious day for tennis today FYI.

Also, so weird to think that I saw Cornet's entire first-round match, and she started off her Wimbledon by going down 0-4 to Schmiedlova in five minutes.

*stares at draw*

SURELY Lisicki can't end up beating the RG champion yet again? It'd have to happen in the SF...and I can actually see it.

Really hoping that Halep (or DIYAS) comes through the top half though. Would be sweet to get revenge over Ma$ha on grass.

Halep vs Kvitova could be a really good final.
Halep is bringing so much to the tour already <3

Thanks wanted to know how Cornet was in that match (certainly not listed in the young ones coming thru articles I've been seeing) but it rained then you know football, etc. That was frustrating, was hoping the singles was going to be mostly done by 5.

Really wanted to see prime Serena and Kvitova - dream final that won't happen but there is lots of interest out there.

Cornet isn't a young player coming through, lol, she's 24. Though she was the first '90s-born player to get a ranking and a leading teenager in 2007-09! Then that heartbreaking AO R4 loss to Safina happened (and it became clear she was a limited player) and she really slumped for a few years. Improvement and resurgence in the last two years but I don't think this foreshadows imminent greatness.

The 2012 Serena/Petra QF was pretty decent iirc.

ok must've missed it.

What we have of a last 16 so far:

(25) Alize Cornet vs. (13) Eugenie Bouchard
(9) Angelique Kerber vs. (5) Maria Sharapova
(3) Simona Halep vs. Zarina Diyas
(11) Ana Ivanovic or (19) Sabine Lisicki vs. Madison Keys or Yaroslava Shvedova
(Q) Tereza Smitkova vs. (23) Lucie Safarova
(22) Ekaterina Makarova vs. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska
(6) Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Peng
(16) Caroline Wozniacki vs. Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova

Predict: Bouchard, Sharapova, Halep, Lisicki, Smitkova, Radwanska, Kvitova, Wozniacki
Cheer: Cornet, Kerber, either, Shvedova, Smitkova, Radwanska, Kvitova, Zahlavova-Strycova

(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jeremy Chardy vs. (26) Marin Cilic
(3) Andy Murray vs. (20) Kevin Anderson
(11) Grigor Dimitrov vs. Leonardo Mayer
(5) Stanislas Wawrinka or Denis Istomin vs. (19) Feliciano Lopez or (9) John Isner
(23) Tommy Robredo vs. (4) Roger Federer
(8) Milos Raonic vs. (LL) Simone Bolelli or (10) Kei Nishikori
(WC) Nick Kyrgios vs. (2) Rafael Nadal

Predict: Djokovic, Cilic, Murray, Dimitrov, Lopez, Federer, Raonic, Nadal
Cheer: Djokovic, Chardy, Murray, Dimitrov, Istomin, Federer, Nishikori, Kyrgios

Anyone see the post match interview with Nadal - with this clueless twat who has no discernible talent for anything but for some reason ended up at the BBC (I assume he knew someone) and who they've tried using at every other sport going, to no avail, so now they're trying him with tennis, I don't know the guy's name but you'd recognise him - where Nadal, having just come off court, was asked what he thought of the fact that whenever he took his shirt off he got a big cheer from the crowd. Good work, BBC!

One held-over match down - Keys w/d with the injury she sustained on Sat. Real shame for her - her injuries are very ill-timed, the shoulder thing just as I thought she'd make a big move during the US swing last summer and now this, just off her first title and with a friendly draw. I love Shvedova but have a million times less confidence in her to take out Ivanovic/Lisicki.

First time ever we have two Kazakhs in the second week of a Slam, I presume (albeit Shvedova is a Fake Kazakh)

Also Czech domination

I swear Nishikori is the most frustrating player to support. Why was that game such a mess? (even though he won it.) Why is he in a fifth set against a LL in the first place? Why the errors? Completely needless. YOU CAN PLAY BETTER I HAVE SEEN YOU DO IT SO DO IT HERE PLEASE

Giving away cheap points on return from 15-30 up UGH.

But now its MP

Only needs one!

Through, thanks to Bolelli descending.

Z-S a break up vs Woz

Sweet volleying on SP and BZS is a set up on Wozniacki :D

two breaks for the set - upset is more than on.

Safarova didn't choke like I suspected she might, Smitkova never got into it - Lucie into her first Slam QF since AO 2007. God, she should have made so many more...

BZS is playing even better than she did against Li imo. Always known she was resourceful and skilled, never seen her grind out tough points like this and cover up her weaknesses so well before

Woz on the brink: 0-40

terrific return for the break

Wawr won the 1st, making inroads in the 2nd

W breaks in the 2nd.

Feeble errors from Woz on break point back.

"I'm rushing because she's not playing!" BZS yells, then smacks her leg, then smacks the ball. PEAK BZS

Errors all round and Woz breaks back

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Istomin taking a break from play against Wawrinka to talk w/tournament doctor. The Russian appearing quite ill.

Why even have a professionally-run twitter account devoted to tennis if you can't get basic info correct.

Yesss, BZS back at the net - she seemed to have forgotten about it for a few games there.

My two choices are this horribly uncompetitive Istomin/Wawrinka match and ugh Isner probably winning in 3 tie-breaks :(

ALLEZ CORNET btw.

woz has just saved 2mps

Also: controversially, I like Lopez's facial hair/hair combo.

Oh dear BZS

Well, this is a really good service game from BZS so far given what just ensued!

BZS screaming out there - we're hading for the breaker.

pretty great tiebreak in isner-lopez, believe it or not

good god Wozniacki's volleys are laughable. just hacking it back to BZS three times in a row

That squash-shot forehand to get to the decisive point from Deliciano was so so good. There was no need to apologise.

or not - mp..saved. xp

4th mp, bzs praying

Woz has been clutch on these MPs -_-