anyway, it's pretty neat right now flicking between streams of up-and-comers - Konjuh made a bit of a meal of the second set vs Doi but I still think she'll come through; Siniakova is seriously grumpy, at least 10 racquet-chucks in half a set vs Nara, and her game isn't overwhelming; Zverev still playing impressively vs Giraldo...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
Konjuh and Zverev both serve for a place in their first QF; both simultaneously miss a MP and get broken.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Both win anyway, Konjuh by breaking in the next game and Zverev in the TB.
Most impressive win for Zverev this week, Youzhny may be ranked higher but Giraldo's in better form. Dolgopolov somehow lost to Kamke so that's opened his path to the SF tantalisingly...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Konjuh is now 27-9 in three-set matches in her senior career. That's astonishingly good for someone so young.
And against her toughest competition in WTA events (MD and qualies) and Fed Cup, she's 10-1.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
Jeff Sackmann @tennisabstract 1h
Wins versus top 100, before 18th birthday (active players):Nadal: 24Hewitt: 9Federer: 7Zverev: 6Gasquet: 5Delpo: 4
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
and he's the youngest to make an ATP QF since Nadal
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
at a 500 no less
― lex pretend, Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:29 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
didn't fully process this because I didn't realize he doesn't turn 18 until April 2015!
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 July 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
Into the top 200, into Slam qualy territory
will be interesting to see how he fares as the favourite against Kamke, someone he's beaten recently and the first opponent here that people "expect" him to beat, regardless of ranking
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 07:36 (ten years ago) link
I didn't see it, but 0-6 7-5 6-3 is a score that says a lot about Zverev's mental resilience.
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 13:00 (ten years ago) link
Jaw just dropped at that winner from Konjuh. Raced across the court to nail a BH pass off a Svitolina smash. Played a loose second set but has been peaking in the third set...
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
Konjuh wins 6-4 1-6 6-1 with a clean dropshot winner on MP. So impressive. 28-9 in three-setters now. It feels very appropriate that these two 1997 kids are having their breakthrough weeks at the same time...
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
I suddenly had that horrible feeling that I'd seen Zverev's DAD play but no... it's Alexander VOLKOV that I saw play McEnroe in the Wirral International in '88. Doesn't make me any younger, mind.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
We've seen Zverev's big bro play - 26yo Mischa, former world #45 and 2010 Metz finalist and uhhhh nothing else of note
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Though if you remember Rossana Neffa De Los Rios or Patricia Hy-Boulais, you may not be comforted to know that both their daughters have competed in ITF pro events this year
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
I do recall those names. But if we're talking about pro offspring, on the same day and on the same court I saw Volkov-McEnroe in West Kirby in '88, I saw Miloslav Mecir lose to Jim Pugh.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah I saw his son in Wim qualies. But I was too young to see his dad so it doesn't count for me! ^_^
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
ferrer steamrolled zverev, too bad but impressive of him to get there
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
been away all week seems like I missed some good tennis. had a tennis dream last night though fwiw. can't remember which player was in it or if I'd even recognise them irl
― cerealbar, Saturday, 19 July 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
of course Tomic wins a title the week after IMG drops him
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 20 July 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
people always say the interzome between Wimbledon and the US hard court swing is dead air but the kids just keep coming this year. 17-yr-old Borna Coric beats 7th seed Edouard Roger-Vasselin in Umag. Really impressed with his power, anticipation, mental strength - he won so many games from 0-15 or 0-30 down.
― lex pretend, Monday, 21 July 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
lmao, Young and Harrison won five games (and were fed two bagels) between them in their R1 Atlanta matches vs Sela and Smyczek.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
and now Coric is in a main tour QF. New era it seems.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Coric a set and a break up on Fognini. I think he might be about to push Fognini into tank mode
― lex pretend, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
two seventeen year olds making semifinals in a week?
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Fognini thrives on this kind of dreamcrushing tho
h8 watching isner and hes always on
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 July 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
I'd like to highlight this hilarious wording from a story (caught it on Tennistemple):
"France's Gael Monfils has withdrawn from next week's ATP and WTA tennis tournament in Washington with a nagging right knee injury..."
I know what they're trying to say is that it's a joint event, but I can't help but read it as saying that Monfils was also entered in the women's draw. I think he might be too much of a headcase even for the WTA though.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 26 July 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
nice job by stevie johnson to knock out isner + karlovic on consecutive days
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
props to pospisil, berdych is such a chump tho
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
I'm sorry, but my inner tennisforum/ATRL fangirl just has to say YAS VENUS SLAY ME QUEEN.
Azarenka out of the top 10! I mean it's hard to credit her not getting back in it, and it's also sad that now Ivanovic is in it but you've gotta think that by the Australian Open next year order vis-a-vis those two will be restored.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
tbh if Ivanovic has her head back on, she should be in the top 10
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
nishikori/gasquet backhand rallys are p fun
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
rip nishi tho, too bad i had hi hopes for this match
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
pospisil/gasquet has been v fun
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
damn posp kinda got lucky there, nows gotta serve it out
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
all canada final in dc, rip us male tennis
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
huge win for pospisil, because he's defending so many points in toronto next week. Now he should stay in the top 50 even with a bad Toronto result.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 3 August 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link
lol @ bouchard bageled by a qualifier
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
Rogers run at Bad Gastein was pretty impressive from what i saw. clearly has a big game, was absolutely pummelling that forehand
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
haha this is surreal. huge forehand dtl winner and no crowd response at all
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
yea funny how quiet it was, v polite library clapping when she closed it out
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
yessss Hev. Cibulkova really dragging this slump out now
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
sock takes the 1st set from raonic, canadians in turmoil
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
Serena absolutely slaying
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
sock was moving v well out there, too many 4hand errors tho
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 August 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link
aahhhh have been on holiday, catching up on results and LOL @ Bouchard getting fed two bagels twice by the world no 113
Serena won Stanford huh? what a weird year for her - more titles than anyone else this year but not even one Slam QF
V excited by Naomi Osaka, the 16-yr-old Japanese player who beat Stosur in Stanford. This FH she hit in her next match!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-yPb1a3i9U
Approve of the Goffin/Thiem final last week in Kitzbuhel, surprised Thiem lost it (though Goffin had beaten him twice this year already)
Disapprove of the Raonic and Vandeweghe hot streaks
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 12:15 (ten years ago) link
CSN leads Ma$ha 6-2 1-0 and if I tune in she will definitely choke, right?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
meanwhile, Wozniacki has lost six games in three matches
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
Maria Sharapova @MariaSharapova · 11mHere's a sweet treat… Original @Pinkberry and Smitten @Sugarpova. I named it "Smitten Summer!" What's your fave combo? #mysummerobsession
*stares at Twitter**stares at Sharapova hitting errors on my stream*
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link