of course Tomic wins a title the week after IMG drops him
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 20 July 2014 22:44 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
and now Coric is in a main tour QF. New era it seems.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:20 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
two seventeen year olds making semifinals in a week?
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:34 (nine 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 (nine 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"France's Gael Monfils has withdrawn from next week's ATP and WTA tennis tournament in Washington with a nagging right knee injury..."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 (nine years ago) link
nice job by stevie johnson to knock out isner + karlovic on consecutive days
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
props to pospisil, berdych is such a chump tho
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 02:06 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
nishikori/gasquet backhand rallys are p fun
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
rip nishi tho, too bad i had hi hopes for this match
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 August 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
pospisil/gasquet has been v fun
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
damn posp kinda got lucky there, nows gotta serve it out
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
all canada final in dc, rip us male tennis
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 August 2014 01:44 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
lol @ bouchard bageled by a qualifier
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 23:42 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
haha this is surreal. huge forehand dtl winner and no crowd response at all
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:44 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
yessss Hev. Cibulkova really dragging this slump out now
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
sock takes the 1st set from raonic, canadians in turmoil
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Serena absolutely slaying
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
sock was moving v well out there, too many 4hand errors tho
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 August 2014 01:11 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
meanwhile, Wozniacki has lost six games in three matches
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 17:47 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
:DD
― cerealbar, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
this match is sooooo bad and CSN just went and made it even worse
― lex pretend, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
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Sock has lost a lot of weight and could finish the year in the top 30 imo
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
holy moley that Osaka forehand.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
wtf happened to novak
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
this was good http://www.wtatennis.com/videos/article/4060044/title/montreal-shot-of-the-day-thursday
― cerealbar, Friday, 8 August 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
damn that was fantastic
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 8 August 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
suarez navarro is so terrible
― johnny crunch, Friday, 8 August 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
insane game here @ 2-2 3rd set raonic/lopez
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 9 August 2014 01:08 (nine years ago) link
lopez has held off 7 break pts so far
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 9 August 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
make it 9 wtf
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 9 August 2014 01:11 (nine years ago) link
Lopez having a great run this summer
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 9 August 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
yassss Raonic flopping at home. REALLY hoping that there's no gap between the decline/retirement of the Big Four and the coming of age of this summer's teenagers; I don't want Raonic sneaking a Slam in a transition period. and it's welcome to see Lopez transfer his form off grass for once (especially as he lost to Victor Estrella Burgos last week!).
saw Murray lose to Tsonga from 3-0 up in the third last night, he became very passive. Had a real chance of a comeback when Tsonga blew three MPs but missed a very makeable pass at deuce.
Venus really fought hard vs CSN, the Montréal courts look super-slow though. Peak CSN's game is wonderful but this QF run hasn't found her anywhere near it. The Ma$ha match really was a contender for worst pro match I've ever seen (current holder is that Safina/Rogowska USO R1 from a few years back).
Knew Wozniacki would push Serena, sounded like a good match. Happy to see Aga trash Vika again. Ecstatic to see someone finally deal with Vandeweghe - Ekaterina Makarova, you truly do God's work.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:11 (nine years ago) link
Anderson's loss to Dimitrov was one of the worst chokes I've ever seen. Easily top 10.
Dimitrov also did this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5E8H7ycogY
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:13 (nine years ago) link
Full-on sulk mode from Serena at the end of the second set. What were those DFs and that netted BH!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 9 August 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Meanwhile, 15yo CiCi Bellis has just won a USO WC by winning the USTA U18s championship; she hadn't yet been born when Venus and Serena first played each other on tour (Jan '98).
― lex pretend, Saturday, 9 August 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
Sugarpova advert during the changeover at 2-5 in the final set lmaaoooooo
― lex pretend, Saturday, 9 August 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Venus wins for the first time in five years and Serena looks like thunder
― lex pretend, Saturday, 9 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
awesome
― cerealbar, Saturday, 9 August 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link