She was working in a hotel this time last year apparently! Hadn't seen her for so long. Still the same - wonderful BH, iffy FH that accidentally gives people fits with its junk, sort of like Pironkova. She played excellently.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 08:58 (nine years ago) link
what an amazing comeback story for her this year
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 09:00 (nine years ago) link
shut up toni nadal pt 94903422
http://www.si.com/tennis/2014/09/23/ap-ten-spain-leon-nadal
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
Petra up 3-0 over Hypechard in a couple of minuts :D :D :D. Come on Petra, finish this before you get too sweaty.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 27 September 2014 07:21 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard really should just stand back, hope, and moonball. That's really all she could hurt Kvitova with.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 27 September 2014 08:06 (nine years ago) link
Only danger Petra faces vs Bouchard is getting bored bc it's so easy. Was pretty funny when the commentators commended Bouchard for finally getting more than three games in a set vs Petra. Little milestones!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 27 September 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link
the Murray final was hilarious today. So bad and then 2-6 down in the TB he suddenly decided to be aggressive. Finally wins a title in 2014!
Benneteau meanwhile falls to 0-10 in career finals, though I'm happier to see Kei rebound from the USO final.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 28 September 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
Errani's first serve percentage in the third set vs Nara today was 91%. She won 9% of those first serve points. Stats very much in character
― lex pretend, Sunday, 28 September 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the beijing crowd laughing about gulbis' forehand technique
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
Good win for Murray over Cilic today. Was disappointed to belatedly discover that Cilic did this though: http://www.croatiansports.com/?p=20322
Marko Perkovic seems to be an ultra-nationalist verging on fascist, and in 2007 there were reports of Croatian crowds doing neo-nazi salutes at his concerts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Perkovi%C4%87
His band's music was apparently played at changeovers during Davis Cup vs SRB, too. Cilic has since apologised and said it was beyond his control but c'mon dude, you got up on stage and sang his songs.
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 October 2014 08:39 (nine years ago) link
So.. how did Maria lose against Ivanovic earlier this year again?
― abcfsk, Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:22 (nine years ago) link
Kozlov the youngest player to make a Challenger final since Tomic.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 4 October 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
I didn't see any of the matches in question but I really have no idea how Ivanovic beat Maria or Serena this year. Every time I've seen her she looks the same as ever
― lex pretend, Saturday, 4 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
I have had a REALLY SHITTY DAY and nothing short of a straight-sets Petra win will make me feel like life is worth living.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 5 October 2014 08:19 (nine years ago) link
This is the most frustrating rivalry in tennis. It is entirely about winning the big points and Petra cannot do it. EVEN THOUGH SHE DID IT IN THE WIMBLEDON FINAL.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 5 October 2014 10:45 (nine years ago) link
At least Kei beat Raonic :)
― lex pretend, Sunday, 5 October 2014 10:50 (nine years ago) link
Just not enough depth on the average rally ball and no penetration on serve when it counted.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 5 October 2014 10:50 (nine years ago) link
this Fed/Mayer match...6-6 in the final set TB, Mayer's blown 4 MPs so far
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
Fed saves 5 MPs, takes his first with a lob winner. Mayer looked disconsolate even before the handshake
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
yea i watched the re-airing of that, felt badly for mayer he was nearly crying
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link
Of course, after that Mayer match, Roger brings out Aggressorer v Djokovic. Very tidy.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 11 October 2014 13:51 (nine years ago) link
Simon/Federer's first set was excellent quality!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 12 October 2014 09:32 (nine years ago) link
Fed/Djokovic yesterday was such an enjoyable match. Amazing to think Fed's week began with that mess of a match.
So disappointed that Diyas and Bencic didn't win their first titles today :(
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 October 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
It's Lucie so I shouldn't be surprised but I am still astounded that down SP, faced with a nervous Begu serve that barely crawled over the net at about 10mph, Lucie shanked a return that is yet to land
― lex pretend, Saturday, 18 October 2014 10:18 (nine years ago) link
anyway, YEC groups.
White Group
1. Serena Williams4. Simona Halep5. Eugenie Bouchard7. Ana Ivanovic
Red Group
2. Maria Sharapova3. Petra Kvitova6. Agnieszka Radwanska8. Caroline Wozniacki
goddamn, I was hoping for another Bouchard/Kvitova life-giving match-up.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 18 October 2014 10:23 (nine years ago) link
With A-Rad in danger of leaving without winning a match again and no doubt another agonising loss for Petra to Ma$ha, this is not a good time to be alive for me :(
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 18 October 2014 12:40 (nine years ago) link
GOD DAMN I MISS LI NA ALREADY
http://www.wtafinals.com/di/library/WTA_Championships/3d/2d/wta-finals-elite-eight_kz8rjzijpq9r1g3qirt4xj8vt.jpg?t=594634289
WTA finals photo! Overall standard of outfit is slightly up, and Serena and Woz look the best. Radwanska and Halep must be here to play because they certainly didn't come well-dressed. Oh dear.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 19 October 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
THE RUFFLES OH GOD MY EYES
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 19 October 2014 04:08 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0Oa9MXCMAAJj2Q.jpg:large
― abcfsk, Sunday, 19 October 2014 09:43 (nine years ago) link
Oh god, this Williams/Ivanovic match is so, so, so dire.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 20 October 2014 12:35 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard struggles so much when she tries to take the ball early and mistimes and just ends up looping it back at 10mph
― lex pretend, Monday, 20 October 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
I know this is the banged-up group so expectations should have been low, but, I'm just not going to bother with any of the other matches in this group if they're going to be like this.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 20 October 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
Halep is playing better than I expected her to!
― lex pretend, Monday, 20 October 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard is gonna get Petra-fied by Serena and maybe even VIP if she plays like that against them. Only Simona sloppiness prevented that from being a double breadstick
― lex pretend, Monday, 20 October 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
God, I don't cheer on Woz much, but.. KAM THE FUCK AN
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:44 (nine years ago) link
Lol Wozniacki's wonky forehands saving a breakpoint, gaining one, and then taking it.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:52 (nine years ago) link
Sharapova just hit a slice BH winner and a pig just flew past my window
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:16 (nine years ago) link
Then lol she decided that she had touch and tried to hit a drop shot. That was funny. Really, this set could have been 6-1 to either of them with a little difference.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:20 (nine years ago) link
Woz's forehand has just completely collapsed. She's doing a good job at getting the first strike in, but she cannot ever put the point away because of her lol-forehand.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
Wozniacki is playing really badly and isn't even defending effectively, so Sharapova decided to giftwrap that game there anyway
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:34 (nine years ago) link
Peak WTA tie-break. Of course, ending with a DF.
God I hope Petra is in some form, this group is hers.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Terrible set finally ends thanks to Sharapova's ninth DF.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Ma$ha is still beating Petra 6-4 in the third as usual.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:58 (nine years ago) link
And yeah, that set went from being OK to horrifying so gradually I barely noticed.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Oh dear, Sharapova shot lands way out, linesperson fucks up, Woz has no challenges.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
That is why you don't piss away all your challenges out of desperation Karolina
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
This set is possibly even worse than the first... but the drama. Lights going on unpredictably, Woz arguing pathetically with Asderaki, the double faults, Queen of Moonballs failing to get the ball over the net half the time, peak comedy.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
No way did Woz mean to hit that FH like that.
PEAK WALLNIACKI